diff --git a/src/common/bitsery.h b/src/common/bitsery.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54bd3351
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/bitsery.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+// yabridge: a Wine VST bridge
+// Copyright (C) 2020  Robbert van der Helm
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#pragma once
+
+// This is a modified version of `bitsery::ext::PointerOwner` in an attempt to
+// support C-style arrays with no compile time known length. This should be
+// upstreamed if it works.
+
+#include <bitsery/ext/pointer.h>
+
+// TODO: Implement
+
+template <template <typename> class TPtrManager,
+          template <typename>
+          class TPolymorphicContext,
+          typename RTTI>
+class PointerObjectExtensionMultipleBase
+    : public bitsery::ext::pointer_utils::
+          PointerObjectExtensionBase<TPtrManager, TPolymorphicContext, RTTI> {};
+
+template <typename RTTI>
+using PointerOwnerMultipleBase = PointerObjectExtensionMultipleBase<
+    bitsery::ext::pointer_details::PtrOwnerManager,
+    bitsery::ext::PolymorphicContext,
+    RTTI>;
+
+using PointerOwnerMultiple =
+    PointerOwnerMultipleBase<bitsery::ext::StandardRTTI>;
+
+namespace bitsery {
+namespace traits {
+template <typename T, typename RTTI>
+struct ExtensionTraits<::PointerOwnerMultipleBase<RTTI>, T*> {
+    using TValue = T;
+    static constexpr bool SupportValueOverload = true;
+    static constexpr bool SupportObjectOverload = true;
+    // if underlying type is not polymorphic, then we can enable lambda syntax
+    static constexpr bool SupportLambdaOverload =
+        !RTTI::template isPolymorphic<TValue>();
+};
+}  // namespace traits
+}  // namespace bitsery
diff --git a/src/common/serialization.h b/src/common/serialization.h
index cdeedd60..89a6c6bf 100644
--- a/src/common/serialization.h
+++ b/src/common/serialization.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #include <variant>
 
-#pragma once
+#include "bitsery.h"
 
 /**
  * The maximum number of audio channels supported.