diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1e06fd9..eab9733 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,15 @@ exclude = [
 [badges]
 travis-ci = { repository = "isislovecruft/curve25519-dalek", branch = "master"}
 
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0"
+
+[dependencies.serde_json]
+version = "1.0"
+
+[dependencies.serde_cbor]
+version = "0.6"
+
 [dependencies.arrayref]
 version = "0.3.3"
 
diff --git a/src/curve.rs b/src/curve.rs
index 552e736..b516321 100644
--- a/src/curve.rs
+++ b/src/curve.rs
@@ -278,6 +278,59 @@ impl CompressedMontgomeryU {
     }
 }
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Serde support
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Serializes to and from `ExtendedPoint` directly, doing compression
+// and decompression internally.  This means that users can create
+// structs containing `ExtendedPoint`s and use Serde's derived
+// serializers to serialize those structures.
+
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use serde::{Serializer, Deserializer};
+use serde::de::Visitor;
+use serde;
+
+impl Serialize for ExtendedPoint {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+        where S: Serializer
+    {
+        serializer.serialize_bytes(self.compress_edwards().as_bytes())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for ExtendedPoint {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+        where D: Deserializer<'de>
+    {
+        struct ExtendedPointVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for ExtendedPointVisitor {
+            type Value = ExtendedPoint;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut ::core::fmt::Formatter) -> ::core::fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a valid point in Edwards y + sign format")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<ExtendedPoint, E>
+                where E: serde::de::Error
+            {
+                println!("VISIT_BYTES");
+                if v.len() == 32 {
+                    let arr32 = array_ref!(v,0,32); // &[u8;32] from &[u8]
+                    CompressedEdwardsY(*arr32).decompress()
+                        .ok_or(serde::de::Error::custom("decompression failed"))
+                } else {
+                    Err(serde::de::Error::invalid_length(v.len(), &self))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        println!("DESERIALIZE");
+        deserializer.deserialize_bytes(ExtendedPointVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // Internal point representations
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1576,6 +1629,29 @@ mod test {
             assert_eq!(result.compress_edwards(), DOUBLE_SCALAR_MULT_RESULT);
         }
     }
+
+    use serde_cbor;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn serde_cbor_basepoint_roundtrip() {
+        let output = serde_cbor::to_vec(&constants::ED25519_BASEPOINT).unwrap();
+        let parsed: ExtendedPoint = serde_cbor::from_slice(&output).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed.compress_edwards(), constants::BASE_CMPRSSD);
+    }
+
+    /*
+    use serde_json;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn serde_json_basepoint_roundtrip() {
+        let output = serde_json::to_string(&constants::ED25519_BASEPOINT).unwrap();
+        println!("{:?}", output);
+        println!("{:?}", constants::BASE_CMPRSSD);
+        let parsed: ExtendedPoint = serde_json::from_str(&output).unwrap();
+        println!("{:?}", parsed);
+        panic!();
+    }
+    */
 }
 
 // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/decaf.rs b/src/decaf.rs
index 9d36c10..95eb65c 100644
--- a/src/decaf.rs
+++ b/src/decaf.rs
@@ -108,6 +108,61 @@ impl Identity for CompressedDecaf {
     }
 }
 
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Serde support
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Serializes to and from `DecafPoint` directly, doing compression
+// and decompression internally.  This means that users can create
+// structs containing `DecafPoint`s and use Serde's derived
+// serializers to serialize those structures.
+
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+use serde::{Serializer, Deserializer};
+use serde::de::Visitor;
+use serde;
+
+impl Serialize for DecafPoint {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+        where S: Serializer
+    {
+        serializer.serialize_bytes(self.compress().as_bytes())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for DecafPoint {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+        where D: Deserializer<'de>
+    {
+        struct DecafPointVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for DecafPointVisitor {
+            type Value = DecafPoint;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut ::core::fmt::Formatter) -> ::core::fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a valid point in Decaf format")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_bytes<E>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<DecafPoint, E>
+                where E: serde::de::Error
+            {
+                if v.len() == 32 {
+                    let arr32 = array_ref!(v,0,32); // &[u8;32] from &[u8]
+                    CompressedDecaf(*arr32).decompress()
+                        .ok_or(serde::de::Error::custom("decompression failed"))
+                } else {
+                    Err(serde::de::Error::invalid_length(v.len(), &self))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_bytes(DecafPointVisitor)
+    }
+}
+
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Internal point representations
+// ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /// A point in a prime-order group.
 ///
 /// XXX think about how this API should work
@@ -381,6 +436,16 @@ mod test {
     use curve::Identity;
     use super::*;
 
+    use serde_cbor;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn serde_cbor_basepoint_roundtrip() {
+        let output = serde_cbor::to_vec(&constants::DECAF_ED25519_BASEPOINT).unwrap();
+        let parsed: DecafPoint = serde_cbor::from_slice(&output).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(parsed, constants::DECAF_ED25519_BASEPOINT);
+    }
+
+
     #[test]
     fn decaf_decompress_negative_s_fails() {
         // constants::d is neg, so decompression should fail as |d| != d.
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 40efe8b..91491d5 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ extern crate arrayref;
 extern crate generic_array;
 extern crate digest;
 
+//#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+extern crate serde;
+extern crate serde_cbor;
+extern crate serde_json;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 extern crate core;