diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84f6d28..03d602d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -457,6 +457,148 @@ int i = 0;
 toml::from_toml(i, data.at("something"));
 ```
 
+### Conversion between toml value and your class
+
+You can also use `toml::get` and other related functions with the types you defined
+after you implement some stuff.
+
+```cpp
+namespace ext
+{
+struct foo
+{
+    int         a;
+    double      b;
+    std::string c;
+};
+} // ext
+
+const auto data = toml::parse("example.toml");
+
+const foo f = toml::get<ext::foo>(data.at("foo"));
+```
+
+There are 2 ways to use `toml::get` with the types that you defined.
+
+The first one is to implement `from_toml(const toml::value&)` member function.
+
+```cpp
+namespace ext
+{
+struct foo
+{
+    int         a;
+    double      b;
+    std::string c;
+
+    void from_toml(const toml::value& v)
+    {
+        this->a = toml::find<int        >(v, "a");
+        this->b = toml::find<double     >(v, "b");
+        this->c = toml::find<std::string>(v, "c");
+        return;
+    }
+};
+} // ext
+```
+
+In this way, because `toml::get` first constructs `foo` without arguments,
+the type should be default-constructible.
+
+The second is to implement specialization of `toml::from` for your type.
+
+```cpp
+namespace ext
+{
+struct foo
+{
+    int         a;
+    double      b;
+    std::string c;
+};
+} // ext
+
+namespace toml
+{
+template<>
+struct from<ext::foo>
+{
+    ext::foo from_toml(const toml::value& v)
+    {
+        ext::foo f;
+        f.a = toml::find<int        >(v, "a");
+        f.b = toml::find<double     >(v, "b");
+        f.c = toml::find<std::string>(v, "c");
+        return f;
+    }
+};
+} // toml
+```
+
+In this way, since the conversion function is introduced from out of the class,
+you can add conversion between `toml::value` and classes defined in another library.
+
+Note that you cannot implement both of the functions because the overload
+resolution of `toml::get` become ambiguous.
+
+----
+
+The opposite direction is also supported in a similar way. You can directly
+pass your type to `toml::value`'s constructor by introducing `into_iter` or
+`toml::into<T>`.
+
+```cpp
+namespace ext
+{
+struct foo
+{
+    int         a;
+    double      b;
+    std::string c;
+
+    toml::table into_toml() const // you need to mark it const.
+    {
+        return toml::table{{"a", this->a}, {"b", this->b}, {"c", this->c}};
+    }
+};
+} // ext
+
+ext::foo    f{42, 3.14, "foobar"};
+toml::value v(f);
+```
+
+The definition of `toml::into<ext::foo>` is similar to `from_toml()`.
+
+```cpp
+namespace ext
+{
+struct foo
+{
+    int         a;
+    double      b;
+    std::string c;
+};
+} // ext
+
+namespace toml
+{
+template<>
+struct into<ext::foo>
+{
+    toml::table into_toml(const ext::foo& v)
+    {
+        return toml::table{{"a", this->a}, {"b", this->b}, {"c", this->c}};
+    }
+};
+} // toml
+
+ext::foo    f{42, 3.14, "foobar"};
+toml::value v(f);
+```
+
+Any type that can be converted to `toml::value`, e.g. `toml::table`, `toml::array`,
+is okay to return from `into_toml`.
