diff --git a/common/com/pahimar/ee3/api/CustomWrappedStackSerializer.java b/common/com/pahimar/ee3/api/CustomWrappedStackSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..257b3111
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/com/pahimar/ee3/api/CustomWrappedStackSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+package com.pahimar.ee3.api;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+import com.pahimar.ee3.item.CustomWrappedStack;
+
+public class CustomWrappedStackSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<CustomWrappedStack>, JsonSerializer<CustomWrappedStack> {
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(CustomWrappedStack customWrappedStack, Type type, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public CustomWrappedStack deserialize(JsonElement json, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/common/com/pahimar/ee3/api/EmcValueSerializer.java b/common/com/pahimar/ee3/api/EmcValueSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5082eac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/com/pahimar/ee3/api/EmcValueSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+package com.pahimar.ee3.api;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
+import com.google.gson.JsonObject;
+import com.google.gson.JsonParseException;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
+import com.pahimar.ee3.emc.EmcValue;
+
+public class EmcValueSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<EmcValue>, JsonSerializer<EmcValue> {
+
+    @Override
+    public JsonElement serialize(EmcValue emcValue, Type type, JsonSerializationContext context) {
+
+        JsonObject jsonObject = new JsonObject();
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EmcValue deserialize(JsonElement json, Type type, JsonDeserializationContext context) throws JsonParseException {
+
+        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/common/com/pahimar/ee3/emc/EmcValue.java b/common/com/pahimar/ee3/emc/EmcValue.java
index 55e6bb21..d6b63a7a 100644
--- a/common/com/pahimar/ee3/emc/EmcValue.java
+++ b/common/com/pahimar/ee3/emc/EmcValue.java
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import com.google.gson.Gson;
+import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
+import com.pahimar.ee3.api.EmcValueSerializer;
+
 /**
  * Equivalent-Exchange-3
  * 
@@ -15,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public class EmcValue implements Comparable<EmcValue> {
 
+    private static final Gson gson = (new GsonBuilder()).registerTypeAdapter(EmcValue.class, new EmcValueSerializer()).create();
     public final float[] components;
 
     public EmcValue() {
@@ -148,6 +154,33 @@ public class EmcValue implements Comparable<EmcValue> {
             return -1;
         }
     }
+    
+    /**
+     * Deserializes an EmcValue object from the given serialized json String
+     * 
+     * @param jsonEmcValue Json encoded String representing a EmcValue object
+     * @return The EmcValue that was encoded as json, or null if a valid EmcValue could not be decoded from given String
+     */
+    public static EmcValue createFromJson(String jsonEmcValue) {
+        
+        try {
+            return (EmcValue) gson.fromJson(jsonEmcValue, EmcValue.class);
+        }
+        catch (JsonSyntaxException exception) {
+            // TODO Log something regarding the failed parse
+        }
+        
+        return null;
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Returns this EmcValue as a json serialized String
+     * 
+     * @return Json serialized String of this EmcValue
+     */
+    public String toJson() {
+        return gson.toJson(this);
+    }
 
     private static List<EmcComponent> collateComponents(List<EmcComponent> uncollatedComponents) {