diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e2e0f007c6..4653a864ed 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
-	<version>1.7.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.7.0.DATAREDIS-427-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Redis</name>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/JdkSerializationRedisSerializer.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/JdkSerializationRedisSerializer.java
index e45612aa49..d72f21e679 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/JdkSerializationRedisSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/JdkSerializationRedisSerializer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2016 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -18,17 +18,53 @@
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.support.DeserializingConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.serializer.support.SerializingConverter;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
- * Java Serialization Redis serializer. Delegates to the default (Java based) serializer in Spring 3.
+ * Java Serialization Redis serializer. Delegates to the default (Java based) {@link DefaultSerializer serializer} and
+ * {@link DefaultDeserializer}. This {@link RedisSerializer serializer} can be constructed with either custom
+ * {@link ClassLoader} or own {@link Converter converters}.
  * 
  * @author Mark Pollack
  * @author Costin Leau
+ * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 public class JdkSerializationRedisSerializer implements RedisSerializer<Object> {
 
-	private Converter<Object, byte[]> serializer = new SerializingConverter();
-	private Converter<byte[], Object> deserializer = new DeserializingConverter();
+	private final Converter<Object, byte[]> serializer;
+	private final Converter<byte[], Object> deserializer;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link JdkSerializationRedisSerializer} using the default class loader.
+	 */
+	public JdkSerializationRedisSerializer() {
+		this(new SerializingConverter(), new DeserializingConverter());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link JdkSerializationRedisSerializer} using a {@link ClassLoader}.
+	 *
+	 * @param classLoader
+	 */
+	public JdkSerializationRedisSerializer(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+		this(new SerializingConverter(), new DeserializingConverter(classLoader));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link JdkSerializationRedisSerializer} using a {@link Converter converters} to serialize and
+	 * deserialize objects.
+	 * 
+	 * @param serializer must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param deserializer must not be {@literal null}
+	 */
+	public JdkSerializationRedisSerializer(Converter<Object, byte[]> serializer, Converter<byte[], Object> deserializer) {
+
+		Assert.notNull("Serializer must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull("Deserializer must not be null!");
+
+		this.serializer = serializer;
+		this.deserializer = deserializer;
+	}
 
 	public Object deserialize(byte[] bytes) {
 		if (SerializationUtils.isEmpty(bytes)) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SerializableDomainClass.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SerializableDomainClass.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..739d235b8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SerializableDomainClass.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.redis.serializer;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Paluch
+ */
+public class SerializableDomainClass implements Serializable {
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SimpleRedisSerializerTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SimpleRedisSerializerTests.java
index 8b80cc7cfe..37710d6a2f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SimpleRedisSerializerTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/serializer/SimpleRedisSerializerTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2016 the original author or authors.
  * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.redis.serializer;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.UUID;
 
 import org.junit.After;
@@ -26,9 +30,11 @@
 import org.springframework.data.redis.Address;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.Person;
 import org.springframework.oxm.xstream.XStreamMarshaller;
+import org.springframework.util.StreamUtils;
 
 /**
  * @author Jennifer Hickey
+ * @author Mark Paluch
  */
 public class SimpleRedisSerializerTests {
 
@@ -119,6 +125,22 @@ private void verifySerializedObjects(Object... objects) {
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void jdkSerializerShouldUseCustomClassLoader() throws ClassNotFoundException {
+
+		ClassLoader customClassLoader = new CustomClassLoader();
+
+		JdkSerializationRedisSerializer serializer = new JdkSerializationRedisSerializer(customClassLoader);
+		SerializableDomainClass domainClass = new SerializableDomainClass();
+
+		byte[] serialized = serializer.serialize(domainClass);
+		Object deserialized = serializer.deserialize(serialized);
+
+		assertThat(deserialized.getClass().getName(), is(equalTo(SerializableDomainClass.class.getName())));
+		assertThat(deserialized, is(not(instanceOf(SerializableDomainClass.class))));
+		assertThat(deserialized.getClass().getClassLoader(), is(equalTo(customClassLoader)));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void testStringEncodedSerialization() {
 		String value = UUID.randomUUID().toString();
@@ -157,4 +179,43 @@ public void testJsonSerializer() throws Exception {
 		assertEquals(p1, serializer.deserialize(serializer.serialize(p1)));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Custom class loader that loads class files from the test's class path. This {@link ClassLoader} does not delegate
+	 * to a parent class loader to truly load classes that are defined by this class loader and not interfere with any
+	 * parent class loader. The class loader uses simple class definition which is fine for the test but do not use this
+	 * as sample for production class loaders.
+	 */
+	private static class CustomClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
+
+		public CustomClassLoader() {
+			super(null);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+
+			URL resource = SimpleRedisSerializerTests.class.getResource("/" + name.replace('.', '/') + ".class");
+
+			InputStream is = null;
+			try {
+
+				is = resource.openStream();
+				byte[] bytes = StreamUtils.copyToByteArray(is);
+				return defineClass(name, bytes, 0, bytes.length);
+			} catch (IOException o_O) {
+				throw new ClassNotFoundException("Cannot read class file", o_O);
+			} finally {
+
+				if (is != null) {
+					try {
+						is.close();
+					} catch (IOException e) {
+						// ignore
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+		}
+
+	}
 }