diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 740b6ca..8044e48 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ This plugin's cookie parsing works via Fastify's `onRequest` hook. Therefore,
 you should register it prior to any other `onRequest` hooks that will depend
 upon this plugin's actions.
 
+It is also possible to [import the low-level cookie parsing and serialization functions](#importing-serialize-and-parse).
+
 `@fastify/cookie` [v2.x](https://github.com/fastify/fastify-cookie/tree/v2.x)
 supports both Fastify@1 and Fastify@2.
 `@fastify/cookie` v3 only supports Fastify@2.
@@ -70,6 +72,23 @@ app.register(cookie, {
 } as FastifyCookieOptions)
 ```
 
+## Importing `serialize` and `parse`
+
+```js
+const { serialize, parse } = require('@fastify/cookie')
+const fastify = require('fastify')()
+
+fastify.get('/', (req, reply) => {
+  const cookie = serialize('lang', 'en', {
+    maxAge: 60_000,
+  })
+
+  reply.header('Set-Cookie', cookie)
+
+  reply.send('Language set!')
+})
+```
+
 ## Options
 
 - `secret` (`String` | `Array` | `Buffer` | `Object`):
diff --git a/cookie.js b/cookie.js
index 349db26..5b55a4c 100644
--- a/cookie.js
+++ b/cookie.js
@@ -28,14 +28,6 @@
 
 'use strict'
 
-/**
- * Module exports.
- * @public
- */
-
-exports.parse = parse
-exports.serialize = serialize
-
 /**
  * Module variables.
  * @private
@@ -223,3 +215,13 @@ function tryDecode (str, decode) {
     return str
   }
 }
+
+/**
+ * Module exports.
+ * @public
+ */
+
+module.exports = {
+  parse,
+  serialize
+}
diff --git a/plugin.js b/plugin.js
index 81e7432..01a64ca 100644
--- a/plugin.js
+++ b/plugin.js
@@ -214,6 +214,9 @@ module.exports = fastifyCookie
 module.exports.default = fastifyCookie // supersedes fastifyCookie.default = fastifyCookie
 module.exports.fastifyCookie = fastifyCookie // supersedes fastifyCookie.fastifyCookie = fastifyCookie
 
+module.exports.serialize = cookie.serialize
+module.exports.parse = cookie.parse
+
 module.exports.signerFactory = Signer
 module.exports.Signer = Signer
 module.exports.sign = sign
diff --git a/test/cookie-module.test.js b/test/cookie-module.test.js
index e8e10f7..e35a496 100644
--- a/test/cookie-module.test.js
+++ b/test/cookie-module.test.js
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 const tap = require('tap')
 const test = tap.test
 
-const cookie = require('../cookie')
+const cookie = require('..')
 
 test('parse: argument validation', (t) => {
   t.plan(2)
diff --git a/types/plugin.d.ts b/types/plugin.d.ts
index 23e7500..fcd79ab 100644
--- a/types/plugin.d.ts
+++ b/types/plugin.d.ts
@@ -139,6 +139,10 @@ declare namespace fastifyCookie {
     signed?: boolean;
   }
 
+  export interface ParseOptions {
+    decode?: (encodedURIComponent: string) => string;
+  }
+
   type HookType = 'onRequest' | 'preParsing' | 'preValidation' | 'preHandler'  | 'preSerialization';
 
   export interface FastifyCookieOptions {
@@ -162,6 +166,8 @@ declare namespace fastifyCookie {
   export const unsign: Unsign;
 
   export interface FastifyCookie extends FastifyCookiePlugin {
+    parse: (cookieHeader: string, opts?: ParseOptions) => { [key: string]: string };
+    serialize: (name: string, value: string, opts?: SerializeOptions) => string;
     signerFactory: SignerFactory;
     Signer: Signer;
     sign: Sign;
diff --git a/types/plugin.test-d.ts b/types/plugin.test-d.ts
index 12ac223..048c6e9 100644
--- a/types/plugin.test-d.ts
+++ b/types/plugin.test-d.ts
@@ -231,3 +231,6 @@ appWithHook.register(cookie, { hook: 'preSerialization' });
 appWithHook.register(cookie, { hook: 'preValidation' });
 expectError(appWithHook.register(cookie, { hook: true }));
 expectError(appWithHook.register(cookie, { hook: 'false' }));
+
+expectType<(cookieHeader: string, opts?: fastifyCookieStar.ParseOptions) => { [key: string]: string }>(fastifyCookieDefault.parse);
+expectType<(name: string, value: string, opts?: fastifyCookieStar.SerializeOptions) => string>(fastifyCookieDefault.serialize);