diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5dca60..d3f1567 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -105,3 +105,4 @@ Generated_Code #added for RIA/Silverlight projects
 _UpgradeReport_Files/
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 UpgradeLog*.XML
+.vs
diff --git a/src/Option/Option.cs b/src/Option/Option.cs
index d31f5c3..d11bb8c 100755
--- a/src/Option/Option.cs
+++ b/src/Option/Option.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ namespace Functional.Option
     /// </summary>
     /// <typeparam name="T">The type to create an option for.</typeparam>
     [DebuggerDisplay("HasValue = {_hasValue}, Value = {_value}")]
+    [Serializable]
     public struct Option<T> : IEquatable<Option<T>>, IEnumerable<T>
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/src/Option/Option.csproj b/src/Option/Option.csproj
index ea3fdc2..f8789a9 100755
--- a/src/Option/Option.csproj
+++ b/src/Option/Option.csproj
@@ -1,60 +1,8 @@
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-<Project ToolsVersion="12.0" DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props" Condition="Exists('$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\$(MSBuildToolsVersion)\Microsoft.Common.props')" />
-  <PropertyGroup>
-    <Configuration Condition=" '$(Configuration)' == '' ">Debug</Configuration>
-    <Platform Condition=" '$(Platform)' == '' ">AnyCPU</Platform>
-    <ProjectGuid>{CF04262A-A434-4F8F-B164-4F1D47D2542C}</ProjectGuid>
-    <OutputType>Library</OutputType>
-    <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
-    <RootNamespace>Option</RootNamespace>
-    <AssemblyName>Option</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v3.5</TargetFrameworkVersion>
-    <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
-    <TargetFrameworkProfile />
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Debug|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugSymbols>true</DebugSymbols>
-    <DebugType>full</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>false</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Debug\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>DEBUG;TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
-    <DocumentationFile>bin\Debug\Option.XML</DocumentationFile>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Configuration)|$(Platform)' == 'Release|AnyCPU' ">
-    <DebugType>pdbonly</DebugType>
-    <Optimize>true</Optimize>
-    <OutputPath>bin\Release\</OutputPath>
-    <DefineConstants>TRACE</DefineConstants>
-    <ErrorReport>prompt</ErrorReport>
-    <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
-    <DocumentationFile>bin\Release\Option.XML</DocumentationFile>
-    <Prefer32Bit>false</Prefer32Bit>
-  </PropertyGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Reference Include="System" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Core" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Xml.Linq" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Data.DataSetExtensions" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Data" />
-    <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Compile Include="EmptyArray.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="ExtensionMethods.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Option.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="OptionPatternMatcher.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
-  </ItemGroup>
-  <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
-  <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
-       Other similar extension points exist, see Microsoft.Common.targets.
-  <Target Name="BeforeBuild">
-  </Target>
-  <Target Name="AfterBuild">
-  </Target>
-  -->
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net45;net461;</TargetFrameworks>
+    <IsPackable>true</IsPackable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/Option/Option.sln b/src/Option/Option.sln
index 1b22d39..ea58c84 100755
--- a/src/Option/Option.sln
+++ b/src/Option/Option.sln
@@ -1,28 +1,31 @@
 
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-# Visual Studio 2013
-VisualStudioVersion = 12.0.30110.0
+# Visual Studio 15
+VisualStudioVersion = 15.0.27004.2002
 MinimumVisualStudioVersion = 10.0.40219.1
-Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Option", "Option.csproj", "{CF04262A-A434-4F8F-B164-4F1D47D2542C}"
-EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "Option.Tests", "..\..\tests\Option.Tests\Option.Tests.csproj", "{701FF69B-E4B9-431D-96D2-599B28CE6599}"
 EndProject
+Project("{9A19103F-16F7-4668-BE54-9A1E7A4F7556}") = "Option", "Option.csproj", "{C4D8570F-74F2-49D6-AD9B-26519C1585CA}"
+EndProject
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 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
 		Release|Any CPU = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
-		{CF04262A-A434-4F8F-B164-4F1D47D2542C}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
-		{CF04262A-A434-4F8F-B164-4F1D47D2542C}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
-		{CF04262A-A434-4F8F-B164-4F1D47D2542C}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
-		{CF04262A-A434-4F8F-B164-4F1D47D2542C}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 		{701FF69B-E4B9-431D-96D2-599B28CE6599}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
 		{701FF69B-E4B9-431D-96D2-599B28CE6599}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{701FF69B-E4B9-431D-96D2-599B28CE6599}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{701FF69B-E4B9-431D-96D2-599B28CE6599}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{C4D8570F-74F2-49D6-AD9B-26519C1585CA}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C4D8570F-74F2-49D6-AD9B-26519C1585CA}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{C4D8570F-74F2-49D6-AD9B-26519C1585CA}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{C4D8570F-74F2-49D6-AD9B-26519C1585CA}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
 	EndGlobalSection
+	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
+		SolutionGuid = {78DFE719-4A64-46FF-B615-95F0CF185FEC}
+	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/src/Option/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs b/src/Option/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
deleted file mode 100755
index 53aea1c..0000000
--- a/src/Option/Properties/AssemblyInfo.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-using System.Reflection;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
-using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
-
-// General Information about an assembly is controlled through the following 
-// set of attributes. Change these attribute values to modify the information
-// associated with an assembly.