+
 ### visiting toml::value
 
 TOML v2.1.0+ provides `toml::visit` to apply a function to `toml::value` in the
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 8db2420..cb3c790 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set(TEST_NAMES
     test_parse_unicode
     test_error_detection
     test_format_error
+    test_extended_conversions
 )
 
 CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG("-Wall" COMPILER_SUPPORTS_WALL)
diff --git a/tests/test_extended_conversions.cpp b/tests/test_extended_conversions.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd5d88d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_extended_conversions.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#define BOOST_TEST_MODULE "test_extended_conversions"
+#ifdef UNITTEST_FRAMEWORK_LIBRARY_EXIST
+#include <boost/test/unit_test.hpp>
+#else
+#define BOOST_TEST_NO_LIB
+#include <boost/test/included/unit_test.hpp>
+#endif
+#include <toml.hpp>
+
+namespace extlib
+{
+struct foo
+{
+    int a;
+    std::string b;
+};
+struct bar
+{
+    int a;
+    std::string b;
+
+    void from_toml(const toml::value& v)
+    {
+        this->a = toml::find<int>(v, "a");
+        this->b = toml::find<std::string>(v, "b");
+        return ;
+    }
+
+    toml::table into_toml() const
+    {
+        return toml::table{{"a", this->a}, {"b", this->b}};
+    }
+};
+} // extlib
+
+namespace toml
+{
+template<>
+struct from<extlib::foo>
+{
+    static extlib::foo from_toml(const toml::value& v)
+    {
+        return extlib::foo{toml::find<int>(v, "a"), toml::find<std::string>(v, "b")};
+    }
+};
+
+template<>
+struct into<extlib::foo>
+{
+    static toml::table into_toml(const extlib::foo& f)
+    {
+        return toml::table{{"a", f.a}, {"b", f.b}};
+    }
+};
+} // toml
+
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_conversion_by_member_methods)
+{
+    const toml::value v{{"a", 42}, {"b", "baz"}};
+
+    const auto foo = toml::get<extlib::foo>(v);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foo.a, 42);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foo.b, "baz");
+
+    const toml::value v2(foo);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(v, v2);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_conversion_by_specialization)
+{
+    const toml::value v{{"a", 42}, {"b", "baz"}};
+
+    const auto bar = toml::get<extlib::bar>(v);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bar.a, 42);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bar.b, "baz");
+
+    const toml::value v2(bar);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(v, v2);
+}
+
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(test_recursive_conversion)
+{
+    const toml::value v{
+        toml::table{{"a", 42}, {"b", "baz"}},
+        toml::table{{"a", 43}, {"b", "qux"}},
+        toml::table{{"a", 44}, {"b", "quux"}},
+        toml::table{{"a", 45}, {"b", "foobar"}},
+    };
+
+    const auto foos = toml::get<std::vector<extlib::foo>>(v);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.size()  , 4ul);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(0).a , 42);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(1).a , 43);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(2).a , 44);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(3).a , 45);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(0).b , "baz");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(1).b , "qux");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(2).b , "quux");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(foos.at(3).b , "foobar");
+
+    const auto bars = toml::get<std::vector<extlib::bar>>(v);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.size()  , 4ul);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(0).a , 42);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(1).a , 43);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(2).a , 44);
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(3).a , 45);
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(0).b , "baz");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(1).b , "qux");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(2).b , "quux");
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(bars.at(3).b , "foobar");
+}
diff --git a/toml/from.hpp b/toml/from.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8251973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toml/from.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//     Copyright Toru Niina 2019.
+// Distributed under the MIT License.
+#ifndef TOML11_FROM_HPP
+#define TOML11_FROM_HPP
+#include "traits.hpp"
+
+namespace toml
+{
+
+template<typename T>
+struct from;
+// {
+//     static T from_toml(const toml::value& v)
+//     {
+//         // User-defined conversions ...
+//     }
+// };
+
+} // toml
+#endif // TOML11_FROM_HPP
diff --git a/toml/get.hpp b/toml/get.hpp
index 94b58f9..6aad019 100644
--- a/toml/get.hpp
+++ b/toml/get.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 // Distributed under the MIT License.
 #ifndef TOML11_GET_HPP
 #define TOML11_GET_HPP
+#include "from.hpp"
 #include "result.hpp"
 #include "value.hpp"
 #include <algorithm>
@@ -173,6 +174,20 @@ template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
     >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
 T get(const toml::value& v);
 
+template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
+    detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>>, // not a toml::value
+    detail::has_from_toml_method<T>, // but has from_toml(toml::value) memfn
+    std::is_default_constructible<T> // and default constructible
+    >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
+T get(const toml::value& v);
+
+template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
+    detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>> // not a toml::value
+    >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr,
+    std::size_t = sizeof(::toml::from<T>) // and has from<T> specialization
+    >
+T get(const toml::value& v);
+
 // ============================================================================
 // array-like types; most likely STL container, like std::vector, etc.
 
@@ -297,6 +312,29 @@ T get(const toml::value& v)
     return map;
 }
 
+
+// ============================================================================
+// user-defined, but compatible types.
