diff --git a/codegen/src/lib.rs b/codegen/src/lib.rs
index 3669736..b38a967 100644
--- a/codegen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/codegen/src/lib.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,12 @@ pub struct GenRequest<'a> {
     pub mode: Mode,
     pub schemas: &'a [(String, Vec<FrozenUnit>)],
     pub package: PackageMeta,
+    /// Consumer-set fallback wire framing (`comline.toml`'s
+    /// `[generate] default_framing`), applied by a generator to any protocol
+    /// that does not pick one itself with `@framing`. `None` ⇒ the generator's
+    /// built-in default. The value is a framing name the generator recognises
+    /// (`"jsonrpc"`, `"datagram"`, …); an unknown one falls back to the default.
+    pub default_framing: Option<String>,
 }
 
 /// A code generator: frozen IR in, generated files out.
diff --git a/conformance/tests/conformance.rs b/conformance/tests/conformance.rs
index 386b9a3..c8da0c4 100644
--- a/conformance/tests/conformance.rs
+++ b/conformance/tests/conformance.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ fn request(schemas: &[(String, Vec<FrozenUnit>)]) -> GenRequest<'_> {
             name: "conformance".to_string(),
             version: "0.0.0".to_string(),
         },
+        default_framing: None,
     }
 }