diff --git a/lib/src/builder/execute.rs b/lib/src/builder/execute.rs
index 438141de..4272f6ee 100644
--- a/lib/src/builder/execute.rs
+++ b/lib/src/builder/execute.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use revm::{
     taiko, Database, DatabaseCommit, Evm,
 };
 use ruint::aliases::U256;
-use zeth_primitives::{mpt::MptNode, receipt::Receipt, Bloom, RlpBytes};
+use zeth_primitives::{mpt::MptNode, receipt::Receipt, Bloom, Rlp2718Bytes, RlpBytes};
 
 use super::TxExecStrategy;
 use crate::{
@@ -215,11 +215,8 @@ impl TxExecStrategy for TkoTxExecStrategy {
 
             // Add receipt and tx to tries
             let trie_key = actual_tx_no.to_rlp();
-            // This will encode the tx inside an rlp value wrapper
-            let tx_rlp = tx.to_rlp();
-            // Extract the actual tx rlp encoding
-            let tx_rlp = tx_rlp[tx_rlp.len() - tx.inner_length() - 1..].to_vec();
-            tx_trie.insert_rlp_encoded(&trie_key, tx_rlp)?;
+            // Add to tx trie
+            tx_trie.insert_rlp_encoded(&trie_key, tx.to_rlp_2718())?;
             // Add to receipt trie
             receipt_trie.insert_rlp(&trie_key, receipt)?;
 
diff --git a/primitives/Cargo.toml b/primitives/Cargo.toml
index bb5d9b3b..b201aedc 100644
--- a/primitives/Cargo.toml
+++ b/primitives/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ alloy-dyn-abi = { version = "0.6",default-features = false, optional = true }
 alloy-rlp = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 alloy-rlp-derive = { version = "0.3", default-features = false }
 alloy-rpc-types = { git = "https://github.com/brechtpd/alloy", branch = "header-serialize" }
+alloy-eips = { git = "https://github.com/brechtpd/alloy", branch = "header-serialize" }
 anyhow = { version = "1.0", default-features = false }
 bytes = { version = "1.5", default-features = false }
 k256 = { version = "^0.13.3", features = ["ecdsa"], default_features = false }
diff --git a/primitives/src/lib.rs b/primitives/src/lib.rs
index c280f0c5..ffb20cdc 100644
--- a/primitives/src/lib.rs
+++ b/primitives/src/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub mod signature;
 #[cfg(feature = "revm")]
 pub mod revm;
 
+pub use alloy_eips;
 pub use alloy_primitives::*;
 pub use alloy_rlp as rlp;
 
@@ -47,3 +48,20 @@ where
         out
     }
 }
+
+pub trait Rlp2718Bytes {
+    /// Returns the RLP-encoding.
+    fn to_rlp_2718(&self) -> Vec<u8>;
+}
+
+impl<T> Rlp2718Bytes for T
+where
+    T: alloy_eips::eip2718::Encodable2718,
+{
+    #[inline]
+    fn to_rlp_2718(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        self.encode_2718(&mut out);
+        out
+    }
+}
diff --git a/raiko-guests/risc0/guest/Cargo.lock b/raiko-guests/risc0/guest/Cargo.lock
index 373a65ef..34552f38 100644
--- a/raiko-guests/risc0/guest/Cargo.lock
+++ b/raiko-guests/risc0/guest/Cargo.lock
@@ -2677,6 +2677,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "zeth-primitives"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rlp",
  "alloy-rlp-derive",
diff --git a/raiko-guests/succinct/Cargo.lock b/raiko-guests/succinct/Cargo.lock
index 57b39e1f..9a9d5240 100644
--- a/raiko-guests/succinct/Cargo.lock
+++ b/raiko-guests/succinct/Cargo.lock
@@ -2361,6 +2361,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "zeth-primitives"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "alloy-eips",
  "alloy-primitives",
  "alloy-rlp",
  "alloy-rlp-derive",