diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 67cedcc86..0a2388fd3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ anyhow = "1.0.72"
 bitflags = "2.3.3"
 heck = { version = "0.5" }
 pulldown-cmark = { version = "0.9", default-features = false }
+serde = { version = "1.0.218", features = ["derive"] }
 clap = { version = "4.3.19", features = ["derive"] }
 indexmap = "2.0.0"
 prettyplease = "0.2.20"
diff --git a/crates/rust/Cargo.toml b/crates/rust/Cargo.toml
index 3a6ea5952..91cbbe1cc 100644
--- a/crates/rust/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/rust/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ clap = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 indexmap = { workspace = true }
 syn = { workspace = true }
 prettyplease = { workspace = true }
+serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 futures = { workspace = true }
@@ -32,5 +33,4 @@ wit-bindgen = { path = '../guest-rust', features = ['async'] }
 wit-bindgen-rt = { path = '../guest-rust/rt' }
 test-helpers = { path = '../test-helpers' }
 # For use with the custom attributes test
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/crates/rust/src/lib.rs b/crates/rust/src/lib.rs
index 1f7151b4f..15f5f701b 100644
--- a/crates/rust/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/rust/src/lib.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ enum RuntimeItem {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    feature = "serde",
+    derive(serde::Deserialize),
+    serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")
+)]
 pub enum ExportKey {
     World,
     Name(String),
@@ -134,6 +139,11 @@ fn parse_with(s: &str) -> Result<(String, WithOption), String> {
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    feature = "serde",
+    derive(serde::Deserialize),
+    serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")
+)]
 pub enum AsyncConfig {
     #[default]
     None,
@@ -181,6 +191,11 @@ fn parse_async(s: &str) -> Result<AsyncConfig, String> {
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "clap", derive(clap::Parser))]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    feature = "serde",
+    derive(serde::Deserialize),
+    serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")
+)]
 pub struct Opts {
     /// Whether or not a formatter is executed to format generated code.
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "clap", arg(long))]
@@ -315,6 +330,7 @@ pub struct Opts {
     ///         - import:<name> or
     ///         - export:<name>
     #[cfg_attr(feature = "clap", arg(long = "async", value_parser = parse_async, default_value = "none"))]
+    #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", serde(rename = "async"))]
     pub async_: AsyncConfig,
 }
 
@@ -1445,6 +1461,11 @@ fn group_by_resource<'a>(
 }
 
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Clone, Copy)]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    feature = "serde",
+    derive(serde::Deserialize),
+    serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")
+)]
 pub enum Ownership {
     /// Generated types will be composed entirely of owning fields, regardless
     /// of whether they are used as parameters to imports or not.
@@ -1499,6 +1520,11 @@ impl fmt::Display for Ownership {
 
 /// Options for with "with" remappings.
 #[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+#[cfg_attr(
+    feature = "serde",
+    derive(serde::Deserialize),
+    serde(rename_all = "kebab-case")
+)]
 pub enum WithOption {
     Path(String),
     Generate,
diff --git a/crates/test/Cargo.toml b/crates/test/Cargo.toml
index 365139e16..afe8034d7 100644
--- a/crates/test/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/test/Cargo.toml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ heck = { workspace = true }
 log = "0.4.26"
 rayon = "1.10.0"
 regex = "1.11.1"
-serde = { version = "1.0.218", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { workspace = true }
 toml = "0.8.20"
 wasi-preview1-component-adapter-provider = "30.0.2"
 wac-parser = "0.6.1"