+
+template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
+    detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>>, // not a toml::value
+    detail::has_from_toml_method<T>, // but has from_toml(toml::value) memfn
+    std::is_default_constructible<T> // and default constructible
+    >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type>
+T get(const toml::value& v)
+{
+    T ud;
+    ud.from_toml(v);
+    return ud;
+}
+template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
+    detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>> // not a toml::value
+    >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type, std::size_t>   // and has from<T>
+T get(const toml::value& v)
+{
+    return ::toml::from<T>::from_toml(v);
+}
+
 // ============================================================================
 // find and get
 
diff --git a/toml/into.hpp b/toml/into.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17f2248
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toml/into.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+//     Copyright Toru Niina 2019.
+// Distributed under the MIT License.
+#ifndef TOML11_INTO_HPP
+#define TOML11_INTO_HPP
+#include "traits.hpp"
+
+namespace toml
+{
+
+template<typename T>
+struct into;
+// {
+//     static toml::value into_toml(const T& user_defined_type)
+//     {
+//         // User-defined conversions ...
+//     }
+// };
+
+} // toml
+#endif // TOML11_INTO_HPP
diff --git a/toml/traits.hpp b/toml/traits.hpp
index bf4917b..7f8f413 100644
--- a/toml/traits.hpp
+++ b/toml/traits.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 
 namespace toml
 {
+
+class value; // forward decl
+
 namespace detail
 {
 
@@ -45,6 +48,22 @@ struct has_resize_method_impl
     template<typename T> static std::false_type check(...);
 };
 
+struct has_from_toml_method_impl
+{
+    template<typename T>
+    static std::true_type  check(
+        decltype(std::declval<T>().from_toml(std::declval<::toml::value>()))*);
+    template<typename T>
+    static std::false_type check(...);
+};
+struct has_into_toml_method_impl
+{
+    template<typename T>
+    static std::true_type  check(decltype(std::declval<T>().into_toml())*);
+    template<typename T>
+    static std::false_type check(...);
+};
+
 /// Intel C++ compiler can not use decltype in parent class declaration, here
 /// is a hack to work around it. https://stackoverflow.com/a/23953090/4692076
 #ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
@@ -62,6 +81,14 @@ struct has_mapped_type : decltype(has_mapped_type_impl::check<T>(nullptr)){};
 template<typename T>
 struct has_resize_method : decltype(has_resize_method_impl::check<T>(nullptr)){};
 
+
+template<typename T>
+struct has_from_toml_method
+: decltype(has_from_toml_method_impl::check<T>(nullptr)){};
+template<typename T>
+struct has_into_toml_method
+: decltype(has_into_toml_method_impl::check<T>(nullptr)){};
+
 #ifdef __INTEL_COMPILER
 #undef decltype(...)
 #endif
diff --git a/toml/value.hpp b/toml/value.hpp
index dc88898..739f676 100644
--- a/toml/value.hpp
+++ b/toml/value.hpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #ifndef TOML11_VALUE_HPP
 #define TOML11_VALUE_HPP
 #include "traits.hpp"
+#include "into.hpp"
 #include "utility.hpp"
 #include "exception.hpp"
 #include "storage.hpp"
@@ -533,6 +534,46 @@ class value
         return *this;
     }
 
+    // user-defined =========================================================
+
+    // convert using into_toml() method -------------------------------------
+
+    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
+        detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>>, // not a toml::value
+        detail::has_into_toml_method<T> // but has `into_toml` method
+        >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
+    value(const T& ud): value(ud.into_toml()) {}
+
+    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<detail::conjunction<
+        detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>>, // not a toml::value
+        detail::has_into_toml_method<T> // but has `into_toml` method
+        >::value, std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr>
+    value& operator=(const T& ud)
+    {
+        *this = ud.into_toml();
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    // convert using into<T> struct -----------------------------------------
+
+    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<
+        detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>>::value,
+        std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr,
+        std::size_t S = sizeof(::toml::into<T>)>
+    value(const T& ud): value(::toml::into<T>::into_toml(ud)) {}
+
+    template<typename T, typename std::enable_if<
+        detail::negation<detail::is_exact_toml_type<T>>::value,
+        std::nullptr_t>::type = nullptr,
+        std::size_t S = sizeof(::toml::into<T>)>
+    value& operator=(const T& ud)
+    {
+        *this = ::toml::into<T>::into_toml(ud);
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    // type checking and casting ============================================
+
     template<typename T>
     bool is() const noexcept {return value_traits<T>::type_index == this->type_;}
     bool is(value_t t) const noexcept {return t == this->type_;}