diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java
index 7ce7d5c..275f9f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4Deserializer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * Deserialize an IPv4 from a string.
+ * Deserialize an IPv4 address from a string.
  */
 public class IPv4Deserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv4> {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java
index e35fc80..3c36870 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv4NetDeserializer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * Deserialize an IPv4Net from a string.
+ * Deserialize an IPv4Net address from a string.
  */
 public class IPv4NetDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv4Net> {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java
index 6713f93..818de30 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6Deserializer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * Deserialize an IPv6 from a string.
+ * Deserialize an IPv6 address from a string.
  */
 public class IPv6Deserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv6> {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java
index 596ee50..375dc26 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/IPv6NetDeserializer.java
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 /**
- * Deserialize an IPv6Net from a string.
+ * Deserialize an IPv6Net address from a string.
  */
 public class IPv6NetDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<IPv6Net> {
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..35b384d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+package net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonNode;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonParser;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonToken;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.ObjectCodec;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonDeserializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.DeserializationContext;
+
+import net.floodlightcontroller.util.MACAddress;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Deserialize a MAC address from a string.
+ */
+public class MACAddressDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<MACAddress> {
+
+    protected static Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MACAddressDeserializer.class);
+
+    @Override
+    public MACAddress deserialize(JsonParser jp,
+				  DeserializationContext ctxt)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+
+	MACAddress mac = null;
+
+	jp.nextToken();		// Move to JsonToken.START_OBJECT
+	while (jp.nextToken() != JsonToken.END_OBJECT) {
+	    String fieldname = jp.getCurrentName();
+	    if ("value".equals(fieldname)) {
+		String value = jp.getText();
+		log.debug("Fieldname: " + fieldname + " Value: " + value);
+		mac = MACAddress.valueOf(value);
+	    }
+	}
+	return mac;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressSerializer.java b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dec2596
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/net/floodlightcontroller/util/serializers/MACAddressSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+package net.floodlightcontroller.util.serializers;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonGenerator;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.JsonProcessingException;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.JsonSerializer;
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.SerializerProvider;
+
+import net.floodlightcontroller.util.MACAddress;
+
+/**
+ * Serialize a MAC address as a string.
+ */
+public class MACAddressSerializer extends JsonSerializer<MACAddress> {
+
+    @Override
+    public void serialize(MACAddress mac, JsonGenerator jGen,
+			  SerializerProvider serializer)
+	throws IOException, JsonProcessingException {
+	jGen.writeStartObject();
+	jGen.writeStringField("value", mac.toString());
+	jGen.writeEndObject();
+    }
+}