diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e44e709..07fdc34 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ license = "MIT"
 description = "macros and helpers for parsing netlink messages"
 readme = "README.md"
 
+[features]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.3.2"
 pastey = "0.1.0"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 thiserror = "2"
diff --git a/src/errors.rs b/src/errors.rs
index 2a664bf..7dc039d 100644
--- a/src/errors.rs
+++ b/src/errors.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
-use thiserror::Error;
-
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum EncodeError {
     #[error(transparent)]
@@ -23,7 +21,7 @@ impl From<String> for EncodeError {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, Error)]
+#[derive(Debug, thiserror::Error)]
 #[non_exhaustive]
 pub enum DecodeError {
     #[error(
@@ -58,6 +56,9 @@ pub enum DecodeError {
     Other(#[from] Box<dyn std::error::Error>),
 }
 
+unsafe impl Send for DecodeError {}
+unsafe impl Sync for DecodeError {}
+
 impl From<&str> for DecodeError {
     fn from(msg: &str) -> Self {
         let error: Box<dyn std::error::Error> = msg.to_string().into();
diff --git a/src/nla.rs b/src/nla.rs
index 1b7f8e9..0094afd 100644
--- a/src/nla.rs
+++ b/src/nla.rs
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ impl<T: AsRef<[u8]> + AsMut<[u8]> + ?Sized> NlaBuffer<&mut T> {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 pub struct DefaultNla {
     kind: u16,
     value: Vec<u8>,