diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index fea2bd8f..ea74fb99 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ jobs:
         env: ${{ matrix.env }}
         run: ./contrib/test.sh
 
+  Cross:
+    name: Cross testing
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Crate
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Checkout Toolchain
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          profile: minimal
+          toolchain: stable
+          override: true
+      - name: Install target
+        run: rustup target add s390x-unknown-linux-gnu
+      - name: install cross
+        run: cargo install cross
+      - name: run cross test
+        run: cross test --target s390x-unknown-linux-gnu
+
   Docs:
     name: Docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/src/consensus/encode.rs b/src/consensus/encode.rs
index 7fae244a..a2f5bcf5 100644
--- a/src/consensus/encode.rs
+++ b/src/consensus/encode.rs
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_int_encodable{
         impl Decodable for $ty {
             #[inline]
             fn consensus_decode<D: io::Read>(mut d: D) -> Result<Self, Error> {
-                ReadExt::$meth_dec(&mut d).map($ty::from_le)
+                ReadExt::$meth_dec(&mut d)
             }
         }
         impl Encodable for $ty {
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ macro_rules! impl_int_encodable{
                 &self,
                 mut s: S,
             ) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
-                s.$meth_enc(self.to_le())?;
+                s.$meth_enc(*self)?;
                 Ok(mem::size_of::<$ty>())
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/network/address.rs b/src/network/address.rs
index 21874a50..5c260049 100644
--- a/src/network/address.rs
+++ b/src/network/address.rs
@@ -70,8 +70,13 @@ impl Address {
 }
 
 fn addr_to_be(addr: [u16; 8]) -> [u16; 8] {
-    [addr[0].to_be(), addr[1].to_be(), addr[2].to_be(), addr[3].to_be(),
-     addr[4].to_be(), addr[5].to_be(), addr[6].to_be(), addr[7].to_be()]
+    // consensus_encode always encodes in LE, and we want to encode in BE.
+    // this utility fn swap bytes before encoding so that the encoded result will be BE
+    let mut result = addr.clone();
+    for i in 0..8 {
+        result[i] = result[i].swap_bytes();
+    }
+    result
 }
 
 impl Encodable for Address {
@@ -82,7 +87,10 @@ impl Encodable for Address {
     ) -> Result<usize, io::Error> {
         let len = self.services.consensus_encode(&mut s)?
             + addr_to_be(self.address).consensus_encode(&mut s)?
-            + self.port.to_be().consensus_encode(s)?;
+
+            // consensus_encode always encodes in LE, and we want to encode in BE.
+            //TODO `len += io::Write::write(&mut e, &self.port.to_be_bytes())?;` when MSRV >= 1.32
+            + self.port.swap_bytes().consensus_encode(s)?;
         Ok(len)
     }
 }
@@ -93,7 +101,7 @@ impl Decodable for Address {
         Ok(Address {
             services: Decodable::consensus_decode(&mut d)?,
             address: addr_to_be(Decodable::consensus_decode(&mut d)?),
-            port: u16::from_be(Decodable::consensus_decode(d)?)
+            port: u16::swap_bytes(Decodable::consensus_decode(d)?)
         })
     }
 }
@@ -268,7 +276,10 @@ impl Encodable for AddrV2Message {
         len += self.time.consensus_encode(&mut e)?;
         len += VarInt(self.services.as_u64()).consensus_encode(&mut e)?;
         len += self.addr.consensus_encode(&mut e)?;
-        len += self.port.to_be().consensus_encode(e)?;
+
+        // consensus_encode always encodes in LE, and we want to encode in BE.
+        //TODO `len += io::Write::write(&mut e, &self.port.to_be_bytes())?;` when MSRV >= 1.32
+        len += self.port.swap_bytes().consensus_encode(e)?;
         Ok(len)
     }   
 }
@@ -279,7 +290,7 @@ impl Decodable for AddrV2Message {
             time: Decodable::consensus_decode(&mut d)?,
             services: ServiceFlags::from(VarInt::consensus_decode(&mut d)?.0),
             addr: Decodable::consensus_decode(&mut d)?,
-            port: u16::from_be(Decodable::consensus_decode(d)?),
+            port: u16::swap_bytes(Decodable::consensus_decode(d)?),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/util/uint.rs b/src/util/uint.rs
index 67645f85..a96f431b 100644
--- a/src/util/uint.rs
+++ b/src/util/uint.rs
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ macro_rules! construct_uint {
             fn cmp(&self, other: &$name) -> ::core::cmp::Ordering {
                 // We need to manually implement ordering because we use little-endian
                 // and the auto derive is a lexicographic ordering(i.e. memcmp)
-                // which with numbers is equivilant to big-endian
+                // which with numbers is equivalent to big-endian
                 for i in 0..$n_words {
                     if self[$n_words - 1 - i] < other[$n_words - 1 - i] { return ::core::cmp::Ordering::Less; }
                     if self[$n_words - 1 - i] > other[$n_words - 1 - i] { return ::core::cmp::Ordering::Greater; }