diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 0316035..4df8932 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ bstr = { workspace = true }
 itertools = { workspace = true }
 num-bigint = { workspace = true }
 num-complex = { workspace = true }
+serde = { version = "1.0.133", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 lz4_flex = "0.9.2"
diff --git a/core/src/location.rs b/core/src/location.rs
index 2a2d029..a6e7d39 100644
--- a/core/src/location.rs
+++ b/core/src/location.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 /// Sourcecode location.
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
 pub struct Location {
     pub(super) row: u32,
     pub(super) column: u32,
diff --git a/parser/Cargo.toml b/parser/Cargo.toml
index 026616d..4ff560a 100644
--- a/parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
 default = ["lalrpop"]  # removing this causes potential build failure
+serde = ["dep:serde", "rustpython-compiler-core/serde"]
 
 [build-dependencies]
 anyhow = { workspace = true }
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ unic-ucd-ident  = "0.9.0"
 lalrpop-util = "0.19.8"
 phf = "0.11.1"
 rustc-hash = "1.1.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.133", optional = true, default-features = false }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 insta = { workspace = true }