diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3668f4ec3..252650b6c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 .vscode
 /.envrc
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index c126dbd1c..0ad3aa9b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1259,6 +1259,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rlp-derive",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "strum",
  "syn",
  "thiserror",
  "tiny-keccak",
@@ -3641,6 +3642,28 @@ version = "0.10.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "73473c0e59e6d5812c5dfe2a064a6444949f089e20eec9a2e5506596494e4623"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "strum"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e96acfc1b70604b8b2f1ffa4c57e59176c7dbb05d556c71ecd2f5498a1dee7f8"
+dependencies = [
+ "strum_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "strum_macros"
+version = "0.24.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6878079b17446e4d3eba6192bb0a2950d5b14f0ed8424b852310e5a94345d0ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "heck",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustversion",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "subtle"
 version = "2.4.1"
diff --git a/ethers-core/Cargo.toml b/ethers-core/Cargo.toml
index 4476237f8..c51038c97 100644
--- a/ethers-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ethers-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ bytes = { version = "1.1.0", features = ["serde"] }
 hex = { version = "0.4.3", default-features = false, features = ["std"] }
 once_cell = { version = "1.10.0", optional = true }
 unicode-xid = "0.2.3"
+strum = { version = "0.24", features = ["derive"] }
 
 # macros feature enabled dependencies
 cargo_metadata = { version = "0.14.2", optional = true }
diff --git a/ethers-core/src/types/chain.rs b/ethers-core/src/types/chain.rs
index c05c1ed7b..d4e07be54 100644
--- a/ethers-core/src/types/chain.rs
+++ b/ethers-core/src/types/chain.rs
@@ -2,23 +2,26 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 use thiserror::Error;
 
 use core::convert::TryFrom;
-use std::{default, fmt, str::FromStr};
+use std::{convert::TryInto, default, fmt, str::FromStr};
 
 use crate::types::U256;
+use strum::{EnumVariantNames};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Error)]
 #[error("Failed to parse chain: {0}")]
 pub struct ParseChainError(String);
 
 #[repr(u64)]
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Hash, Deserialize, EnumVariantNames)]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[strum(serialize_all = "kebab-case")]
 pub enum Chain {
     Mainnet = 1,
     Ropsten = 3,
     Rinkeby = 4,
     Goerli = 5,
     Kovan = 42,
+    #[strum(serialize = "xdai")]
     XDai = 100,
     Polygon = 137,
     Fantom = 250,
@@ -33,12 +36,14 @@ pub enum Chain {
     Moonriver = 1285,
     Optimism = 10,
     OptimismKovan = 69,
-    BinanceSmartChain = 56,
-    BinanceSmartChainTestnet = 97,
     Arbitrum = 42161,
     ArbitrumTestnet = 421611,
     Cronos = 25,
     CronosTestnet = 338,
+    #[strum(serialize = "bsc")]
+    BinanceSmartChain = 56,
+    #[strum(serialize = "bsc-testnet")]
+    BinanceSmartChainTestnet = 97,
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for Chain {