diff --git a/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/bounded/weak_bounded_vec.rs b/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/bounded/weak_bounded_vec.rs
index 08460f7096..ed9f4bba62 100644
--- a/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/bounded/weak_bounded_vec.rs
+++ b/substrate/primitives/runtime/src/bounded/weak_bounded_vec.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ use core::{
 	ops::{Deref, Index, IndexMut},
 	slice::SliceIndex,
 };
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+use serde::{
+	de::{Error, SeqAccess, Visitor},
+	Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize,
+};
 use sp_std::{marker::PhantomData, prelude::*};
 
 /// A weakly bounded vector.
@@ -34,9 +39,72 @@ use sp_std::{marker::PhantomData, prelude::*};
 ///
 /// The length of the vec is not strictly bounded. Decoding a vec with more element that the bound
 /// is accepted, and some method allow to bypass the restriction with warnings.
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "std", derive(Serialize), serde(transparent))]
 #[derive(Encode, scale_info::TypeInfo)]
 #[scale_info(skip_type_params(S))]
-pub struct WeakBoundedVec<T, S>(pub(super) Vec<T>, PhantomData<S>);
+pub struct WeakBoundedVec<T, S>(
+	pub(super) Vec<T>,
+	#[cfg_attr(feature = "std", serde(skip_serializing))] PhantomData<S>,
+);
+
+#[cfg(feature = "std")]
+impl<'de, T, S: Get<u32>> Deserialize<'de> for WeakBoundedVec<T, S>
+where
+	T: Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+	fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+	where
+		D: Deserializer<'de>,
+	{
+		struct VecVisitor<T, S: Get<u32>>(PhantomData<(T, S)>);
+
+		impl<'de, T, S: Get<u32>> Visitor<'de> for VecVisitor<T, S>
+		where
+			T: Deserialize<'de>,
+		{
+			type Value = Vec<T>;
+
+			fn expecting(&self, formatter: &mut std::fmt::Formatter) -> std::fmt::Result {
+				formatter.write_str("a sequence")
+			}
+
+			fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+			where
+				A: SeqAccess<'de>,
+			{
+				let size = seq.size_hint().unwrap_or(0);
+				let max = match usize::try_from(S::get()) {
+					Ok(n) => n,
+					Err(_) => return Err(A::Error::custom("can't convert to usize")),
+				};
+				if size > max {
+					log::warn!(
+						target: "runtime",
+						"length of a bounded vector while deserializing is not respected.",
+					);
+				}
+				let mut values = Vec::with_capacity(size);
+
+				while let Some(value) = seq.next_element()? {
+					values.push(value);
+					if values.len() > max {
+						log::warn!(
+							target: "runtime",
+							"length of a bounded vector while deserializing is not respected.",
+						);
+					}
+				}
+
+				Ok(values)
+			}
+		}
+
+		let visitor: VecVisitor<T, S> = VecVisitor(PhantomData);
+		deserializer.deserialize_seq(visitor).map(|v| {
+			WeakBoundedVec::<T, S>::try_from(v).map_err(|_| Error::custom("out of bounds"))
+		})?
+	}
+}
 
 impl<T: Decode, S: Get<u32>> Decode for WeakBoundedVec<T, S> {
 	fn decode<I: codec::Input>(input: &mut I) -> Result<Self, codec::Error> {