diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ae3e075..f65fb06 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 src/obj
 src/bin
+src/*/obj
+src/*/bin
diff --git a/build.ps1 b/build.ps1
index b5e850c..c3f8ca2 100644
--- a/build.ps1
+++ b/build.ps1
@@ -15,13 +15,22 @@
 
 $here = Split-Path -Parent $MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path
 
-dotnet build --configuration Release $here/src/
+dotnet build --configuration Release $here/src/PowerShellYamlSerialization
+dotnet build --configuration Release $here/src/PowerShellYamlTypes
 
-$destinations = @("netstandard2.1", "net47")
+function Copy-Assemblies {
+    param(
+        $module
+    )
 
-foreach ($item in $destinations) {
-    $src = Join-Path $here "src" "bin" "Release" $item "PowerShellYamlSerializer.dll"
-    $dst = Join-Path $here "lib" $item "PowerShellYamlSerializer.dll"
+    $destinations = @("netstandard2.1", "net47")
+    foreach ($item in $destinations) {
+        $src = Join-Path $here "src" $module "bin" "Release" $item "$module.dll"
+        $dst = Join-Path $here "lib" $item "$module.dll"
 
-    Copy-Item -Force $src $dst
+        Copy-Item -Force $src $dst
+    }
 }
+
+Copy-Assemblies -module "PowerShellYamlSerialization"
+Copy-Assemblies -module "PowerShellYamlTypes"
diff --git a/lib/net47/PowerShellYamlSerialization.dll b/lib/net47/PowerShellYamlSerialization.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..872fa9a
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diff --git a/lib/net47/PowerShellYamlTypes.dll b/lib/net47/PowerShellYamlTypes.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa56ae4
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diff --git a/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlSerialization.dll b/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlSerialization.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4df47d2
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diff --git a/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlSerializer.dll b/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlSerializer.dll
deleted file mode 100644
index 605ed3f..0000000
Binary files a/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlSerializer.dll and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlTypes.dll b/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlTypes.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5058d8
Binary files /dev/null and b/lib/netstandard2.1/PowerShellYamlTypes.dll differ
diff --git a/powershell-yaml.psd1 b/powershell-yaml.psd1
index f4cb887..c0d53a2 100644
--- a/powershell-yaml.psd1
+++ b/powershell-yaml.psd1
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Description = 'Powershell module for serializing and deserializing YAML'
 PowerShellVersion = '5.0'
 
 # Functions to export from this module
-FunctionsToExport = "ConvertTo-Yaml","ConvertFrom-Yaml"
+FunctionsToExport = "ConvertTo-Yaml","ConvertFrom-Yaml","ConvertFrom-YamlToClass"
 
 AliasesToExport = "cfy","cty"
 }
diff --git a/powershell-yaml.psm1 b/powershell-yaml.psm1
index 5d8a75d..f413e14 100644
--- a/powershell-yaml.psm1
+++ b/powershell-yaml.psm1
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@ function Invoke-LoadFile {
     )
 
     $global:powershellYamlDotNetAssemblyPath = Join-Path $assemblyPath "YamlDotNet.dll"
-    $serializerAssemblyPath = Join-Path $assemblyPath "PowerShellYamlSerializer.dll"
+    $serializerAssemblyPath = Join-Path $assemblyPath "PowerShellYamlSerialization.dll"
     $yamlAssembly = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($powershellYamlDotNetAssemblyPath)
     $serializerAssembly = [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($serializerAssemblyPath)
+    $yamlTypes = Join-Path $assemblyPath "PowerShellYamlTypes.dll"
+    [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFrom($yamlTypes) | Out-Null
 
