diff --git a/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs b/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs
index 298fe8c8a4..df6912db07 100644
--- a/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs
+++ b/serde_v8/src/serializable.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 use std::any::TypeId;
 use std::mem::transmute_copy;
 
+use crate::Buffer;
+use crate::ByteString;
+
 /// Serializable exists to allow boxing values as "objects" to be serialized later,
 /// this is particularly useful for async op-responses. This trait is a more efficient
 /// replacement for erased-serde that makes less allocations, since it's specific to serde_v8
@@ -44,7 +47,6 @@ impl SerializablePkg {
 
 /// Primitive serves as a lightweight serializable wrapper around primitives
 /// so that we can use them for async values
-#[derive(Clone, Copy)]
 pub enum Primitive {
   Unit,
   Bool(bool),
@@ -58,6 +60,9 @@ pub enum Primitive {
   UInt64(u64),
   Float32(f32),
   Float64(f64),
+  String(String),
+  Buffer(Buffer),
+  ByteString(ByteString),
 }
 
 impl serde::Serialize for Primitive {
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ impl serde::Serialize for Primitive {
   where
     S: serde::Serializer,
   {
-    match *self {
+    match self {
       Self::Unit => ().serialize(s),
       Self::Bool(x) => x.serialize(s),
       Self::Int8(x) => x.serialize(s),
@@ -78,6 +83,9 @@ impl serde::Serialize for Primitive {
       Self::UInt64(x) => x.serialize(s),
       Self::Float32(x) => x.serialize(s),
       Self::Float64(x) => x.serialize(s),
+      Self::String(x) => x.serialize(s),
+      Self::Buffer(x) => x.serialize(s),
+      Self::ByteString(x) => x.serialize(s),
     }
   }
 }
@@ -86,7 +94,9 @@ impl<T: serde::Serialize + 'static> From<T> for SerializablePkg {
   fn from(x: T) -> Self {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn tc<T, U>(src: T) -> U {
-      unsafe { transmute_copy(&src) }
+      let x = unsafe { transmute_copy(&src) };
+      std::mem::forget(src);
+      x
     }
 
     let tid = TypeId::of::<T>();
@@ -114,6 +124,12 @@ impl<T: serde::Serialize + 'static> From<T> for SerializablePkg {
       Self::Primitive(Primitive::Float32(tc(x)))
     } else if tid == TypeId::of::<f64>() {
       Self::Primitive(Primitive::Float64(tc(x)))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<String>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::String(tc(x)))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<Buffer>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::Buffer(tc(x)))
+    } else if tid == TypeId::of::<ByteString>() {
+      Self::Primitive(Primitive::ByteString(tc(x)))
     } else {
       Self::Serializable(Box::new(x))
     }