diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67385b0..86fae43 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - CHANGELOG.md
 - Stack integration
 - Borsh serialization for `HexString`
+- `Read` implementation for `HexString`
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/Data/HexString.hs b/src/Data/HexString.hs
index 467552f..7d90d24 100644
--- a/src/Data/HexString.hs
+++ b/src/Data/HexString.hs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import qualified Data.Binary as B (Binary, decode, encode)
 
 import qualified GHC.Generics as GHC
 import qualified Generics.SOP as SOP
+import Text.Read
 
 -- | Represents a Hex string. Guarantees that all characters it contains
 --   are valid hex characters.
@@ -45,6 +46,9 @@ newtype HexString = HexString
 instance Prelude.Show HexString where
   show = T.unpack . toText
 
+instance Read HexString where
+  readsPrec _ s = [((fromText . T.pack) s, "")]
+
 instance FromJSON HexString where
   parseJSON = withText "HexString" $ pure . hexString . TE.encodeUtf8