diff --git a/commons/zenoh-config/src/wrappers.rs b/commons/zenoh-config/src/wrappers.rs
index fd6d2ef50b..d04950f21e 100644
--- a/commons/zenoh-config/src/wrappers.rs
+++ b/commons/zenoh-config/src/wrappers.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ impl ZenohId {
     pub fn into_keyexpr(self) -> OwnedKeyExpr {
         self.into()
     }
+
+    pub fn to_le_bytes(self) -> [u8; uhlc::ID::MAX_SIZE] {
+        self.0.to_le_bytes()
+    }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Debug for ZenohId {
@@ -54,6 +58,15 @@ impl From<ZenohIdProto> for ZenohId {
     }
 }
 
+impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for ZenohId {
+    type Error = zenoh_result::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let proto: ZenohIdProto = value.try_into()?;
+        Ok(ZenohId::from(proto))
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<ZenohId> for ZenohIdProto {
     fn from(id: ZenohId) -> Self {
         id.0