diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6059240ad981..a300176471d3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1740,6 +1740,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "darling_macro 0.10.2",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a01d95850c592940db9b8194bc39f4bc0e89dee5c4265e4b1807c34a9aba453c"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.13.4",
+ "darling_macro 0.13.4",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling"
 version = "0.20.3"
@@ -1764,6 +1774,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_core"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "859d65a907b6852c9361e3185c862aae7fafd2887876799fa55f5f99dc40d610"
+dependencies = [
+ "fnv",
+ "ident_case",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "strsim 0.10.0",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_core"
 version = "0.20.3"
@@ -1789,6 +1813,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.109",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "darling_macro"
+version = "0.13.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9c972679f83bdf9c42bd905396b6c3588a843a17f0f16dfcfa3e2c5d57441835"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling_core 0.13.4",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "darling_macro"
 version = "0.20.3"
@@ -2382,6 +2417,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "smallvec",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ethereum_ssz_derive"
+version = "0.5.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6085d7fd3cf84bd2b8fec150d54c8467fb491d8db9c460607c5534f653a0ee38"
+dependencies = [
+ "darling 0.13.4",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 1.0.109",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ethers-contract"
 version = "2.0.11"
@@ -6450,6 +6497,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "alloy-rlp",
  "arbitrary",
  "bytes",
+ "ethereum_ssz",
+ "ethereum_ssz_derive",
  "itertools 0.11.0",
  "jsonrpsee-types",
  "proptest",
@@ -6799,6 +6848,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "ark-ff 0.3.0",
  "ark-ff 0.4.2",
  "bytes",
+ "ethereum_ssz",
  "fastrlp",
  "num-bigint",
  "num-traits",
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
index e867d13479c6..7074686e39ec 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ repository.workspace = true
 description = "Reth RPC types"
 
 [dependencies]
-# # ethereum
+# ethereum
 alloy-rlp = { workspace = true, features = ["arrayvec", "derive"] }
+alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand", "rlp", "serde"] }
+ethereum_ssz_derive = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
+ethereum_ssz = { version = "0.5", optional = true }
 
 # misc
 thiserror.workspace = true
@@ -19,13 +22,13 @@ serde = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
 serde_with = "3.3"
 serde_json.workspace = true
 jsonrpsee-types = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand", "rlp", "serde"] }
 url = "2.3"
 # necessary so we don't hit a "undeclared 'std'":
 # https://github.com/paradigmxyz/reth/pull/177#discussion_r1021172198
 secp256k1.workspace = true
 bytes.workspace = true
 
+# arbitrary
 arbitrary = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 proptest = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 proptest-derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
@@ -33,8 +36,10 @@ proptest-derive = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 [features]
 default = ["jsonrpsee-types"]
 arbitrary = ["dep:arbitrary", "dep:proptest-derive", "dep:proptest", "alloy-primitives/arbitrary"]
+ssz = ["dep:ethereum_ssz" ,"dep:ethereum_ssz_derive", "alloy-primitives/ssz"]
 optimism = []
 
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 # misc
 alloy-primitives = { workspace = true, features = ["rand", "rlp", "serde", "arbitrary"] }
diff --git a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/relay.rs b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/relay.rs
index c00a33db5c02..51ac83d21649 100644
--- a/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/relay.rs
+++ b/crates/rpc/rpc-types/src/relay.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ pub struct ValidatorRegistrationMessage {
 /// (not necessarily a value confirmed by the relay).
 #[serde_as]
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "ssz", derive(ssz_derive::Encode, ssz_derive::Decode))]
 pub struct BidTrace {
     #[serde_as(as = "DisplayFromStr")]
     pub slot: u64,
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ pub struct BidTrace {
 
 /// SignedBidTrace is a BidTrace with a signature
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "ssz", derive(ssz_derive::Encode, ssz_derive::Decode))]
 pub struct SignedBidTrace {
     pub message: BidTrace,
     pub signature: BlsSignature,