diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c9615c63e..5ceb4e844 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 # [Hyperledger Burrow](https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow) Changelog
+## [0.29.8] - 2020-02-11
+### Fixed
+- [ABI] Fix failure to convert crypto.Address to EVMAddress (https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/issues/1326)
+
+
 ## [0.29.7] - 2020-01-27
 ### Fixed
 - [Build] Updates to CI build process
@@ -623,6 +628,7 @@ This release marks the start of Eris-DB as the full permissioned blockchain node
   - [Blockchain] Fix getBlocks to respect block height cap.
 
 
+[0.29.8]: https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/compare/v0.29.7...v0.29.8
 [0.29.7]: https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/compare/v0.29.6...v0.29.7
 [0.29.6]: https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/compare/v0.29.5...v0.29.6
 [0.29.5]: https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/compare/v0.29.4...v0.29.5
diff --git a/NOTES.md b/NOTES.md
index a3b24ef28..6829c1922 100644
--- a/NOTES.md
+++ b/NOTES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 ### Fixed
-- [Build] Updates to CI build process
+- [ABI] Fix failure to convert crypto.Address to EVMAddress (https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/issues/1326)
 
diff --git a/execution/evm/abi/abi_test.go b/execution/evm/abi/abi_test.go
index 5c84aa495..cf61b6478 100644
--- a/execution/evm/abi/abi_test.go
+++ b/execution/evm/abi/abi_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/tmthrgd/go-hex"
 
+	"github.com/hyperledger/burrow/crypto"
 	"github.com/hyperledger/burrow/logging"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
@@ -25,6 +26,13 @@ func TestPacker(t *testing.T) {
 		name           string
 		expectedOutput []byte
 	}{
+		// From: https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/issues/1326
+		{
+			`[{"constant":false,"inputs":[{"internalType":"address payable","name":"friend","type":"address"}],"name":"sendToAFriend","outputs":[],"payable":true,"stateMutability":"payable","type":"function"}]`,
+			[]interface{}{crypto.Address{1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4}},
+			"sendToAFriend",
+			pad([]byte{1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4}, 32, true),
+		},
 		{
 			`[{"constant":false,"inputs":[{"name":"","type":"uint256"}],"name":"UInt","outputs":[],"payable":false,"type":"function"}]`,
 			[]interface{}{"1"},
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ func TestPacker(t *testing.T) {
 	} {
 		t.Log(test.args)
 		if output, _, err := EncodeFunctionCall(test.ABI, test.name, logging.NewNoopLogger(), test.args...); err != nil {
-			t.Error("Unexpected error in ", test.name, ": ", err)
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error in %s: %v", test.name, err)
 		} else {
 			if !bytes.Equal(output[4:], test.expectedOutput) {
 				t.Errorf("Incorrect output,\n\t expected %v,\n\t got %v", test.expectedOutput, output[4:])
diff --git a/execution/evm/abi/primitives.go b/execution/evm/abi/primitives.go
index 5f89715c6..2b386ceaa 100644
--- a/execution/evm/abi/primitives.go
+++ b/execution/evm/abi/primitives.go
@@ -514,29 +514,22 @@ func (e EVMAddress) GetSignature() string {
 }
 
 func (e EVMAddress) pack(v interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
-	var err error
-	a, ok := v.(crypto.Address)
-	if !ok {
-		s, ok := v.(string)
-		if ok {
-			a, err = crypto.AddressFromHexString(s)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-		}
-	} else {
-		b, ok := v.([]byte)
-		if !ok {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot map to %s to EVM address", reflect.ValueOf(v).Kind().String())
-		}
-
-		a, err = crypto.AddressFromBytes(b)
+	var bs []byte
+	switch a := v.(type) {
+	case crypto.Address:
+		bs = a[:]
+	case *crypto.Address:
+		bs = (*a)[:]
+	case []byte:
+		address, err := crypto.AddressFromBytes(a)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
+		bs = address[:]
+	default:
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot map from %s to EVM address", reflect.ValueOf(v).Kind().String())
 	}
-
-	return pad(a[:], ElementSize, true), nil
+	return pad(bs, ElementSize, true), nil
 }
 
 func (e EVMAddress) unpack(data []byte, offset int, v interface{}) (int, error) {
diff --git a/project/history.go b/project/history.go
index f5c40184e..6876c7ee9 100644
--- a/project/history.go
+++ b/project/history.go
@@ -48,6 +48,10 @@ func FullVersion() string {
 // release tagging script: ./scripts/tag_release.sh
 var History relic.ImmutableHistory = relic.NewHistory("Hyperledger Burrow", "https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow").
 	MustDeclareReleases(
+		"0.29.8 - 2020-02-11",
+		`### Fixed
+- [ABI] Fix failure to convert crypto.Address to EVMAddress (https://github.com/hyperledger/burrow/issues/1326)
+`,
 		"0.29.7 - 2020-01-27",
 		`### Fixed
 - [Build] Updates to CI build process