diff --git a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorFactory.java b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorFactory.java
index 3319b0987f7..9f3c4ccfecf 100644
--- a/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorFactory.java
+++ b/processing/src/main/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorFactory.java
@@ -153,7 +153,14 @@ public class HistogramAggregatorFactory implements AggregatorFactory
   public byte[] getCacheKey()
   {
     byte[] fieldNameBytes = StringUtils.toUtf8(fieldName);
-    return ByteBuffer.allocate(1 + fieldNameBytes.length).put(CACHE_TYPE_ID).put(fieldNameBytes).array();
+    ByteBuffer buf = ByteBuffer
+        .allocate(1 + fieldNameBytes.length + Floats.BYTES * breaks.length)
+        .put(CACHE_TYPE_ID)
+        .put(fieldNameBytes)
+        .put((byte)0xFF);
+    buf.asFloatBuffer().put(breaks);
+
+    return buf.array();
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorTest.java b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorTest.java
index 159898538e8..82151c7a05e 100644
--- a/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorTest.java
+++ b/processing/src/test/java/io/druid/query/aggregation/HistogramAggregatorTest.java
@@ -17,12 +17,15 @@
 
 package io.druid.query.aggregation;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
+import io.druid.jackson.DefaultObjectMapper;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 
 public class HistogramAggregatorTest
 {
@@ -32,6 +35,21 @@ public class HistogramAggregatorTest
     selector.increment();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testSerde() throws Exception
+  {
+    final DefaultObjectMapper objectMapper = new DefaultObjectMapper();
+    String json0 = "{\"type\": \"histogram\", \"name\": \"billy\", \"fieldName\": \"nilly\"}";
+    HistogramAggregatorFactory agg0 = objectMapper.readValue(json0, HistogramAggregatorFactory.class);
+    Assert.assertEquals(ImmutableList.of(), agg0.getBreaks());
+
+    String aggSpecJson = "{\"type\": \"histogram\", \"name\": \"billy\", \"fieldName\": \"nilly\", \"breaks\": [ -1, 2, 3.0 ]}";
+    HistogramAggregatorFactory agg = objectMapper.readValue(aggSpecJson, HistogramAggregatorFactory.class);
+
+    Assert.assertEquals(new HistogramAggregatorFactory("billy", "nilly", Arrays.asList(-1f, 2f, 3.0f)), agg);
+    Assert.assertEquals(agg, objectMapper.readValue(objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(agg), HistogramAggregatorFactory.class));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testAggregate() throws Exception {
     final float[] values = {0.55f, 0.27f, -0.3f, -.1f, -0.8f, -.7f, -.5f, 0.25f, 0.1f, 2f, -3f};