diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathDeserializerLocator.java b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathDeserializerLocator.java
index 61d2dac7..7205aabc 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathDeserializerLocator.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathDeserializerLocator.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public class RuntimeClasspathDeserializerLocator<T> implements InstanceLocator<D
             return Classes.newInstance("io.jsonwebtoken.io.JacksonDeserializer");
         } else if (isAvailable("org.json.JSONObject")) {
             return Classes.newInstance("io.jsonwebtoken.io.OrgJsonDeserializer");
+        } else if (isAvailable("com.google.gson.GsonBuilder")) {
+            return Classes.newInstance("io.jsonwebtoken.io.GsonDeSerializer");
         } else {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to discover any JSON Deserializer implementations on the classpath.");
         }
diff --git a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathSerializerLocator.java b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathSerializerLocator.java
index 63a6137d..867f5b27 100644
--- a/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathSerializerLocator.java
+++ b/impl/src/main/java/io/jsonwebtoken/impl/io/RuntimeClasspathSerializerLocator.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public class RuntimeClasspathSerializerLocator implements InstanceLocator<Serial
             return Classes.newInstance("io.jsonwebtoken.io.JacksonSerializer");
         } else if (isAvailable("org.json.JSONObject")) {
             return Classes.newInstance("io.jsonwebtoken.io.OrgJsonSerializer");
+        } else if (isAvailable("com.google.gson.GsonBuilder")) {
+            return Classes.newInstance("io.jsonwebtoken.io.GsonSerializer");
         } else {
             throw new IllegalStateException("Unable to discover any JSON Serializer implementations on the classpath.");
         }