diff --git a/prost-derive/src/lib.rs b/prost-derive/src/lib.rs
index 789ea2c5b..f34fa0a35 100644
--- a/prost-derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/prost-derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ fn try_message(input: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
             fn merge_field(
                 &mut self,
                 tag: u32,
-                wire_type: ::prost::encoding::WireType,
+                wire_type: ::prost::encoding::wire_type::WireType,
                 buf: &mut impl ::prost::bytes::Buf,
                 ctx: ::prost::encoding::DecodeContext,
             ) -> ::core::result::Result<(), ::prost::DecodeError>
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ fn try_oneof(input: TokenStream) -> Result<TokenStream, Error> {
             pub fn merge(
                 field: &mut ::core::option::Option<#ident #ty_generics>,
                 tag: u32,
-                wire_type: ::prost::encoding::WireType,
+                wire_type: ::prost::encoding::wire_type::WireType,
                 buf: &mut impl ::prost::bytes::Buf,
                 ctx: ::prost::encoding::DecodeContext,
             ) -> ::core::result::Result<(), ::prost::DecodeError>
diff --git a/prost/src/encoding.rs b/prost/src/encoding.rs
index bf27fcf1b..96eb99ae4 100644
--- a/prost/src/encoding.rs
+++ b/prost/src/encoding.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ pub use length_delimiter::{
     decode_length_delimiter, encode_length_delimiter, length_delimiter_len,
 };
 
+pub mod wire_type;
+pub use wire_type::{check_wire_type, WireType};
+
 /// Additional information passed to every decode/merge function.
 ///
 /// The context should be passed by value and can be freely cloned. When passing
@@ -94,40 +97,9 @@ impl DecodeContext {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
-#[repr(u8)]
-pub enum WireType {
-    Varint = 0,
-    SixtyFourBit = 1,
-    LengthDelimited = 2,
-    StartGroup = 3,
-    EndGroup = 4,
-    ThirtyTwoBit = 5,
-}
-
 pub const MIN_TAG: u32 = 1;
 pub const MAX_TAG: u32 = (1 << 29) - 1;
 
-impl TryFrom<u64> for WireType {
-    type Error = DecodeError;
-
-    #[inline]
-    fn try_from(value: u64) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        match value {
-            0 => Ok(WireType::Varint),
-            1 => Ok(WireType::SixtyFourBit),
-            2 => Ok(WireType::LengthDelimited),
-            3 => Ok(WireType::StartGroup),
-            4 => Ok(WireType::EndGroup),
-            5 => Ok(WireType::ThirtyTwoBit),
-            _ => Err(DecodeError::new(format!(
-                "invalid wire type value: {}",
-                value
-            ))),
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 /// Encodes a Protobuf field key, which consists of a wire type designator and
 /// the field tag.
 #[inline]
@@ -162,19 +134,6 @@ pub fn key_len(tag: u32) -> usize {
     encoded_len_varint(u64::from(tag << 3))
 }
 
-/// Checks that the expected wire type matches the actual wire type,
-/// or returns an error result.
-#[inline]
-pub fn check_wire_type(expected: WireType, actual: WireType) -> Result<(), DecodeError> {
-    if expected != actual {
-        return Err(DecodeError::new(format!(
-            "invalid wire type: {:?} (expected {:?})",
-            actual, expected
-        )));
-    }
-    Ok(())
-}
-
 /// Helper function which abstracts reading a length delimiter prefix followed
 /// by decoding values until the length of bytes is exhausted.
 pub fn merge_loop<T, M, B>(
diff --git a/prost/src/encoding/wire_type.rs b/prost/src/encoding/wire_type.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..74a857a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/prost/src/encoding/wire_type.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use crate::DecodeError;
+use alloc::format;
+
+/// Represent the wire type for protobuf encoding.
+///
+/// The integer value is equvilant with the encoded value.
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[repr(u8)]
+pub enum WireType {
+    Varint = 0,
+    SixtyFourBit = 1,
+    LengthDelimited = 2,
+    StartGroup = 3,
+    EndGroup = 4,
+    ThirtyTwoBit = 5,
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<u64> for WireType {
+    type Error = DecodeError;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn try_from(value: u64) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        match value {
+            0 => Ok(WireType::Varint),
+            1 => Ok(WireType::SixtyFourBit),
+            2 => Ok(WireType::LengthDelimited),
+            3 => Ok(WireType::StartGroup),
+            4 => Ok(WireType::EndGroup),
+            5 => Ok(WireType::ThirtyTwoBit),
+            _ => Err(DecodeError::new(format!(
+                "invalid wire type value: {}",
+                value
+            ))),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Checks that the expected wire type matches the actual wire type,
+/// or returns an error result.
+#[inline]
+pub fn check_wire_type(expected: WireType, actual: WireType) -> Result<(), DecodeError> {
+    if expected != actual {
+        return Err(DecodeError::new(format!(
+            "invalid wire type: {:?} (expected {:?})",
+            actual, expected
+        )));
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}
diff --git a/prost/src/message.rs b/prost/src/message.rs
index d0b25a1c2..ee33eecd9 100644
--- a/prost/src/message.rs
+++ b/prost/src/message.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ use core::fmt::Debug;
 use bytes::{Buf, BufMut};
 
 use crate::encoding::varint::{encode_varint, encoded_len_varint};
-use crate::encoding::{decode_key, message, DecodeContext, WireType};
+use crate::encoding::wire_type::WireType;
+use crate::encoding::{decode_key, message, DecodeContext};
 use crate::DecodeError;
 use crate::EncodeError;
 
diff --git a/prost/src/types.rs b/prost/src/types.rs
index 6e4994bfb..5abb513bc 100644
--- a/prost/src/types.rs
+++ b/prost/src/types.rs
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ use alloc::vec::Vec;
 
 use ::bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes};
 
+use crate::encoding::wire_type::WireType;
 use crate::{
     encoding::{
-        bool, bytes, double, float, int32, int64, skip_field, string, uint32, uint64,
-        DecodeContext, WireType,
+        bool, bytes, double, float, int32, int64, skip_field, string, uint32, uint64, DecodeContext,
     },
     DecodeError, Message,
 };