diff --git a/zebra-chain/src/work/difficulty.rs b/zebra-chain/src/work/difficulty.rs
index 085aeffe..d7204c3c 100644
--- a/zebra-chain/src/work/difficulty.rs
+++ b/zebra-chain/src/work/difficulty.rs
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ impl fmt::Debug for ExpandedDifficulty {
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, PartialEq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
 pub struct Work(u128);
 
+impl From<Work> for u128 {
+    fn from(work: Work) -> Self {
+        work.0
+    }
+}
+
 impl fmt::Debug for Work {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         // There isn't a standard way to represent alternate formats for the
diff --git a/zebra-state/src/tests.rs b/zebra-state/src/tests.rs
index f3067cf3..f4c027df 100644
--- a/zebra-state/src/tests.rs
+++ b/zebra-state/src/tests.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{mem, sync::Arc};
+use std::{convert::TryFrom, mem, sync::Arc};
 
 use primitive_types::U256;
 use zebra_chain::{
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use zebra_chain::{
     transaction::Transaction,
     transparent,
     work::difficulty::ExpandedDifficulty,
+    work::difficulty::Work,
 };
 
 use super::*;
@@ -77,6 +78,22 @@ static BLOCK_LOCATOR_CASES: &[(u32, u32)] = &[
     (10000, 9901),
 ];
 
+use proptest::prelude::*;
+
+#[test]
+fn round_trip_work_expanded() {
+    zebra_test::init();
+
+    proptest!(|(work in 1..std::u128::MAX)| {
+        let work: U256 = work.into();
+        let expanded = work_to_expanded(work);
+        let work_after = Work::try_from(expanded).unwrap();
+        let work_after = u128::from(work_after);
+        let work_after = U256::from(work_after);
+        prop_assert_eq!(work, work_after);
+    });
+}
+
 /// Check that the block locator heights are sensible.
 #[test]
 fn test_block_locator_heights() {