diff --git a/trie.go b/trie.go
index c59bb40..46e8bf2 100644
--- a/trie.go
+++ b/trie.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package trie
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
 	"encoding/gob"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
@@ -142,6 +143,60 @@ func (t *Trie) PrintDump() {
 	t.Root.PrintDump()
 }
 
+/*
+ToBase64String returns a string representing the Base64 encoded Trie
+*/
+func (t *Trie) ToBase64String() (encoded string, err error) {
+
+	t.Root.Lock()
+	entries := t.Members()
+	t.Root.Unlock()
+
+	encoded = ""
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf)
+	if err = enc.Encode(entries); err != nil {
+		err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Could encode Trie entries for base 64 encoding: %v", err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	encoded = base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString(buf.Bytes())
+
+	return
+}
+
+/*
+FromBase64String returns a new Trie from a Base64 encoded version
+*/
+func FromBase64String(encoded string) (tr *Trie, err error) {
+
+	tr = NewTrie()
+	decoded, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(encoded)
+
+	entries := new([]*MemberInfo)
+
+	buf := bytes.NewReader(decoded)
+	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf)
+	if err = dec.Decode(entries); err != nil {
+		if err == io.EOF && entries == nil {
+			log.Println("Nothing to decode. Seems the file is empty.")
+			err = nil
+		} else {
+			err = errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Decoding error: %v", err))
+			return
+		}
+	}
+
+	for _, mi := range *entries {
+		b := tr.Add(mi.Value)
+		b.Count = mi.Count
+	}
+
+	return
+
+}
+
 /*
 DumpToFile dumps all values into a slice of strings and writes that to a file
 using encoding/gob.
diff --git a/trie_test.go b/trie_test.go
index 72af81a..1c7a133 100644
--- a/trie_test.go
+++ b/trie_test.go
@@ -936,6 +936,71 @@ func TestTrieDumpToFileLoadFromFile(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+
+func TestTrieEncodeB64DecodeB64(t *testing.T) {
+	tr := NewTrie()
+	var prefix = "prefix"
+	var words []string
+	var str []byte
+	var insert string
+	var n = 0
+	for n < 100 {
+		i := 0
+		str = []byte{}
+		for i < 10 {
+			rn := 0
+			for rn < 97 {
+				rn = rand.Intn(123)
+			}
+			str = append(str, byte(rn))
+			i++
+		}
+		if rand.Intn(2) == 1 {
+			insert = prefix + string(str)
+		} else {
+			insert = string(str)
+		}
+		words = append(words, insert)
+		tr.Add(insert)
+		if rand.Intn(2) == 1 {
+			tr.Add(insert)
+		}
+		n++
+	}
+	encoded, err := tr.ToBase64String()
+
+	loadedTrie, err := FromBase64String(encoded)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to load Trie from encoded string")
+	}
+	for _, w := range words {
+		// t.Logf("Checking for %s", w)
+		if !loadedTrie.Has(w) {
+			t.Errorf("Expected to find %s", w)
+		}
+	}
+
+	trMembers := set.NewStringSet(tr.MembersList()...)
+	loadedTrieMembers := set.NewStringSet(loadedTrie.MembersList()...)
+
+	t.Log("trMembers.IsEqual(loadedTrieMembers):", trMembers.IsEqual(loadedTrieMembers))
+
+	diff := trMembers.Difference(loadedTrieMembers)
+	if diff.Len() > 0 {
+		t.Error("Dump() of the original and the LoadFromFile() version of the Trie are different.")
+	}
+
+	// check counts
+	for _, mi := range tr.Members() {
+		_, count := loadedTrie.HasCount(mi.Value)
+		if count != mi.Count {
+			t.Errorf("Count for member %s differs: orig was %v, restored trie has %v", mi.Value, mi.Count, count)
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+
 func TestTrieLoadFromFileEmpty(t *testing.T) {
 	loadedTrie, err := LoadFromFile("testfiles/empty")
 	if err != nil {