diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dc3ec25..9d6b37f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ authors = ["logaritmisk <anders.e.olsson@gmail.com>"]
 
 [dependencies]
 unreachable = "1.0"
+serde = "1.0"
 
 [profile.release]
 lto = true
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 1502bad..8585768 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 extern crate unreachable;
+extern crate serde;
 
+use std::fmt;
 use std::ops;
 use std::iter::{FromIterator, IntoIterator, Iterator};
 use std::default::Default;
 use std::collections::HashMap;
 
+use serde::ser::{self, Serialize};
+use serde::de::{self, Deserialize, Visitor, SeqAccess};
+
 mod hasher;
 
 use hasher::BitBuildHasher;
@@ -59,6 +64,11 @@ impl BitSet {
         self.nbits == 0
     }
 
+    pub fn clear(&mut self) {
+        self.blocks.clear();
+        self.nbits = 0;
+    }
+
     #[inline]
     pub fn insert(&mut self, value: u64) -> bool {
         let (block, bit) = block_bit(value, BITS);
@@ -310,6 +320,83 @@ impl<'a> ops::BitOr<&'a Self> for BitSet {
     }
 }
 
+impl Serialize for BitSet {
+    #[inline]
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: ser::Serializer,
+    {
+        serializer.collect_seq(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for BitSet {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        struct SeqVisitor;
+
+        impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for SeqVisitor {
+            type Value = BitSet;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a sequence")
+            }
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+                where
+                A: SeqAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                let mut values = BitSet::new();
+
+                while let Some(value) = try!(seq.next_element()) {
+                    BitSet::insert(&mut values, value);
+                }
+
+                Ok(values)
+            }
+        }
+
+        let visitor = SeqVisitor;
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_seq(visitor)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_in_place<D>(deserializer: D, place: &mut Self) -> Result<(), D::Error>
+    where
+        D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        struct SeqInPlaceVisitor<'a>(&'a mut BitSet);
+
+        impl<'a, 'de> Visitor<'de> for SeqInPlaceVisitor<'a> {
+            type Value = ();
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("a sequence")
+            }
+
+            #[inline]
+            fn visit_seq<A>(mut self, mut seq: A) -> Result<(), A::Error>
+            where
+                A: SeqAccess<'de>,
+            {
+                BitSet::clear(&mut self.0);
+
+                while let Some(value) = try!(seq.next_element()) {
+                    BitSet::insert(&mut self.0, value);
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            }
+        }
+
+        deserializer.deserialize_seq(SeqInPlaceVisitor(place))
+    }
+}
+
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;