diff --git a/include/fc/container/deque.hpp b/include/fc/container/deque.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d59a1ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/fc/container/deque.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <deque>
+
+namespace fc {
+   namespace raw {
+
+    template<typename Stream, typename T>
+    inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::deque<T>& value ) {
+      pack( s, unsigned_int((uint32_t)value.size()) );
+      auto itr = value.begin();
+      auto end = value.end();
+      while( itr != end ) {
+        fc::raw::pack( s, *itr );
+        ++itr;
+      }
+    }
+
+    template<typename Stream, typename T>
+    inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::deque<T>& value ) {
+      unsigned_int size; unpack( s, size );
+      FC_ASSERT( size.value*sizeof(T) < MAX_ARRAY_ALLOC_SIZE );
+      value.resize(size.value);
+      auto itr = value.begin();
+      auto end = value.end();
+      while( itr != end ) {
+        fc::raw::unpack( s, *itr );
+        ++itr;
+      }
+    }
+
+    } // namespace raw
+
+   template<typename T>
+   void to_variant( const std::deque<T>& var,  variant& vo )
+   {
+       std::vector<variant> vars;
+       vars.reserve(var.size());
+       std::transform(var.begin(), var.end(), std::back_inserter(vars), [](const T& t) { return variant(t); });
+       vo = vars;
+   }
+   template<typename T>
+   void from_variant( const variant& var,  std::deque<T>& vo )
+   {
+      const variants& vars = var.get_array();
+      vo.clear();
+      std::transform(vars.begin(), vars.end(), std::back_inserter(vo), [](const variant& t) { return t.template as<T>(); });
+   }
+} // namespace fc
diff --git a/include/fc/container/deque_fwd.hpp b/include/fc/container/deque_fwd.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..80359ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/fc/container/deque_fwd.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <deque>
+
+namespace fc {
+
+   namespace raw {
+       template<typename Stream, typename T>
+       void pack( Stream& s, const std::deque<T>& value );
+       template<typename Stream, typename T>
+       void unpack( Stream& s, std::deque<T>& value );
+   }
+} // namespace fc
diff --git a/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp b/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp
index d75f6c0..9192ca3 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/raw_fwd.hpp
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <fc/container/flat_fwd.hpp>
+#include <fc/container/deque_fwd.hpp>
 #include <fc/io/varint.hpp>
 #include <fc/array.hpp>
 #include <fc/safe.hpp>
+#include <deque>
 #include <vector>
 #include <string>
 #include <unordered_set>
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@ namespace fc {
     template<typename Stream, typename T> inline void pack( Stream& s, const flat_set<T>& value );
     template<typename Stream, typename T> inline void unpack( Stream& s, flat_set<T>& value );
 
+    template<typename Stream, typename T> inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::deque<T>& value );
+    template<typename Stream, typename T> inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::deque<T>& value );
+
     template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V> inline void pack( Stream& s, const std::unordered_map<K,V>& value );
     template<typename Stream, typename K, typename V> inline void unpack( Stream& s, std::unordered_map<K,V>& value );
 
diff --git a/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp b/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp
index a7d3503..312c927 100644
--- a/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/reflect/typename.hpp
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 #pragma once
+
+#include <deque>
+#include <map>
+#include <vector>
+
 #include <fc/string.hpp>
 #include <fc/optional.hpp>
-#include <vector>
-#include <map>
+
 #include <fc/container/flat_fwd.hpp>
+#include <fc/container/deque_fwd.hpp>
 
 namespace fc {
   class value;
@@ -42,6 +47,14 @@ namespace fc {
          return n.c_str();  
      } 
   };
+  template<typename T> struct get_typename< std::deque<T> >
+  {
+     static const char* name()
+     {
+        static std::string n = std::string("std::deque<") + get_typename<T>::name() + ">"; 
+        return n.c_str();  
+     }
+  };
   template<typename T> struct get_typename<optional<T>>   
   { 
      static const char* name()  { 
diff --git a/include/fc/variant.hpp b/include/fc/variant.hpp
index 142a2f4..2b9012d 100644
--- a/include/fc/variant.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/variant.hpp
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 #pragma once 
+
+#include <deque>
+#include <map>
+#include <memory>
+#include <set>
+#include <unordered_map>
+#include <unordered_set>
 #include <vector>
+
+#include <string.h> // memset
+
 #include <fc/optional.hpp>
 #include <fc/string.hpp>
-#include <memory>
-#include <string.h> // memset
-#include <unordered_set>
-#include <unordered_map>
-#include <map>
-#include <set>
+#include <fc/container/deque_fwd.hpp>
 #include <fc/container/flat_fwd.hpp>
 
 namespace fc