diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index cfb8826..acb298a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ futures-io = { version = "0.3", optional = true }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["io-util", "net"], optional = true }
 either = "1"
 thiserror = "1.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+borsh = "0.10"
+serde_json = "1.0"  # Required for JSON serialization in tests
+
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 futures-executor = "0.3"
@@ -41,3 +45,7 @@ futures-util = { version = "0.3", default-features = false, features = ["io"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["io-util", "rt-multi-thread", "net"] }
 once_cell = "1.2.0"
 smol = "2.0.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+borsh = "0.10"
+serde_json = "1.0"  # Required for JSON serialization in tests
+
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index c5e75d2..027fd3d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+use borsh::{BorshDeserialize, BorshSerialize};
+use either::Either;
+pub use error::Error;
+use futures_util::{
+    future,
+    stream::{self, Once, Stream},
+};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::{
     borrow::Cow,
     io::Result as IoResult,
@@ -7,13 +15,6 @@ use std::{
     vec,
 };
 
-use either::Either;
-pub use error::Error;
-use futures_util::{
-    future,
-    stream::{self, Once, Stream},
-};
-
 pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 
 /// A trait for objects which can be converted or resolved to one or more
@@ -98,7 +99,7 @@ impl Stream for ProxyAddrsStream {
 }
 
 /// A SOCKS connection target.
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize, BorshSerialize, BorshDeserialize)]
 pub enum TargetAddr<'a> {
     /// Connect to an IP address.
     Ip(SocketAddr),
@@ -236,7 +237,8 @@ impl IntoTargetAddr<'static> for (String, u16) {
 }
 
 impl<'a, T> IntoTargetAddr<'a> for &'a T
-where T: IntoTargetAddr<'a> + Copy
+where
+    T: IntoTargetAddr<'a> + Copy,
 {
     fn into_target_addr(self) -> Result<TargetAddr<'a>> {
         (*self).into_target_addr()
@@ -302,7 +304,9 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
     fn into_target_addr<'a, T>(t: T) -> Result<TargetAddr<'a>>
-    where T: IntoTargetAddr<'a> {
+    where
+        T: IntoTargetAddr<'a>,
+    {
         t.into_target_addr()
     }
 
@@ -374,4 +378,20 @@ mod tests {
         let addr = "www.example.com:65536";
         assert!(into_target_addr(addr).is_err());
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serde_serialization() {
+        let addr = TargetAddr::Domain(Cow::Borrowed("example.com"), 80);
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&addr).unwrap();
+        let deserialized: TargetAddr = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(addr, deserialized);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_borsh_serialization() {
+        let addr = TargetAddr::Domain(Cow::Borrowed("example.com"), 80);
+        let serialized = addr.try_to_vec().unwrap();
+        let deserialized: TargetAddr = TargetAddr::try_from_slice(&serialized).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(addr, deserialized);
+    }
 }