diff --git a/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_decode.rs b/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_decode.rs
index b926c23ef..134e438e1 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_decode.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_decode.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use super::decode::decode_ssz_list;
-use super::ethereum_types::H256;
+use super::ethereum_types::{Address, H256};
 use super::{Decodable, DecodeError};
 
 macro_rules! impl_decodable_for_uint {
@@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ impl Decodable for H256 {
     }
 }
 
+impl Decodable for Address {
+    fn ssz_decode(bytes: &[u8], index: usize) -> Result<(Self, usize), DecodeError> {
+        if bytes.len() < 20 || bytes.len() - 20 < index {
+            Err(DecodeError::TooShort)
+        } else {
+            Ok((Address::from(&bytes[index..(index + 20)]), index + 20))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<T> Decodable for Vec<T>
 where
     T: Decodable,
diff --git a/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_encode.rs b/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_encode.rs
index f316a21ea..63de18058 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_encode.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/utils/ssz/src/impl_encode.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 extern crate bytes;
 
 use self::bytes::{BufMut, BytesMut};
-use super::ethereum_types::H256;
+use super::ethereum_types::{Address, H256};
 use super::{Encodable, SszStream};
 
 /*
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ impl Encodable for H256 {
     }
 }
 
+impl Encodable for Address {
+    fn ssz_append(&self, s: &mut SszStream) {
+        s.append_encoded_raw(&self.to_vec());
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T> Encodable for Vec<T>
+where
+    T: Encodable,
+{
+    fn ssz_append(&self, s: &mut SszStream) {
+        s.append_vec(&self);
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;