diff --git a/components/net/Cargo.toml b/components/net/Cargo.toml
index 6bd755faf0b..b4f1689efe5 100644
--- a/components/net/Cargo.toml
+++ b/components/net/Cargo.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ plugins = {path = "../plugins"}
 profile_traits = {path = "../profile_traits"}
 rand = "0.3"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3"
+serde = "0.8"
+serde_derive = "0.8"
 threadpool = "1.0"
 time = "0.1.17"
 unicase = "1.4.0"
diff --git a/components/net/lib.rs b/components/net/lib.rs
index 4ca85975344..4fc91cc2e7f 100644
--- a/components/net/lib.rs
+++ b/components/net/lib.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #![feature(fnbox)]
 #![feature(mpsc_select)]
 #![feature(plugin)]
+#![feature(proc_macro)]
 #![plugin(plugins)]
 
 #![deny(unsafe_code)]
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ extern crate openssl_verify;
 extern crate profile_traits;
 extern crate rand;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate serde_derive;
 extern crate threadpool;
 extern crate time;
 #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "linux", target_os = "windows"))]
diff --git a/components/servo/Cargo.lock b/components/servo/Cargo.lock
index a2da0461e02..94a45baed82 100644
--- a/components/servo/Cargo.lock
+++ b/components/servo/Cargo.lock
@@ -1439,6 +1439,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "profile_traits 0.0.1",
  "rand 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_derive 0.8.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "threadpool 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tinyfiledialogs 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/jdm/tinyfiledialogs)",
diff --git a/ports/cef/Cargo.lock b/ports/cef/Cargo.lock
index b14fc7f0c41..deb178707da 100644
--- a/ports/cef/Cargo.lock
+++ b/ports/cef/Cargo.lock
@@ -1339,6 +1339,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "profile_traits 0.0.1",
  "rand 0.3.14 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rustc-serialize 0.3.19 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde 0.8.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_derive 0.8.17 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "threadpool 1.3.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "time 0.1.35 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "tinyfiledialogs 0.1.0 (git+https://github.com/jdm/tinyfiledialogs)",