diff --git a/docs/ruby_api.md b/docs/ruby_api.md
index 59c9c310b63..8daba218b15 100644
--- a/docs/ruby_api.md
+++ b/docs/ruby_api.md
@@ -23,3 +23,5 @@ The full API is documented below.
 * `Prism.parse_lex(source)` - parse the syntax tree corresponding to the given source string and return it within a parse result, along with the tokens
 * `Prism.parse_lex_file(filepath)` - parse the syntax tree corresponding to the given source file and return it within a parse result, along with the tokens
 * `Prism.load(source, serialized)` - load the serialized syntax tree using the source as a reference into a syntax tree
+* `Prism.parse_inline_comments(source)` - parse the inline comments corresponding to the given source string and return them
+* `Prism.parse_file_inline_comments(source)` - parse the inline comments corresponding to the given source file and return them
diff --git a/include/prism.h b/include/prism.h
index 99a6a7e2eb7..227b233ea1d 100644
--- a/include/prism.h
+++ b/include/prism.h
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 
 void pm_serialize_content(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *node, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
 
+void pm_serialize_encoding(pm_encoding_t *encoding, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
+
+void pm_serialize_comment_list(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_list_t *list, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
+
 void pm_parser_metadata(pm_parser_t *parser, const char *metadata);
 
 // The prism version and the serialization format.
@@ -61,6 +65,10 @@ PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void pm_serialize(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *node,
 // Parse the given source to the AST and serialize the AST to the given buffer.
 PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void pm_parse_serialize(const uint8_t *source, size_t size, pm_buffer_t *buffer, const char *metadata);
 
+// Parse and serialize the inline comments in the given source to the given
+// buffer.
+PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void pm_parse_serialize_inline_comments(const uint8_t *source, size_t size, pm_buffer_t *buffer, const char *metadata);
+
 // Lex the given source and serialize to the given buffer.
 PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void pm_lex_serialize(const uint8_t *source, size_t size, const char *filepath, pm_buffer_t *buffer);
 
diff --git a/lib/prism/ffi.rb b/lib/prism/ffi.rb
index cc7d94fb3f0..ae13474c317 100644
--- a/lib/prism/ffi.rb
+++ b/lib/prism/ffi.rb
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ def self.load_exported_functions_from(header, *functions)
       "prism.h",
       "pm_version",
       "pm_parse_serialize",
+      "pm_parse_serialize_inline_comments",
       "pm_lex_serialize",
       "pm_parse_lex_serialize"
     )
@@ -224,6 +225,30 @@ def self.parse_file(filepath)
     end
   end
 
+  # Mirror the Prism.parse_inline_comments API by using the serialization API.
+  def self.parse_inline_comments(code, filepath = nil)
+    LibRubyParser::PrismBuffer.with do |buffer|
+      metadata = [filepath.bytesize, filepath.b, 0].pack("LA*L") if filepath
+      LibRubyParser.pm_parse_serialize_inline_comments(code, code.bytesize, buffer.pointer, metadata)
+
+      source = Source.new(code)
+      loader = Serialize::Loader.new(source, buffer.read)
+
+      loader.load_header
+      loader.load_force_encoding
+      loader.load_comments
+    end
+  end
+
+  # Mirror the Prism.parse_file_inline_comments API by using the serialization
+  # API. This uses native strings instead of Ruby strings because it allows us
+  # to use mmap when it is available.
+  def self.parse_file_inline_comments(filepath)
+    LibRubyParser::PrismString.with(filepath) do |string|
+      parse_inline_comments(string.read, filepath)
+    end
+  end
+
   # Mirror the Prism.parse_lex API by using the serialization API.
   def self.parse_lex(code, filepath = nil)
     LibRubyParser::PrismBuffer.with do |buffer|
diff --git a/src/prism.c b/src/prism.c
index 2cbf664b5da..9d40d28d015 100644
--- a/src/prism.c
+++ b/src/prism.c
@@ -15689,14 +15689,18 @@ pm_parse(pm_parser_t *parser) {
     return parse_program(parser);
 }
 
-PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void
-pm_serialize(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *node, pm_buffer_t *buffer) {
+static inline void
+pm_serialize_header(pm_buffer_t *buffer) {
     pm_buffer_append_string(buffer, "PRISM", 5);
     pm_buffer_append_byte(buffer, PRISM_VERSION_MAJOR);
     pm_buffer_append_byte(buffer, PRISM_VERSION_MINOR);
     pm_buffer_append_byte(buffer, PRISM_VERSION_PATCH);
     pm_buffer_append_byte(buffer, PRISM_SERIALIZE_ONLY_SEMANTICS_FIELDS ? 1 : 0);
+}
 
+PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void
+pm_serialize(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_node_t *node, pm_buffer_t *buffer) {
+    pm_serialize_header(buffer);
     pm_serialize_content(parser, node, buffer);
     pm_buffer_append_string(buffer, "\0", 1);
 }
@@ -15710,7 +15714,27 @@ pm_parse_serialize(const uint8_t *source, size_t size, pm_buffer_t *buffer, cons
     if (metadata) pm_parser_metadata(&parser, metadata);
 
     pm_node_t *node = pm_parse(&parser);
-    pm_serialize(&parser, node, buffer);
+
+    pm_serialize_header(buffer);
+    pm_serialize_content(&parser, node, buffer);
+    pm_buffer_append_byte(buffer, '\0');
+
+    pm_node_destroy(&parser, node);
+    pm_parser_free(&parser);
+}
+
+// Parse and serialize the inline comments in the given source to the given
+// buffer.
+PRISM_EXPORTED_FUNCTION void
+pm_parse_serialize_inline_comments(const uint8_t *source, size_t size, pm_buffer_t *buffer, const char *metadata) {
+    pm_parser_t parser;
+    pm_parser_init(&parser, source, size, NULL);
+    if (metadata) pm_parser_metadata(&parser, metadata);
+
+    pm_node_t *node = pm_parse(&parser);
+    pm_serialize_header(buffer);
+    pm_serialize_encoding(&parser.encoding, buffer);
+    pm_serialize_comment_list(&parser, &parser.comment_list, buffer);
 
     pm_node_destroy(&parser, node);
     pm_parser_free(&parser);
diff --git a/templates/lib/prism/serialize.rb.erb b/templates/lib/prism/serialize.rb.erb
index 01588c6dae3..7f8b61ddfe8 100644
--- a/templates/lib/prism/serialize.rb.erb
+++ b/templates/lib/prism/serialize.rb.erb
@@ -50,12 +50,30 @@ module Prism
         define_load_node_lambdas unless RUBY_ENGINE == 'ruby'
       end
 
+      def load_header
+        raise "Invalid serialization" if io.read(5) != "PRISM"
+        raise "Invalid serialization" if io.read(3).unpack("C3") != [MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION]
+        only_semantic_fields = io.read(1).unpack1("C")
+        unless only_semantic_fields == 0
+          raise "Invalid serialization (location fields must be included but are not)"
+        end
+      end
+
       def load_encoding
         Encoding.find(io.read(load_varint))
       end
 
+      def load_force_encoding
+        @encoding = load_encoding
+        @input = input.force_encoding(@encoding).freeze
+      end
+
+      def load_comments
+        load_varint.times.map { Comment.new(Comment::TYPES.fetch(load_varint), load_location) }
+      end
+
       def load_metadata
-        comments = load_varint.times.map { Comment.new(Comment::TYPES.fetch(load_varint), load_location) }
+        comments = load_comments
         magic_comments = load_varint.times.map { MagicComment.new(load_location, load_location) }
         errors = load_varint.times.map { ParseError.new(load_embedded_string, load_location) }
         warnings = load_varint.times.map { ParseWarning.new(load_embedded_string, load_location) }
@@ -89,15 +107,8 @@ module Prism
       end
 
       def load_nodes
-        raise "Invalid serialization" if io.read(5) != "PRISM"
-        raise "Invalid serialization" if io.read(3).unpack("C3") != [MAJOR_VERSION, MINOR_VERSION, PATCH_VERSION]
-        only_semantic_fields = io.read(1).unpack1("C")
-        unless only_semantic_fields == 0
-          raise "Invalid serialization (location fields must be included but are not)"
-        end
-
-        @encoding = load_encoding
-        @input = input.force_encoding(@encoding).freeze
+        load_header
+        load_force_encoding
 
         comments, magic_comments, errors, warnings = load_metadata
 
diff --git a/templates/src/serialize.c.erb b/templates/src/serialize.c.erb
index 69d6d4094fe..d46284d3b20 100644
--- a/templates/src/serialize.c.erb
+++ b/templates/src/serialize.c.erb
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ pm_serialize_comment(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_comment_t *comment, pm_buffer_t *bu
     pm_buffer_append_varint(buffer, pm_ptrdifft_to_u32(comment->end - comment->start));
 }
 
-static void
+void
 pm_serialize_comment_list(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_list_t *list, pm_buffer_t *buffer) {
     pm_buffer_append_varint(buffer, pm_sizet_to_u32(pm_list_size(list)));
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ pm_serialize_diagnostic_list(pm_parser_t *parser, pm_list_t *list, pm_buffer_t *
     }
 }
 
-static void
+void
 pm_serialize_encoding(pm_encoding_t *encoding, pm_buffer_t *buffer) {
     size_t encoding_length = strlen(encoding->name);
     pm_buffer_append_varint(buffer, pm_sizet_to_u32(encoding_length));
diff --git a/test/prism/parse_inline_comments_test.rb b/test/prism/parse_inline_comments_test.rb
index 0087e1e9af0..d90d0abf883 100644
--- a/test/prism/parse_inline_comments_test.rb
+++ b/test/prism/parse_inline_comments_test.rb
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 require_relative "test_helper"
 
-return if Prism::BACKEND == :FFI
-
 module Prism
   class ParseInlineCommentsTest < TestCase
     def test_parse_inline_comments