diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fbf0aaaf..50d7dd73 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to
 
 - @cosmjs/amino: Add `encodeEd25519Pubkey` analogue to the existing
   `encodeSecp256k1Pubkey`.
-- @cosmjs/proto-signing: Add Ed25519 support to `anyToSinglePubkey` and make
-  export `anyToSinglePubkey`.
+- @cosmjs/proto-signing: Add Ed25519 support to `encodePubkey` and
+  `anyToSinglePubkey`. Export `anyToSinglePubkey`.
 - @cosmjs/utils: Add `isDefined` which checks for `undefined` in a
   TypeScript-friendly way.
 
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.spec.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.spec.ts
index 5d5f190e..6dea27f3 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,16 @@ describe("pubkey", () => {
       );
     });
 
+    it("works for ed25519", () => {
+      const pubkey = { type: "tendermint/PubKeyEd25519", value: ed25519PubkeyBase64 };
+      expect(encodePubkey(pubkey)).toEqual(
+        Any.fromPartial({
+          typeUrl: "/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey",
+          value: ed25519PubkeyProtoBytes,
+        }),
+      );
+    });
+
     it("throws for unsupported pubkey types", () => {
       const pubkey = {
         type: "tendermint/PubKeyUnknown",
diff --git a/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.ts b/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.ts
index 38b3b260..8a07980d 100644
--- a/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.ts
+++ b/packages/proto-signing/src/pubkey.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import {
   encodeEd25519Pubkey,
   encodeSecp256k1Pubkey,
+  isEd25519Pubkey,
   isMultisigThresholdPubkey,
   isSecp256k1Pubkey,
   MultisigThresholdPubkey,
@@ -15,6 +16,12 @@ import { LegacyAminoPubKey } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/crypto/multisig/keys";
 import { PubKey as CosmosCryptoSecp256k1Pubkey } from "cosmjs-types/cosmos/crypto/secp256k1/keys";
 import { Any } from "cosmjs-types/google/protobuf/any";
 
+/**
+ * Takes a pubkey in the Amino JSON object style (type/value wrapper)
+ * and convertes it into a protobuf `Any`.
+ *
+ * This is the reverse operation to `decodePubkey`.
+ */
 export function encodePubkey(pubkey: Pubkey): Any {
   if (isSecp256k1Pubkey(pubkey)) {
     const pubkeyProto = CosmosCryptoSecp256k1Pubkey.fromPartial({
@@ -24,6 +31,14 @@ export function encodePubkey(pubkey: Pubkey): Any {
       typeUrl: "/cosmos.crypto.secp256k1.PubKey",
       value: Uint8Array.from(CosmosCryptoSecp256k1Pubkey.encode(pubkeyProto).finish()),
     });
+  } else if (isEd25519Pubkey(pubkey)) {
+    const pubkeyProto = CosmosCryptoEd25519Pubkey.fromPartial({
+      key: fromBase64(pubkey.value),
+    });
+    return Any.fromPartial({
+      typeUrl: "/cosmos.crypto.ed25519.PubKey",
+      value: Uint8Array.from(CosmosCryptoEd25519Pubkey.encode(pubkeyProto).finish()),
+    });
   } else if (isMultisigThresholdPubkey(pubkey)) {
     const pubkeyProto = LegacyAminoPubKey.fromPartial({
       threshold: Uint53.fromString(pubkey.value.threshold).toNumber(),