diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 02be60e..1191d6f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ log             = "0.4.7"
 openssl         = { version = "0.10.23", optional = true }
 quick-xml       = { version = "0.31.0", optional = true }
 ring            = { version = "0.17.6", optional = true }
-serde           = { version = "1.0.103", optional = true, features = [ "derive" ] }
+serde           = { version = "1.0.103", optional = true, features = [ "derive" , "rc" ] }
 serde_json      = { version = "1.0.40", optional = true }
 tokio           = { version = "1.0", optional = true, features = ["io-util",  "net", "rt", "sync", "time"] }
 uuid            = "1.1"
diff --git a/src/repository/tal.rs b/src/repository/tal.rs
index 62f20f9..17f6082 100644
--- a/src/repository/tal.rs
+++ b/src/repository/tal.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 //------------ Tal -----------------------------------------------------------
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Deserialize, Serialize))]
 pub struct Tal {
     uris: Vec<TalUri>,
     key_info: PublicKey,