diff --git a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
index 4e1d26acf4..c7f9282670 100644
--- a/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
+++ b/core/txpool/legacypool/legacypool.go
@@ -274,10 +274,10 @@ func New(config Config, chain BlockChain) *LegacyPool {
 }
 
 // Filter returns whether the given transaction can be consumed by the legacy
-// pool, specifically, whether it is a Legacy, AccessList or Dynamic transaction.
+// pool, specifically, whether it is a Legacy, AccessList, Dynamic or Delegate transaction.
 func (pool *LegacyPool) Filter(tx *types.Transaction) bool {
 	switch tx.Type() {
-	case types.LegacyTxType, types.AccessListTxType, types.DynamicFeeTxType:
+	case types.LegacyTxType, types.AccessListTxType, types.DynamicFeeTxType, types.DelegateTxType:
 		return true
 	default:
 		return false
@@ -609,7 +609,8 @@ func (pool *LegacyPool) validateTxBasics(tx *types.Transaction, local bool) erro
 		Accept: 0 |
 			1<<types.LegacyTxType |
 			1<<types.AccessListTxType |
-			1<<types.DynamicFeeTxType,
+			1<<types.DynamicFeeTxType |
+			1<<types.DelegateTxType,
 		MaxSize: txMaxSize,
 		MinTip:  pool.gasTip.Load().ToBig(),
 	}
diff --git a/core/types/transaction_marshalling.go b/core/types/transaction_marshalling.go
index 4d5b2bcdd4..9d2bb6b61c 100644
--- a/core/types/transaction_marshalling.go
+++ b/core/types/transaction_marshalling.go
@@ -409,6 +409,61 @@ func (tx *Transaction) UnmarshalJSON(input []byte) error {
 			}
 		}
 
+	case DelegateTxType:
+		var itx DelegateTx
+		inner = &itx
+		if dec.ChainID == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'chainId' in transaction")
+		}
+		itx.ChainID = (*big.Int)(dec.ChainID)
+		if dec.Nonce == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'nonce' in transaction")
+		}
+		itx.Nonce = uint64(*dec.Nonce)
+		if dec.To != nil {
+			itx.To = dec.To
+		}
+		if dec.Gas == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'gas' for txdata")
+		}
+		itx.Gas = uint64(*dec.Gas)
+		if dec.MaxPriorityFeePerGas == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'maxPriorityFeePerGas' for txdata")
+		}
+		itx.GasTipCap = (*big.Int)(dec.MaxPriorityFeePerGas)
+		if dec.MaxFeePerGas == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'maxFeePerGas' for txdata")
+		}
+		itx.GasFeeCap = (*big.Int)(dec.MaxFeePerGas)
+		if dec.Value == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'value' in transaction")
+		}
+		itx.Data = *dec.Input
+		if dec.AccessList != nil {
+			itx.AccessList = *dec.AccessList
+		}
+
+		// signature R
+		if dec.R == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 'r' in transaction")
+		}
+		itx.R = (*big.Int)(dec.R)
+		// signature S
+		if dec.S == nil {
+			return errors.New("missing required field 's' in transaction")
+		}
+		itx.S = (*big.Int)(dec.S)
+		// signature V
+		itx.V, err = dec.yParityValue()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if itx.V.Sign() != 0 || itx.R.Sign() != 0 || itx.S.Sign() != 0 {
+			if err := sanityCheckSignature(itx.V, itx.R, itx.S, false); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		}
+
 	default:
 		return ErrTxTypeNotSupported
 	}