diff --git a/src/datetime/serde.rs b/src/datetime/serde.rs
index 4ef9f95515..3147b4f6df 100644
--- a/src/datetime/serde.rs
+++ b/src/datetime/serde.rs
@@ -1213,6 +1213,92 @@ pub mod ts_seconds_option {
     }
 }
 
+/// Ser/de to/from RFC 2822 strings
+///
+/// Intended for use with `serde`'s `with` attribute.
+///
+/// # Example:
+///
+/// ```rust
+/// use chrono::{DateTime, NaiveDate, FixedOffset, TimeZone};
+/// use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+///
+/// #[derive(Deserialize, Serialize)]
+/// struct Example {
+///     #[serde(with = "chrono::serde::rfc2822")]
+///     time: DateTime<FixedOffset>
+/// }
+/// let offset = 3600;
+/// let actual_time = NaiveDate::from_ymd_opt(2018, 5, 17).unwrap()
+///     .and_hms_opt(02, 04, 59).unwrap()
+///     .and_local_timezone(TimeZone::from_offset(&FixedOffset::east_opt(offset).unwrap())).unwrap();
+/// let to_serialize = Example {
+///     time: actual_time.clone(),
+/// };
+///
+/// let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&to_serialize).unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!(serialized, r#"{"time":"Thu, 17 May 2018 02:04:59 +0100"}"#);
+///
+/// let deserialized: Example = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
+/// assert_eq!(deserialized.time, actual_time);
+/// ```
+pub mod rfc2822 {
+    use crate::format::write_rfc2822;
+    use crate::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Offset, TimeZone};
+    use core::fmt;
+    use serde::{de, ser};
+
+    /// Serialize a datetime into an RFC 2822 formatted string, e.g. "01 Jun 2016 14:31:46 -0700"
+    ///
+    /// Intended for use with `serde`s `serialize_with` attribute.
+    pub fn serialize<S>(dt: &DateTime<FixedOffset>, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: ser::Serializer,
+    {
+        struct FormatRfc2822<'a, Tz: TimeZone> {
+            inner: &'a DateTime<Tz>,
+        }
+
+        impl<'a, Tz: TimeZone> fmt::Display for FormatRfc2822<'a, Tz> {
+            fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+                let naive = self.inner.naive_local();
+                let offset = self.inner.offset.fix();
+                write_rfc2822(f, naive, offset)
+            }
+        }
+
+        serializer.collect_str(&FormatRfc2822 { inner: dt })
+    }
+
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    struct Rfc2822Visitor;
+
+    /// Deserialize a [`DateTime`] from an RFC 2822 datetime
+    ///
+    /// Intended for use with `serde`s `deserialize_with` attribute.
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<DateTime<FixedOffset>, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: de::Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        deserializer.deserialize_str(Rfc2822Visitor)
+    }
+
+    impl<'de> de::Visitor<'de> for Rfc2822Visitor {
+        type Value = DateTime<FixedOffset>;
+
+        fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+            formatter.write_str("an RFC 2822 formatted datetime string")
+        }
+
+        fn visit_str<E>(self, date_string: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E>
+        where
+            E: de::Error,
+        {
+            DateTime::parse_from_rfc2822(date_string).map_err(E::custom)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     #[cfg(feature = "clock")]
diff --git a/src/format/formatting.rs b/src/format/formatting.rs
index f3448f94fe..b881bae015 100644
--- a/src/format/formatting.rs
+++ b/src/format/formatting.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use crate::{Datelike, FixedOffset, NaiveDateTime, Timelike};
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use crate::{NaiveDate, NaiveTime, Weekday};
 
-#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "serde"))]
 use super::locales;
 #[cfg(all(feature = "unstable-locales", feature = "alloc"))]
 use super::Locale;
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ use super::Locale;
 use super::{Colons, OffsetFormat, OffsetPrecision, Pad};
 #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
 use super::{Fixed, InternalFixed, InternalInternal, Item, Numeric};
-#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "serde"))]
 use locales::*;
 
 /// A *temporary* object which can be used as an argument to `format!` or others.
@@ -595,7 +595,7 @@ pub(crate) fn write_rfc3339(
     .format(w, off)
 }
 
-#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "serde"))]
 /// write datetimes like `Tue, 1 Jul 2003 10:52:37 +0200`, same as `%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z`
 pub(crate) fn write_rfc2822(
     w: &mut impl Write,
diff --git a/src/format/mod.rs b/src/format/mod.rs
index 75bc02ee31..c4518fec1c 100644
--- a/src/format/mod.rs
+++ b/src/format/mod.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub mod strftime;
 pub(crate) mod locales;
 
 pub(crate) use formatting::write_hundreds;
-#[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+#[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "serde"))]
 pub(crate) use formatting::write_rfc2822;
 #[cfg(any(feature = "alloc", feature = "serde", feature = "rustc-serialize"))]
 pub(crate) use formatting::write_rfc3339;