diff --git a/src/sync.rs b/src/sync.rs
index c2e5701..d7b2945 100644
--- a/src/sync.rs
+++ b/src/sync.rs
@@ -828,6 +828,7 @@ fn test_non_lockfree() {
 /// Append-only threadsafe version of `std::collections::BTreeMap` where
 /// insertion does not require mutable access
 #[derive(Debug)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize))]
 pub struct FrozenBTreeMap<K, V>(RwLock<BTreeMap<K, V>>);
 
 impl<K: Clone + Ord, V: StableDeref> FrozenBTreeMap<K, V> {
@@ -1008,3 +1009,11 @@ impl<K: Clone + Ord, V: StableDeref> Default for FrozenBTreeMap<K, V> {
         Self::new()
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for FrozenBTreeMap<String, String> {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        let map = BTreeMap::<String, String>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        Ok(map.into())
+    }
+}