diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs
index 34e5ceec..35a14083 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/coo.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 use crate::SparseFormatError;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+use serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
+
 /// A COO representation of a sparse matrix.
 ///
 /// A COO matrix stores entries in coordinate-form, that is triplets `(i, j, v)`, where `i` and `j`
@@ -273,3 +276,60 @@ impl<T> CooMatrix<T> {
         (self.row_indices, self.col_indices, self.values)
     }
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct CooMatrixSerializationData<'a, T> {
+    nrows: usize,
+    ncols: usize,
+    row_indices: &'a [usize],
+    col_indices: &'a [usize],
+    values: &'a [T],
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+impl<T> Serialize for CooMatrix<T>
+where
+    T: Serialize,
+{
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        CooMatrixSerializationData {
+            nrows: self.nrows(),
+            ncols: self.ncols(),
+            row_indices: self.row_indices(),
+            col_indices: self.col_indices(),
+            values: self.values(),
+        }
+        .serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct CooMatrixDeserializationData<T> {
+    nrows: usize,
+    ncols: usize,
+    row_indices: Vec<usize>,
+    col_indices: Vec<usize>,
+    values: Vec<T>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+impl<'de, T> Deserialize<'de> for CooMatrix<T>
+where
+    T: for<'de2> Deserialize<'de2>,
+{
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<CooMatrix<T>, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let de = CooMatrixDeserializationData::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        CooMatrix::try_from_triplets(de.nrows, de.ncols, de.row_indices, de.col_indices, de.values)
+            .map(|m| m.into())
+            // TODO: More specific error
+            .map_err(|_e| de::Error::invalid_value(de::Unexpected::Other("invalid COO matrix"), &"a valid COO matrix"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
index 607cc0cf..cb7cb79b 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csc.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use crate::{SparseEntry, SparseEntryMut, SparseFormatError, SparseFormatErrorKin
 
 use nalgebra::Scalar;
 use num_traits::One;
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+use serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
 use std::slice::{Iter, IterMut};
 
 /// A CSC representation of a sparse matrix.
@@ -524,6 +526,63 @@ impl<T> CscMatrix<T> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct CscMatrixSerializationData<'a, T> {
+    nrows: usize,
+    ncols: usize,
+    col_offsets: &'a [usize],
+    row_indices: &'a [usize],
+    values: &'a [T],
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+impl<T> Serialize for CscMatrix<T>
+where
+    T: Serialize,
+{
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        CscMatrixSerializationData {
+            nrows: self.nrows(),
+            ncols: self.ncols(),
+            col_offsets: self.col_offsets(),
+            row_indices: self.row_indices(),
+            values: self.values(),
+        }
+        .serialize(serializer)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct CscMatrixDeserializationData<T> {
+    nrows: usize,
+    ncols: usize,
+    col_offsets: Vec<usize>,
+    row_indices: Vec<usize>,
+    values: Vec<T>,
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+impl<'de, T> Deserialize<'de> for CscMatrix<T>
+where
+    T: for<'de2> Deserialize<'de2>,
+{
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<CscMatrix<T>, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let de = CscMatrixDeserializationData::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        CscMatrix::try_from_csc_data(de.nrows, de.ncols, de.col_offsets, de.row_indices, de.values)
+            .map(|m| m.into())
+            // TODO: More specific error
+            .map_err(|_e| de::Error::invalid_value(de::Unexpected::Other("invalid CSC matrix"), &"a valid CSC matrix"))
+    }
+}
+
 /// Convert pattern format errors into more meaningful CSC-specific errors.
 ///
 /// This ensures that the terminology is consistent: we are talking about rows and columns,
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
index bc2a3df0..b36fbb2f 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/src/csr.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ use crate::{SparseEntry, SparseEntryMut, SparseFormatError, SparseFormatErrorKin
 
 use nalgebra::Scalar;
 use num_traits::One;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
 use serde::{de, Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer};
-
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::slice::{Iter, IterMut};
 
@@ -599,6 +597,16 @@ impl<T> CsrMatrix<T> {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+#[derive(Serialize)]
+struct CsrMatrixSerializationData<'a, T> {
+    nrows: usize,
+    ncols: usize,
+    row_offsets: &'a [usize],
+    col_indices: &'a [usize],
+    values: &'a [T],
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
 impl<T> Serialize for CsrMatrix<T>
 where
@@ -608,15 +616,6 @@ where
     where
         S: Serializer,
     {
-        #[derive(Serialize)]
-        struct CsrMatrixSerializationData<'a, T> {
-            nrows: usize,
-            ncols: usize,
-            row_offsets: &'a [usize],
-            col_indices: &'a [usize],
-            values: &'a [T],
-        }
-
         CsrMatrixSerializationData {
             nrows: self.nrows(),
             ncols: self.ncols(),
@@ -628,6 +627,16 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
+#[derive(Deserialize)]
+struct CsrMatrixDeserializationData<T> {
+    nrows: usize,
+    ncols: usize,
+    row_offsets: Vec<usize>,
+    col_indices: Vec<usize>,
+    values: Vec<T>,
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
 impl<'de, T> Deserialize<'de> for CsrMatrix<T>
 where
@@ -637,15 +646,6 @@ where
     where
         D: Deserializer<'de>,
     {
-        #[derive(Deserialize)]
-        struct CsrMatrixDeserializationData<T> {
-            nrows: usize,
-            ncols: usize,
-            row_offsets: Vec<usize>,
-            col_indices: Vec<usize>,
-            values: Vec<T>,
-        }
-
         let de = CsrMatrixDeserializationData::deserialize(deserializer)?;
         CsrMatrix::try_from_csr_data(de.nrows, de.ncols, de.row_offsets, de.col_indices, de.values)
             .map(|m| m.into())
diff --git a/nalgebra-sparse/tests/serde.rs b/nalgebra-sparse/tests/serde.rs
index ecee76d1..5afe93c5 100644
--- a/nalgebra-sparse/tests/serde.rs
+++ b/nalgebra-sparse/tests/serde.rs
@@ -6,19 +6,112 @@ compile_error!("Tests must be run with features `proptest-support` and `compare`
 #[macro_use]
 pub mod common;
 
