diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 112f4bcb17..7f6f616a04 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "rusty_v8",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
- "serde_v8 0.15.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_v8",
  "tokio",
  "url",
 ]
@@ -3336,16 +3336,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "serde_v8"
-version = "0.15.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b431c505c5ece0caf45ffa6d089d6da7c675303aa82f8cccb76135bb1bc6a2b0"
-dependencies = [
- "rusty_v8",
- "serde",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "sha-1"
 version = "0.9.8"
diff --git a/core/Cargo.toml b/core/Cargo.toml
index 3d2c7d3353..c39dbf1854 100644
--- a/core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pin-project = "1.0.7"
 rusty_v8 = "0.32.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.129", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0.66", features = ["preserve_order"] }
-serde_v8 = "0.15.0"
+serde_v8 = { version = "0.15.0", path = "../serde_v8" }
 url = { version = "2.2.2", features = ["serde"] }
 
 [[example]]
diff --git a/core/lib.rs b/core/lib.rs
index c0419f8abd..889f613dfa 100644
--- a/core/lib.rs
+++ b/core/lib.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ pub use serde_json;
 pub use serde_v8;
 pub use serde_v8::Buffer as ZeroCopyBuf;
 pub use serde_v8::ByteString;
+pub use serde_v8::StringOrBuffer;
 pub use url;
 
 pub use crate::async_cancel::CancelFuture;
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/de.rs b/serde_v8/src/de.rs
index 3668a4fd58..d4338a37fe 100644
--- a/serde_v8/src/de.rs
+++ b/serde_v8/src/de.rs
@@ -132,6 +132,16 @@ impl<'de, 'a, 'b, 's, 'x> de::Deserializer<'de>
       ValueType::String => self.deserialize_string(visitor),
       ValueType::Array => self.deserialize_seq(visitor),
       ValueType::Object => self.deserialize_map(visitor),
+      // Map to Vec<u8> when deserialized via deserialize_any
+      // e.g: for untagged enums or StringOrBuffer
+      ValueType::ArrayBufferView => {
+        v8::Local::<v8::ArrayBufferView>::try_from(self.input)
+          .and_then(|view| {
+            magic::zero_copy_buf::ZeroCopyBuf::try_new(self.scope, view)
+          })
+          .map_err(|_| Error::ExpectedInteger)
+          .and_then(|zb| visitor.visit_byte_buf(Vec::from(&*zb)))
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/lib.rs b/serde_v8/src/lib.rs
index 374a27ce26..d97b1f1afe 100644
--- a/serde_v8/src/lib.rs
+++ b/serde_v8/src/lib.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pub use error::{Error, Result};
 pub use keys::KeyCache;
 pub use magic::buffer::MagicBuffer as Buffer;
 pub use magic::bytestring::ByteString;
+pub use magic::string_or_buffer::StringOrBuffer;
 pub use magic::Value;
 pub use ser::{to_v8, Serializer};
 pub use serializable::{Serializable, SerializablePkg};
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs
index 00c06fd4ce..91a09e2f4b 100644
--- a/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 pub mod buffer;
 pub mod bytestring;
 mod field;
+pub mod string_or_buffer;
 mod value;
 pub mod zero_copy_buf;
 
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/magic/string_or_buffer.rs b/serde_v8/src/magic/string_or_buffer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..88a6344c40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/serde_v8/src/magic/string_or_buffer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct StringOrBuffer(Vec<u8>);
+
+impl Deref for StringOrBuffer {
+  type Target = Vec<u8>;
+  fn deref(&self) -> &Vec<u8> {
+    &self.0
+  }
+}
+
+impl<'de> serde::Deserialize<'de> for StringOrBuffer {
+  fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<StringOrBuffer, D::Error>
+  where
+    D: serde::Deserializer<'de>,
+  {
+    StringOrBufferInner::deserialize(deserializer)
+      .map(|x| StringOrBuffer(x.into_bytes()))
+  }
+}
+
+// TODO(@AaronO): explore if we can make this work with ZeroCopyBuf
+#[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+enum StringOrBufferInner {
+  String(String),
+  Buffer(Vec<u8>),
+}
+
+impl StringOrBufferInner {
+  fn into_bytes(self) -> Vec<u8> {
+    match self {
+      Self::String(s) => s.into_bytes(),
+      Self::Buffer(b) => b,
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/serde_v8/src/payload.rs b/serde_v8/src/payload.rs
index 816158f93c..a9fb045e37 100644
--- a/serde_v8/src/payload.rs
+++ b/serde_v8/src/payload.rs
@@ -5,12 +5,14 @@ use rusty_v8 as v8;
 // so it can implement Deserialize by itself
 
 // Classifies v8::Values into sub-types
+#[derive(Debug)]
 pub enum ValueType {
   Null,
   Bool,
   Number,
   String,
   Array,
+  ArrayBufferView,
   Object,
 }
 
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ impl ValueType {
       return Self::String;
     } else if v.is_array() {
       return Self::Array;
+    } else if v.is_array_buffer_view() {
+      return Self::ArrayBufferView;
     } else if v.is_object() {
       return Self::Object;
     } else if v.is_null_or_undefined() {
diff --git a/serde_v8/tests/de.rs b/serde_v8/tests/de.rs
index e036fd6839..888bff4f49 100644
--- a/serde_v8/tests/de.rs
+++ b/serde_v8/tests/de.rs
@@ -168,6 +168,22 @@ fn de_map() {
   })
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn de_string_or_buffer() {
+  dedo("'hello'", |scope, v| {
+    let sob: serde_v8::StringOrBuffer = serde_v8::from_v8(scope, v).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sob.as_slice(), &[0x68, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6F]);
+  });
+
+  dedo(
+    "(Uint8Array.from([0x68, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6F]))",
+    |scope, v| {
+      let sob: serde_v8::StringOrBuffer = serde_v8::from_v8(scope, v).unwrap();
+      assert_eq!(sob.as_slice(), &[0x68, 0x65, 0x6C, 0x6C, 0x6F]);
+    },
+  );
+}
+
 ////
 // JSON tests: serde_json::Value compatibility
 ////