     if ($PSVersionTable['PSEdition'] -eq 'Core') {
         # Register the AssemblyResolve event to load dependencies manually. This seems to be needed only on
@@ -43,16 +45,16 @@ function Invoke-LoadFile {
         [System.AppDomain]::CurrentDomain.add_AssemblyResolve({
             param ($sender, $e)
             $pth = $powershellYamlDotNetAssemblyPath
-            # Load YamlDotNet if it's requested by PowerShellYamlSerializer. Ignore other requests as they might
+            # Load YamlDotNet if it's requested by PowerShellYamlSerialization. Ignore other requests as they might
             # originate from other assemblies that are not part of this module and which might have different
             # versions of the module that they need to load.
-            if ($e.Name -like "*YamlDotNet*" -and $e.RequestingAssembly -like "*PowerShellYamlSerializer*" ) {
+            if ($e.Name -like "*YamlDotNet*" -and $e.RequestingAssembly -like "*PowerShellYamlSerialization*" ) {
                 return [System.Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile($powershellYamlDotNetAssemblyPath)
             }
 
             return $null
         })
-        # Load the StringQuotingEmitter from PowerShellYamlSerializer to force the resolver handler to fire once.
+        # Load the StringQuotingEmitter from PowerShellYamlSerialization to force the resolver handler to fire once.
         # This will load the YamlDotNet assembly and expand the global variable $powershellYamlDotNetAssemblyPath.
         # We then remove it to avoid polluting the global scope.
         # This is an ugly hack I am not happy with.
@@ -344,6 +346,132 @@ function Convert-PSObjectToGenericObject {
     return $data
 }
 
+function Get-Serializer {
+    Param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][SerializationOptions]$Options
+    )
+    
+    $builder = $yamlDotNetAssembly.GetType("YamlDotNet.Serialization.SerializerBuilder")::new()
+    
+    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::Roundtrip)) {
+        $builder = $builder.EnsureRoundtrip()
+    }
+    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::DisableAliases)) {
+        $builder = $builder.DisableAliases()
+    }
+    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::EmitDefaults)) {
+        $builder = $builder.EmitDefaults()
+    }
+    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::JsonCompatible)) {
+        $builder = $builder.JsonCompatible()
+    }
+    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::DefaultToStaticType)) {
+        $resolver = $yamlDotNetAssembly.GetType("YamlDotNet.Serialization.TypeResolvers.StaticTypeResolver")::new()
+        $builder = $builder.WithTypeResolver($resolver)
+    }
+    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::WithIndentedSequences)) {
+        $builder = $builder.WithIndentedSequences()
+    }
+
+    $omitNull = $Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::OmitNullValues)
+
+    $stringQuoted = $stringQuotedAssembly.GetType("StringQuotingEmitter")
+    $util = $stringQuotedAssembly.GetType("BuilderUtils")
+    $builder = $util::BuildSerializer($builder, $omitNull)
+
+    return $builder.Build()
+}
+
+function Resolve-AttributeOverrides {
+    Param(
+        $deserializerBuilder,
+        [System.Type]$theType
+    )
+
+    foreach ($attr in $theType.GetProperties()) {
+        $custom = $attr.GetCustomAttributes($true)
+        if ($custom -eq $null) {
+            continue
+        }
+        $shouldRecurse = $false
+        foreach ($customAttr in $custom) {
+            switch($customAttr.TypeId.Name) {
+                "PowerShellYamlPropertyAliasAttribute" {
+                    if ($customAttr.YamlName -eq "") {
+                        break
+                    }
+                    $alias = $yamlDotNetAssembly.GetType("YamlDotNet.Serialization.YamlMemberAttribute")::new()
+                    $alias.Alias = $custom.YamlName
+                    $deserializerBuilder = $deserializerBuilder.WithAttributeOverride($theType, $attr.Name, $alias)
+                    break
+                }
+                "PowerShellYamlSerializable" {
+                    $shouldRecurse = $customAttr.ShouldRecurse
+                    break
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if ($shouldRecurse -eq $true) {
+            $nestedType = $null
+            if ($attr.PropertyType -eq [string]) {
+                $nestedType = [string]
+            } else {
+                $instance = [System.Activator]::CreateInstance($attr.PropertyType)
+                $nestedType = $instance.GetType()
+            }
+            return (Resolve-AttributeOverrides -deserializer $deserializerBuilder -theType $nestedType)
+        }
+    }
+    return $deserializerBuilder
+}
+
+
+function Get-DeserializerBuilder {
+    $deserializerBuilder = $yamlDotNetAssembly.GetType("YamlDotNet.Serialization.DeserializerBuilder")::new()
+    $stringQuoted = $stringQuotedAssembly.GetType("BuilderUtils")
+    $deserializerBuilder = $stringQuoted::BuildDeserializer($deserializerBuilder)
+    return $deserializerBuilder
+}
+
+function ConvertFrom-YamlToClass {
+    [CmdletBinding()]
+    Param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true, ValueFromPipeline=$true)]
+        [string]$Yaml,
+        [System.Type]$Type
+    )
+
+    BEGIN {
+        $yamlArray = @()
+    }
+
+    PROCESS {
+        if($Yaml -is [string]) {
+            $yamlArray += $Yaml
+        }
+    }
+
+    END {
+        if($yamlArray.Count -eq 0) {
+            return
+        }
+        $deserializerBuilder = Get-DeserializerBuilder
+        $deserializerBuilder = Resolve-AttributeOverrides -deserializerBuilder $deserializerBuilder -theType $Type
+        $deserializer = $deserializerBuilder.Build()
+
+        if ($yamlArray.Count -eq 1) {
+            $deserialized = $deserializer.Deserialize($yamlArray[0], $Type)
+            return $deserialized
+        }
+
+        $ret = @()
+        foreach($i in $yamlArray) {
+            $ret += $deserializer.Deserialize($i, $Type)
+        }
+        return $ret
+    }
+}
+
 function ConvertFrom-Yaml {
     [CmdletBinding()]
     Param(
@@ -385,41 +513,6 @@ function ConvertFrom-Yaml {
     }
 }
 
