diff --git a/src/libxrpl/protocol/STIssue.cpp b/src/libxrpl/protocol/STIssue.cpp
index 10403d2c50..ba32c1214c 100644
--- a/src/libxrpl/protocol/STIssue.cpp
+++ b/src/libxrpl/protocol/STIssue.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 #include <xrpl/protocol/Serializer.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/UintTypes.h>
 
+#include <boost/endian/conversion.hpp>
+
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
@@ -45,6 +47,10 @@ STIssue::STIssue(SerialIter& sit, SField const& name) : STBase{name}
         {
             MPTID mptID;
             std::uint32_t sequence = sit.get32();
+            // MPTID stores the sequence in canonical big-endian bytes. STIssue
+            // ledger bytes are the legacy LE-host encoding, so convert the
+            // native get32() value to LE bytes before copying into the MPTID.
+            sequence = boost::endian::native_to_little(sequence);
             static_assert(MPTID::size() == sizeof(sequence) + sizeof(currencyOrAccount));
             memcpy(mptID.data(), &sequence, sizeof(sequence));
             memcpy(
@@ -100,6 +106,10 @@ STIssue::add(Serializer& s) const
             s.addBitString(noAccount());
             std::uint32_t sequence = 0;
             memcpy(&sequence, issue.getMptID().data(), sizeof(sequence));
+            // The MPTID bytes are canonical big-endian. Interpret those bytes
+            // as the legacy LE-host value so add32() writes the preserved
+            // STIssue wire bytes on every host endian.
+            sequence = boost::endian::little_to_native(sequence);
             s.add32(sequence);
         });
 }
diff --git a/src/test/protocol/STIssue_test.cpp b/src/test/protocol/STIssue_test.cpp
index b7cc944e6b..41517b38f3 100644
--- a/src/test/protocol/STIssue_test.cpp
+++ b/src/test/protocol/STIssue_test.cpp
@@ -7,17 +7,22 @@
 #include <xrpld/core/Config.h>
 
 #include <xrpl/basics/base_uint.h>
+#include <xrpl/basics/strHex.h>
 #include <xrpl/beast/unit_test/suite.h>
 #include <xrpl/json/json_value.h>
 #include <xrpl/json/to_string.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/AccountID.h>
+#include <xrpl/protocol/Indexes.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/Issue.h>
+#include <xrpl/protocol/MPTIssue.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/SField.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/STIssue.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/Serializer.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/UintTypes.h>
 #include <xrpl/protocol/jss.h>
 
+#include <array>
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <memory>
 
 namespace xrpl::test {
@@ -273,6 +278,54 @@ public:
         }
     }
 
+    void
+    testMPTSerialization()
+    {
+        testcase("MPT serialization");
+        using namespace jtx;
+        Account const alice{"alice"};
+
+        // 0x01020304 pins canonical MPTID bytes 01 02 03 04 and
+        // preserved STIssue wire bytes 04 03 02 01 on BE and LE.
+        auto const sequences = std::to_array<std::uint32_t>({0x00000001, 0x01020304, 0xa1b2c3d4});
+
+        for (auto const vector : sequences)
+        {
+            MPTID const mptID = makeMptID(vector, alice);
+            MPTIssue const issue{mptID};
+            STIssue const stIssue(sfAsset, Asset{issue});
+
+            Serializer actual;
+            stIssue.add(actual);
+
+            // STIssue preserves the existing little-endian validator ledger bytes.
+            Serializer expected;
+            expected.addBitString(alice.id());
+            expected.addBitString(noAccount());
+            {
+                std::array<unsigned char, 4> const bytes{
+                    static_cast<unsigned char>(vector),
+                    static_cast<unsigned char>(vector >> 8),
+                    static_cast<unsigned char>(vector >> 16),
+                    static_cast<unsigned char>(vector >> 24)};
+                expected.addRaw(bytes.data(), bytes.size());
+            }
+
+            BEAST_EXPECTS(strHex(actual) == strHex(expected), strHex(actual));
+
+            // Decoding the preserved wire format must recover the canonical MPTID.
+            SerialIter iter(expected.slice());
+            STIssue const decoded(iter, sfAsset);
+            BEAST_EXPECT(decoded.holds<MPTIssue>());
+            BEAST_EXPECT(decoded.value().get<MPTIssue>().getMptID() == mptID);
+
+            // A decoded ledger value must serialize back to the same bytes.
+            Serializer roundTrip;
+            decoded.add(roundTrip);
+            BEAST_EXPECTS(strHex(roundTrip) == strHex(expected), strHex(roundTrip));
+        }
+    }
+
     void
     run() override
     {
@@ -283,6 +336,7 @@ public:
         testNoAccountIssuer();
         testXrpAccountIssuerRpc();
         testXrpAccountIssuer();
+        testMPTSerialization();
     }
 };