diff --git a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
index 5373972e84..b9500b7d13 100644
--- a/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
+++ b/docs/gst/gstreamer-sections.txt
@@ -2366,6 +2366,8 @@ gst_tag_is_fixed
 gst_tag_list_new
 gst_tag_list_new_full
 gst_tag_list_new_full_valist
+gst_tag_list_new_from_string
+gst_tag_list_to_string
 gst_is_tag_list
 gst_tag_list_is_empty
 gst_tag_list_is_equal
diff --git a/gst/gsttaglist.c b/gst/gsttaglist.c
index 0de5a64431..566a4e0d9d 100644
--- a/gst/gsttaglist.c
+++ b/gst/gsttaglist.c
@@ -697,6 +697,44 @@ gst_tag_list_new_full_valist (va_list var_args)
   return list;
 }
 
+/**
+ * gst_tag_list_to_string:
+ * @list: a #GstTagList
+ *
+ * Serializes a tag list to a string.
+ *
+ * Returns: a newly-allocated string, or NULL in case of an error. The
+ *    string must be freed with g_free() when no longer needed.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.36
+ */
+gchar *
+gst_tag_list_to_string (const GstTagList * list)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (GST_IS_TAG_LIST (list), NULL);
+
+  return gst_structure_to_string (GST_STRUCTURE (list));
+}
+
+/**
+ * gst_tag_list_new_from_string:
+ * @str: a string created with gst_tag_list_to_string()
+ *
+ * Deserializes a tag list.
+ *
+ * Returns: a new #GstTagList, or NULL in case of an error.
+ *
+ * Since: 0.10.36
+ */
+GstTagList *
+gst_tag_list_new_from_string (const gchar * str)
+{
+  g_return_val_if_fail (str != NULL, NULL);
+  g_return_val_if_fail (g_str_has_prefix (str, "taglist"), NULL);
+
+  return GST_TAG_LIST (gst_structure_from_string (str, NULL));
+}
+
 /**
  * gst_tag_list_is_empty:
  * @list: A #GstTagList.
diff --git a/gst/gsttaglist.h b/gst/gsttaglist.h
index cc0601fd9f..92b938863e 100644
--- a/gst/gsttaglist.h
+++ b/gst/gsttaglist.h
@@ -215,6 +215,9 @@ GstTagList * gst_tag_list_new               (void);
 GstTagList * gst_tag_list_new_full          (const gchar * tag, ...);
 GstTagList * gst_tag_list_new_full_valist   (va_list var_args);
 
+gchar      * gst_tag_list_to_string         (const GstTagList * list);
+GstTagList * gst_tag_list_new_from_string   (const gchar      * str);
+
 gboolean     gst_is_tag_list                (gconstpointer p);
 GstTagList * gst_tag_list_copy              (const GstTagList * list);
 gboolean     gst_tag_list_is_empty          (const GstTagList * list);
diff --git a/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c b/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c
index 7efcf2cd60..30a352e8f6 100644
--- a/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c
+++ b/tests/check/gst/gsttag.c
@@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ GST_START_TEST (test_date_tags)
   tag_list = gst_tag_list_new ();
   gst_tag_list_add (tag_list, GST_TAG_MERGE_APPEND, GST_TAG_DATE, date, NULL);
 
-  str = gst_structure_to_string (tag_list);
+  str = gst_tag_list_to_string (tag_list);
   fail_if (str == NULL);
   fail_if (strstr (str, "2005-10-14") == NULL);
 
-  tag_list2 = gst_structure_from_string (str, NULL);
+  tag_list2 = gst_tag_list_new_from_string (str);
   fail_if (tag_list2 == NULL);
   fail_if (!gst_tag_list_get_date (tag_list2, GST_TAG_DATE, &date2));
   fail_unless (gst_tag_list_is_equal (tag_list2, tag_list));
diff --git a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
index e0f60af128..3c3084afff 100644
--- a/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
+++ b/win32/common/libgstreamer.def
@@ -1086,10 +1086,12 @@ EXPORTS
 	gst_tag_list_is_equal
 	gst_tag_list_merge
 	gst_tag_list_new
+	gst_tag_list_new_from_string
 	gst_tag_list_new_full
 	gst_tag_list_new_full_valist
 	gst_tag_list_peek_string_index
 	gst_tag_list_remove_tag
+	gst_tag_list_to_string
 	gst_tag_merge_mode_get_type
 	gst_tag_merge_strings_with_comma
 	gst_tag_merge_use_first