diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 04c6960e..3a3ce277 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -957,6 +957,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "cfg-if 0.1.7 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lottie_basic"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "pathfinder_lottie 0.1.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lyon_geom"
 version = "0.12.4"
@@ -1256,6 +1263,14 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustache 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathfinder_lottie"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde 1.0.91 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "serde_json 1.0.39 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pathfinder_magicleap_demo"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -1753,6 +1768,9 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.91"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive 1.0.91 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_derive"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 506e2089..3163c514 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ members = [
     "examples/canvas_minimal",
     "examples/canvas_moire",
     "examples/canvas_text",
+    "examples/lottie_basic",
     "geometry",
     "gl",
     "gpu",
+    "lottie",
     "renderer",
     "simd",
     "svg",
diff --git a/examples/lottie_basic/Cargo.toml b/examples/lottie_basic/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..82bc984a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lottie_basic/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[package]
+name = "lottie_basic"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Patrick Walton <pcwalton@mimiga.net>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+
+[dependencies.pathfinder_lottie]
+path = "../../lottie"
diff --git a/examples/lottie_basic/src/main.rs b/examples/lottie_basic/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..58eb2a18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/lottie_basic/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+// pathfinder/examples/lottie_basic/src/main.rs
+//
+// Copyright © 2019 The Pathfinder Project Developers.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! Experimental example for reading Lottie animations. This is very incomplete.
+
+use pathfinder_lottie::Lottie;
+use std::env;
+use std::fs::File;
+use std::io::BufReader;
+
+fn main() {
+    let path = env::args().skip(1).next().unwrap();
+    let file = BufReader::new(File::open(path).unwrap());
+    let lottie = Lottie::from_reader(file).unwrap();
+    println!("{:#?}", lottie);
+}
diff --git a/lottie/Cargo.toml b/lottie/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a7b6b262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lottie/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "pathfinder_lottie"
+version = "0.1.0"
+authors = ["Patrick Walton <pcwalton@mimiga.net>"]
+edition = "2018"
+
+[dependencies]
+serde_json = "1.0"
+
+[dependencies.serde]
+version = "1.0"
+features = ["derive"]
diff --git a/lottie/src/lib.rs b/lottie/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b062cdb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lottie/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,313 @@
+// pathfinder/lottie/src/lib.rs
+//
+// Copyright © 2019 The Pathfinder Project Developers.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+//! Experimental support for Lottie. This is very incomplete.
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+use serde_json::Error as JSONError;
+use std::io::Read;
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Lottie {
+    #[serde(rename = "v")]
+    pub version: String,
+    #[serde(rename = "fr")]
+    pub frame_rate: i64,
+    #[serde(rename = "ip")]
+    pub in_point: i64,
+    #[serde(rename = "op")]
+    pub out_point: i64,
+    #[serde(rename = "w")]
+    pub width: f64,
+    #[serde(rename = "h")]
+    pub height: f64,
+    #[serde(rename = "ddd")]
+    pub three_d: i64,
+    pub assets: Vec<Asset>,
+    pub layers: Vec<Layer>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Asset {}
+
+// FIXME(pcwalton): Using an untagged enum is a botch here. There actually is a tag: it's just an
+// integer, which `serde_json` doesn't support natively.
