diff --git a/src/coredumpy/py_object_proxy.py b/src/coredumpy/py_object_proxy.py
index bc0d360..439c28d 100644
--- a/src/coredumpy/py_object_proxy.py
+++ b/src/coredumpy/py_object_proxy.py
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ def dump_object(cls, obj):
             return {"type": "None"}
         elif isinstance(obj, (int, float, str, bool)):
             return {"type": type(obj).__name__, "value": obj}
+        elif isinstance(obj, bytes):
+            return {"type": type(obj).__name__, "value": obj.hex()}
         elif isinstance(obj, (list, tuple, set)):
             for item in obj:
                 cls._add_object(item)
@@ -87,6 +89,8 @@ def load_object(cls, id, data=None):
             proxy = None
         elif data["type"] in ("int", "float", "str", "bool"):
             proxy = data["value"]
+        elif data["type"] == "bytes":
+            proxy = bytes.fromhex(data["value"])
         elif data["type"] == "list":
             proxy = [cls.load_object(item_id, cls._objects.get(item_id)) for item_id in data["value"]]
         elif data["type"] == "tuple":
diff --git a/tests/test_py_object_proxy.py b/tests/test_py_object_proxy.py
index bee3573..58409b6 100644
--- a/tests/test_py_object_proxy.py
+++ b/tests/test_py_object_proxy.py
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ def test_bool(self):
         proxy = self.convert_object(obj)
         self.assertEqual(proxy, True)
 
+    def test_bytes(self):
+        obj = b"hello"
+        proxy = self.convert_object(obj)
+        self.assertEqual(proxy, b"hello")
+
     def test_builtins(self):
         obj = object()
         proxy = self.convert_object(obj)