diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/lib.rs b/lib/compiler/src/lib.rs
index 7b5ed1c13..432df3633 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/lib.rs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ pub use crate::function::{
 };
 pub use crate::jump_table::{JumpTable, JumpTableOffsets};
 pub use crate::relocation::{Relocation, RelocationKind, RelocationTarget, Relocations};
-pub use crate::section::{CustomSection, CustomSectionProtection, SectionIndex};
+pub use crate::section::{CustomSection, CustomSectionProtection, SectionBody, SectionIndex};
 pub use crate::sourceloc::SourceLoc;
 pub use crate::translator::{
     to_wasm_error, translate_module, FunctionBodyData, ModuleEnvironment, ModuleTranslation,
diff --git a/lib/compiler/src/section.rs b/lib/compiler/src/section.rs
index 0908f1b90..9794e6123 100644
--- a/lib/compiler/src/section.rs
+++ b/lib/compiler/src/section.rs
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ pub struct CustomSection {
     /// > (the start of the memory pointer).
     /// > We might need to create another field for alignment in case it's
     /// > needed in the future.
-    #[serde(with = "serde_bytes")]
-    pub bytes: Vec<u8>,
+    pub bytes: SectionBody,
 }
+
+/// The bytes in the section.
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub struct SectionBody(#[serde(with = "serde_bytes")] Vec<u8>);
diff --git a/lib/jit/src/module.rs b/lib/jit/src/module.rs
index 655980303..a1156577e 100644
--- a/lib/jit/src/module.rs
+++ b/lib/jit/src/module.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ impl CompiledModule {
             function_relocations: compilation.get_relocations(),
             function_jt_offsets: compilation.get_jt_offsets(),
             function_frame_info: frame_infos,
+            custom_sections: PrimaryMap::new(),
         };
         let serializable = SerializableModule {
             compilation: serializable_compilation,
diff --git a/lib/jit/src/serialize.rs b/lib/jit/src/serialize.rs
index 835775c47..c07bbe1ae 100644
--- a/lib/jit/src/serialize.rs
+++ b/lib/jit/src/serialize.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use serde::ser::Serializer;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::sync::Arc;
-use wasmer_compiler::{CompiledFunctionFrameInfo, FunctionBody, JumpTableOffsets, Relocation};
+use wasmer_compiler::{
+    CompiledFunctionFrameInfo, FunctionBody, JumpTableOffsets, Relocation, SectionBody,
+    SectionIndex,
+};
 use wasmer_runtime::Module;
 
 use wasm_common::entity::PrimaryMap;
@@ -20,6 +23,7 @@ pub struct SerializableCompilation {
     // to allow lazy frame_info deserialization, we convert it to it's lazy binary
     // format upon serialization.
     pub function_frame_info: PrimaryMap<LocalFuncIndex, SerializableFunctionFrameInfo>,
+    pub custom_sections: PrimaryMap<SectionIndex, SectionBody>,
 }
 
 /// Serializable struct that is able to serialize from and to