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum Layer {
+    Shape {
+        #[serde(rename = "ddd")]
+        three_d: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "ind")]
+        index: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "nm")]
+        name: String,
+        #[serde(rename = "ks")]
+        transform: Transform,
+        #[serde(rename = "ao")]
+        auto_orient: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "ip")]
+        in_point: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "op")]
+        out_point: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "st")]
+        start_time: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "bm")]
+        blend_mode: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "sr")]
+        stretch: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "ln")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        layer_id: Option<String>,
+        shapes: Vec<Shape>,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Transform {
+    #[serde(rename = "p")]
+    pub position: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+    #[serde(rename = "a")]
+    pub anchor_point: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+    #[serde(rename = "s")]
+    pub scale: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+    #[serde(rename = "r")]
+    pub rotation: PropertyValue,
+    #[serde(rename = "o")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub opacity: Option<PropertyValue>,
+    #[serde(rename = "px")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub position_x: Option<PropertyValue>,
+    #[serde(rename = "py")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub position_y: Option<PropertyValue>,
+    #[serde(rename = "pz")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub position_z: Option<PropertyValue>,
+    #[serde(rename = "sk")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub skew: Option<PropertyValue>,
+    #[serde(rename = "sa")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub skew_axis: Option<PropertyValue>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum PropertyValue {
+    Value {
+        #[serde(rename = "k")]
+        value: f32,
+        #[serde(rename = "x")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        expression: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ix")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        index: Option<i64>,
+    },
+    KeyframedValue {
+        #[serde(rename = "k")]
+        keyframes: Vec<KeyframeValue>,
+        #[serde(rename = "x")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        expression: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ix")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        index: Option<i64>,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct KeyframeValue {
+    #[serde(rename = "s")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub start: Option<Vec<f32>>,
+    #[serde(rename = "t")]
+    pub time: i64,
+    #[serde(rename = "i")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub interpolation: Option<OffsetInterpolation>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct Interpolation {
+    pub x: f32,
+    pub y: f32,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct OffsetInterpolation {
+    pub x: Vec<f32>,
+    pub y: Vec<f32>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct OffsetKeyframe {
+    #[serde(rename = "s")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub start: Option<Vec<f32>>,
+    #[serde(rename = "t")]
+    pub time: i64,
+    #[serde(rename = "i")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub in_value: Option<OffsetInterpolation>,
+    #[serde(rename = "o")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub out_value: Option<OffsetInterpolation>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum MultidimensionalPropertyValue {
+    Value {
+        #[serde(rename = "k")]
+        value: Vec<f32>,
+        #[serde(rename = "x")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        expression: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ix")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        index: Option<i64>,
+    },
+    KeyframedValue {
+        #[serde(rename = "k")]
+        keyframes: Vec<OffsetKeyframe>,
+        #[serde(rename = "x")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        expression: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ix")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        index: Option<i64>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ti")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        in_tangent: Option<i64>,
+        #[serde(rename = "to")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        out_tangent: Option<i64>,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "ty")]
+pub enum Shape {
+    #[serde(rename = "gr")]
+    Group {
+        #[serde(rename = "it")]
+        items: Vec<Shape>,
+        #[serde(rename = "nm")]
+        name: String,
+    },
+    #[serde(rename = "sh")]
+    Shape {
+        #[serde(rename = "ks")]
+        vertices: ShapeVertices,
+        #[serde(rename = "d")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        direction: Option<i64>,
+    },
+    #[serde(rename = "fl")]
+    Fill {
+        #[serde(rename = "nm")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        name: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "o")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        opacity: Option<PropertyValue>,
+        #[serde(rename = "c")]
+        color: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+    },
+    #[serde(rename = "tr")]
+    Transform {
+        #[serde(rename = "r")]
+        rotation: PropertyValue,
+        #[serde(rename = "sk")]
+        skew: PropertyValue,
+        #[serde(rename = "sa")]
+        skew_axis: PropertyValue,
+        #[serde(rename = "p")]
+        position: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+        #[serde(rename = "a")]
+        anchor_point: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+        #[serde(rename = "s")]
+        scale: MultidimensionalPropertyValue,
+    },
+    #[serde(other)]
+    Unimplemented,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(untagged)]
+pub enum ShapeVertices {
+    Shape {
+        #[serde(rename = "k")]
+        value: ShapeProperty,
+        #[serde(rename = "x")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        expression: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ix")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        index: Option<i64>,
+        #[serde(rename = "a")]
+        animated: i64,
+    },
+    ShapeKeyframed {
+        #[serde(rename = "k")]
+        value: Vec<ShapeKeyframeProperty>,
+        #[serde(rename = "x")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        expression: Option<String>,
+        #[serde(rename = "ix")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        index: Option<i64>,
+        #[serde(rename = "a")]
+        animated: i64,
+        #[serde(rename = "ti")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        in_tangent: Vec<i64>,
+        #[serde(rename = "to")]
+        #[serde(default)]
+        out_tangent: Vec<i64>,
+    },
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ShapeProperty {
+    #[serde(rename = "c")]
+    pub closed: bool,
+    #[serde(rename = "i")]
+    pub in_points: Vec<[f32; 2]>,
+    #[serde(rename = "o")]
+    pub out_points: Vec<[f32; 2]>,
+    #[serde(rename = "v")]
+    pub vertices: Vec<[f32; 2]>,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct ShapeKeyframeProperty {
+    #[serde(rename = "s")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub start: Vec<Option<ShapeProperty>>,
+    #[serde(rename = "t")]
+    pub time: i64,
+    #[serde(rename = "i")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub in_value: Option<OffsetInterpolation>,
+    #[serde(rename = "o")]
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub out_value: Option<OffsetInterpolation>,
+}
+
+impl Lottie {
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn from_reader<R>(reader: R) -> Result<Lottie, JSONError> where R: Read {
+        serde_json::from_reader(reader)
+    }
+}