diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/dht/ChunkKey.java b/org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/dht/ChunkKey.java
index 11a151f6b..ced37b31d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/dht/ChunkKey.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht/src/org/eclipse/jgit/storage/dht/ChunkKey.java
@@ -47,13 +47,16 @@ import static org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht.KeyUtils.format32;
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.storage.dht.KeyUtils.parse32;
 import static org.eclipse.jgit.util.RawParseUtils.decode;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.text.MessageFormat;
 
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 
 /** Unique identifier of a {@link PackChunk} in the DHT. */
-public final class ChunkKey implements RowKey {
+public final class ChunkKey implements RowKey, Serializable {
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
 	static final int KEYLEN = 49;
 
 	/**