diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index eb917d3..0a6847a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -216,6 +216,11 @@
       <artifactId>javacpp</artifactId>
       <version>1.5.9</version>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/Database.java b/src/main/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/Database.java
index 07368e5..0b76318 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/Database.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/Database.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 import com.gliwka.hyperscan.jni.hs_compile_error_t;
 import com.gliwka.hyperscan.jni.hs_database_t;
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64InputStream;
+import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Base64OutputStream;
 import org.bytedeco.javacpp.*;
 
 import java.io.*;
@@ -10,6 +12,8 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.zip.DeflaterOutputStream;
+import java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream;
 
 import static com.gliwka.hyperscan.jni.hyperscan.*;
 import static java.util.Collections.singletonList;
@@ -153,6 +157,39 @@ public void close() {
         database = null;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Create BASE64 encoded and compressed database with expressions
+     * Database can be deserialized using {@link #deserialize(String)}
+     *
+     * @return serialized database
+     */
+    public String serialize() throws IOException {
+        try (
+                ByteArrayOutputStream byteArrayOutputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+                Base64OutputStream base64OutputStream = new Base64OutputStream(byteArrayOutputStream, true);
+                DeflaterOutputStream deflaterOutputStream = new DeflaterOutputStream(base64OutputStream)
+        ) {
+            save(deflaterOutputStream);
+            deflaterOutputStream.finish();
+            return new String(byteArrayOutputStream.toByteArray(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create database from BASE64 encoded string created by {@link #serialize()}
+     * @param input serialized database
+     * @return  database
+     */
+    public static Database deserialize(String input) throws IOException {
+        try (
+                InputStream byteArrayInputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(input.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+                Base64InputStream base64InputStream = new Base64InputStream(byteArrayInputStream, false);
+                InputStream inflaterInputStream = new InflaterInputStream(base64InputStream)
+        ) {
+            return load(inflaterInputStream);
+        }
+    }
+
     /**
      * Saves the expressions and the compiled database to an OutputStream.
      * Expression contexts are not saved.
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/DatabaseTest.java b/src/test/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/DatabaseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6dfff24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/gliwka/hyperscan/wrapper/DatabaseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package com.gliwka.hyperscan.wrapper;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.EnumSet;
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+public class DatabaseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void serializationTest() throws Exception {
+        LinkedList<Expression> expressions = new LinkedList<>();
+        expressions.add(new Expression("[0-9]{5}", EnumSet.of(ExpressionFlag.SOM_LEFTMOST)));
+        expressions.add(new Expression("Test", EnumSet.of(ExpressionFlag.CASELESS)));
+        try (
+                Database originalDb = Database.compile(expressions);
+                Scanner originalScanner = new Scanner();
+                Database deserializedDb = Database.deserialize(originalDb.serialize());
+                Scanner deserializedScanner = new Scanner();
+        ) {
+            originalScanner.allocScratch(originalDb);
+            List<Match> matches = originalScanner.scan(originalDb, "Test 12345");
+            assertEquals(2, matches.size());
+
+            deserializedScanner.allocScratch(deserializedDb);
+            List<Match> matchesFromSerialized = deserializedScanner.scan(deserializedDb, "Test 12345");
+            assertEquals(2, matchesFromSerialized.size());
+        }
+    }
+}