diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index e61f55f24e243e..aac9a3e6b8b20e 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ wav = ["bevy_audio/wav"]
 # Enable watching file system for asset hot reload
 filesystem_watcher = ["bevy_asset/filesystem_watcher"]
 
-serialize = ["bevy_input/serialize", "bevy_time/serialize", "bevy_window/serialize"]
+serialize = ["bevy_input/serialize", "bevy_time/serialize", "bevy_window/serialize", "bevy_transform/serialize"]
 
 # Display server protocol support (X11 is enabled by default)
 wayland = ["bevy_winit/wayland"]
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_transform/Cargo.toml
index d1fe39cc64bb29..4576f936254586 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ repository = "https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 keywords = ["bevy"]
 
+[features]
+serialize = ["serde"]
+
 [dependencies]
 # bevy
 bevy_app = { path = "../bevy_app", version = "0.9.0-dev" }
@@ -15,3 +18,4 @@ bevy_ecs = { path = "../bevy_ecs", version = "0.9.0-dev", features = ["bevy_refl
 bevy_hierarchy = { path = "../bevy_hierarchy", version = "0.9.0-dev" }
 bevy_math = { path = "../bevy_math", version = "0.9.0-dev" }
 bevy_reflect = { path = "../bevy_reflect", version = "0.9.0-dev", features = ["bevy"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/global_transform.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/global_transform.rs
index 085bf8224cab3c..9abfa1413e8255 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/global_transform.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/global_transform.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ use bevy_reflect::{std_traits::ReflectDefault, FromReflect, Reflect};
 ///
 /// [`global_vs_local_translation`]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/latest/examples/transforms/global_vs_local_translation.rs
 #[derive(Component, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Reflect, FromReflect)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serialize", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[reflect(Component, Default, PartialEq)]
 pub struct GlobalTransform(Affine3A);
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/transform.rs b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/transform.rs
index 4800292d8041e7..439f3c53a1e05f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/transform.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_transform/src/components/transform.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ use std::ops::Mul;
 /// [`global_vs_local_translation`]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/latest/examples/transforms/global_vs_local_translation.rs
 /// [`transform`]: https://github.com/bevyengine/bevy/blob/latest/examples/transforms/transform.rs
 #[derive(Component, Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Copy, Reflect, FromReflect)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serialize", derive(serde::Serialize, serde::Deserialize))]
 #[reflect(Component, Default, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Transform {
     /// Position of the entity. In 2d, the last value of the `Vec3` is used for z-ordering.