diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f5e3bf9..fe1dd54 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "duration-str"
-version = "0.3.9"
+version = "0.4.0"
 authors = ["baoyachi <liaoymxsdl@gmail.com>"]
 edition = "2018"
 description = "duration string parser"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 30685e6..c4041fc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -96,7 +96,43 @@ fn main() {
 }
 ```
 
+* option filed deserialize
 
+```rust
+use duration_str::deserialize_option_duration;
+use serde::*;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+struct Config {
+    #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_option_duration")]
+    time_ticker: Option<Duration>,
+    name: String,
+}
+
+fn main() {
+    let json = r#"{"time_ticker":null,"name":"foo"}"#;
+    let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+    
+    assert_eq!(
+        config,
+        Config {
+            time_ticker: None,
+            name: "foo".into()
+        }
+    );
+    
+    let json = r#"{"name":"foo"}"#;
+    let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        config,
+        Config {
+            time_ticker: None,
+            name: "foo".into()
+        }
+    );
+}
+```
 Also you can use `deserialize_duration_chrono` function
 
 ```rust
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index e872f88..8412bff 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -564,9 +564,58 @@ macro_rules! des_duration {
     };
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+macro_rules! des_option_duration {
+    ($name:ident,$duration_type:ident,$fn_name:ident,$parse:ident) => {
+        struct $name;
+        impl<'de> serde::de::Visitor<'de> for $name {
+            type Value = Option<$duration_type>;
+
+            fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+                formatter.write_str("expect duration string,e.g:'1min+30'")
+            }
+
+            fn visit_some<D>(self, d: D) -> Result<Self::Value, D::Error>
+            where
+                D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+            {
+                use serde::Deserialize;
+                let s: Option<String> = Option::deserialize(d)?;
+                if let Some(s) = s {
+                    let duration = $parse(s).map_err(serde::de::Error::custom)?;
+                    return Ok(Some(duration));
+                }
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+
+            fn visit_none<E>(self) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+            where
+                E: serde::de::Error,
+            {
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+        }
+
+        pub fn $fn_name<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Option<$duration_type>, D::Error>
+        where
+            D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+        {
+            deserializer.deserialize_option($name)
+        }
+    };
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 des_duration!(DurationStd, Duration, deserialize_duration, parse_std);
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+des_option_duration!(
+    OptionDurationStd,
+    Duration,
+    deserialize_option_duration,
+    parse_std
+);
+
 #[cfg(all(feature = "chrono", feature = "serde"))]
 des_duration!(
     DurationChrono,
@@ -575,6 +624,14 @@ des_duration!(
     parse_chrono
 );
 
+#[cfg(all(feature = "chrono", feature = "serde"))]
+des_option_duration!(
+    OptionDurationChrono,
+    CDuration,
+    deserialize_option_duration_chrono,
+    parse_chrono
+);
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
@@ -743,6 +800,84 @@ mod chrono_tests {
         );
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deserialize_option_duration_chrono() {
+        use chrono::Duration;
+        use serde::*;
+        #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+        struct Config {
+            #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_option_duration_chrono")]
+            time_ticker: Option<Duration>,
+        }
+        let json = r#"{"time_ticker":"1y+30"}"#;
+        let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            config.time_ticker,
+            Some(Duration::nanoseconds(ONE_YEAR_NANOSECOND as i64) + Duration::seconds(30))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deserialize_duration() {
+        use serde::*;
+        #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+        struct Config {
+            #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_duration")]
+            time_ticker: Duration,
+        }
+        let json = r#"{"time_ticker":"1min+30"}"#;
+        let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.time_ticker, Duration::from_secs(90));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deserialize_option_duration() {
+        use serde::*;
+        #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
+        struct Config {
+            #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_option_duration")]
+            time_ticker: Option<Duration>,
+        }
+        let json = r#"{"time_ticker":"1min+30"}"#;
+        let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.time_ticker, Some(Duration::from_secs(90)));
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    #[test]
+    fn test_deserialize_option_duration2() {
+        use serde::*;
+        #[derive(Debug, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+        struct Config {
+            #[serde(default, deserialize_with = "deserialize_option_duration")]
+            time_ticker: Option<Duration>,
+            name: String,
+        }
+        let json = r#"{"time_ticker":null,"name":"foo"}"#;
+        let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            config,
+            Config {
+                time_ticker: None,
+                name: "foo".into()
+            }
+        );
+
+        let json = r#"{"name":"foo"}"#;
+        let config: Config = serde_json::from_str(json).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(
+            config,
+            Config {
+                time_ticker: None,
+                name: "foo".into()
+            }
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_after_naive_date_time() {
         let date = Utc::now().naive_utc().date();