diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/QbftExtraDataCLIAdapter.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/QbftExtraDataCLIAdapter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb15ee6394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/QbftExtraDataCLIAdapter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright ConsenSys AG.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.subcommands.rlp;
+
+import org.hyperledger.besu.consensus.qbft.QbftExtraDataCodec;
+import org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.core.Address;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
+
+/** Adapter to convert a typed JSON of addresses to a QBFT RLP extra data encoding */
+public class QbftExtraDataCLIAdapter implements JSONToRLP {
+  private static final ObjectMapper MAPPER = new ObjectMapper();
+  private static final TypeReference<Collection<String>> TYPE_REF = new TypeReference<>() {};
+
+  @Override
+  public Bytes encode(final String json) throws IOException {
+    return fromJsonAddresses(json);
+  }
+
+  private Bytes fromJsonAddresses(final String jsonAddresses) throws IOException {
+    final Collection<String> validatorAddresses = MAPPER.readValue(jsonAddresses, TYPE_REF);
+    return QbftExtraDataCodec.encodeFromAddresses(
+        validatorAddresses.stream().map(Address::fromHexString).collect(Collectors.toList()));
+  }
+}
diff --git a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/RLPType.java b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/RLPType.java
index 0bd6b09385..59f2e274a7 100644
--- a/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/RLPType.java
+++ b/besu/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/subcommands/rlp/RLPType.java
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ package org.hyperledger.besu.cli.subcommands.rlp;
 /** Type of the RLP data to encode/decode */
 public enum RLPType {
   // Enum is used to enable the listing of the possible values in PicoCLI.
-  IBFT_EXTRA_DATA(new IbftExtraDataCLIAdapter());
+  IBFT_EXTRA_DATA(new IbftExtraDataCLIAdapter()),
+  QBFT_EXTRA_DATA(new QbftExtraDataCLIAdapter());
 
   private final JSONToRLP adapter;
 
diff --git a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/rlp/RLPSubCommandTest.java b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/rlp/RLPSubCommandTest.java
index 623f3f5834..b08c4d1c14 100644
--- a/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/rlp/RLPSubCommandTest.java
+++ b/besu/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/cli/rlp/RLPSubCommandTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.hyperledger.besu.cli.CommandTestAbstract;
 import java.io.BufferedWriter;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -57,12 +58,15 @@ public class RLPSubCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
           + System.lineSeparator()
           + "      --type=<type>   Type of the RLP data to encode, possible values are"
           + System.lineSeparator()
-          + "                        IBFT_EXTRA_DATA. (default: IBFT_EXTRA_DATA)"
+          + "                        IBFT_EXTRA_DATA, QBFT_EXTRA_DATA. (default:"
+          + System.lineSeparator()
+          + "                        IBFT_EXTRA_DATA)"
           + System.lineSeparator()
           + "  -V, --version       Print version information and exit.";
 
   private static final String RLP_SUBCOMMAND_NAME = "rlp";
   private static final String RLP_ENCODE_SUBCOMMAND_NAME = "encode";
+  private static final String RLP_QBFT_TYPE = "QBFT_EXTRA_DATA";
 
   // RLP sub-command
   @Test
@@ -160,6 +164,32 @@ public class RLPSubCommandTest extends CommandTestAbstract {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void canEncodeToQbftExtraData() throws IOException {
+    final File tempJsonFile = temp.newFile("test.json");
+    try (final BufferedWriter fileWriter = Files.newBufferedWriter(tempJsonFile.toPath(), UTF_8)) {
+
+      fileWriter.write(
+          "[\"be068f726a13c8d46c44be6ce9d275600e1735a4\", \"5ff6f4b66a46a2b2310a6f3a93aaddc0d9a1c193\"]");
+
+      fileWriter.flush();
+
+      parseCommand(
+          RLP_SUBCOMMAND_NAME,
+          RLP_ENCODE_SUBCOMMAND_NAME,
+          "--from",
+          tempJsonFile.getPath(),
+          "--type",
+          RLP_QBFT_TYPE);
+
+      final String expectedRlpString =
+          "0xf84fa00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ea94be068f726a13c8d"
+              + "46c44be6ce9d275600e1735a4945ff6f4b66a46a2b2310a6f3a93aaddc0d9a1c193c080c0";
+      assertThat(commandOutput.toString()).contains(expectedRlpString);
+      assertThat(commandErrorOutput.toString()).isEmpty();
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void encodeWithInvalidInputMustRaiseAnError() throws Exception {