diff --git a/docs/rpc/api/core-node/get-burn-ops.example.json b/docs/rpc/api/core-node/get-burn-ops.example.json
index 14563a89b..641d2d320 100644
--- a/docs/rpc/api/core-node/get-burn-ops.example.json
+++ b/docs/rpc/api/core-node/get-burn-ops.example.json
@@ -3,14 +3,8 @@
     {
       "amount": 1337,
       "block_height": 217,
-      "burn_header_hash": "7ce0139a3fe356316409fe704dbdb9ac8f1847c168fe68bd913d0df75c359fe1",
-      "peg_wallet_address": {
-        "Addr32": [
-          false,
-          "P2TR",
-          [ 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0 ]
-        ]
-      },
+      "burn_header_hash": "66b2f18530ccf0e57e82dd054cca9fa41bf5f645f7757171ad9c1546b86387e1",
+      "peg_wallet_address": "tb1pqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqkgkkf5",
       "recipient": "S0000000000000000000002AA028H",
       "recipient_contract_name": null,
       "txid": "84808f747841fb26e74f171487e56eda1a51373581eb04a8c87a421a77bd46d2",
diff --git a/src/chainstate/burn/operations/mod.rs b/src/chainstate/burn/operations/mod.rs
index 674b2d9aa..a3d91b4f0 100644
--- a/src/chainstate/burn/operations/mod.rs
+++ b/src/chainstate/burn/operations/mod.rs
@@ -332,6 +332,8 @@ pub struct PegInOp {
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "crate::chainstate::stacks::address::address_deser")]
     pub recipient: StacksAddress,
     pub recipient_contract_name: Option<String>, // If set, makes the recepient a smart contract principal
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "crate::chainstate::stacks::address::pox_addr_b58_serialize")]
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "crate::chainstate::stacks::address::pox_addr_b58_deser")]
     pub peg_wallet_address: PoxAddress,
     pub amount: u64, // BTC amount to peg in, in satoshis
 
diff --git a/src/chainstate/stacks/address.rs b/src/chainstate/stacks/address.rs
index ad510593b..333b51fa7 100644
--- a/src/chainstate/stacks/address.rs
+++ b/src/chainstate/stacks/address.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use crate::chainstate::stacks::{
     C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_TESTNET_MULTISIG, C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_TESTNET_SINGLESIG,
 };
 use crate::net::Error as net_error;
+use clarity::address::b58::{check_encode_slice, from_check};
 use clarity::vm::types::{PrincipalData, SequenceData, StandardPrincipalData};
 use clarity::vm::types::{TupleData, Value};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serializer};
@@ -106,6 +107,21 @@ pub fn address_deser<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>, T: Address>(deser: D) -> Result<
         .ok_or_else(|| serde::de::Error::custom("Failed to decode address from string"))
 }
 
+/// Serializes a PoxAddress as a B58 check encoded address or a bech32 address
+pub fn pox_addr_b58_serialize<S: Serializer>(
+    input: &PoxAddress,
+    ser: S,
+) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+    ser.serialize_str(&input.clone().to_b58())
+}
+
+/// Deserializes a PoxAddress from a B58 check encoded address or a bech32 address
+pub fn pox_addr_b58_deser<'de, D: Deserializer<'de>>(deser: D) -> Result<PoxAddress, D::Error> {
+    let string_repr = String::deserialize(deser)?;
+    PoxAddress::from_b58(&string_repr)
+        .ok_or_else(|| serde::de::Error::custom("Failed to decode PoxAddress from string"))
+}
+
 impl std::fmt::Display for PoxAddress {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         write!(f, "{}", self.to_db_string())
@@ -421,6 +437,15 @@ impl PoxAddress {
         }
     }
 
+    // Convert from a B58 encoded bitcoin address
+    pub fn from_b58(input: &str) -> Option<Self> {
+        let btc_addr = BitcoinAddress::from_string(input)?;
+        PoxAddress::try_from_bitcoin_output(&BitcoinTxOutput {
+            address: btc_addr,
+            units: 0,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Convert this PoxAddress into a Bitcoin tx output
     pub fn to_bitcoin_tx_out(&self, value: u64) -> TxOut {
         match *self {
@@ -1202,6 +1227,63 @@ mod test {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_pox_addr_from_b58() {
+        // representative test PoxAddresses
+        let pox_addrs: Vec<PoxAddress> = vec![
+            PoxAddress::Standard(
+                StacksAddress {
+                    version: C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_MAINNET_SINGLESIG,
+                    bytes: Hash160([0x01; 20]),
+                },
+                Some(AddressHashMode::SerializeP2PKH),
+            ),
+            PoxAddress::Addr20(true, PoxAddressType20::P2WPKH, [0x01; 20]),
+            PoxAddress::Addr20(false, PoxAddressType20::P2WPKH, [0x01; 20]),
+            PoxAddress::Addr32(true, PoxAddressType32::P2WSH, [0x01; 32]),
+            PoxAddress::Addr32(false, PoxAddressType32::P2WSH, [0x01; 32]),
+            PoxAddress::Addr32(true, PoxAddressType32::P2TR, [0x01; 32]),
+            PoxAddress::Addr32(false, PoxAddressType32::P2TR, [0x01; 32]),
+            PoxAddress::Standard(
+                StacksAddress {
+                    version: C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_MAINNET_MULTISIG,
+                    bytes: Hash160([0x01; 20]),
+                },
+                Some(AddressHashMode::SerializeP2SH),
+            ),
+            PoxAddress::Standard(
+                StacksAddress {
+                    version: C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_MAINNET_SINGLESIG,
+                    bytes: Hash160([0x01; 20]),
+                },
+                Some(AddressHashMode::SerializeP2SH),
+            ),
+            PoxAddress::Standard(
+                StacksAddress {
+                    version: C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_MAINNET_MULTISIG,
+                    bytes: Hash160([0x01; 20]),
+                },
+                Some(AddressHashMode::SerializeP2WSH),
+            ),
+            PoxAddress::Standard(
+                StacksAddress {
+                    version: C32_ADDRESS_VERSION_MAINNET_MULTISIG,
+                    bytes: Hash160([0x01; 20]),
+                },
+                Some(AddressHashMode::SerializeP2WPKH),
+            ),
+        ];
+        for addr in pox_addrs.iter() {
+            let addr_str = addr.clone().to_b58();
+            let addr_parsed = PoxAddress::from_b58(&addr_str).unwrap();
+            let mut addr_checked = addr.clone();
+            if let PoxAddress::Standard(_, ref mut hash_mode) = addr_checked {
+                hash_mode.take();
+            }
+            assert_eq!(&addr_parsed, &addr_checked);
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_try_from_bitcoin_output() {
         assert_eq!(