diff --git a/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.pb.go b/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.pb.go
index df3fd3c60..1f7e5003c 100644
--- a/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.pb.go
+++ b/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.pb.go
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ type FetchLeadersResponse_Leader struct {
 	Ip                   string   `protobuf:"bytes,1,opt,name=ip,proto3" json:"ip,omitempty"`
 	Port                 string   `protobuf:"bytes,2,opt,name=port,proto3" json:"port,omitempty"`
 	ShardId              uint32   `protobuf:"varint,3,opt,name=shardId,proto3" json:"shardId,omitempty"`
+	PeerID               string   `protobuf:"bytes,4,opt,name=peerID,proto3" json:"peerID,omitempty"`
 	XXX_NoUnkeyedLiteral struct{} `json:"-"`
 	XXX_unrecognized     []byte   `json:"-"`
 	XXX_sizecache        int32    `json:"-"`
@@ -149,6 +150,13 @@ func (m *FetchLeadersResponse_Leader) GetShardId() uint32 {
 	return 0
 }
 
+func (m *FetchLeadersResponse_Leader) GetPeerID() string {
+	if m != nil {
+		return m.PeerID
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*FetchLeadersRequest)(nil), "beaconchain.FetchLeadersRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*FetchLeadersResponse)(nil), "beaconchain.FetchLeadersResponse")
@@ -158,20 +166,21 @@ func init() {
 func init() { proto.RegisterFile("beaconchain.proto", fileDescriptor_474fd8061d1037cf) }
 
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 }
 
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
diff --git a/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.proto b/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.proto
index 15d7406ab..f5f7bcf5e 100644
--- a/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.proto
+++ b/api/beaconchain/beaconchain.proto
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ message FetchLeadersResponse {
       string ip = 1;
       string port = 2;
       uint32 shardId = 3;
+      string peerID = 4;
   }
   repeated Leader leaders = 1;
 }
diff --git a/cmd/client/wallet/main.go b/cmd/client/wallet/main.go
index 7c697a208..f7c8f621a 100644
--- a/cmd/client/wallet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/client/wallet/main.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/node"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p"
 	"github.com/harmony-one/harmony/p2p/p2pimpl"
+	peer "github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-peer"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -295,7 +296,7 @@ func CreateWalletNode() *node.Node {
 	response := bcClient.GetLeaders()
 
 	for _, leader := range response.Leaders {
-		shardIDLeaderMap[leader.ShardId] = p2p.Peer{IP: leader.Ip, Port: leader.Port}
+		shardIDLeaderMap[leader.ShardId] = p2p.Peer{IP: leader.Ip, Port: leader.Port, PeerID: peer.ID(leader.PeerID)}
 	}
 
 	// dummy host for wallet
diff --git a/internal/beaconchain/rpc/server.go b/internal/beaconchain/rpc/server.go
index 1ae12c2f4..38cf13c4f 100644
--- a/internal/beaconchain/rpc/server.go
+++ b/internal/beaconchain/rpc/server.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func (s *Server) FetchLeaders(ctx context.Context, request *proto.FetchLeadersRe
 
 	leaders := []*proto.FetchLeadersResponse_Leader{}
 	for shardID, leader := range s.shardLeaderMap() {
-		leaders = append(leaders, &proto.FetchLeadersResponse_Leader{Ip: leader.IP, Port: leader.Port, ShardId: uint32(shardID)})
+		leaders = append(leaders, &proto.FetchLeadersResponse_Leader{Ip: leader.IP, Port: leader.Port, ShardId: uint32(shardID), PeerID: string(leader.PeerID)})
 	}
 	log.Println(leaders)
 	return &proto.FetchLeadersResponse{Leaders: leaders}, nil