-function Get-Serializer {
-    Param(
-        [Parameter(Mandatory=$true)][SerializationOptions]$Options
-    )
-    
-    $builder = $yamlDotNetAssembly.GetType("YamlDotNet.Serialization.SerializerBuilder")::new()
-    
-    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::Roundtrip)) {
-        $builder = $builder.EnsureRoundtrip()
-    }
-    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::DisableAliases)) {
-        $builder = $builder.DisableAliases()
-    }
-    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::EmitDefaults)) {
-        $builder = $builder.EmitDefaults()
-    }
-    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::JsonCompatible)) {
-        $builder = $builder.JsonCompatible()
-    }
-    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::DefaultToStaticType)) {
-        $resolver = $yamlDotNetAssembly.GetType("YamlDotNet.Serialization.TypeResolvers.StaticTypeResolver")::new()
-        $builder = $builder.WithTypeResolver($resolver)
-    }
-    if ($Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::WithIndentedSequences)) {
-        $builder = $builder.WithIndentedSequences()
-    }
-
-    $omitNull = $Options.HasFlag([SerializationOptions]::OmitNullValues)
-
-    $stringQuoted = $stringQuotedAssembly.GetType("StringQuotingEmitter")
-    $builder = $stringQuoted::Add($builder, $omitNull)
-
-    return $builder.Build()
-}
-
 function ConvertTo-Yaml {
     [CmdletBinding(DefaultParameterSetName = 'NoOptions')]
     Param(
@@ -493,7 +586,10 @@ function ConvertTo-Yaml {
     }
 }
 
+
 New-Alias -Name cfy -Value ConvertFrom-Yaml
 New-Alias -Name cty -Value ConvertTo-Yaml
 
