diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e072e9d..5daa846 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ zeroize = { version = "1", default-features = false, features = ["derive"] }
 rkyv = { version = "0.7", optional = true, default-features = false }
 bytecheck = { version = "0.6", optional = true, default-features = false }
 rayon = { version = "1.8", optional = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.210", optional = true }
+bs58 = { version = "0.4.0" , optional = true }
+serde_json = { version = "1.0.128", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = "0.8"
@@ -34,3 +37,4 @@ rkyv-impl = [
     "bytecheck",
 ]
 parallel = ["dep:rayon"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "bs58", "serde_json"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f71e1f8..89c77c0 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ pub use keys::{
 };
 pub use signatures::{MultisigSignature, Signature};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+mod serde_support;
+
 #[cfg(feature = "rkyv-impl")]
 pub use crate::keys::{
     public::{
diff --git a/src/serde_support.rs b/src/serde_support.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94fa68d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serde_support.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+// This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+// License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+// file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+//
+// Copyright (c) DUSK NETWORK. All rights reserved.
+
+extern crate alloc;
+
+use alloc::format;
+use alloc::string::String;
+
+use bs58;
+use dusk_bytes::Serializable;
+use serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
+use crate::{MultisigPublicKey, MultisigSignature, PublicKey, SecretKey, Signature};
+
+impl Serialize for PublicKey {
+    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(
+        &self,
+        serializer: S,
+    ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        let s = bs58::encode(self.to_bytes()).into_string();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for PublicKey {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(
+        deserializer: D,
+    ) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let mut bytes: [u8; Self::SIZE] = [0; Self::SIZE];
+        match bs58::decode(&s).into(&mut bytes) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                if n != Self::SIZE {
+                    return Err(de::Error::custom(
+                        "failed to deserialize PublicKey",
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => return Err(de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}"))),
+        }
+        let pubk = PublicKey::from_bytes(&bytes)
+            .map_err(|err| de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}")))?;
+        Ok(pubk)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for MultisigPublicKey {
+    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(
+        &self,
+        serializer: S,
+    ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        let s = bs58::encode(self.to_bytes()).into_string();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for MultisigPublicKey {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(
+        deserializer: D,
+    ) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let mut bytes: [u8; Self::SIZE] = [0; Self::SIZE];
+        match bs58::decode(&s).into(&mut bytes) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                if n != Self::SIZE {
+                    return Err(de::Error::custom(
+                        "failed to deserialize MultisigPublicKey",
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => return Err(de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}"))),
+        }
+        let pubk = MultisigPublicKey::from_bytes(&bytes)
+            .map_err(|err| de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}")))?;
+        Ok(pubk)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for Signature {
+    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(
+        &self,
+        serializer: S,
+    ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        let s = bs58::encode(self.to_bytes()).into_string();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Signature {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(
+        deserializer: D,
+    ) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let mut bytes: [u8; Self::SIZE] = [0; Self::SIZE];
+        match bs58::decode(&s).into(&mut bytes) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                if n != Self::SIZE {
+                    return Err(de::Error::custom(
+                        "failed to deserialize Signature",
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => return Err(de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}"))),
+        }
+        let pubk = Signature::from_bytes(&bytes)
+            .map_err(|err| de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}")))?;
+        Ok(pubk)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for MultisigSignature {
+    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(
+        &self,
+        serializer: S,
+    ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        let s = bs58::encode(self.to_bytes()).into_string();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for MultisigSignature {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(
+        deserializer: D,
+    ) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let mut bytes: [u8; Self::SIZE] = [0; Self::SIZE];
+        match bs58::decode(&s).into(&mut bytes) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                if n != Self::SIZE {
+                    return Err(de::Error::custom(
+                        "failed to deserialize MultisigSignature",
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => return Err(de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}"))),
+        }
+        let pubk = MultisigSignature::from_bytes(&bytes)
+            .map_err(|err| de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}")))?;
+        Ok(pubk)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for SecretKey {
+    fn serialize<S: Serializer>(
+        &self,
+        serializer: S,
+    ) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+        let s = bs58::encode(self.to_bytes()).into_string();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for SecretKey {
+    fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(
+        deserializer: D,
+    ) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+        let s = String::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        let mut bytes: [u8; Self::SIZE] = [0; Self::SIZE];
+        match bs58::decode(&s).into(&mut bytes) {
+            Ok(n) => {
+                if n != Self::SIZE {
+                    return Err(de::Error::custom(
+                        "failed to deserialize SecretKey",
+                    ));
+                }
+            }
+            Err(err) => return Err(de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}"))),
+        }
+        let pubk = SecretKey::from_bytes(&bytes)
+            .map_err(|err| de::Error::custom(format!("{err:?}")))?;
+        Ok(pubk)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/serde.rs b/tests/serde.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42f5b4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/serde.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+mod tests {
+    use bls12_381_bls::{MultisigPublicKey, PublicKey, SecretKey};
+    use rand::rngs::StdRng;
+    use rand::SeedableRng;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn public_key() {
+        let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0xbeef);
+        let pk = PublicKey::from(&SecretKey::random(&mut rng));
+        let ser = serde_json::to_string(&pk);
+        let deser = serde_json::from_str(&ser.unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(pk, deser.unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multisig_public_key() {
+        let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0xbeef);
+        let pk = MultisigPublicKey::aggregate(&[PublicKey::from(
+            &SecretKey::random(&mut rng),
+        )])
+        .unwrap();
+        let ser = serde_json::to_string(&pk);
+        let deser = serde_json::from_str(&ser.unwrap());
+        assert_eq!(pk, deser.unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn signature() {
+        let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0xbeef);
+        let sk = SecretKey::random(&mut rng);
+        let signature = sk.sign(b"a message");
+        let ser = serde_json::to_string(&signature).unwrap();
+        let deser = serde_json::from_str(&ser).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(signature, deser);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn multisig_signature() {
+        let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0xbeef);
+        let sk = SecretKey::random(&mut rng);
+        let pk = PublicKey::from(&sk);
+        let signature = sk.sign_multisig(&pk, b"a message");
+        let ser = serde_json::to_string(&signature).unwrap();
+        let deser = serde_json::from_str(&ser).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(signature, deser);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn secret_key() {
+        let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0xbeef);
+        let sk = SecretKey::random(&mut rng);
+        let ser = serde_json::to_string(&sk).unwrap();
+        let deser = serde_json::from_str(&ser).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(sk, deser);
+    }
+}