diff --git a/libimagstore/Cargo.toml b/libimagstore/Cargo.toml
index acee580b..66ce38d2 100644
--- a/libimagstore/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libimagstore/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ crossbeam = "0.2.*"
 walkdir = "1.0.*"
 itertools = "0.6.*"
 is-match = "0.1"
+serde = "1.0"
+serde_json = "1.0"
+serde_derive = "1.0"
 
 [dependencies.libimagerror]
 path = "../libimagerror"
diff --git a/libimagstore/src/lib.rs b/libimagstore/src/lib.rs
index 2083ce72..b5114f78 100644
--- a/libimagstore/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libimagstore/src/lib.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ extern crate crossbeam;
 extern crate walkdir;
 extern crate itertools;
 #[macro_use] extern crate is_match;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_json;
+#[macro_use] extern crate serde_derive;
 
 #[macro_use] extern crate libimagerror;
 extern crate libimagutil;