diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 51f0ad4f768..6fcd15787ae 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Release 0.91.0 - Unreleased
   NEW FEATURES
    HBASE-3287  Add option to cache blocks on hfile write and evict blocks on
                hfile close
+   HBASE-3335  Add BitComparator for filtering (Nathaniel Cook via Stack)
 
 
 Release 0.90.0 - Unreleased
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HbaseObjectWritable.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HbaseObjectWritable.java
index 8c5ecd6c0fc..ba9db37d871 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HbaseObjectWritable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/io/HbaseObjectWritable.java
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Row;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.Scan;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.client.coprocessor.Exec;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.BinaryComparator;
+import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.BitComparator;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.ColumnCountGetFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.ColumnPrefixFilter;
 import org.apache.hadoop.hbase.filter.CompareFilter;
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ public class HbaseObjectWritable implements Writable, WritableWithSize, Configur
     addToMap(SingleColumnValueFilter.class, code++);
     addToMap(SingleColumnValueExcludeFilter.class, code++);
     addToMap(BinaryComparator.class, code++);
+    addToMap(BitComparator.class, code++);
     addToMap(CompareFilter.class, code++);
     addToMap(RowFilter.class, code++);
     addToMap(ValueFilter.class, code++);