diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 5297df2915..1d9c67f3e7 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ EnzymeCore = "f151be2c-9106-41f4-ab19-57ee4f262869"
 Functors = "d9f16b24-f501-4c13-a1f2-28368ffc5196"
 GPUArraysCore = "46192b85-c4d5-4398-a991-12ede77f4527"
 HTTP = "cd3eb016-35fb-5094-929b-558a96fad6f3"
+JLD2 = "033835bb-8acc-5ee8-8aae-3f567f8a3819"
 LLVMOpenMP_jll = "1d63c593-3942-5779-bab2-d838dc0a180e"
 Libdl = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
 LinearAlgebra = "37e2e46d-f89d-539d-b4ee-838fcccc9c8e"
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ Functors = "0.5"
 GPUArraysCore = "0.2"
 GPUCompiler = "1.3"
 HTTP = "1.10.15"
+JLD2 = "0.5.12"
 KernelAbstractions = "0.9.30"
 LLVM = "9.1"
 LLVMOpenMP_jll = "18.1.7"
diff --git a/src/Reactant.jl b/src/Reactant.jl
index 06ae61f871..5ce8dd0428 100644
--- a/src/Reactant.jl
+++ b/src/Reactant.jl
@@ -181,6 +181,8 @@ include("Compiler.jl")
 
 include("Overlay.jl")
 
+include("Serialization.jl")
+
 function Enzyme.make_zero(
     ::Type{RT}, seen::IdDict, prev::RT, ::Val{copy_if_inactive}=Val(false)
 )::RT where {copy_if_inactive,RT<:Union{RArray,RNumber}}
diff --git a/src/Serialization.jl b/src/Serialization.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a03f120df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Serialization.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+module Serialization
+
+# TODO: move these deps into an extension
+
+using JLD2
+using Reactant: Reactant, MLIR, XLA
+
+struct SerializedThunk
+    f
+    body::Expr
+    argTypes
+    IsClosure::Bool
+    num_parameters::Int
+    num_results::Int
+    is_device_present::Bool
+    num_devices::Int
+    module_string::String
+end
+
+function serialize(
+    filename::String, thunk::Reactant.Compiler.Thunk{FTy,tag,IsClosure,ArgTypes}
+) where {FTy,tag,IsClosure,ArgTypes}
+    if isempty(thunk.module_string)
+        throw("To serialize a compiled thunk, ensure it is called with `serializable=true`")
+    end
+
+    serializable_thunk = SerializedThunk(
+        thunk.f,
+        Reactant.Compiler.__thunk_body_cache[tag],
+        ArgTypes,
+        IsClosure,
+        thunk.exec.num_parameters,
+        thunk.exec.num_outputs,
+        thunk.device !== nothing,
+        thunk.device !== nothing ? 1 : length(thunk.global_device_ids),
+        thunk.module_string,
+    )
+
+    return JLD2.jldsave(filename; thunk=serializable_thunk)
+end
+
+function deserialize(f, filename::String; client, device, global_device_ids)
+    if !isfile(filename)
+        error("File $(filename) does not exist")
+    end
+
+    serialized_thunk = JLD2.jldopen(filename, "r") do file
+        file["thunk"]
+    end
+
+    mod = MLIR.IR.with_context() do ctx
+        parse(MLIR.IR.Module, serialized_thunk.module_string)
+    end
+    modop = MLIR.IR.Operation(mod)
+
+    # We always insert these attributes
+    num_replicas = Int(MLIR.IR.attr(modop, "mhlo.num_replicas"))
+    num_partitions = Int(MLIR.IR.attr(modop, "mhlo.num_partitions"))
+    is_sharded = num_replicas * num_partitions > 1
+    use_shardy_partitioner = false
+
+    if !serialized_thunk.is_device_present
+        @assert serialized_thunk.num_devices == length(global_device_ids)
+    end
+
+    exec = XLA.compile(
+        client,
+        device,
+        mod;
+        num_outputs=serialized_thunk.num_results,
+        num_parameters=serialized_thunk.num_parameters,
+        is_sharded,
+        global_device_ids,
+        num_replicas,
+        num_partitions,
+        use_shardy_partitioner,
+    )
+
+    fname = gensym(Symbol(Symbol(f), :_reactant))
+    Reactant.Compiler.__thunk_body_cache[fname] = serialized_thunk.body
+    thunk = thunk_from_serialized_thunk(
+        f,
+        serialized_thunk,
+        exec,
+        fname,
+        client,
+        global_device_ids,
+        device,
+        serialized_thunk.module_string,
+    )
+
+    return thunk
+end
+
+function thunk_from_serialized_thunk(
+    f::F,
+    serialized_thunk::SerializedThunk,
+    exec,
+    tag,
+    client,
+    global_device_ids,
+    device,
+    module_string,
+) where {F}
+    return Reactant.Compiler.Thunk{
+        F,
+        tag,
+        serialized_thunk.IsClosure,
+        serialized_thunk.argTypes,
+        typeof(exec),
+        typeof(device),
+        typeof(client),
+        typeof(global_device_ids),
+    }(
+        f, exec, device, module_string, client, global_device_ids
+    )
+end
+
+end