diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7175880d1..0a4307232 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - **ItemKey**: `ItemKey::AlbumArtists`, available for ID3v2, Vorbis Comments, APE, and MP4 Ilst ([PR](https://github.com/Serial-ATA/lofty-rs/pull/523))
     - This is a multi-value item that stores each artist for a track. It should be retrieved with `Tag::get_strings` or `Tag::take_strings`.
     - For example, a track has `ItemKey::TrackArtist` = "Foo & Bar", then `ItemKey::AlbumArtists` = ["Foo", "Bar"].
+- **Serde**: [Serde] support for `*Type` enums (`FileType`, `TagType`, `PictureType`)
+  - Support can be enabled with the new `serde` feature (not enabled by default)
 
 ### Changed
 - **ID3v2**: Check `TXXX:ALBUMARTIST` and `TXXX:ALBUM ARTIST` for `ItemKey::AlbumArtist` conversions
@@ -1012,5 +1014,6 @@ See [ogg_pager's changelog](ogg_pager/CHANGELOG.md).
 [0.5.1]: https://github.com/Serial-ATA/lofty-rs/compare/0.5.0...0.5.1
 [0.5.0]: https://github.com/Serial-ATA/lofty-rs/compare/64f0eff...0.5.0
 
+[serde]: https://docs.rs/serde
 [TagLib]: https://github.com/taglib/taglib
 [ogg_pager's changelog]: ogg_pager/CHANGELOG.md
diff --git a/lofty/Cargo.toml b/lofty/Cargo.toml
index 210748e98..2552234d2 100644
--- a/lofty/Cargo.toml
+++ b/lofty/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ paste         = "1.0.15"
 [features]
 default                   = ["id3v2_compression_support"]
 id3v2_compression_support = ["dep:flate2"]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
+
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0"
+features = ["derive"]
+optional = true
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 # WAV properties validity tests
diff --git a/lofty/src/file/file_type.rs b/lofty/src/file/file_type.rs
index 30f7a13e8..d401a7adc 100644
--- a/lofty/src/file/file_type.rs
+++ b/lofty/src/file/file_type.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ use std::ffi::OsStr;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 /// The type of file read
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[derive(PartialEq, Eq, Copy, Clone, Debug)]
+#[allow(clippy::unsafe_derive_deserialize)]
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum FileType {
diff --git a/lofty/src/picture.rs b/lofty/src/picture.rs
index faf1c7ba4..a813be783 100644
--- a/lofty/src/picture.rs
+++ b/lofty/src/picture.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,8 @@ impl Display for MimeType {
 
 /// The picture type, according to ID3v2 APIC
 #[allow(missing_docs)]
+#[allow(clippy::unsafe_derive_deserialize)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum PictureType {
diff --git a/lofty/src/tag/tag_type.rs b/lofty/src/tag/tag_type.rs
index b3b2103a7..cee014326 100644
--- a/lofty/src/tag/tag_type.rs
+++ b/lofty/src/tag/tag_type.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ use std::fs::OpenOptions;
 use std::path::Path;
 
 /// The tag's format
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[allow(clippy::unsafe_derive_deserialize)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum TagType {
 	/// This covers both APEv1 and APEv2 as it doesn't matter much