diff --git a/cli/Cargo.toml b/cli/Cargo.toml
index 36443d90fb..ce12d0c06d 100644
--- a/cli/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cli/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ name = "naga"
 path = "src/main.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-naga = { path = "../", features = ["validate", "span", "wgsl-in", "wgsl-out", "glsl-in", "glsl-out", "spv-in", "spv-out", "msl-out", "hlsl-out", "dot-out", "glsl-validate"] }
+naga = { path = "../", features = ["validate", "span", "wgsl-in", "wgsl-out", "glsl-in", "glsl-out", "spv-in", "spv-out", "msl-out", "hlsl-out", "dot-out", "glsl-validate", "serialize", "deserialize"] }
+bincode = "1"
 log = "0.4"
 codespan-reporting = "0.11"
-env_logger = "0.8"
+env_logger = "0.9"
 argh = "0.1.5"
diff --git a/cli/src/main.rs b/cli/src/main.rs
index 2f88e7febf..0f7f4fd6f2 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.rs
+++ b/cli/src/main.rs
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
         .to_str()
         .ok_or(CliError("Input filename not valid unicode"))?
     {
+        "bin" => (bincode::deserialize(&input)?, None),
         "spv" => {
             let options = naga::front::spv::Options {
                 adjust_coordinate_space: !params.keep_coordinate_space,
@@ -360,6 +361,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
                     writeln!(file, "{:#?}", info)?;
                 }
             }
+            "bin" => {
+                let file = fs::File::create(output_path)?;
+                bincode::serialize_into(file, &module)?;
+            }
             "metal" => {
                 use naga::back::msl;