diff --git a/bio-seq/Cargo.toml b/bio-seq/Cargo.toml
index dd28da7..7230250 100644
--- a/bio-seq/Cargo.toml
+++ b/bio-seq/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ serde = { version = "1", optional = true, features=["derive"] }
 serde_derive = { version = "1", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-serde = ["dep:serde",  "dep:serde_derive"]
+serde = ["dep:serde",  "dep:serde_derive", "bitvec/serde"]
 translation = []
 
 #[[example]]
diff --git a/bio-seq/src/seq/mod.rs b/bio-seq/src/seq/mod.rs
index e5ea2a3..82c3c15 100644
--- a/bio-seq/src/seq/mod.rs
+++ b/bio-seq/src/seq/mod.rs
@@ -40,9 +40,13 @@ use crate::codec::{text, Codec};
 use crate::error::ParseBioError;
 
 use crate::{Bs, Bv, Order};
+
 use bitvec::field::BitField;
 use bitvec::view::BitView;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 use core::borrow::Borrow;
 use core::fmt;
 //use core::hash::Hash;
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ use core::str::FromStr;
 ///
 /// Stored on the heap
 #[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, PartialOrd, Ord, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 #[repr(transparent)]
 pub struct Seq<A: Codec> {
     pub(crate) _p: PhantomData<A>,