diff --git a/borsh-ts/index.ts b/borsh-ts/index.ts
index afeed2ad..b61f4574 100644
--- a/borsh-ts/index.ts
+++ b/borsh-ts/index.ts
@@ -273,7 +273,11 @@ function serializeField(schema: Schema, fieldName: string, value: any, fieldType
     }
 }
 
-function serializeStruct(schema: Schema, obj: any, writer: any) {
+function serializeStruct(schema: Schema, obj: any, writer: BinaryWriter) {
+    if (typeof obj.borshSerialize === 'function') {
+      obj.borshSerialize(writer);
+      return;
+    }
     const structSchema = schema.get(obj.constructor);
     if (!structSchema) {
         throw new BorshError(`Class ${obj.constructor.name} is missing in schema`);
@@ -343,6 +347,10 @@ function deserializeField(schema: Schema, fieldName: string, fieldType: any, rea
 }
 
 function deserializeStruct(schema: Schema, classType: any, reader: BinaryReader) {
+    if (typeof classType.borshDeserialize === 'function') {
+        return classType.borshDeserialize(reader);
+    }
+
     const structSchema = schema.get(classType);
     if (!structSchema) {
         throw new BorshError(`Class ${classType.name} is missing in schema`);
diff --git a/borsh-ts/test/serialize.test.js b/borsh-ts/test/serialize.test.js
index 9e7dcd7b..460b95ae 100644
--- a/borsh-ts/test/serialize.test.js
+++ b/borsh-ts/test/serialize.test.js
@@ -11,6 +11,20 @@ class Assignable {
 
 class Test extends Assignable { }
 
+class Serializable {
+    constructor(data) {
+        this.data = data;
+    }
+
+    static borshDeserialize(reader) {
+        return new Serializable(reader.readU8());
+    }
+
+    borshSerialize(writer) {
+        writer.writeU8(this.data);
+    }
+}
+
 test('serialize object', async () => {
     const value = new Test({ x: 255, y: 20, z: '123', q: [1, 2, 3] });
     const schema = new Map([[Test, { kind: 'struct', fields: [['x', 'u8'], ['y', 'u64'], ['z', 'string'], ['q', [3]]] }]]);
@@ -68,6 +82,15 @@ test('serialize max uint', async () => {
     expect(newValue.t.toString()).toEqual('13407807929942597099574024998205846127479365820592393377723561443721764030073546976801874298166903427690031858186486050853753882811946569946433649006084095');
 });
 
+test('serialize/deserialize with class methods', () => {
+    const item = new Serializable(10);
+
+    const buf = borsh.serialize(null, item);
+    const newValue = borsh.deserialize(null, Serializable, buf);
+    
+    expect(newValue).toEqual(item);
+});
+
 test('baseEncode string test', async () => {
     const encodedValue = borsh.baseEncode("244ZQ9cgj3CQ6bWBdytfrJMuMQ1jdXLFGnr4HhvtCTnM");
     const expectedValue = "HKk9gqNj4xb4rLdJuzT5zzJbLa4vHBdYCxQT9H99csQh6nz3Hfpqn4jtWA92";
diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index c3447567..b6682a14 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -291,6 +291,10 @@ function serializeField(schema, fieldName, value, fieldType, writer) {
     }
 }
 function serializeStruct(schema, obj, writer) {
+    if (typeof obj.borshSerialize === 'function') {
+        obj.borshSerialize(writer);
+        return;
+    }
     const structSchema = schema.get(obj.constructor);
     if (!structSchema) {
         throw new BorshError(`Class ${obj.constructor.name} is missing in schema`);
@@ -351,6 +355,9 @@ function deserializeField(schema, fieldName, fieldType, reader) {
     }
 }
 function deserializeStruct(schema, classType, reader) {
+    if (typeof classType.borshDeserialize === 'function') {
+        return classType.borshDeserialize(reader);
+    }
     const structSchema = schema.get(classType);
     if (!structSchema) {
         throw new BorshError(`Class ${classType.name} is missing in schema`);
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 89fd9396..311efd3f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/babel__core": "^7.1.2",
     "@types/babel__template": "^7.0.2",
+    "@types/bn.js": "^5.1.0",
     "@types/node": "^12.7.3",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^2.18.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^2.18.0",
@@ -45,8 +46,7 @@
     "typescript": "^3.6.2"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@types/bn.js": "^4.11.5",
-    "bn.js": "^5.0.0",
+    "bn.js": "^5.2.0",
     "bs58": "^4.0.0",
     "text-encoding-utf-8": "^1.0.2"
   }