diff --git a/ethcore/src/header.rs b/ethcore/src/header.rs
index 1e1a54d57..0941c9ca6 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/header.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/header.rs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ pub struct Header {
 
 	/// Block difficulty.
 	pub difficulty: U256,
-	/// Block seal.
+	/// Vector of post-RLP-encoded fields.
 	pub seal: Vec<Bytes>,
 
 	/// The memoized hash of the RLP representation *including* the seal fields.
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ impl Header {
  		*self.bare_hash.borrow_mut() = None;
 	}
 
-	// TODO: make these functions traity 
+	// TODO: make these functions traity
 	/// Place this header into an RLP stream `s`, optionally `with_seal`.
 	pub fn stream_rlp(&self, s: &mut RlpStream, with_seal: Seal) {
 		s.begin_list(13 + match with_seal { Seal::With => self.seal.len(), _ => 0 });
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ impl Header {
 		s.append(&self.timestamp);
 		s.append(&self.extra_data);
 		if let Seal::With = with_seal {
-			for b in &self.seal { 
-				s.append_raw(&b, 1); 
+			for b in &self.seal {
+				s.append_raw(&b, 1);
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -275,4 +275,32 @@ impl Encodable for Header {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
+	use rustc_serialize::hex::FromHex;
+	use util::rlp::{decode, encode};
+	use super::Header;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_header_seal_fields() {
+		// that's rlp of block header created with ethash engine.
+		let header_rlp = "f901f9a0d405da4e66f1445d455195229624e133f5baafe72b5cf7b3c36c12c8146e98b7a01dcc4de8dec75d7aab85b567b6ccd41ad312451b948a7413f0a142fd40d49347948888f1f195afa192cfee860698584c030f4c9db1a05fb2b4bfdef7b314451cb138a534d225c922fc0e5fbe25e451142732c3e25c25a088d2ec6b9860aae1a2c3b299f72b6a5d70d7f7ba4722c78f2c49ba96273c2158a007c6fdfa8eea7e86b81f5b0fc0f78f90cc19f4aa60d323151e0cac660199e9a1b90100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000008302008003832fefba82524d84568e932a80a0a0349d8c3df71f1a48a9df7d03fd5f14aeee7d91332c009ecaff0a71ead405bd88ab4e252a7e8c2a23".from_hex().unwrap();
+		let mix_hash = "a0a0349d8c3df71f1a48a9df7d03fd5f14aeee7d91332c009ecaff0a71ead405bd".from_hex().unwrap();
+		let nonce = "88ab4e252a7e8c2a23".from_hex().unwrap();
+
+		let header: Header = decode(&header_rlp);
+		let seal_fields = header.seal;
+		assert_eq!(seal_fields.len(), 2);
+		assert_eq!(seal_fields[0], mix_hash);
+		assert_eq!(seal_fields[1], nonce);
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn decode_and_encode_header() {
+		// that's rlp of block header created with ethash engine.
+		let header_rlp = "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".from_hex().unwrap();
+
+		let header: Header = decode(&header_rlp);
+		let encoded_header = encode(&header).to_vec();
+
+		assert_eq!(header_rlp, encoded_header);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/ethcore/src/views.rs b/ethcore/src/views.rs
index 11e26eb5f..d47fec95a 100644
--- a/ethcore/src/views.rs
+++ b/ethcore/src/views.rs
@@ -301,11 +301,11 @@ impl<'a> HeaderView<'a> {
 	/// Returns block extra data.
 	pub fn extra_data(&self) -> Bytes { self.rlp.val_at(12) }
 
-	/// Returns block seal.
+	/// Returns a vector of post-RLP-encoded seal fields.
 	pub fn seal(&self) -> Vec<Bytes> {
 		let mut seal = vec![];
 		for i in 13..self.rlp.item_count() {
-			seal.push(self.rlp.val_at(i));
+			seal.push(self.rlp.at(i).as_raw().to_vec());
 		}
 		seal
 	}
@@ -316,3 +316,25 @@ impl<'a> Hashable for HeaderView<'a> {
 		self.rlp.as_raw().sha3()
 	}
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+	use rustc_serialize::hex::FromHex;
+	use util::rlp::View;
+	use super::BlockView;
+
+	#[test]
+	fn test_header_view_seal_fields() {
+		// that's rlp of block created with ethash engine.
+		let block_rlp = "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".from_hex().unwrap();
+		let mix_hash = "a0a0349d8c3df71f1a48a9df7d03fd5f14aeee7d91332c009ecaff0a71ead405bd".from_hex().unwrap();
+		let nonce = "88ab4e252a7e8c2a23".from_hex().unwrap();
+
+		let block_view = BlockView::new(&block_rlp);
+		let header_view = block_view.header_view();
+		let seal_fields = header_view.seal();
+		assert_eq!(seal_fields.len(), 2);
+		assert_eq!(seal_fields[0], mix_hash);
+		assert_eq!(seal_fields[1], nonce);
+	}
+}