diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/EnumType.java b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/EnumType.java
index f4a572960c1b..d2868b2e5b2b 100644
--- a/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/EnumType.java
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/main/java/org/hibernate/type/EnumType.java
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public Object fromXMLString(String xmlValue) {
 		return enumValueMapper.fromXMLString( xmlValue );
 	}
 
-	private static interface EnumValueMapper {
+	private static interface EnumValueMapper extends Serializable {
 		public int getSqlType();
 		public Enum getValue(ResultSet rs, String[] names) throws SQLException;
 		public void setValue(PreparedStatement st, Enum value, int index) throws SQLException;
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ public void setValue(PreparedStatement st, Enum value, int index) throws SQLExce
 		}
 	}
 
-	private class OrdinalEnumValueMapper extends EnumValueMapperSupport implements EnumValueMapper {
+	private class OrdinalEnumValueMapper extends EnumValueMapperSupport implements EnumValueMapper, Serializable {
 		private transient Enum[] enumsByOrdinal;
 
 		@Override
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ protected Object extractJdbcValue(Enum value) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	private class NamedEnumValueMapper extends EnumValueMapperSupport implements EnumValueMapper {
+	private class NamedEnumValueMapper extends EnumValueMapperSupport implements EnumValueMapper, Serializable {
 		@Override
 		public int getSqlType() {
 			return Types.VARCHAR;
diff --git a/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/enums/TestEnumTypeSerialization.java b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/enums/TestEnumTypeSerialization.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..446dd73b7a2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hibernate-core/src/test/java/org/hibernate/test/enums/TestEnumTypeSerialization.java
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Hibernate, Relational Persistence for Idiomatic Java
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2012, Red Hat Inc. or third-party contributors as
+ * indicated by the @author tags or express copyright attribution
+ * statements applied by the authors.  All third-party contributions are
+ * distributed under license by Red Hat Inc.
+ *
+ * This copyrighted material is made available to anyone wishing to use, modify,
+ * copy, or redistribute it subject to the terms and conditions of the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
+ * or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+ * along with this distribution; if not, write to:
+ * Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+ * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+ * Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+package org.hibernate.test.enums;
+
+import java.util.Properties;
+
+import org.hibernate.internal.util.SerializationHelper;
+import org.hibernate.type.EnumType;
+import org.hibernate.usertype.DynamicParameterizedType;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.hibernate.testing.junit4.BaseUnitTestCase;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * @author Steve Ebersole
+ */
+public class TestEnumTypeSerialization extends BaseUnitTestCase {
+	@Test
+	public void testSerializability() {
+		{
+			// test ordinal mapping
+			EnumType enumType = new EnumType();
+			Properties properties = new Properties();
+			properties.put( EnumType.ENUM, UnspecifiedEnumTypeEntity.E1.class.getName() );
+			enumType.setParameterValues( properties );
+			assertTrue( enumType.isOrdinal() );
+			SerializationHelper.clone( enumType );
+		}
+
+		{
+			// test named mapping
+			EnumType enumType = new EnumType();
+			Properties properties = new Properties();
+			properties.put( EnumType.ENUM, UnspecifiedEnumTypeEntity.E1.class.getName() );
+			properties.put( EnumType.NAMED, "true" );
+			enumType.setParameterValues( properties );
+			assertFalse( enumType.isOrdinal() );
+			SerializationHelper.clone( enumType );
+		}
+	}
+}