diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index caa6c5c..6cc094a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ version = "0.4"
 [dependencies.cfg-if]
 version = "1"
 
+[dependencies.serialport]
+version = "4"
+default-features = false
+
 [dev-dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0.91"
 
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6f9ac2e..ee3198d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pub use mio_serial::{
 
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncWrite, ReadBuf};
 
+use std::convert::TryFrom;
 use std::io::{Read, Result as IoResult, Write};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Context, Poll};
@@ -488,6 +489,18 @@ impl Write for SerialStream {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(unix)]
+impl TryFrom<serialport::TTYPort> for SerialStream {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: serialport::TTYPort) -> std::result::Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let port = mio_serial::SerialStream::try_from(value)?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            inner: AsyncFd::new(port)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(unix)]
 mod sys {
     use super::SerialStream;