 Export-ModuleMember -Function ConvertFrom-Yaml,ConvertTo-Yaml -Alias cfy,cty
+Export-ModuleMember -Function ConvertFrom-YamlToClass
+
diff --git a/src/PowerShellYamlSerializer.csproj b/src/PowerShellYamlSerialization/PowerShellYamlSerialization.csproj
similarity index 100%
rename from src/PowerShellYamlSerializer.csproj
rename to src/PowerShellYamlSerialization/PowerShellYamlSerialization.csproj
diff --git a/src/PowerShellYamlSerializer.cs b/src/PowerShellYamlSerialization/serializer.cs
similarity index 85%
rename from src/PowerShellYamlSerializer.cs
rename to src/PowerShellYamlSerialization/serializer.cs
index 1a9df4f..855bdba 100644
--- a/src/PowerShellYamlSerializer.cs
+++ b/src/PowerShellYamlSerialization/serializer.cs
@@ -63,9 +63,16 @@ public bool Accepts(Type type) {
 
     public object ReadYaml(IParser parser, Type type, ObjectDeserializer rootDeserializer)
     {
-        // We don't really need to do any custom deserialization.
-        var deserializedObject = rootDeserializer(typeof(IDictionary<string, object>)) as IDictionary;
-        return deserializedObject;
+        var psObject = new PSObject();
+        parser.Consume<MappingStart>();
+
+        while (parser.TryConsume<Scalar>(out var scalar)) {
+            var key = scalar.Value;
+            var value = rootDeserializer(typeof(object));
+            psObject.Properties.Add(new PSNoteProperty(key, value));
+        }
+        parser.Consume<MappingEnd>();
+        return psObject;
     }
 
     public void WriteYaml(IEmitter emitter, object value, Type type, ObjectSerializer serializer) {
@@ -111,14 +118,16 @@ public override void Emit(ScalarEventInfo eventInfo, IEmitter emitter) {
                     eventInfo.Style = ScalarStyle.DoubleQuoted;
                 } else if (val.IndexOf('\n') > -1) {
                     eventInfo.Style = ScalarStyle.Literal;
-        }
+                }
                 break;
         }
 
         base.Emit(eventInfo, emitter);
     }
-    // objectGraphVisitor, w => w.OnTop()
-    public static SerializerBuilder Add(SerializerBuilder builder, bool omitNullValues = false) {
+}
+
+class BuilderUtils {
+    public static SerializerBuilder BuildSerializer(SerializerBuilder builder, bool omitNullValues = false) {
         builder = builder
             .WithEventEmitter(next => new StringQuotingEmitter(next))
             .WithTypeConverter(new BigIntegerTypeConverter())
@@ -129,4 +138,12 @@ public static SerializerBuilder Add(SerializerBuilder builder, bool omitNullValu
         }
         return builder;
     }
-}
+
+    public static DeserializerBuilder BuildDeserializer(DeserializerBuilder builder) {
+        builder = builder
+            .WithTypeConverter(new BigIntegerTypeConverter())
+            .WithTypeConverter(new PSObjectTypeConverter(false));
+        return builder;
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/PowerShellYamlTypes/PowerShellYamlTypes.csproj b/src/PowerShellYamlTypes/PowerShellYamlTypes.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2fd285a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PowerShellYamlTypes/PowerShellYamlTypes.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+ <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.1;net47</TargetFrameworks>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+</Project>
diff --git a/src/PowerShellYamlTypes/Types.cs b/src/PowerShellYamlTypes/Types.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0c9aa30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/PowerShellYamlTypes/Types.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Class | AttributeTargets.Property, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
+public class PowerShellYamlSerializable : Attribute
+{
+    public bool ShouldRecurse { get; }
+
+    public PowerShellYamlSerializable(bool shouldRecurse)
+    {
+        ShouldRecurse = shouldRecurse;
+    }
+}
+
+
+[AttributeUsage(AttributeTargets.Property, Inherited = false, AllowMultiple = false)]
+public class PowerShellYamlPropertyAliasAttribute : Attribute
+{
+    public string YamlName { get; }
+
+    public PowerShellYamlPropertyAliasAttribute(string yamlName)
+    {
+        YamlName = yamlName;
+    }
+}