diff --git a/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/SerializationTest.scala b/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/SerializationTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a63eae84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jvm/src/test/scala/scala/xml/SerializationTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package scala.xml
+
+import java.io._
+
+import org.junit.Assert.assertEquals
+import org.junit.Test
+
+class SerializationTest {
+  def roundTrip[T](obj: T): T = {
+    def serialize(in: T): Array[Byte] = {
+      val bos = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+      val oos = new ObjectOutputStream(bos)
+      oos.writeObject(in)
+      oos.flush()
+      bos.toByteArray()
+    }
+
+    def deserialize(in: Array[Byte]): T = {
+      val bis = new ByteArrayInputStream(in)
+      val ois = new ObjectInputStream(bis)
+      ois.readObject.asInstanceOf[T]
+    }
+
+    deserialize(serialize(obj))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def xmlLiteral: Unit = {
+    val n = <node/>
+    assertEquals(n, roundTrip(n))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def empty: Unit = {
+    assertEquals(NodeSeq.Empty, roundTrip(NodeSeq.Empty))
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  def implicitConversion: Unit = {
+    val parent = <parent><child></child><child/></parent>
+    val children: Seq[Node] = parent.child
+    val asNodeSeq: NodeSeq = children
+    assertEquals(asNodeSeq, roundTrip(asNodeSeq))
+  }
+}
diff --git a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeSeq.scala b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeSeq.scala
index c498279e9..7092bb974 100644
--- a/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeSeq.scala
+++ b/shared/src/main/scala/scala/xml/NodeSeq.scala
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ object NodeSeq {
  *  @author  Burak Emir
  *  @version 1.0
  */
-abstract class NodeSeq extends AbstractSeq[Node] with immutable.Seq[Node] with SeqLike[Node, NodeSeq] with Equality {
+abstract class NodeSeq extends AbstractSeq[Node] with immutable.Seq[Node] with SeqLike[Node, NodeSeq] with Equality with Serializable {
 
   /** Creates a list buffer as builder for this class */
   override protected[this] def newBuilder = NodeSeq.newBuilder