diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index af6ffdd..d634e68 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -477,6 +477,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "criterion",
  "rand",
  "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "serde_json",
  "test-case",
  "thiserror",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 28d2830..ec939ed 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ test-case = "3.3.1"
 criterion = { version = "0.8", features = ["html_reports"] }
 rand = "0.10.0"
 base32 = "0.5.1"
+serde_derive = "1.0.228"
+serde_json = "1.0.149"
 
 [profile.bench]
 opt-level = 2
diff --git a/src/serde.rs b/src/serde.rs
index 3cb8fd5..50ea65f 100644
--- a/src/serde.rs
+++ b/src/serde.rs
@@ -41,3 +41,50 @@ impl Serialize for Did {
         serializer.serialize_str(&self.to_string())
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+    use serde_json::{self, json};
+
+    use super::*;
+
+    #[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+    struct Container {
+        did: Did,
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deser_ok() {
+        let json = json!({
+            "did": "did:plc:c6te24qg5hx54qgegqylpqkx"
+        });
+
+        let c: Container = serde_json::from_value(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(c.did.to_string(), "did:plc:c6te24qg5hx54qgegqylpqkx")
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn deser_err() {
+        let json = json!({
+            "did": "did:plc:invalid"
+        });
+
+        serde_json::from_value::<Container>(json).unwrap_err();
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn ser_ok() {
+        let c = Container { did: Did::from_str("did:plc:c6te24qg5hx54qgegqylpqkx").unwrap() };
+
+        let json = serde_json::to_string(&c).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            json,
+            json!({
+                "did": "did:plc:c6te24qg5hx54qgegqylpqkx"
+            })
+            .to_string()
+        )
+    }
+}