diff --git a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
index ede2dc6614..4539efc8d8 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libslic3r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,8 @@ add_library(libslic3r STATIC
     Tesselate.cpp
     Tesselate.hpp
     TextConfiguration.hpp
+    TextConfigurationSerialization.cpp
+    TextConfigurationSerialization.hpp
     TriangleMesh.cpp
     TriangleMesh.hpp
     TriangleMeshSlicer.cpp
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/Format/3mf.cpp b/src/libslic3r/Format/3mf.cpp
index 295c1413d4..2c4bb68ecd 100644
--- a/src/libslic3r/Format/3mf.cpp
+++ b/src/libslic3r/Format/3mf.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ namespace pt = boost::property_tree;
 #include <Eigen/Dense>
 #include "miniz_extension.hpp"
 
+#include "TextConfigurationSerialization.hpp"
+
 // Slightly faster than sprintf("%.9g"), but there is an issue with the karma floating point formatter,
 // https://github.com/boostorg/spirit/pull/586
 // where the exported string is one digit shorter than it should be to guarantee lossless round trip.
@@ -2941,6 +2943,10 @@ namespace Slic3r {
                             stream << "   <" << METADATA_TAG << " " << TYPE_ATTR << "=\"" << VOLUME_TYPE << "\" " << KEY_ATTR << "=\"" << VOLUME_TYPE_KEY << "\" " << 
                                 VALUE_ATTR << "=\"" << ModelVolume::type_to_string(volume->type()) << "\"/>\n";
 
+                            // stores volume's text data
+                            if (volume->text_configuration.has_value())
+                                stream << "   " << TextConfigurationSerialization::to_string(*volume->text_configuration) << "\n";
+
                             // stores volume's local matrix
                             stream << "   <" << METADATA_TAG << " " << TYPE_ATTR << "=\"" << VOLUME_TYPE << "\" " << KEY_ATTR << "=\"" << MATRIX_KEY << "\" " << VALUE_ATTR << "=\"";
                             Transform3d matrix = volume->get_matrix() * volume->source.transform.get_matrix();
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/TextConfigurationSerialization.cpp b/src/libslic3r/TextConfigurationSerialization.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e508bbf9d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libslic3r/TextConfigurationSerialization.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#include "TextConfigurationSerialization.hpp"
+
+#include <cereal/archives/xml.hpp>
+#include <strstream>
+
+using namespace Slic3r;
+
+const std::string TextConfigurationSerialization::font_item = "FontItem";
+const std::string TextConfigurationSerialization::font_prop = "FontProp";
+const std::string TextConfigurationSerialization::text = "Text";
+
+namespace cereal {
+template<class Archive>
+void serialize(Archive &archive, FontItem &font_item)
+{
+    archive(
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_item.name), 
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_item.path)
+        //,CEREAL_NVP(font_item.type)
+    );
+}
+
+template<class Archive>
+void serialize(Archive &archive, FontProp &font_prop)
+{
+    archive(
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_prop.char_gap),
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_prop.line_gap),
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_prop.flatness),
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_prop.size_in_mm),
+        CEREAL_NVP(font_prop.emboss)
+    );
+}
+
+template<class Archive>
+void serialize(Archive &archive, TextConfiguration &text_configuration)
+{
+    archive(CEREAL_NVP(text_configuration.font_item),
+            CEREAL_NVP(text_configuration.font_prop),
+            CEREAL_NVP(text_configuration.text));
+}
+} // namespace cereal
+
+std::string TextConfigurationSerialization::to_string(
+    const TextConfiguration &text_configuration)
+{
+    std::strstream ss;
+    {
+        cereal::XMLOutputArchive archive(ss);
+        // CEREAL_NVP - Names the output the same as the variable name
+        archive(CEREAL_NVP(text_configuration));
+    }
+    std::string result = ss.str();    
+    static size_t start  = std::string("<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\"?>\n<cereal>\n\t").size();
+    size_t end = result.find("\n</cereal>", start);
+    result = result.substr(start, end - start);
+    return result;
+}
+
+std::optional<TextConfiguration> TextConfigurationSerialization::from_string(const std::string &data)
+{
+    std::strstream ss;
+    ss << data;
+    cereal::XMLInputArchive archive(ss);
+    TextConfiguration       tc;
+    archive(tc);
+    return tc;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/libslic3r/TextConfigurationSerialization.hpp b/src/libslic3r/TextConfigurationSerialization.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38eb604956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/libslic3r/TextConfigurationSerialization.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#ifndef slic3r_TextConfigurationSerialization_hpp_
+#define slic3r_TextConfigurationSerialization_hpp_
+
+#include "TextConfiguration.hpp"
+#include <optional>
+
+namespace Slic3r {
+
+// utility for convert TextConfiguration into string and vice versa
+class TextConfigurationSerialization
+{
+public:
+    TextConfigurationSerialization() = delete; // only static functions
+    static std::string to_string(const TextConfiguration &text_configuration);
+    static std::optional<TextConfiguration> from_string(const std::string &data);
+
+private:
+    static const std::string font_item;
+    static const std::string font_prop;
+    static const std::string text;
+};
+} // namespace Slic3r
+
+#endif // slic3r_TextConfigurationSerialization_hpp_