diff --git a/.github/workflows/nalgebra-ci-build.yml b/.github/workflows/nalgebra-ci-build.yml
index 83a56435..e4791f97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nalgebra-ci-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nalgebra-ci-build.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo build --no-default-features;
     - name: Build (default features)
       run: cargo build;
+    - name: Build --features serde-serialize
+      run: cargo build --features serde-serialize
     - name: Build --all-features
       run: cargo build --all-features;
     - name: Build nalgebra-glm
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 84f5eea1..411c3ad3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [features]
 default         = [ "std" ]
-std             = [ "matrixmultiply", "simba/std" ]
+std             = [ "matrixmultiply", "simba/std", "serde/std" ]
 sparse = [ ]
 debug = [ "approx/num-complex", "rand" ]
-alloc = [ ]
+alloc = [ "serde/alloc" ]
 io = [ "pest", "pest_derive" ]
 compare = [ "matrixcompare-core" ]
 libm = [ "simba/libm" ]