diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8acfbbf..e8ce867 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ categories = ["algorithms"]
 repository = "https://github.com/becheran/wildmatch"
 
 [dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ntest = "0.7.3"
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ criterion = "0.3.4"
 regex = "1.4.3"
 glob = "0.3.0"
 
+[features]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
+
 [[bench]]
 name = "patterns"
 harness = false
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 866e0ed..dc80529 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,13 +27,18 @@
 
 use std::fmt;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 /// Wildcard matcher used to match strings.
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Default)]
 pub struct WildMatch {
     pattern: Vec<State>,
     max_questionmarks: usize,
 }
 
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 struct State {
     next_char: Option<char>,