diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1416e12de1..81e90fdfdf 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,10 +36,16 @@ optional = true
 version = "0.4"
 default-features = false
 
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "*"
+optional = true
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "*"
 
 [features]
 default = ["ssl"]
 ssl = ["openssl", "cookie/secure"]
+serde-serialization = ["serde"]
 nightly = []
+
diff --git a/src/header/common/mod.rs b/src/header/common/mod.rs
index c7c2c2913d..3ce8dbbac8 100644
--- a/src/header/common/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/common/mod.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,31 @@ macro_rules! test_header {
     }
 }
 
+#[macro_export]
+macro_rules! __hyper_generate_header_serialization {
+    ($id:ident) => {
+        #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+        impl ::serde::Serialize for $id {
+            fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error>
+                            where S: ::serde::Serializer {
+                format!("{}", self).serialize(serializer)
+            }
+        }
+
+        #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+        impl ::serde::Deserialize for $id {
+            fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: &mut D) -> Result<$id, D::Error>
+                              where D: ::serde::Deserializer {
+                let string_representation: String =
+                    try!(::serde::Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer));
+                Ok($crate::header::Header::parse_header(&[
+                    string_representation.into_bytes()
+                ]).unwrap())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! header {
     // $a:meta: Attributes associated with the header item (usually docs)
@@ -190,6 +215,8 @@ macro_rules! header {
                 self.fmt_header(f)
             }
         }
+
+        __hyper_generate_header_serialization!($id);
     };
     // List header, one or more items
     ($(#[$a:meta])*($id:ident, $n:expr) => ($item:ty)+) => {
@@ -216,6 +243,7 @@ macro_rules! header {
                 self.fmt_header(f)
             }
         }
+        __hyper_generate_header_serialization!($id);
     };
     // Single value header
     ($(#[$a:meta])*($id:ident, $n:expr) => [$value:ty]) => {
@@ -241,6 +269,7 @@ macro_rules! header {
                 ::std::fmt::Display::fmt(&**self, f)
             }
         }
+        __hyper_generate_header_serialization!($id);
     };
     // List header, one or more items with "*" option
     ($(#[$a:meta])*($id:ident, $n:expr) => {Any / ($item:ty)+}) => {
@@ -281,6 +310,7 @@ macro_rules! header {
                 self.fmt_header(f)
             }
         }
+        __hyper_generate_header_serialization!($id);
     };
 
     // optional test module
diff --git a/src/header/mod.rs b/src/header/mod.rs
index 7044d29fe5..f52038b877 100644
--- a/src/header/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/mod.rs
@@ -92,6 +92,13 @@ use unicase::UniCase;
 
 use self::internals::Item;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+use serde::de;
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+use serde::ser;
+
 pub use self::shared::*;
 pub use self::common::*;
 
@@ -322,6 +329,65 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Headers {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+impl Serialize for Headers {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> where S: Serializer {
+        struct HeadersVisitor<'a> {
+            iter: HeadersItems<'a>,
+            len: usize,
+        }
+
+        impl<'a> ser::MapVisitor for HeadersVisitor<'a> {
+            fn visit<S>(&mut self, serializer: &mut S) -> Result<Option<()>, S::Error>
+                        where S: Serializer {
+                match self.iter.next() {
+                    Some(header_item) => {
+                        try!(serializer.visit_map_elt(header_item.name(),
+                                                      header_item.value_string()));
+                        Ok(Some(()))
+                    }
+                    None => Ok(None),
+                }
+            }
+
+            fn len(&self) -> Option<usize> {
+                Some(self.len)
+            }
+        }
+
+        serializer.visit_map(HeadersVisitor {
+            iter: self.iter(),
+            len: self.len(),
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+impl Deserialize for Headers {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: &mut D) -> Result<Headers, D::Error> where D: Deserializer {
+        struct HeadersVisitor;
+
+        impl de::Visitor for HeadersVisitor {
+            type Value = Headers;
+
+            fn visit_map<V>(&mut self, mut visitor: V) -> Result<Headers, V::Error>
+                            where V: de::MapVisitor {
+                let mut result = Headers::new();
+                while let Some((key, value)) = try!(visitor.visit()) {
+                    let (key, value): (String, String) = (key, value);
+                    result.set_raw(key, vec![value.into_bytes()]);
+                }
+                try!(visitor.end());
+                Ok(result)
+            }
+        }
+
+        let result = Headers::new();
+        try!(deserializer.visit_map(HeadersVisitor));
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+}
+
 /// An `Iterator` over the fields in a `Headers` map.
 pub struct HeadersItems<'a> {
     inner: Iter<'a, HeaderName, Item>
diff --git a/src/http/mod.rs b/src/http/mod.rs
index a52f2023ec..0133bf25f8 100644
--- a/src/http/mod.rs
+++ b/src/http/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ use header::Headers;
 use version::HttpVersion;
 use version::HttpVersion::{Http10, Http11};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
 pub use self::message::{HttpMessage, RequestHead, ResponseHead, Protocol};
 
 pub mod h1;
@@ -17,6 +20,21 @@ pub mod message;
 #[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
 pub struct RawStatus(pub u16, pub Cow<'static, str>);
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+impl Serialize for RawStatus {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> where S: Serializer {
+        (self.0, self.1.clone().into_owned()).serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+impl Deserialize for RawStatus {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: &mut D) -> Result<RawStatus, D::Error> where D: Deserializer {
+        let representation: (u16, String) = try!(Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer));
+        Ok(RawStatus(representation.0, Cow::Owned(representation.1)))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Checks if a connection should be kept alive.
 #[inline]
 pub fn should_keep_alive(version: HttpVersion, headers: &Headers) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 0abe385ddd..60fde80c11 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ extern crate time;
 extern crate url;
 #[cfg(feature = "openssl")]
 extern crate openssl;
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+extern crate serde;
 extern crate cookie;
 extern crate unicase;
 extern crate httparse;
diff --git a/src/method.rs b/src/method.rs
index 1ab7cf137a..10d5569119 100644
--- a/src/method.rs
+++ b/src/method.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ use error::Error;
 use self::Method::{Options, Get, Post, Put, Delete, Head, Trace, Connect, Patch,
                    Extension};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
 /// The Request Method (VERB)
 ///
 /// Currently includes 8 variants representing the 8 methods defined in
@@ -125,6 +128,21 @@ impl fmt::Display for Method {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+impl Serialize for Method {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: &mut S) -> Result<(), S::Error> where S: Serializer {
+        format!("{}", self).serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialization")]
+impl Deserialize for Method {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: &mut D) -> Result<Method, D::Error> where D: Deserializer {
+        let string_representation: String = try!(Deserialize::deserialize(deserializer));
+        Ok(FromStr::from_str(&string_representation[..]).unwrap())
+    }
+} 
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::collections::HashMap;