diff --git a/tendermint/src/evidence.rs b/tendermint/src/evidence.rs
index d274e60d2..86b2eafc8 100644
--- a/tendermint/src/evidence.rs
+++ b/tendermint/src/evidence.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 use std::slice;
 use {
-    crate::serializers,
-    serde::{de::Error as _, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer},
-    subtle_encoding::base64,
+    crate::{serializers, PublicKey, Vote},
+    serde::{Deserialize, Serialize},
 };
 
 /// Evidence of malfeasance by validators (i.e. signing conflicting votes).
@@ -12,40 +11,23 @@ use {
 /// evidence: `DuplicateVoteEvidence`.
 ///
 /// <https://github.com/tendermint/tendermint/blob/master/docs/spec/blockchain/blockchain.md#evidence>
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
-pub struct Evidence(Vec<u8>);
-
-impl Evidence {
-    /// Create a new raw evidence value from a byte vector
-    pub fn new<V>(into_vec: V) -> Evidence
-    where
-        V: Into<Vec<u8>>,
-    {
-        // TODO(tarcieri): parse/validate evidence contents from amino messages
-        Evidence(into_vec.into())
-    }
-
-    /// Serialize this evidence as an Amino message bytestring
-    pub fn to_amino_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
-        self.0.clone()
-    }
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type", content = "value")]
+pub enum Evidence {
+    /// Duplicate vote evidence
+    #[serde(rename = "tendermint/DuplicateVoteEvidence")]
+    DuplicateVote(DuplicateVoteEvidence),
 }
 
-impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Evidence {
-    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
-        let bytes = base64::decode(String::deserialize(deserializer)?.as_bytes())
-            .map_err(|e| D::Error::custom(format!("{}", e)))?;
-
-        Ok(Evidence::new(bytes))
-    }
-}
-
-impl Serialize for Evidence {
-    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
-        String::from_utf8(base64::encode(self.to_amino_bytes()))
-            .unwrap()
-            .serialize(serializer)
-    }
+/// Duplicate vote evidence
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct DuplicateVoteEvidence {
+    #[serde(rename = "PubKey")]
+    pub_key: PublicKey,
+    #[serde(rename = "VoteA")]
+    vote_a: Vote,
+    #[serde(rename = "VoteB")]
+    vote_b: Vote,
 }
 
 /// Evidence data is a wrapper for a list of `Evidence`.
diff --git a/tendermint/tests/rpc.rs b/tendermint/tests/rpc.rs
index 853d4293f..1aec471eb 100644
--- a/tendermint/tests/rpc.rs
+++ b/tendermint/tests/rpc.rs
@@ -53,6 +53,19 @@ mod endpoints {
         assert_eq!(last_commit.unwrap().signatures.len(), 1);
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn block_with_evidences() {
+        let response =
+            endpoint::block::Response::from_string(&read_json_fixture("block_with_evidences"))
+                .unwrap();
+
+        let tendermint::Block { evidence, .. } = response.block;
+        let evidence = evidence.iter().next().unwrap();
+        match evidence {
+            tendermint::evidence::Evidence::DuplicateVote(_) => {}
+        }
+    }
+
     // TODO: Update this test and its json file
     // #[test]
     // fn block_empty_block_id() {