diff --git a/crates/teloxide-core/CHANGELOG.md b/crates/teloxide-core/CHANGELOG.md
index 6e2a1a00..98ddb797 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-core/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/crates/teloxide-core/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - `DiceEmoji` variant order ([#887][pr887])
 - `Dice::value` now use `u8`, instead of `i32` ([#887][pr887])
 - `Invoice::total_amount`, `LabeledPrice::amount`, `PreCheckoutQuery::total_amount`, `SuccessfulPayment::total_amout` now use `u32`, instead of `i32` ([#887][pr887])
+- `Forward::message_id` and `Message::forward_from_message_id` now use `MessageId` instead of `i32` ([#887][pr887])
 
 [pr852]: https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/pull/853
 [pr859]: https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide/pull/859
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-core/src/types.rs b/crates/teloxide-core/src/types.rs
index 96ae48ea..371ab4c4 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-core/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-core/src/types.rs
@@ -386,6 +386,42 @@ pub(crate) mod option_url_from_string {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) mod option_msg_id_as_int {
+    use crate::types::MessageId;
+
+    use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+    pub(crate) fn serialize<S>(this: &Option<MessageId>, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        this.map(|MessageId(id)| id).serialize(serializer)
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<MessageId>, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        Option::<i32>::deserialize(deserializer).map(|r| r.map(MessageId))
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test() {
+        #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
+        struct Struct {
+            #[serde(with = "crate::types::option_msg_id_as_int")]
+            id: Option<MessageId>,
+        }
+
+        {
+            let json = r#"{"id":123}"#;
+            let id: Struct = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(id.id, Some(MessageId(123)));
+            assert_eq!(serde_json::to_string(&id).unwrap(), json.to_owned());
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub(crate) fn serialize_reply_to_message_id<S>(
     this: &Option<MessageId>,
     serializer: S,
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message.rs b/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message.rs
index bce58b21..889bfccc 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message.rs
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ use crate::types::{
     ForumTopicCreated, ForumTopicEdited, ForumTopicReopened, Game, GeneralForumTopicHidden,
     GeneralForumTopicUnhidden, InlineKeyboardMarkup, Invoice, Location,
     MessageAutoDeleteTimerChanged, MessageEntity, MessageEntityRef, MessageId, PassportData,
-    PhotoSize, Poll, ProximityAlertTriggered, Sticker, SuccessfulPayment, True, User, Venue, Video,
-    VideoChatEnded, VideoChatParticipantsInvited, VideoChatScheduled, VideoChatStarted, VideoNote,
-    Voice, WebAppData, WriteAccessAllowed, ThreadId,
+    PhotoSize, Poll, ProximityAlertTriggered, Sticker, SuccessfulPayment, ThreadId, True, User,
+    Venue, Video, VideoChatEnded, VideoChatParticipantsInvited, VideoChatScheduled,
+    VideoChatStarted, VideoNote, Voice, WebAppData, WriteAccessAllowed,
 };
 
 /// This object represents a message.
@@ -290,8 +290,13 @@ pub struct Forward {
 
     /// For messages forwarded from channels, identifier of the original message
     /// in the channel
-    #[serde(rename = "forward_from_message_id")]
-    pub message_id: Option<i32>,
+    #[serde(
+        rename = "forward_from_message_id",
+        with = "crate::types::option_msg_id_as_int",
+        default,
+        skip_serializing_if = "Option::is_none"
+    )]
+    pub message_id: Option<MessageId>,
 }
 
 /// The entity that sent the original message that later was forwarded.
@@ -614,10 +619,10 @@ mod getters {
         MediaLocation, MediaPhoto, MediaPoll, MediaSticker, MediaText, MediaVenue, MediaVideo,
         MediaVideoNote, MediaVoice, Message, MessageChannelChatCreated, MessageCommon,
         MessageConnectedWebsite, MessageDeleteChatPhoto, MessageDice, MessageEntity,
-        MessageGroupChatCreated, MessageInvoice, MessageLeftChatMember, MessageNewChatMembers,
-        MessageNewChatPhoto, MessageNewChatTitle, MessagePassportData, MessagePinned,
-        MessageProximityAlertTriggered, MessageSuccessfulPayment, MessageSupergroupChatCreated,
-        MessageVideoChatParticipantsInvited, PhotoSize, True, User,
+        MessageGroupChatCreated, MessageId, MessageInvoice, MessageLeftChatMember,
+        MessageNewChatMembers, MessageNewChatPhoto, MessageNewChatTitle, MessagePassportData,
+        MessagePinned, MessageProximityAlertTriggered, MessageSuccessfulPayment,
+        MessageSupergroupChatCreated, MessageVideoChatParticipantsInvited, PhotoSize, True, User,
     };
 
     /// Getters for [Message] fields from [telegram docs].
@@ -696,7 +701,7 @@ mod getters {
         }
 
         #[must_use]
-        pub fn forward_from_message_id(&self) -> Option<i32> {
+        pub fn forward_from_message_id(&self) -> Option<MessageId> {
             self.forward().and_then(|f| f.message_id)
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message_id.rs b/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message_id.rs
index c9c405ae..d0f1212b 100644
--- a/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message_id.rs
+++ b/crates/teloxide-core/src/types/message_id.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 #[serde(from = "MessageIdRaw", into = "MessageIdRaw")]
 pub struct MessageId(pub i32);
 
+// N.B. we [de]serialize `MessageId` as `{"message_id":n}`, which means that if
+//      you want just an integer, you need to special case it with something
+//      like `serde(with = "crate::types::option_msg_id_as_int")]`
+//
+//      (we can't change the default format of `MessageId` because it's returned
+//      by some methods and we can't change serialization there)
+
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize)]
 struct MessageIdRaw {
     message_id: i32,