diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 73865d26..dd8e331f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## unreleased
 
+- Fix `ChatPrivate` serialization ([#226][pr226])
 - Build with particular crates versions (enable `"codec"` feature of `tokio-util`) ([#225][pr225])
 - Fix incorrect panic in `User::is_channel` ([#222][pr222])
 
+[pr226]: https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide-core/pull/226
 [pr225]: https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide-core/pull/225
 [pr222]: https://github.com/teloxide/teloxide-core/pull/222
 
diff --git a/src/types/chat.rs b/src/types/chat.rs
index 626b4d95..7a10bf55 100644
--- a/src/types/chat.rs
+++ b/src/types/chat.rs
@@ -81,6 +81,8 @@ pub struct ChatPrivate {
     /// `private`.
     #[serde(rename = "type")]
     #[serde(deserialize_with = "assert_private_field")]
+    #[serde(serialize_with = "serialize_private_field")]
+    // FIXME(waffle): remove this entirely (replace with custom De/Serialize impl)
     pub type_: (),
 
     /// A username, for private chats, supergroups and channels if
@@ -210,6 +212,13 @@ where
     des.deserialize_str(PrivateChatKindVisitor)
 }
 
+fn serialize_private_field<S>(_: &(), ser: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+where
+    S: serde::Serializer,
+{
+    ser.serialize_str("private")
+}
+
 impl Chat {
     pub fn is_private(&self) -> bool {
         matches!(self.kind, ChatKind::Private(_))
@@ -443,7 +452,7 @@ impl Chat {
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
-    use serde_json::from_str;
+    use serde_json::{from_str, to_string};
 
     use crate::types::*;
 
@@ -491,6 +500,29 @@ mod tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn private_roundtrip() {
+        let chat = Chat {
+            id: ChatId(0),
+            kind: ChatKind::Private(ChatPrivate {
+                type_: (),
+                username: Some("username".into()),
+                first_name: Some("Anon".into()),
+                last_name: None,
+                bio: None,
+                has_private_forwards: None,
+            }),
+            photo: None,
+            pinned_message: None,
+            message_auto_delete_time: None,
+        };
+
+        let json = to_string(&chat).unwrap();
+        let chat2 = from_str::<Chat>(&json).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(chat, chat2);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn private_chat_de_wrong_type_field() {
         assert!(from_str::<Chat>(r#"{"id":0,"type":"WRONG"}"#).is_err());