diff --git a/include/ipmid/message.hpp b/include/ipmid/message.hpp
index 4079eab..030618f 100644
--- a/include/ipmid/message.hpp
+++ b/include/ipmid/message.hpp
@@ -252,24 +252,6 @@
         return packRet;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @brief pack a tuple of values (of any supported type) into the buffer
-     *
-     * This will pack the elements of the tuple as if each one was passed in
-     * individually, as if passed into the above variadic function.
-     *
-     * @tparam Types - the implicitly declared list of the tuple element types
-     *
-     * @param t - the tuple of values to pack
-     *
-     * @return int - non-zero on pack errors
-     */
-    template <typename... Types>
-    int pack(std::tuple<Types...>& t)
-    {
-        return std::apply([this](Types&... args) { return pack(args...); }, t);
-    }
-
     /******************************************************************
      * Request operations
      *****************************************************************/
diff --git a/include/ipmid/message/pack.hpp b/include/ipmid/message/pack.hpp
index 8a9abe1..4314ac1 100644
--- a/include/ipmid/message/pack.hpp
+++ b/include/ipmid/message/pack.hpp
@@ -93,6 +93,17 @@
     }
 };
 
+/** @brief Specialization of PackSingle for std::tuple<T> */
+template <typename... T>
+struct PackSingle<std::tuple<T...>>
+{
+    static int op(Payload& p, const std::tuple<T...>& v)
+    {
+        return std::apply([&p](const T&... args) { return p.pack(args...); },
+                          v);
+    }
+};
+
 /** @brief Specialization of PackSingle for std::string
  *  represented as a UCSD-Pascal style string
  */
diff --git a/test/message/pack.cpp b/test/message/pack.cpp
index 03846c5..d0a738a 100644
--- a/test/message/pack.cpp
+++ b/test/message/pack.cpp
@@ -156,6 +156,19 @@
     ASSERT_EQ(p.raw, k);
 }
 
+TEST(PackBasics, Tuple)
+{
+    // tuples are the new struct, pack a tuple
+    ipmi::message::Payload p;
+    auto v = std::make_tuple(static_cast<uint16_t>(0x8604), 'A');
+    p.pack(v);
+    // check that the number of bytes matches
+    ASSERT_EQ(p.size(), sizeof(uint16_t) + sizeof(char));
+    // check that the bytes were correctly packed (LSB first)
+    std::vector<uint8_t> k = {0x04, 0x86, 0x41};
+    ASSERT_EQ(p.raw, k);
+}
+
 TEST(PackBasics, Array4xUint8)
 {
     // an array of bytes will be output verbatim, low-order element first
@@ -363,3 +376,51 @@
     std::vector<uint8_t> k = {0x96, 0xd2, 0x2a, 0xcd, 0xd3, 0x3b, 0xbc, 0x9d};
     ASSERT_EQ(p.raw, k);
 }
+
+TEST(PackAdvanced, ComplexOptionalTuple)
+{
+    constexpr size_t macSize = 6;
+    // inspired from a real-world case of Get Session Info
+    constexpr uint8_t handle = 0x23;       // handle for active session
+    constexpr uint8_t maxSessions = 15;    // number of possible active sessions
+    constexpr uint8_t currentSessions = 4; // number of current active sessions
+    std::optional<                         // only returned for active session
+        std::tuple<uint8_t,                // user ID
+                   uint8_t,                // privilege
+                   uint4_t,                // channel number
+                   uint4_t                 // protocol (RMCP+)
+                   >>
+        activeSession;
+    std::optional<           // only returned for channel type LAN
+        std::tuple<uint32_t, // IPv4 address
+                   std::array<uint8_t, macSize>, // MAC address
+                   uint16_t                      // port
+                   >>
+        lanSession;
+
+    constexpr uint8_t userID = 7;
+    constexpr uint8_t priv = 4;
+    constexpr uint4_t channel = 2;
+    constexpr uint4_t protocol = 1;
+    activeSession.emplace(userID, priv, channel, protocol);
+    constexpr std::array<uint8_t, macSize> macAddr{0};
+    lanSession.emplace(0x0a010105, macAddr, 55327);
+
+    ipmi::message::Payload p;
+    p.pack(handle, maxSessions, currentSessions, activeSession, lanSession);
+    ASSERT_EQ(p.size(), sizeof(handle) + sizeof(maxSessions) +
+                            sizeof(currentSessions) + 3 * sizeof(uint8_t) +
+                            sizeof(uint32_t) + sizeof(uint8_t) * macSize +
+                            sizeof(uint16_t));
+    uint8_t protocol_channel =
+        (static_cast<uint8_t>(protocol) << 4) | static_cast<uint8_t>(channel);
+    std::vector<uint8_t> k = {handle, maxSessions, currentSessions, userID,
+                              priv, protocol_channel,
+                              // ip addr
+                              0x05, 0x01, 0x01, 0x0a,
+                              // mac addr
+                              0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0,
+                              // port
+                              0x1f, 0xd8};
+    ASSERT_EQ(p.raw, k);
+}