diff --git a/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.cpp b/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.cpp
index b4a68a08403..ff838c42128 100644
--- a/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 #include "velox/expression/VectorFunction.h"
 #include "velox/functions/remote/if/GetSerde.h"
+#include "velox/serializers/PrestoSerializer.h"
 #include "velox/type/fbhive/HiveTypeSerializer.h"
 
 namespace facebook::velox::functions {
@@ -28,6 +29,16 @@ std::string serializeType(const TypePtr& type) {
   return type::fbhive::HiveTypeSerializer::serialize(type);
 }
 
+std::unique_ptr<VectorSerde::Options> getOptions(remote::PageFormat format) {
+  if (format == remote::PageFormat::PRESTO_PAGE) {
+    auto options = std::make_unique<
+        serializer::presto::PrestoVectorSerde::PrestoOptions>();
+    options->preserveEncodings = true;
+    return options;
+  }
+  return std::make_unique<VectorSerde::Options>();
+}
+
 } // namespace
 
 RemoteVectorFunction::RemoteVectorFunction(
@@ -36,6 +47,7 @@ RemoteVectorFunction::RemoteVectorFunction(
     const RemoteVectorFunctionMetadata& metadata)
     : functionName_(functionName),
       serdeFormat_(metadata.serdeFormat),
+      serdeOptions_(getOptions(serdeFormat_)),
       serde_(getSerde(serdeFormat_)) {
   std::vector<TypePtr> types;
   types.reserve(inputArgs.size());
@@ -91,8 +103,8 @@ void RemoteVectorFunction::applyRemote(
   requestInputs->pageFormat_ref() = serdeFormat_;
 
   // TODO: serialize only active rows.
-  requestInputs->payload_ref() = rowVectorToIOBuf(
-      remoteRowVector, rows.end(), *context.pool(), serde_.get());
+  requestInputs->payload_ref() = rowVectorToIOBufBatch(
+      remoteRowVector, *context.pool(), serde_.get(), serdeOptions_.get());
 
   std::unique_ptr<remote::RemoteFunctionResponse> remoteResponse;
 
diff --git a/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.h b/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.h
index 677b5acb153..abfc5ccfa11 100644
--- a/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.h
+++ b/velox/functions/remote/client/RemoteVectorFunction.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ class RemoteVectorFunction : public exec::VectorFunction {
   const std::string functionName_;
 
   remote::PageFormat serdeFormat_;
+  std::unique_ptr<VectorSerde::Options> serdeOptions_;
   std::unique_ptr<VectorSerde> serde_;
 
   // Structures we construct once to cache:
diff --git a/velox/functions/remote/server/RemoteFunctionService.cpp b/velox/functions/remote/server/RemoteFunctionService.cpp
index 0d573a8c464..29122e7af19 100644
--- a/velox/functions/remote/server/RemoteFunctionService.cpp
+++ b/velox/functions/remote/server/RemoteFunctionService.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ void RemoteFunctionServiceHandler::handleErrors(
       numRows,
       std::vector<VectorPtr>{flatVector});
   result->errorPayload() =
-      rowVectorToIOBuf(errorRowVector, *pool_, serde.get());
+      rowVectorToIOBufBatch(errorRowVector, *pool_, serde.get());
 }
 
 void RemoteFunctionServiceHandler::invokeFunction(
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ void RemoteFunctionServiceHandler::invokeFunction(
   result->rowCount() = outputRowVector->size();
   result->pageFormat() = serdeFormat;
   result->payload() =
-      rowVectorToIOBuf(outputRowVector, rows.end(), *pool_, serde.get());
+      rowVectorToIOBufBatch(outputRowVector, rows.end(), *pool_, serde.get());
 
   auto evalErrors = evalCtx.errors();
   if (evalErrors != nullptr && evalErrors->hasError()) {
diff --git a/velox/vector/VectorStream.cpp b/velox/vector/VectorStream.cpp
index c62dc1c6040..85f68276795 100644
--- a/velox/vector/VectorStream.cpp
+++ b/velox/vector/VectorStream.cpp
@@ -341,4 +341,31 @@ RowVectorPtr IOBufToRowVector(
   return outputVector;
 }
 
+folly::IOBuf rowVectorToIOBufBatch(
+    const RowVectorPtr& rowVector,
+    memory::MemoryPool& pool,
+    VectorSerde* serde,
+    const VectorSerde::Options* options) {
+  return rowVectorToIOBufBatch(
+      rowVector, rowVector->size(), pool, serde, options);
+}
+
+folly::IOBuf rowVectorToIOBufBatch(
+    const RowVectorPtr& rowVector,
+    vector_size_t rangeEnd,
+    memory::MemoryPool& pool,
+    VectorSerde* serde,
+    const VectorSerde::Options* options) {
+  if (serde == nullptr) {
+    serde = getVectorSerde();
+  }
+
+  auto serializer = serde->createBatchSerializer(&pool, options);
+  IOBufOutputStream stream(pool);
+  IndexRange range{0, rangeEnd};
+  Scratch scratch;
+  serializer->serialize(rowVector, folly::Range(&range, 1), scratch, &stream);
+  return std::move(*stream.getIOBuf());
+}
+
 } // namespace facebook::velox
diff --git a/velox/vector/VectorStream.h b/velox/vector/VectorStream.h
index 009da665c78..dc5751b5139 100644
--- a/velox/vector/VectorStream.h
+++ b/velox/vector/VectorStream.h
@@ -507,6 +507,22 @@ folly::IOBuf rowVectorToIOBuf(
     memory::MemoryPool& pool,
     VectorSerde* serde = nullptr);
 
+/// Convenience function to serialize a single rowVector into an IOBuf using
+/// BatchVectorSerializer, which preserves encodings of input vectors.
+folly::IOBuf rowVectorToIOBufBatch(
+    const RowVectorPtr& rowVector,
+    memory::MemoryPool& pool,
+    VectorSerde* serde = nullptr,
+    const VectorSerde::Options* options = nullptr);
+
+/// Same as above but serializes up until row `rangeEnd`.
+folly::IOBuf rowVectorToIOBufBatch(
+    const RowVectorPtr& rowVector,
+    vector_size_t rangeEnd,
+    memory::MemoryPool& pool,
+    VectorSerde* serde = nullptr,
+    const VectorSerde::Options* options = nullptr);
+
 /// Convenience function to deserialize an IOBuf into a rowVector. If `serde` is
 /// nullptr, use the default installed serializer.
 RowVectorPtr IOBufToRowVector(