diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index e6ec407..b6c898c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ description = "A binary serialization / deserialization strategy that uses Serde
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.2.0"
-serde = "1.0.27"
+serde = "^1.0.27"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
-serde_bytes = "0.10.3"
-serde_derive = "1.0.27"
+serde_bytes = "^0.10.3"
+serde_derive = "^1.0.27"
 
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 1d19dd9..b7be60a 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -258,7 +258,11 @@ impl Config {
     /// TODO: document
     #[doc(hidden)]
     #[inline(always)]
-    pub fn deserialize_in_place<'a, T: serde::de::Deserialize<'a>>(&self, reader: &'a [u8], place: &mut T) -> Result<()> {
+    pub fn deserialize_in_place<'a, R, T: >(&self, reader: R, place: &mut T) -> Result<()>
+    where
+        R: BincodeRead<'a>,
+        T: serde::de::Deserialize<'a>
+    {
         config_map!(self, opts => ::internal::deserialize_in_place(reader, opts, place))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/internal.rs b/src/internal.rs
index 990c7de..bab4a28 100644
--- a/src/internal.rs
+++ b/src/internal.rs
@@ -93,17 +93,12 @@ where
     serde::Deserialize::deserialize(&mut deserializer)
 }
 
-pub(crate) fn deserialize_in_place<'a, T, O>(
-    bytes: &'a [u8],
-    options: O,
-    place: &mut T,
-) -> Result<()>
+pub(crate) fn deserialize_in_place<'a, R, T, O>(reader: R, options: O, place: &mut T) -> Result<()>
 where
+    R: BincodeRead<'a>,
     T: serde::de::Deserialize<'a>,
     O: Options,
 {
-    let reader = ::de::read::SliceReader::new(bytes);
-    let options = ::config::WithOtherLimit::new(options, Infinite);
     let mut deserializer = ::de::Deserializer::<_, _>::new(reader, options);
     serde::Deserialize::deserialize_in_place(&mut deserializer, place)
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 418be38..8a51c2b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -114,11 +114,12 @@ where
 
 /// TODO: document
 #[doc(hidden)]
-pub fn deserialize_in_place<'a, T>(bytes: &'a[u8], place: &mut T) -> Result<()>
+pub fn deserialize_in_place<'a, R, T>(reader: R, place: &mut T) -> Result<()>
 where
     T: serde::de::Deserialize<'a>,
+    R: BincodeRead<'a>
 {
-    config().deserialize_in_place(bytes, place)
+    config().deserialize_in_place(reader, place)
 }
 
 /// Deserializes a slice of bytes into an instance of `T` using the default configuration.
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 474b3e2..790e232 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -466,6 +466,80 @@ fn test_zero_copy_parse() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_zero_copy_parse_deserialize_into() {
+    use bincode::BincodeRead;
+    use std::io;
+
+    /// A BincodeRead implementation for byte slices
+    pub struct SliceReader<'storage> {
+        slice: &'storage [u8],
+    }
+
+    impl<'storage> SliceReader<'storage> {
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn unexpected_eof() -> Box<::ErrorKind> {
+            return Box::new(::ErrorKind::Io(
+                io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, ""),
+            ));
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'storage> io::Read for SliceReader<'storage> {
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn read(&mut self, out: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+            (&mut self.slice).read(out)
+        }
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn read_exact(&mut self, out: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+            (&mut self.slice).read_exact(out)
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl<'storage> BincodeRead<'storage> for SliceReader<'storage> {
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn forward_read_str<V>(&mut self, length: usize, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+        where
+            V: serde::de::Visitor<'storage>,
+        {
+            use ErrorKind;
+            if length > self.slice.len() {
+                return Err(SliceReader::unexpected_eof());
+            }
+
+            let string = match ::std::str::from_utf8(&self.slice[..length]) {
+                Ok(s) => s,
+                Err(e) => return Err(ErrorKind::InvalidUtf8Encoding(e).into()),
+            };
+            let r = visitor.visit_borrowed_str(string);
+            self.slice = &self.slice[length..];
+            r
+        }
+
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn get_byte_buffer(&mut self, length: usize) -> Result<Vec<u8>> {
+            if length > self.slice.len() {
+                return Err(SliceReader::unexpected_eof());
+            }
+
+            let r = &self.slice[..length];
+            self.slice = &self.slice[length..];
+            Ok(r.to_vec())
+        }
+
+        #[inline(always)]
+        fn forward_read_bytes<V>(&mut self, length: usize, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
+        where
+            V: serde::de::Visitor<'storage>,
+        {
+            if length > self.slice.len() {
+                return Err(SliceReader::unexpected_eof());
+            }
+
+            let r = visitor.visit_borrowed_bytes(&self.slice[..length]);
+            self.slice = &self.slice[length..];
+            r
+        }
+    }
+
     #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Debug)]
     struct Foo<'a> {
         borrowed_str: &'a str,
@@ -483,7 +557,12 @@ fn test_zero_copy_parse_deserialize_into() {
             borrowed_str: "hello",
             borrowed_bytes: &[10, 11, 12, 13],
         };
-        deserialize_in_place(&encoded[..], &mut target).unwrap();
+        deserialize_in_place(
+            SliceReader {
+                slice: &encoded[..],
+            },
+            &mut target,
+        ).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(target, f);
     }
 }