-[assembly: AssemblyTitle("Option")]
-[assembly: AssemblyDescription("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyConfiguration("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCompany("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyProduct("Option")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCopyright("Copyright ©  2013")]
-[assembly: AssemblyTrademark("")]
-[assembly: AssemblyCulture("")]
-
-// Setting ComVisible to false makes the types in this assembly not visible 
-// to COM components.  If you need to access a type in this assembly from 
-// COM, set the ComVisible attribute to true on that type.
-[assembly: ComVisible(false)]
-
-// The following GUID is for the ID of the typelib if this project is exposed to COM
-[assembly: Guid("65309ded-7fa0-4411-9db3-3aaf7fd961b3")]
-
-// Version information for an assembly consists of the following four values:
-//
-//      Major Version
-//      Minor Version 
-//      Build Number
-//      Revision
-//
-// You can specify all the values or you can default the Build and Revision Numbers 
-// by using the '*' as shown below:
-// [assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
-[assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.0.0")]
-[assembly: AssemblyFileVersion("1.0.0.0")]
diff --git a/tests/Option.Tests/Option.Tests.csproj b/tests/Option.Tests/Option.Tests.csproj
index 3b38110..2a04a01 100755
--- a/tests/Option.Tests/Option.Tests.csproj
+++ b/tests/Option.Tests/Option.Tests.csproj
@@ -53,15 +53,15 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="packages.config" />
   </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Service Include="{82A7F48D-3B50-4B1E-B82E-3ADA8210C358}" />
+  </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\..\src\Option\Option.csproj">
-      <Project>{cf04262a-a434-4f8f-b164-4f1d47d2542c}</Project>
+      <Project>{c4d8570f-74f2-49d6-ad9b-26519c1585ca}</Project>
       <Name>Option</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
-  <ItemGroup>
-    <Service Include="{82A7F48D-3B50-4B1E-B82E-3ADA8210C358}" />
-  </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\.nuget\NuGet.targets')" />
   <!-- To modify your build process, add your task inside one of the targets below and uncomment it. 
diff --git a/tests/Option.Tests/OptionTests.cs b/tests/Option.Tests/OptionTests.cs
index bc74e33..99af8e2 100755
--- a/tests/Option.Tests/OptionTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Option.Tests/OptionTests.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,12 @@
 using NUnit.Framework;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Binary;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Xml;
+using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
 namespace Tests
 {
@@ -350,6 +354,25 @@ public void TestIEnumerable()
             Assert.AreEqual(TimeSpan.FromHours(1), aggr);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void TestBinarySerialization()
+        {
+            const int value = 123;
+
+            var o1 = Option<int>.Some(value);
+           
+            var memoryStream = new MemoryStream();
+            var formatter = new BinaryFormatter();
+            formatter.Serialize(memoryStream, o1);
+
+            memoryStream.Flush();
+            memoryStream.Position = 0;
+
+            var o2 = (Option<int>)formatter.Deserialize(memoryStream);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(value, o2.Value);
+        }
+
         private static void TestIEnumerableHelper(Option<int> o)
         {
             var select = o.Select(x => x);