diff --git a/crates/recipe-parser/Cargo.toml b/crates/recipe-parser/Cargo.toml
index 9019095..5444994 100644
--- a/crates/recipe-parser/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/recipe-parser/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ homepage = { workspace = true }
 categories = ["command-line-interface", "parser-implementations"]
 
 [dependencies]
-serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 winnow = "0.6.6"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ serde_json = "1.0"
 
 [lib]
 path = "src/lib.rs"
+
+[features]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
diff --git a/crates/recipe-parser/src/parser.rs b/crates/recipe-parser/src/parser.rs
index 1a66ffb..d332081 100644
--- a/crates/recipe-parser/src/parser.rs
+++ b/crates/recipe-parser/src/parser.rs
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ fn parse_backstory<'a>(input: &mut Input<'a>) -> PResult<&'a str> {
 **************** */
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Eq, PartialEq, Hash)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(serde::Serialize))]
 pub enum Token<'a> {
     Metadata {
         key: &'a str,