diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 04b086a..ac79460 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ documentation = "https://docs.rs/flatty"
 default = ["std"]
 std = ["alloc", "flatty-base/std", "flatty-portable/std"]
 alloc = ["flatty-base/alloc"]
+serde = ["flatty-portable/serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 flatty-macros = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/portable/Cargo.toml b/portable/Cargo.toml
index 2863a69..5136175 100644
--- a/portable/Cargo.toml
+++ b/portable/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ license.workspace = true
 [features]
 default = ["std"]
 std = ["flatty-base/std", "num-traits/std"]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 flatty-base.workspace = true
 num-traits = { version = "0.2", default-features = false }
+serde = { version = "1.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/portable/src/float.rs b/portable/src/float.rs
index 69737d6..9240996 100644
--- a/portable/src/float.rs
+++ b/portable/src/float.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{derive_display, NativeCast, Portable};
+use crate::{impl_traits_for_native, NativeCast, Portable};
 use core::{
     cmp::{Ordering, PartialOrd},
     ops::{Add, AddAssign, Div, DivAssign, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Rem, RemAssign, Sub, SubAssign},
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ macro_rules! derive_float {
             }
         }
 
-        derive_display!($self, $native);
+        impl_traits_for_native!($self, $native);
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/portable/src/int.rs b/portable/src/int.rs
index 0a2999d..2f23786 100644
--- a/portable/src/int.rs
+++ b/portable/src/int.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use crate::{derive_display, NativeCast, Portable};
+use crate::{impl_traits_for_native, NativeCast, Portable};
 use core::{
     cmp::{Ord, Ordering, PartialOrd},
     ops::{Add, AddAssign, Div, DivAssign, Mul, MulAssign, Neg, Rem, RemAssign, Sub, SubAssign},
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ macro_rules! derive_int {
             }
         }
 
-        derive_display!($self, $native);
+        impl_traits_for_native!($self, $native);
     };
 }
 
diff --git a/portable/src/lib.rs b/portable/src/lib.rs
index 56ab696..b9c623d 100644
--- a/portable/src/lib.rs
+++ b/portable/src/lib.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ pub mod traits {
     pub use super::{NativeCast, Portable};
 }
 
-macro_rules! derive_display {
+macro_rules! impl_traits_for_native {
     ($self:ty, $native:ty) => {
         impl core::fmt::Debug for $self {
             fn fmt(&self, f: &mut core::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> core::fmt::Result {
@@ -57,7 +57,26 @@ macro_rules! derive_display {
                 <$native as core::fmt::Display>::fmt(&self.to_native(), f)
             }
         }
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+        impl serde::Serialize for $self {
+            fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+            where
+                S: serde::Serializer,
+            {
+                <$native as serde::Serialize>::serialize(&self.to_native(), serializer)
+            }
+        }
+        #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+        impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for $self {
+            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+            where
+                D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+            {
+                <$native as serde::Deserialize<'de>>::deserialize(deserializer).map(<$self>::from_native)
+            }
+        }
     };
 }
 
-pub(crate) use derive_display;
+pub(crate) use impl_traits_for_native;