diff --git a/wnfs-wasm/src/fs/private/access_key.rs b/wnfs-wasm/src/fs/private/access_key.rs
index 75199eda..e40d1876 100644
--- a/wnfs-wasm/src/fs/private/access_key.rs
+++ b/wnfs-wasm/src/fs/private/access_key.rs
@@ -28,4 +28,14 @@ impl AccessKey {
     pub fn get_content_cid(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
         self.0.get_content_cid().to_bytes()
     }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = "toBytes")]
+    pub fn into_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
+        Vec::<u8>::from(&self.0)
+    }
+
+    #[wasm_bindgen(js_name = "fromBytes")]
+    pub fn from_bytes(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        Self(WnfsAccessKey::from(bytes).into())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/wnfs-wasm/tests/mock.ts b/wnfs-wasm/tests/mock.ts
index 1bb9146f..7a744223 100644
--- a/wnfs-wasm/tests/mock.ts
+++ b/wnfs-wasm/tests/mock.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   Namefilter,
   PrivateDirectory,
   PrivateForest,
+  AccessKey,
   PublicDirectory,
 } from "../pkg";
 
@@ -190,4 +191,5 @@ export {
   createRecipientExchangeRoot,
   PrivateKey,
   ExchangeKey,
+  AccessKey,
 };
diff --git a/wnfs-wasm/tests/private.spec.ts b/wnfs-wasm/tests/private.spec.ts
index f0fad7d4..6082e563 100644
--- a/wnfs-wasm/tests/private.spec.ts
+++ b/wnfs-wasm/tests/private.spec.ts
@@ -613,3 +613,36 @@ test.describe("PrivateForest", () => {
     expect(result).toBeDefined();
   });
 });
+
+test.describe("AccessKey", () => {
+  test("can encode / decode an access key", async ({ page }) => {
+    const [metadataBefore, metadataAfter] = await page.evaluate(async () => {
+      const {
+        wnfs: { AccessKey, Namefilter, PrivateFile, PrivateNode, PrivateForest },
+        mock: { MemoryBlockStore, Rng },
+      } = await window.setup();
+
+      
+      const rng = new Rng();
+      const store = new MemoryBlockStore();
+      const time = new Date();
+      const file = new PrivateFile(new Namefilter(), time, rng);
+      const node = file.asNode();
+      const forest = new PrivateForest();
+      const [accessKey, newForest] = await node.store(forest, store, rng);
+      
+      const encodedAccessKey = accessKey.toBytes();
+      const decodedAccessKey = AccessKey.fromBytes(encodedAccessKey);
+      
+      const fetched = await PrivateNode.load(decodedAccessKey, newForest, store);
+      const metadataBefore = node.asFile().metadata();
+      const metadataAfter = fetched.asFile().metadata();
+      return [metadataBefore, metadataAfter];
+    });
+    
+    expect(metadataBefore).toBeDefined();
+    expect(metadataAfter).toBeDefined();
+    expect(metadataBefore.created).toEqual(metadataAfter.created);
+    expect(metadataBefore.modified).toEqual(metadataAfter.modified);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/wnfs/src/private/keys/access.rs b/wnfs/src/private/keys/access.rs
index 46970843..c28d45a7 100644
--- a/wnfs/src/private/keys/access.rs
+++ b/wnfs/src/private/keys/access.rs
@@ -101,3 +101,15 @@ impl From<&PrivateRef> for SnapshotAccessKey {
         }
     }
 }
+
+impl From<&[u8]> for AccessKey {
+    fn from(bytes: &[u8]) -> Self {
+        serde_ipld_dagcbor::from_slice(bytes).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<&AccessKey> for Vec<u8> {
+    fn from(key: &AccessKey) -> Self {
+        serde_ipld_dagcbor::to_vec(key).unwrap()
+    }
+}