diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 33acecf..b36b62f 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4257,6 +4257,8 @@ dependencies = [
  "openssl",
  "reqwest 0.12.7",
  "semver",
+ "serde 1.0.210",
+ "serde_json",
  "sha2",
  "spin-loader",
  "spin-manifest",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 310f87c..fc5f9dd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ anyhow = "1.0.87"
 clap = { version = "4.5.17", features = ["derive"] }
 dialoguer = "0.11.0"
 reqwest = "0.12.7"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1"
 sha2 = "0.10.8"
 spin-manifest = { git = "https://github.com/fermyon/spin" }
 spin-serde = { git = "https://github.com/fermyon/spin" }
diff --git a/src/commands/bindings.rs b/src/commands/bindings.rs
index 2fa9c3c..7cfc3b3 100644
--- a/src/commands/bindings.rs
+++ b/src/commands/bindings.rs
@@ -14,10 +14,15 @@ pub enum BindingsLanguage {
 
 #[derive(Args, Debug)]
 pub struct GenerateBindingsCommand {
+    /// The programming language to generate bindings in
     #[clap(short = 'L', long)]
     pub language: BindingsLanguage,
+
+    /// Output directory
     #[clap(short = 'o', long)]
     pub output: PathBuf,
+
+    /// Id of the component, which dependencies to generate the bindings for
     #[clap(short = 'c', long)]
     pub component_id: String,
 }
@@ -40,8 +45,18 @@ impl GenerateBindingsCommand {
 
         match &self.language {
             BindingsLanguage::Rust => {
+                // TODO: If wit-bindgen is not in Cargo.toml, make sure to add it.
                 let opts = wit_bindgen_rust::Opts {
                     generate_all: true,
+                    // TODO: Make the extra attributes a clap option
+                    additional_derive_attributes: vec![
+                        "serde::Serialize".to_string(),
+                        "serde::Deserialize".to_string(),
+                        "Hash".to_string(),
+                        "Clone".to_string(),
+                        "PartialEq".to_string(),
+                        "Eq".to_string(),
+                    ],
                     // Uncomment this once spin-sdk is updated and remove dependency on wit_bindgen in Cargo.toml
                     //runtime_path: Some("::spin_sdk::wit_bindgen".to_string()),
                     ..Default::default()
@@ -65,6 +80,7 @@ impl GenerateBindingsCommand {
                 }
 
                 fs::write(self.output.join("mod.rs"), mod_output).await?;
+                println!("Bindings generated for Rust in {0}. You need to add the `wit-bindgen` crate to your Rust Spin app - e.g., `cargo add wit-bindgen`", self.output.to_str().expect("Failed to parse output path"));
             }
             BindingsLanguage::Ts => {
                 todo!("generate ts")