diff --git a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
index ee0469e651e22..9396eca5d4e20 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_internal/Cargo.toml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ serialize = [
   "bevy_input/serialize",
   "bevy_time/serialize",
   "bevy_window/serialize",
+  "bevy_winit?/serialize",
   "bevy_transform/serialize",
   "bevy_math/serialize",
   "bevy_scene?/serialize",
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml b/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
index 0a74391d483f6..652ccaf3e919f 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ trace = []
 wayland = ["winit/wayland", "winit/wayland-csd-adwaita"]
 x11 = ["winit/x11"]
 accesskit_unix = ["accesskit_winit/accesskit_unix", "accesskit_winit/async-io"]
+serialize = ["serde"]
 
 [dependencies]
 # bevy
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ accesskit_winit = { version = "0.17", default-features = false, features = [
 ] }
 approx = { version = "0.5", default-features = false }
 raw-window-handle = "0.6"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true }
 
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "android")'.dependencies]
 winit = { version = "0.29", default-features = false, features = [
diff --git a/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_event.rs b/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_event.rs
index 99df2053fd2d8..9592a5e12b7f0 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_event.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_winit/src/winit_event.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ use bevy_input::{
     touchpad::{TouchpadMagnify, TouchpadRotate},
 };
 use bevy_reflect::Reflect;
+#[cfg(feature = "serialize")]
+use bevy_reflect::{ReflectDeserialize, ReflectSerialize};
 use bevy_window::{
     ApplicationLifetime, CursorEntered, CursorLeft, CursorMoved, FileDragAndDrop, Ime,
     ReceivedCharacter, RequestRedraw, WindowBackendScaleFactorChanged, WindowCloseRequested,
diff --git a/examples/app/log_layers_ecs.rs b/examples/app/log_layers_ecs.rs
index c8ad424184ae1..9c4ad4ee6e134 100644
--- a/examples/app/log_layers_ecs.rs
+++ b/examples/app/log_layers_ecs.rs
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ struct CapturedLogEvents(mpsc::Receiver<LogEvent>);
 
 /// Transfers information from the [`LogEvents`] resource to [`Events<LogEvent>`](LogEvent).
 fn transfer_log_events(
-    reciever: NonSend<CapturedLogEvents>,
+    receiver: NonSend<CapturedLogEvents>,
     mut log_events: EventWriter<LogEvent>,
 ) {
     // Make sure to use `try_iter()` and not `iter()` to prevent blocking.
-    log_events.send_batch(reciever.try_iter());
+    log_events.send_batch(receiver.try_iter());
 }
 
 /// This is the [`Layer`] that we will use to capture log events and then send them to Bevy's
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<S: Subscriber> Layer<S> for CaptureLayer {
     }
 }
 
-/// A [`Visit`](tracing::field::Visit)or that records log messages that are transfered to [`CaptureLayer`].
+/// A [`Visit`](tracing::field::Visit)or that records log messages that are transferred to [`CaptureLayer`].
 struct CaptureLayerVisitor<'a>(&'a mut Option<String>);
 impl tracing::field::Visit for CaptureLayerVisitor<'_> {
     fn record_debug(&mut self, field: &tracing::field::Field, value: &dyn std::fmt::Debug) {
@@ -78,10 +78,10 @@ impl tracing::field::Visit for CaptureLayerVisitor<'_> {
     }
 }
 fn update_subscriber(app: &mut App, subscriber: BoxedSubscriber) -> BoxedSubscriber {
-    let (sender, reciever) = mpsc::channel();
+    let (sender, receiver) = mpsc::channel();
 
     let layer = CaptureLayer { sender };
-    let resource = CapturedLogEvents(reciever);
+    let resource = CapturedLogEvents(receiver);
 
     app.insert_non_send_resource(resource);
     app.add_event::<LogEvent>();