diff --git a/Sources/TSCUtility/PolymorphicCodable.swift b/Sources/TSCUtility/PolymorphicCodable.swift
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+/*
+ This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
+
+ Copyright (c) 2014 - 2020 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+ Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
+
+ See http://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
+ See http://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for Swift project authors
+*/
+
+/// Allows encoding and decoding known polymorphic types.
+public protocol PolymorphicCodableProtocol: Codable {
+    static var implementations: [PolymorphicCodableProtocol.Type] { get }
+}
+
+@propertyWrapper
+public struct PolymorphicCodable<T: PolymorphicCodableProtocol>: Codable {
+    public let value: T
+
+    public init(wrappedValue value: T) {
+        self.value = value
+    }
+
+    public var wrappedValue: T {
+        return value
+    }
+
+    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        var container = encoder.unkeyedContainer()
+        try container.encode(String(reflecting: type(of: value)))
+        try container.encode(value)
+    }
+
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        var container = try decoder.unkeyedContainer()
+        let typeCode = try container.decode(String.self)
+        guard let klass = T.implementations.first(where: { String(reflecting: $0) == typeCode }) else {
+            throw DecodingError.dataCorruptedError(in: container, debugDescription: "Unexpected Codable type code for concrete '\(type(of: T.self))': \(typeCode)")
+        }
+
+        self.value = try klass.init(from: container.superDecoder()) as! T
+    }
+}
+
+extension Array: PolymorphicCodableProtocol where Element: PolymorphicCodableProtocol {
+    public static var implementations: [PolymorphicCodableProtocol.Type] {
+        return [Array<Element>.self]
+    }
+
+    public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        try self.map{ PolymorphicCodable(wrappedValue: $0) }.encode(to: encoder)
+    }
+
+    public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        var container = try decoder.unkeyedContainer()
+        var items: [PolymorphicCodable<Element>] = []
+        while !container.isAtEnd {
+            items.append(try container.decode(PolymorphicCodable<Element>.self))
+        }
+        self = items.map{ $0.value }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/TSCUtilityTests/PolymorphicCodableTests.swift b/Tests/TSCUtilityTests/PolymorphicCodableTests.swift
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+/*
+ This source file is part of the Swift.org open source project
+
+ Copyright (c) 2014 - 2020 Apple Inc. and the Swift project authors
+ Licensed under Apache License v2.0 with Runtime Library Exception
+
+ See http://swift.org/LICENSE.txt for license information
+ See http://swift.org/CONTRIBUTORS.txt for Swift project authors
+*/
+
+import Foundation
+import XCTest
+
+import TSCBasic
+import TSCUtility
+
+class Animal: PolymorphicCodableProtocol {
+    static var implementations: [PolymorphicCodableProtocol.Type] = [
+        Dog.self,
+        Cat.self,
+    ]
+
+    let age: Int
+
+    init(age: Int) {
+        self.age = age
+    }
+}
+
+struct Animals: Codable {
+    @PolymorphicCodable
+    var animal1: Animal
+
+    @PolymorphicCodable
+    var animal2: Animal
+
+    @PolymorphicCodable
+    var animals: [Animal]
+}
+
+final class PolymorphicCodableTests: XCTestCase {
+
+    func testBasic() throws {
+        let dog = Dog(age: 5, dogCandy: "bone")
+        let cat = Cat(age: 3, catToy: "wool")
+
+        let animals = Animals(animal1: dog, animal2: cat, animals: [dog, cat])
+        let encoded = try JSONEncoder().encode(animals)
+        let decoded = try JSONDecoder().decode(Animals.self, from: encoded)
+
+        let animal1 = try XCTUnwrap(decoded.animal1 as? Dog)
+        XCTAssertEqual(animal1.age, 5)
+        XCTAssertEqual(animal1.dogCandy, "bone")
+
+        let animal2 = try XCTUnwrap(decoded.animal2 as? Cat)
+        XCTAssertEqual(animal2.age, 3)
+        XCTAssertEqual(animal2.catToy, "wool")
+
+        XCTAssertEqual(decoded.animals.count, 2)
+        XCTAssertEqual(decoded.animals.map{ $0.age }, [5, 3])
+    }
+}
+
+// MARK:- Subclasses
+
+class Dog: Animal {
+    let dogCandy: String
+
+    init(age: Int, dogCandy: String) {
+        self.dogCandy = dogCandy
+        super.init(age: age)
+    }
+
+    enum CodingKeys: CodingKey {
+        case dogCandy
+    }
+
+    public override func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        try super.encode(to: encoder)
+        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        try container.encode(dogCandy, forKey: .dogCandy)
+    }
+
+    required init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        self.dogCandy = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .dogCandy)
+        try super.init(from: decoder)
+    }
+}
+
+class Cat: Animal {
+    let catToy: String
+
+    init(age: Int, catToy: String) {
+        self.catToy = catToy
+        super.init(age: age)
+    }
+
+    enum CodingKeys: CodingKey {
+        case catToy
+    }
+
+    public override func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
+        try super.encode(to: encoder)
+        var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        try container.encode(catToy, forKey: .catToy)
+    }
+
+    required init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
+        let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+        self.catToy = try container.decode(String.self, forKey: .catToy)
+        try super.init(from: decoder)
+    }
+}