diff --git a/src/include/switch_event.h b/src/include/switch_event.h
index d0474a6929..cc78336655 100644
--- a/src/include/switch_event.h
+++ b/src/include/switch_event.h
@@ -102,6 +102,20 @@ struct switch_event {
 	int flags;
 };
 
+typedef struct switch_serial_event_s {
+	int event_id;
+	int priority;
+	int flags;
+	char *owner;
+	char *subclass_name;
+	char *body;
+} switch_serial_event_t;
+
+typedef struct switch_serial_event_header_s {
+	char *name;
+	char *value;
+} switch_serial_event_header_t;
+
 typedef enum {
 	EF_UNIQ_HEADERS = (1 << 0),
 	EF_NO_CHAT_EXEC = (1 << 1),
@@ -295,6 +309,8 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_free_subclass_detailed(const char *
   \return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS if the operation was successful
   \note you must free the resulting string when you are finished with it
 */
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_binary_deserialize(switch_event_t **eventp, void **data, switch_size_t len, switch_bool_t destroy);
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_binary_serialize(switch_event_t *event, void **data, switch_size_t *len);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_serialize(switch_event_t *event, char **str, switch_bool_t encode);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_serialize_json(switch_event_t *event, char **str);
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_create_json(switch_event_t **event, const char *json);
diff --git a/src/switch_event.c b/src/switch_event.c
index 242165d69f..fdb397de01 100644
--- a/src/switch_event.c
+++ b/src/switch_event.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 
 #include <switch.h>
 #include <switch_event.h>
-
+#include "tpl.h"
 
 //#define SWITCH_EVENT_RECYCLE
 #define DISPATCH_QUEUE_LEN 100
@@ -1284,6 +1284,97 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_dup_reply(switch_event_t **event, s
 	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
 }
 
+#define SWITCH_SERIALIZED_EVENT_MAP "S(iiisss)A(S(ss))"
+
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_binary_deserialize(switch_event_t **eventp, void **data, switch_size_t len, switch_bool_t destroy)
+{
+	switch_event_t *event;
+	tpl_node *tn;
+	switch_serial_event_t e;
+	switch_serial_event_header_t sh;
+	int how = TPL_MEM;
+
+	switch_event_create(&event, SWITCH_EVENT_CLONE);
+	switch_assert(event);
+
+	tn = tpl_map(SWITCH_SERIALIZED_EVENT_MAP, &e, &sh);
+
+	if (!destroy) {
+		how |= TPL_EXCESS_OK;
+	}
+
+	tpl_load(tn, how, data, len);
+
+	tpl_unpack(tn, 0);
+
+	event->event_id = e.event_id;
+	event->priority = e.priority;
+	event->flags = e.flags;
+
+	event->owner = e.owner;
+	event->subclass_name = e.subclass_name;
+	event->body = e.body;
+
+
+	while(tpl_unpack(tn, 1)) {
+		switch_event_add_header_string(event, SWITCH_STACK_BOTTOM, sh.name, sh.value);
+	}
+
+	*eventp = event;
+
+	tpl_free(tn);
+
+	if (destroy) {
+		free(*data);
+	}
+
+	*data = NULL;
+
+	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+
+}
+
+SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_binary_serialize(switch_event_t *event, void **data, switch_size_t *len)
+{
+	tpl_node *tn;
+	switch_serial_event_t e;
+	switch_serial_event_header_t sh;
+	switch_event_header_t *eh;
+	int how = TPL_MEM;
+
+	e.event_id = event->event_id;
+	e.priority = event->priority;
+	e.flags = event->flags;
+
+	e.owner = event->owner;
+	e.subclass_name = event->subclass_name;
+	e.body = event->body;
+
+	tn = tpl_map(SWITCH_SERIALIZED_EVENT_MAP, &e, &sh);
+
+	tpl_pack(tn, 0);
+	
+	for (eh = event->headers; eh; eh = eh->next) {
+		if (eh->idx) continue;  // no arrays yet
+	
+		sh.name = eh->name;
+		sh.value = eh->value;
+		
+		tpl_pack(tn, 1);
+	}
+
+	if (*len > 0) {
+		how |= TPL_PREALLOCD;
+	}
+
+	tpl_dump(tn, how, data, len);
+
+	tpl_free(tn);
+
+	return SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+}
+
+
 SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_event_serialize(switch_event_t *event, char **str, switch_bool_t encode)
 {
 	switch_size_t len = 0;