+use nalgebra_sparse::coo::CooMatrix;
+use nalgebra_sparse::csc::CscMatrix;
 use nalgebra_sparse::csr::CsrMatrix;
 
 use proptest::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use crate::common::csr_strategy;
+use crate::common::{csc_strategy, csr_strategy};
 
-fn json_roundtrip<T: Serialize + for<'a> Deserialize<'a>>(csr: &CsrMatrix<T>) -> CsrMatrix<T> {
+fn json_roundtrip<T: Serialize + for<'a> Deserialize<'a>>(csr: &T) -> T {
     let serialized = serde_json::to_string(csr).unwrap();
-    let deserialized: CsrMatrix<T> = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
+    let deserialized: T = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
     deserialized
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn coo_roundtrip() {
+    {
+        // A COO matrix without entries
+        let matrix =
+            CooMatrix::<i32>::try_from_triplets(3, 2, Vec::new(), Vec::new(), Vec::new()).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(json_roundtrip(&matrix), matrix);
+    }
+
+    {
+        // Arbitrary COO matrix, no duplicates
+        let i = vec![0, 1, 0, 0, 2];
+        let j = vec![0, 2, 1, 3, 3];
+        let v = vec![2, 3, 7, 3, 1];
+        let matrix =
+            CooMatrix::<i32>::try_from_triplets(3, 5, i.clone(), j.clone(), v.clone()).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(json_roundtrip(&matrix), matrix);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn coo_deserialize_invalid() {
+    // Valid matrix: {"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,1]}
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":0,"ncols":0,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":-3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3],"values":[2,3,7,3]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4,5]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,8,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0],"col_indices":[0,2,1,8,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,10,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2],"col_indices":[0,2,1,30,3],"values":[2,3,7,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn coo_deserialize_duplicates() {
+    assert_eq!(
+        serde_json::from_str::<CooMatrix<i32>>(
+            r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":5,"row_indices":[0,1,0,0,2,0,1],"col_indices":[0,2,1,3,3,0,2],"values":[2,3,7,3,1,5,6]}"#
+        ).unwrap(),
+        CooMatrix::<i32>::try_from_triplets(
+            3,
+            5,
+            vec![0, 1, 0, 0, 2, 0, 1],
+            vec![0, 2, 1, 3, 3, 0, 2],
+            vec![2, 3, 7, 3, 1, 5, 6]
+        )
+        .unwrap()
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn csc_roundtrip() {
+    {
+        // A CSC matrix with zero explicitly stored entries
+        let offsets = vec![0, 0, 0, 0];
+        let indices = vec![];
+        let values = Vec::<i32>::new();
+        let matrix = CscMatrix::try_from_csc_data(2, 3, offsets, indices, values).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(json_roundtrip(&matrix), matrix);
+    }
+
+    {
+        // An arbitrary CSC matrix
+        let offsets = vec![0, 2, 2, 5];
+        let indices = vec![0, 5, 1, 2, 3];
+        let values = vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4];
+        let matrix =
+            CscMatrix::try_from_csc_data(6, 3, offsets.clone(), indices.clone(), values.clone())
+                .unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(json_roundtrip(&matrix), matrix);
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn csc_deserialize_invalid() {
+    // Valid matrix: {"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":0,"ncols":0,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":-6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4,5]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,8,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3,1,1],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    // The following actually panics ('range end index 10 out of range for slice of length 5', nalgebra-sparse\src\pattern.rs:156:38)
+    //assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,10,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CscMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn csr_roundtrip() {
     {
@@ -45,16 +138,25 @@ fn csr_roundtrip() {
 }
 
 #[test]
-fn invalid_csr_deserialize() {
+fn csr_deserialize_invalid() {
     // Valid matrix: {"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":0,"ncols":0,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":-3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
     assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4,5]}"#).is_err());
     assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,8,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
     assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3,1,1],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
     // The following actually panics ('range end index 10 out of range for slice of length 5', nalgebra-sparse\src\pattern.rs:156:38)
     //assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":3,"ncols":6,"row_offsets":[0,10,2,5],"col_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
+    assert!(serde_json::from_str::<CsrMatrix<i32>>(r#"{"nrows":6,"ncols":3,"col_offsets":[0,2,2,5],"row_indices":[0,5,1,2,3],"values":[0,1,2,3,4]}"#).is_err());
 }
 
 proptest! {
+    #[test]
+    fn csc_roundtrip_proptest(csc in csc_strategy()) {
+        prop_assert_eq!(json_roundtrip(&csc), csc);
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn csr_roundtrip_proptest(csr in csr_strategy()) {
         prop_assert_eq!(json_roundtrip(&csr), csr);