diff --git a/integrations/actix-web/Cargo.toml b/integrations/actix-web/Cargo.toml
index 8d6135ab..bff1080c 100644
--- a/integrations/actix-web/Cargo.toml
+++ b/integrations/actix-web/Cargo.toml
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ serde_json = "1.0.64"
 serde_urlencoded = "0.7.0"
 futures-channel = "0.3.13"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
+serde_cbor = { version = "0.11.2", optional = true }
+
+[features]
+default = []
+cbor = ["serde_cbor"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 actix-rt = "2.2.0"
 async-mutex = "1.4.0"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
diff --git a/integrations/actix-web/src/request.rs b/integrations/actix-web/src/request.rs
index 70cdc7a5..b4639b67 100644
--- a/integrations/actix-web/src/request.rs
+++ b/integrations/actix-web/src/request.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use actix_http::body::BoxBody;
+use actix_web::error::JsonPayloadError;
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::io::{self, ErrorKind};
 use std::pin::Pin;
@@ -153,20 +154,62 @@ impl From<async_graphql::BatchResponse> for GraphQLResponse {
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "cbor")]
+mod cbor {
+    use actix_web::{http::StatusCode, ResponseError};
+    use core::fmt;
+
+    #[derive(Debug)]
+    pub struct Error(pub serde_cbor::Error);
+    impl fmt::Display for Error {
+        fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+            write!(f, "{}", self.0)
+        }
+    }
+    impl ResponseError for Error {
+        fn status_code(&self) -> StatusCode {
+            StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Responder for GraphQLResponse {
     type Body = BoxBody;
 
-    fn respond_to(self, _req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
+    fn respond_to(self, req: &HttpRequest) -> HttpResponse {
         let mut res = HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK);
-        res.content_type("application/json");
         if self.0.is_ok() {
             if let Some(cache_control) = self.0.cache_control().value() {
-                res.append_header(("cache-control", cache_control));
+                res.append_header((http::header::CACHE_CONTROL, cache_control));
             }
         }
         for (name, value) in self.0.http_headers() {
             res.append_header((name, value));
         }
-        res.body(serde_json::to_string(&self.0).unwrap())
+        let accept = req
+            .headers()
+            .get(http::header::ACCEPT)
+            .and_then(|val| val.to_str().ok());
+        let (ct, body) = match accept {
+            // optional cbor support
+            #[cfg(feature = "cbor")]
+            // this avoids copy-pasting the mime type
+            Some(ct @ "application/cbor") => (
+                ct,
+                match serde_cbor::to_vec(&self.0) {
+                    Ok(body) => body,
+                    Err(e) => return HttpResponse::from_error(cbor::Error(e)),
+                },
+            ),
+            _ => (
+                "application/json",
+                match serde_json::to_vec(&self.0) {
+                    Ok(body) => body,
+                    Err(e) => return HttpResponse::from_error(JsonPayloadError::Serialize(e)),
+                },
+            ),
+        };
+        res.content_type(ct);
+        res.body(body)
     }
 }
diff --git a/integrations/actix-web/tests/graphql.rs b/integrations/actix-web/tests/graphql.rs
index 820d80ed..3f5c9690 100644
--- a/integrations/actix-web/tests/graphql.rs
+++ b/integrations/actix-web/tests/graphql.rs
@@ -220,3 +220,51 @@ async fn test_count() {
             .into_bytes()
     );
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "cbor")]
+#[actix_rt::test]
+async fn test_cbor() {
+    let srv = test::init_service(
+        App::new()
+            .app_data(Data::new(Schema::new(
+                AddQueryRoot,
+                EmptyMutation,
+                EmptySubscription,
+            )))
+            .service(
+                web::resource("/")
+                    .guard(guard::Post())
+                    .to(gql_handle_schema::<AddQueryRoot, EmptyMutation, EmptySubscription>),
+            ),
+    )
+    .await;
+    let response = srv
+        .call(
+            test::TestRequest::with_uri("/")
+                .method(Method::POST)
+                .set_payload(r#"{"query":"{ add(a: 10, b: 20) }"}"#)
+                .insert_header((actix_http::header::ACCEPT, "application/cbor"))
+                .to_request(),
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    assert!(response.status().is_success());
+    #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+    struct Response {
+        data: ResponseInner,
+    }
+    #[derive(Debug, serde::Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+    struct ResponseInner {
+        add: i32,
+    }
+    let body = actix_web::body::to_bytes(response.into_body())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+    let response: Response = serde_cbor::from_slice(&body).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(
+        response,
+        Response {
+            data: ResponseInner { add: 30 }
+        }
+    );
+}