diff --git a/libs/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index e1b498359..064c9683f 100644
--- a/libs/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ if (UTILS)
             src/version.c
             src/version_range.c
             src/properties.c
+            src/properties_serialization.c
             src/utils.c
             src/filter.c
             src/celix_log_level.c
diff --git a/libs/utils/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/utils/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index d04f9e30c..62c1ac0c1 100644
--- a/libs/utils/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/utils/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ add_executable(test_utils
         src/CelixUtilsTestSuite.cc
         src/ConvertUtilsTestSuite.cc
         src/PropertiesTestSuite.cc
+        src/PropertiesSerializationTestSuite.cc
         src/VersionTestSuite.cc
         src/ErrTestSuite.cc
         src/ThreadsTestSuite.cc
diff --git a/libs/utils/gtest/src/PropertiesSerializationTestSuite.cc b/libs/utils/gtest/src/PropertiesSerializationTestSuite.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d3bf6aa06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/utils/gtest/src/PropertiesSerializationTestSuite.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include <gtest/gtest.h>
+
+#include "celix_err.h"
+#include "celix_properties.h"
+
+using ::testing::MatchesRegex;
+
+class PropertiesSerializationTestSuite : public ::testing::Test {
+  public:
+    PropertiesSerializationTestSuite() { celix_err_resetErrors(); }
+};
+
+TEST_F(PropertiesSerializationTestSuite, SaveEmptyPropertiesTest) {
+    //Given an empty properties object
+    celix_autoptr(celix_properties_t) props = celix_properties_create();
+
+    //And an in-memory stream
+    char* buf = nullptr;
+    size_t bufLen = 0;
+    FILE* stream = open_memstream(&buf, &bufLen);
+
+    //When saving the properties to the stream
+    auto status = celix_properties_saveToStream(props, stream);
+    EXPECT_EQ(CELIX_SUCCESS, status);
+
+    //Then the stream contains an empty JSON object
+    fclose(stream);
+    EXPECT_STREQ("{}", buf);
+}
+
+TEST_F(PropertiesSerializationTestSuite, LoadEmptyPropertiesTest) {
+    //Given an empty JSON object
+    const char* json = "{}";
+    FILE* stream = fmemopen((void*)json, strlen(json), "r");
+
+    //When loading the properties from the stream
+    celix_autoptr(celix_properties_t) props = nullptr;
+    auto status = celix_properties_loadFromStream(stream, &props);
+    EXPECT_EQ(CELIX_SUCCESS, status);
+
+    //Then the properties object is empty
+    EXPECT_EQ(0, celix_properties_size(props));
+
+    fclose(stream);
+}
diff --git a/libs/utils/include/celix_properties.h b/libs/utils/include/celix_properties.h
index 39e87c660..5903ecaa3 100644
--- a/libs/utils/include/celix_properties.h
+++ b/libs/utils/include/celix_properties.h
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@ CELIX_UTILS_EXPORT celix_status_t celix_properties_store(celix_properties_t* pro
                                                          const char* file,
                                                          const char* header);
 
+//TODO doc
+CELIX_UTILS_EXPORT celix_status_t celix_properties_saveToStream(const celix_properties_t* properties, FILE* stream);
+
+//TODO doc
+CELIX_UTILS_EXPORT celix_status_t celix_properties_loadFromStream(FILE* stream, celix_properties_t** out);
+
 /**
  * @brief Get the entry for a given key in a property set.
  *
diff --git a/libs/utils/src/properties_serialization.c b/libs/utils/src/properties_serialization.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ebda01e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/utils/src/properties_serialization.c
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ *  KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+#include "celix_properties.h"
+
+celix_status_t celix_properties_saveToStream(const celix_properties_t* properties, FILE* stream) {
+    celix_status_t status = CELIX_SUCCESS;
+    (void)properties;
+    fprintf(stream, "{}");
+    return status;
+}
+
+celix_status_t celix_properties_loadFromStream(FILE* stream, celix_properties_t** out) {
+    celix_status_t status = CELIX_SUCCESS;
+    (void)stream;
+    celix_autoptr(celix_properties_t) props = celix_properties_create();
+    *out = celix_steal_ptr(props);
+    return status;
+}
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