diff --git a/gstreamer/src/caps.rs b/gstreamer/src/caps.rs
index a6e2ed860..9789dff5a 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/caps.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/caps.rs
@@ -402,6 +402,67 @@ impl Builder {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "ser_de")]
+pub(crate) mod serde {
+    use serde::de::{Deserialize, Deserializer, SeqAccess, Visitor};
+    use serde::ser::{Serialize, Serializer, SerializeSeq};
+
+    use std::fmt;
+
+    use Caps;
+    use CapsRef;
+    use Structure;
+
+    impl<'a> Serialize for CapsRef {
+        fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+            let iter = self.iter();
+            let size = iter.size_hint().0;
+            if size > 0 {
+                let mut seq = serializer.serialize_seq(Some(size))?;
+                for structure in iter {
+                    seq.serialize_element(structure)?;
+                }
+                seq.end()
+            } else {
+                let seq = serializer.serialize_seq(None)?;
+                seq.end()
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'a> Serialize for Caps {
+        fn serialize<S: Serializer>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> {
+            self.as_ref().serialize(serializer)
+        }
+    }
+
+    struct CapsVisitor;
+    impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for CapsVisitor {
+        type Value = Caps;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("a sequence of `Structure`s")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_seq<A: SeqAccess<'de>>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error> {
+            let mut caps = Caps::new_empty();
+            {
+                let caps = caps.get_mut().unwrap();
+                while let Some(structure) = seq.next_element::<Structure>()? {
+                    caps.append_structure(structure);
+                }
+            }
+            Ok(caps)
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Caps {
+        fn deserialize<D: Deserializer<'de>>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error> {
+            deserializer.deserialize_seq(CapsVisitor)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -459,4 +520,83 @@ mod tests {
             "foo/bar, int=(int)12, bool=(boolean)true, string=(string)bla, fraction=(fraction)1/2, array=(int)< 1, 2 >"
         );
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "ser_de")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize() {
+        extern crate ron;
+
+        ::init().unwrap();
+
+        let caps = Caps::builder("foo/bar")
+            .field("int", &12)
+            .field("bool", &true)
+            .field("string", &"bla")
+            .field("fraction", &Fraction::new(1, 2))
+            .field("array", &Array::new(&[&1, &2]))
+            .build();
+
+        // don't use newlines
+        let mut pretty_config = ron::ser::PrettyConfig::default();
+        pretty_config.new_line = "".to_string();
+
+        let res = ron::ser::to_string_pretty(&caps, pretty_config);
+        assert_eq!(
+            Ok(
+                concat!(
+                    "[",
+                    "    (\"foo/bar\", [",
+                    "        (\"int\", \"i32\", 12),",
+                    "        (\"bool\", \"bool\", true),",
+                    "        (\"string\", \"String\", \"bla\"),",
+                    "        (\"fraction\", \"Fraction\", (1, 2)),",
+                    "        (\"array\", \"Array\", [",
+                    "            (\"i32\", 1),",
+                    "            (\"i32\", 2),",
+                    "        ]),",
+                    "    ]),",
+                    "]"
+                )
+                    .to_owned()
+            ),
+            res,
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "ser_de")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deserialize() {
+        extern crate ron;
+
+        ::init().unwrap();
+
+        let caps_ron = r#"
+            [
+                ("foo/bar", [
+                    ("int", "i32", 12),
+                    ("bool", "bool", true),
+                    ("string", "String", "bla"),
+                    ("fraction", "Fraction", (1, 2)),
+                    ("array", "Array", [
+                        ("i32", 1),
+                        ("i32", 2),
+                    ]),
+                ]),
+            ]"#;
+        let caps: Caps = ron::de::from_str(caps_ron).unwrap();
+        let s = caps.get_structure(0).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            s,
+            Structure::new(
+                "foo/bar",
+                &[
+                    ("int", &12),
+                    ("bool", &true),
+                    ("string", &"bla"),
+                    ("fraction", &Fraction::new(1, 2)),
+                    ("array", &Array::new(&[&1, &2])),
+                ],
+            ).as_ref()
+        );
+    }
 }