diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 26e6bcd..c132fc2 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ substr-usize-indices = ["substr"]
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1", default-features = false, optional = true }
+bincode = { version = "2.0.0-rc.2", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_test = { version = "1", default-features = false }
diff --git a/src/impl_bincode.rs b/src/impl_bincode.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da93fe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/impl_bincode.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+//! Implements Decode and Encode traits for use of ArcStr and Substr types with bincode.
+
+use super::ArcStr;
+#[cfg(feature = "substr")]
+use super::Substr;
+
+use alloc::string::String;
+use bincode::{Decode, Encode};
+use bincode::error::{DecodeError, EncodeError};
+use bincode::enc::Encoder;
+use bincode::de::{BorrowDecode, BorrowDecoder, Decoder};
+
+impl Decode for ArcStr {
+    fn decode<D: Decoder>(decoder: &mut D) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+        let s: String = bincode::Decode::decode(decoder)?;
+        Ok(Self::from(s))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Encode for ArcStr {
+    fn encode<E: Encoder>(&self, encoder: &mut E) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+        bincode::Encode::encode(&self.as_str(), encoder)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> BorrowDecode<'de> for ArcStr {
+    fn borrow_decode<D: BorrowDecoder<'de>>(
+        decoder: &mut D
+    ) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+        let s: String = bincode::BorrowDecode::borrow_decode(decoder)?;
+        Ok(Self::from(s))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "substr")]
+impl Decode for Substr {
+    fn decode<D: Decoder>(decoder: &mut D) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+        let s: String = bincode::Decode::decode(decoder)?;
+        Ok(Self::from(s))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "substr")]
+impl Encode for Substr {
+    fn encode<E: Encoder>(&self, encoder: &mut E) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+        bincode::Encode::encode(&self.as_str(), encoder)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "substr")]
+impl<'de> BorrowDecode<'de> for Substr {
+    fn borrow_decode<D: BorrowDecoder<'de>>(
+        decoder: &mut D
+    ) -> Result<Self, DecodeError> {
+        let s: String = bincode::BorrowDecode::borrow_decode(decoder)?;
+        Ok(Self::from(s))
+    }
+}
+
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    #[test]
+    fn arcstr_decode_encode() {
+        use crate::ArcStr;
+
+        let mut slice = [0u8; 14];
+        let input = ArcStr::from("Hello, world!");
+
+        let length = bincode::encode_into_slice(
+            &input,
+            &mut slice,
+            bincode::config::standard()
+        ).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(length, 14);
+
+        let decoded: ArcStr = bincode::decode_from_slice(&slice, bincode::config::standard()).unwrap().0;
+        assert_eq!(decoded, input);
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "substr")]
+    #[test]
+    fn substr_decode_encode() {
+        use crate::Substr;
+
+        let mut slice = [0u8; 14];
+        let input = Substr::from("Hello, world!");
+
+        let length = bincode::encode_into_slice(
+            &input,
+            &mut slice,
+            bincode::config::standard()
+        ).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(length, 14);
+
+        let decoded: Substr = bincode::decode_from_slice(&slice, bincode::config::standard()).unwrap().0;
+        assert_eq!(decoded, input);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4f0cae3..63de301 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ mod mac;
 mod arc_str;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 mod impl_serde;
+#[cfg(feature = "bincode")]
+mod impl_bincode;
 pub use arc_str::ArcStr;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "substr")]