diff --git a/banderwagon/element.go b/banderwagon/element.go
index fb13382..af53ee8 100644
--- a/banderwagon/element.go
+++ b/banderwagon/element.go
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ func (p Element) Bytes() [CompressedSize]byte {
 	return affineX.Bytes()
 }
 
-// BytesUncompressed returns the uncompressed serialized version of the element.
-func (p Element) BytesUncompressed() [UncompressedSize]byte {
+// BytesUncompressedTrusted returns the uncompressed serialized version of the element.
+// The returned bytes can only be used with SetBytesUncompressed with the trusted flag on.
+// This is because this method doesn't do any (x, y) transformation regarding the sign of y.
+func (p Element) BytesUncompressedTrusted() [UncompressedSize]byte {
 	// Convert underlying point to affine representation
 	var affine bandersnatch.PointAffine
 	affine.FromProj(&p.inner)
diff --git a/banderwagon/element_test.go b/banderwagon/element_test.go
index 5429a05..3a44e90 100644
--- a/banderwagon/element_test.go
+++ b/banderwagon/element_test.go
@@ -327,6 +327,33 @@ func TestBatchNormalize(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestBytesUncompressSerializeDeserialize(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	var point Element
+	point.Add(&Generator, &Generator)
+	point.Double(&Generator)
+
+	bytesUncompressed := point.BytesUncompressedTrusted()
+
+	var point2 Element
+
+	// Trying to deserialize the from an untrusted source would mean that the Y coordinate would be checked from
+	// the EC formula. This would reject the point since BytesUncompressedTrusted() doesn't consider the Y coordinate sign.
+	if err := point2.SetBytesUncompressed(bytesUncompressed[:], false); err == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("the point must be rejected since the serialized bytes didn't consider the Y coordinate sign")
+	}
+
+	// Deserializing with the trusted flag, must succeed since it's simply deserializing the x and y coordinate directly
+	// without subgroup or lexicographic checks.
+	if err := point2.SetBytesUncompressed(bytesUncompressed[:], true); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("could not deserialize point: %s", err)
+	}
+	if !point.Equal(&point2) {
+		t.Fatalf("deserialized point does not match original point")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestSetUncompressedFail(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 	one := fp.One()
@@ -361,7 +388,7 @@ func TestSetUncompressedFail(t *testing.T) {
 		// coordinate isn't trusted blindly.
 		gen.inner.Y.Add(&gen.inner.Y, &one)
 
-		pointBytes := gen.BytesUncompressed()
+		pointBytes := gen.BytesUncompressedTrusted()
 		var point2 Element
 		if err := point2.SetBytesUncompressed(pointBytes[:], false); err == nil {
 			t.Fatalf("the point must be rejected")