diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 156aec5..2b72172 100755
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ evercrypt-sys = { git = "https://github.com/franziskuskiefer/evercrypt-rust", pa
 
 [features]
 rust-crypto = ["evercrypt/rust-crypto-aes"]
-serialization = ["serde", "serde_json"]
+serialization = ["serde", "serde_json", "evercrypt/serialization"]
 hazmat = []
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/tests/test_features.rs b/tests/test_features.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d216e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_features.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#[cfg(feature = "serialization")]
+use evercrypt::prelude::*;
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serialization")]
+use hpke::prelude::*;
+
+#[test]
+#[cfg(feature = "serialization")]
+fn test_serialization() {
+    let hpke = Hpke::new(
+        HpkeMode::Base,
+        HpkeKemMode::DhKem25519,
+        HpkeKdfMode::HkdfSha256,
+        HpkeAeadMode::AesGcm256,
+    );
+    let hpke_serialized = serde_json::to_string(&hpke).unwrap();
+    let hpke_out: Hpke = serde_json::from_str(&hpke_serialized).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(format!("{}", hpke), format!("{}", hpke_out));
+
+    let aead_mode = AeadMode::Aes256Gcm;
+    let serialized_mode = serde_json::to_string(&aead_mode).unwrap();
+    let aead_mode_out: AeadMode = serde_json::from_str(&serialized_mode).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(aead_mode, aead_mode_out);
+}