diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2f17f18..22edea6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 name = "libshire"
 version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/uuid.rs b/src/uuid.rs
index ab2a1ae..e4e7b9c 100644
--- a/src/uuid.rs
+++ b/src/uuid.rs
@@ -138,6 +138,29 @@ impl fmt::Display for Uuid {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+impl serde::Serialize for Uuid {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: serde::Serializer
+    {
+        // TODO: replace with a better string conversion function
+        serializer.serialize_str(&self.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for Uuid {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: serde::Deserializer<'de>
+    {
+        let s: &str = serde::Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        s.parse()
+            .map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum ParseError {
     NotEnoughGroups(usize),