diff --git a/mercurial/wireprotov2peer.py b/mercurial/wireprotov2peer.py
--- a/mercurial/wireprotov2peer.py
+++ b/mercurial/wireprotov2peer.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     cbor,
 )
 from . import (
+    encoding,
     error,
     util,
     wireprotoframing,
@@ -127,7 +128,13 @@
                 response.cbor = True
 
             if meta['eos']:
-                self._futures[frame.requestid].set_result(response)
+                # If the command has a decoder, resolve the future to the
+                # decoded value. Otherwise resolve to the rich response object.
+                decoder = COMMAND_DECODERS.get(response.command)
+
+                result = decoder(response) if decoder else response
+
+                self._futures[frame.requestid].set_result(result)
 
                 del self._requests[frame.requestid]
                 del self._futures[frame.requestid]
@@ -135,3 +142,38 @@
         else:
             raise error.ProgrammingError(
                 'unhandled action from clientreactor: %s' % action)
+
+def decodebranchmap(resp):
+    # Response should be a single CBOR map of branch name to array of nodes.
+    bm = next(resp.cborobjects())
+
+    return {encoding.tolocal(k): v for k, v in bm.items()}
+
+def decodeheads(resp):
+    # Array of node bytestrings.
+    return next(resp.cborobjects())
+
+def decodeknown(resp):
+    # Bytestring where each byte is a 0 or 1.
+    raw = next(resp.cborobjects())
+
+    return [True if c == '1' else False for c in raw]
+
+def decodelistkeys(resp):
+    # Map with bytestring keys and values.
+    return next(resp.cborobjects())
+
+def decodelookup(resp):
+    return next(resp.cborobjects())
+
+def decodepushkey(resp):
+    return next(resp.cborobjects())
+
+COMMAND_DECODERS = {
+    'branchmap': decodebranchmap,
+    'heads': decodeheads,
+    'known': decodeknown,
+    'listkeys': decodelistkeys,
+    'lookup': decodelookup,
+    'pushkey': decodepushkey,
+}
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-branchmap.t
@@ -67,6 +67,6 @@
   received frame(size=112; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [{b'branch1': [b'\xb5\xfa\xac\xdf\xd2c7h\xcb1R3l\xc0\x953\x81&f\x88'], b'branch2': [b'"Aa\xc7X\x9a\xa4\x8f\xa8:H\xfe\xff^\x95\xb5j\xe3\'\xfc'], b'default': [b'&\x80Z\xba\x1e`\n\x82\xe96a\x14\x9f#\x13\x86j"\x1a{', b'\xbe\x0e\xf7<\x17\xad\xe3\xfc\x89\xdcAp\x1e\xb9\xfc:\x91\xb5\x82\x82']}]
+  response: {b'branch1': [b'\xb5\xfa\xac\xdf\xd2c7h\xcb1R3l\xc0\x953\x81&f\x88'], b'branch2': [b'"Aa\xc7X\x9a\xa4\x8f\xa8:H\xfe\xff^\x95\xb5j\xe3\'\xfc'], b'default': [b'&\x80Z\xba\x1e`\n\x82\xe96a\x14\x9f#\x13\x86j"\x1a{', b'\xbe\x0e\xf7<\x17\xad\xe3\xfc\x89\xdcAp\x1e\xb9\xfc:\x91\xb5\x82\x82']}
 
   $ cat error.log
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-heads.t
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
   received frame(size=64; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [[b'\x1dok\x91\xd4J\xab\xa6\xd5\xe5\x80\xbc0\xa9\x94\x850\xdb\xe0\x0b', b'\xaeI.6\xb0\xc83\x9f\xfa\xf3(\xd0\x0b\x85\xb4R]\xe1\x16^', b')Dm-\xc5A\x9c_\x97Dz\x8b\xc0b\xe4\xcc2\x8b\xf2A']]
+  response: [b'\x1dok\x91\xd4J\xab\xa6\xd5\xe5\x80\xbc0\xa9\x94\x850\xdb\xe0\x0b', b'\xaeI.6\xb0\xc83\x9f\xfa\xf3(\xd0\x0b\x85\xb4R]\xe1\x16^', b')Dm-\xc5A\x9c_\x97Dz\x8b\xc0b\xe4\xcc2\x8b\xf2A']
 
 Requesting just the public heads works
 
@@ -91,6 +91,6 @@
   received frame(size=22; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [[b'x\xd2\xdc\xa46\xb2\xf5\xb1\x88\xac&~)\xb8\x1e\x07&m8\xfc']]
+  response: [b'x\xd2\xdc\xa46\xb2\xf5\xb1\x88\xac&~)\xb8\x1e\x07&m8\xfc']
 
   $ cat error.log
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-known.t
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   received frame(size=1; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [b'']
+  response: []
 
 Single known node works
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
   received frame(size=2; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [b'1']
+  response: [True]
 
 Multiple nodes works
 
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@
   received frame(size=4; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [b'101']
+  response: [True, False, True]
 
   $ cat error.log
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-listkeys.t
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
   received frame(size=32; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [{b'bookmarks': b'', b'namespaces': b'', b'phases': b''}]
+  response: {b'bookmarks': b'', b'namespaces': b'', b'phases': b''}
 
 Request for phases works
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   received frame(size=61; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [{b'be0ef73c17ade3fc89dc41701eb9fc3a91b58282': b'1', b'publishing': b'True'}]
+  response: {b'be0ef73c17ade3fc89dc41701eb9fc3a91b58282': b'1', b'publishing': b'True'}
 
 Request for bookmarks works
 
@@ -120,6 +120,6 @@
   received frame(size=45; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [{b'@': b'26805aba1e600a82e93661149f2313866a221a7b'}]
+  response: {b'@': b'26805aba1e600a82e93661149f2313866a221a7b'}
 
   $ cat error.log
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-lookup.t
@@ -50,6 +50,6 @@
   received frame(size=*; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor) (glob)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [b'Bk\xad\xa5\xc6u\x98\xcae\x03mW\xd9\xe4\xb6K\x0c\x1c\xe7\xa0']
+  response: b'Bk\xad\xa5\xc6u\x98\xcae\x03mW\xd9\xe4\xb6K\x0c\x1c\xe7\xa0'
 
   $ cat error.log
diff --git a/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t b/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t
--- a/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t
+++ b/tests/test-wireproto-command-pushkey.t
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   received frame(size=*; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor) (glob)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [True]
+  response: True
 
   $ sendhttpv2peer << EOF
   > command listkeys
@@ -84,6 +84,6 @@
   received frame(size=45; request=1; stream=2; streamflags=stream-begin; type=bytes-response; flags=eos|cbor)
   s>     0\r\n
   s>     \r\n
-  response: [{b'@': b'426bada5c67598ca65036d57d9e4b64b0c1ce7a0'}]
+  response: {b'@': b'426bada5c67598ca65036d57d9e4b64b0c1ce7a0'}
 
   $ cat error.log