diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index ef54077..7d7f17d 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ function deleteFunctions(obj){
     }
 }
 
-module.exports = function serialize(obj, options) {
+module.exports.deserialize = function(objStr){
+    return new Function("return " + objStr)();
+};
+
+module.exports.serialize = function serialize(obj, options) {
     options || (options = {});
 
     // Backwards-compatibility for `space` as the second argument.