diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e6d868411f..6a0be5760d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-redis</artifactId>
-	<version>1.8.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>1.8.0.DATAREDIS-501-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<name>Spring Data Redis</name>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
index 7a9dcb9ade..f2b9677ce9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplate.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2015 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.
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanClassLoaderAware;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.RedisSystemException;
@@ -75,13 +76,14 @@
  * @param <V> the Redis value type against which the template works
  * @see StringRedisTemplate
  */
-public class RedisTemplate<K, V> extends RedisAccessor implements RedisOperations<K, V> {
+public class RedisTemplate<K, V> extends RedisAccessor implements RedisOperations<K, V>, BeanClassLoaderAware {
 
 	private boolean enableTransactionSupport = false;
 	private boolean exposeConnection = false;
 	private boolean initialized = false;
 	private boolean enableDefaultSerializer = true;
-	private RedisSerializer<?> defaultSerializer = new JdkSerializationRedisSerializer();
+	private RedisSerializer<?> defaultSerializer;
+	private ClassLoader classLoader;
 
 	private RedisSerializer keySerializer = null;
 	private RedisSerializer valueSerializer = null;
@@ -104,10 +106,19 @@ public class RedisTemplate<K, V> extends RedisAccessor implements RedisOperation
 	public RedisTemplate() {}
 
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
+
 		super.afterPropertiesSet();
+
 		boolean defaultUsed = false;
 
+		if (defaultSerializer == null) {
+
+			defaultSerializer = new JdkSerializationRedisSerializer(
+					classLoader != null ? classLoader : this.getClass().getClassLoader());
+		}
+
 		if (enableDefaultSerializer) {
+
 			if (keySerializer == null) {
 				keySerializer = defaultSerializer;
 				defaultUsed = true;
@@ -1096,4 +1107,16 @@ public void setEnableTransactionSupport(boolean enableTransactionSupport) {
 		this.enableTransactionSupport = enableTransactionSupport;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set the {@link ClassLoader} to be used for the default {@link JdkSerializationRedisSerializer} in case no other
+	 * {@link RedisSerializer} is explicitly set as the default one.
+	 *
+	 * @param resourceLoader can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanClassLoaderAware#setBeanClassLoader
+	 * @since 1.8
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+		this.classLoader = classLoader;
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateUnitTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateUnitTests.java
index 9102f6ef42..9806bcaa11 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateUnitTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/redis/core/RedisTemplateUnitTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2014-2016 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 +15,14 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.redis.core;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.IsNull.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
@@ -25,6 +30,8 @@
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConnection;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.serializer.JdkSerializationRedisSerializer;
+import org.springframework.instrument.classloading.ShadowingClassLoader;
 
 /**
  * @author Christoph Strobl
@@ -32,14 +39,14 @@
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class RedisTemplateUnitTests {
 
-	private RedisTemplate<String, String> template;
+	private RedisTemplate<Object, Object> template;
 	private @Mock RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactoryMock;
 	private @Mock RedisConnection redisConnectionMock;
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() {
 
-		template = new RedisTemplate<String, String>();
+		template = new RedisTemplate<Object, Object>();
 		template.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactoryMock);
 		when(connectionFactoryMock.getConnection()).thenReturn(redisConnectionMock);
 
@@ -66,4 +73,29 @@ public void slaveOfNoOneIsDelegatedToConnectionCorrectly() {
 		verify(redisConnectionMock, times(1)).slaveOfNoOne();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAREDIS-501
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void templateShouldPassOnAndUseResoureLoaderClassLoaderToDefaultJdkSerializerWhenNotAlreadySet() {
+
+		ShadowingClassLoader scl = new ShadowingClassLoader(ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader());
+
+		template = new RedisTemplate<Object, Object>();
+		template.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactoryMock);
+		template.setBeanClassLoader(scl);
+		template.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		when(redisConnectionMock.get(any(byte[].class)))
+				.thenReturn(new JdkSerializationRedisSerializer().serialize(new SomeArbitrarySeriaizableObject()));
+
+		Object deserialized = template.opsForValue().get("spring");
+		assertThat(deserialized, notNullValue());
+		assertThat(deserialized.getClass().getClassLoader(), is((ClassLoader) scl));
+	}
+
+	static class SomeArbitrarySeriaizableObject implements Serializable {
+		private static final long serialVersionUID = -5973659324040506423L;
+	}
+
 }