diff --git a/consensus/types/wire.go b/consensus/types/wire.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd5c4497d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/consensus/types/wire.go
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+package types
+
+import (
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-amino"
+	"github.com/tendermint/go-crypto"
+)
+
+var cdc = amino.NewCodec()
+
+func init() {
+	crypto.RegisterAmino(cdc)
+}