diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Range.java b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Range.java
index 69d3fc78a..dc4fa1c62 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Range.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/commons/lang3/Range.java
@@ -328,7 +328,9 @@ public class Range<T> implements Serializable {
 
 
     // Taken from Commons Collections - documentation removed as not a public class
-    private static class ComparableComparator<E extends Comparable<? super E>> implements Comparator<E> {
+    private static class ComparableComparator<E extends Comparable<? super E>> implements Comparator<E>, Serializable {
+
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
         @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
         public static final ComparableComparator<?> INSTANCE = new ComparableComparator();
diff --git a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang3/RangeTest.java b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang3/RangeTest.java
index 1e0afa4f7..1cf67385d 100644
--- a/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang3/RangeTest.java
+++ b/src/test/org/apache/commons/lang3/RangeTest.java
@@ -269,4 +269,8 @@ public class RangeTest extends TestCase {
 
     }
 
+    public void testSerializing() {
+        SerializationUtils.clone(intRange);
+    }
+
 }