diff --git a/src/node/marshal.rs b/src/node/marshal.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4095795
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/node/marshal.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,171 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use serde::de::{self, Deserialize, DeserializeSeed, IntoDeserializer, SeqAccess, Visitor};
+
+use node::Node;
+use node::de::NodeSeed;
+use node_types::StandardType;
+use value::Value;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum MarshalValue {
+  Node(Node),
+  Value(Value),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Marshal {
+  node_type: StandardType,
+  value: MarshalValue,
+}
+
+impl MarshalValue {
+  /*
+  pub fn as_node(self) -> Option<Node> {
+    match self {
+      MarshalValue::Node(node) => Some(node),
+      MarshalValue::Value(_) => None,
+    }
+  }
+  */
+
+  pub fn as_value(self) -> Option<Value> {
+    match self {
+      MarshalValue::Node(_) => None,
+      MarshalValue::Value(value) => Some(value),
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+impl Marshal {
+  pub fn with_node(node_type: StandardType, node: Node) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      node_type,
+      value: MarshalValue::Node(node),
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn with_value(node_type: StandardType, value: Value) -> Self {
+    Self {
+      node_type,
+      value: MarshalValue::Value(value),
+    }
+  }
+
+  pub fn into_inner(self) -> MarshalValue {
+    self.value
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Marshal {
+  fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where D: de::Deserializer<'de>
+  {
+    struct MarshalVisitor;
+
+    impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for MarshalVisitor {
+      type Value = Marshal;
+
+      fn expecting(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.write_str("the components of `Marshal`")
+      }
+
+      fn visit_seq<A>(self, mut seq: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
+        where A: SeqAccess<'de>
+      {
+        trace!("NodeMarshalVisitor::visit_seq()");
+        let node_type = StandardType::from_u8(seq.next_element()?.unwrap());
+
+        trace!("NodeMarshalVisitor::visit_seq() => node_type: {:?}", node_type);
+        let value = if node_type == StandardType::NodeStart {
+          let node = seq.next_element_seed(NodeSeed)?.unwrap();
+          debug!("NodeMarshalVisitor::visit_seq() => node: {:?}", node);
+          MarshalValue::Node(node)
+        } else {
+          let value = seq.next_element_seed(node_type)?.unwrap();
+          debug!("NodeMarshalVisitor::visit_seq() => value: {:?}", value);
+          MarshalValue::Value(value)
+        };
+
+        Ok(Marshal { node_type, value })
+      }
+
+      /// An alternate entrypoint
+      fn visit_newtype_struct<D>(self, deserializer: D) -> Result<Self::Value, D::Error>
+        where D: de::Deserializer<'de>
+      {
+        trace!("NodeMarshalVisitor::visit_newtype_struct()");
+        Marshal::deserialize(deserializer)
+      }
+    }
+
+    deserializer.deserialize_any(MarshalVisitor)
+  }
+}
+
+pub struct MarshalDeserializer<E> {
+  node_type: StandardType,
+  value: Option<MarshalValue>,
+  index: usize,
+  marker: PhantomData<E>,
+}
+
+impl<'de, E> de::Deserializer<'de> for MarshalDeserializer<E>
+  where E: de::Error
+{
+  type Error = E;
+
+  fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where V: Visitor<'de>
+  {
+    trace!("MarshalDeserializer::deserialize_any(node_type: {:?}, value: {:?})", self.node_type, self.value);
+    visitor.visit_seq(self)
+  }
+
+  forward_to_deserialize_any! {
+    bool i8 i16 i32 i64 i128 u8 u16 u32 u64 u128 f32 f64 char str
+    string bytes byte_buf option unit unit_struct newtype_struct seq
+    tuple tuple_struct map struct enum identifier ignored_any
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de, E> SeqAccess<'de> for MarshalDeserializer<E>
+  where E: de::Error
+{
+  type Error = E;
+
+  /// Deserialize `Marshal` as a tuple
+  fn next_element_seed<T>(&mut self, seed: T) -> Result<Option<T::Value>, Self::Error>
+    where T: DeserializeSeed<'de>
+  {
+    trace!("--> <MarshalDeserializer as SeqAccess>::next_element_seed(node_type: {:?}, value: {:?}, index: {})", self.node_type, self.value, self.index);
+    let result = match self.index {
+      0 => seed.deserialize(self.node_type.id.into_deserializer()).map(Some),
+      1 => match self.value.take() {
+        Some(MarshalValue::Node(node)) => seed.deserialize(node.into_deserializer()).map(Some),
+        Some(MarshalValue::Value(value)) => seed.deserialize(value.into_deserializer()).map(Some),
+        None => Err(E::custom("`value` for `MarshalDeserializer` should not be `None` at `next_element_seed` at index 1")),
+      },
+      _ => Ok(None),
+    };
+    self.index += 1;
+
+    result
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de, E> IntoDeserializer<'de, E> for Marshal
+  where E: de::Error
+{
+  type Deserializer = MarshalDeserializer<E>;
+
+  fn into_deserializer(self) -> Self::Deserializer {
+    MarshalDeserializer {
+      node_type: self.node_type,
+      value: Some(self.value),
+      index: 0,
+      marker: PhantomData,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/node/mod.rs b/src/node/mod.rs
index a8096e9..303708f 100644
--- a/src/node/mod.rs
+++ b/src/node/mod.rs
@@ -6,9 +6,11 @@ use value::Value;
 
 mod de;
 mod extra;
+mod marshal;
 mod ser;
 
 pub use self::extra::ExtraNodes;
+pub use self::marshal::Marshal;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Default, PartialEq)]
 pub struct Node {
diff --git a/src/value/de.rs b/src/value/de.rs
index c99229e..b2c36ea 100644
--- a/src/value/de.rs
+++ b/src/value/de.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use serde::de::{self, Deserialize, EnumAccess, Error, IntoDeserializer, SeqAccess, VariantAccess, Visitor};
 use serde::de::value::SeqDeserializer;
 
+use node::Marshal;
 use node_types::StandardType;
 use value::Value;
 
@@ -113,6 +114,18 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Value {
         Ok(Value::Array(array_node_type, vec))
       }
 
+      #[inline]
+      fn visit_newtype_struct<D>(self, deserializer: D) -> Result<Self::Value, D::Error>
+        where D: de::Deserializer<'de>
+      {
+        trace!("ValueVisitor::visit_newtype_struct()");
+
+        let marshal: Marshal = Marshal::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        debug!("ValueVisitor::visit_newtype_struct() => marshal: {:?}", marshal);
+
+        marshal.into_inner().as_value().ok_or_else(|| D::Error::custom("`Marshal` must contain `Value` not `Node`"))
+      }
+
       #[inline]
       fn visit_enum<A>(self, data: A) -> Result<Self::Value, A::Error>
         where A: EnumAccess<'de>