diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/FSTConfiguration.java b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/FSTConfiguration.java
index 499f5864..5129943f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/FSTConfiguration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/FSTConfiguration.java
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ protected static FSTConfiguration initDefaultFstConfigurationInternal(FSTConfigu
         reg.putSerializer(Hashtable.class, new FSTMapSerializer(), true);
         reg.putSerializer(ConcurrentHashMap.class, new FSTMapSerializer(), true);
         reg.putSerializer(FSTStruct.class, new FSTStructSerializer(), true);
+        reg.putSerializer(Throwable.class, new FSTThrowableSerializer(),true);
 
         reg.putSerializer(BitSet.class, new FSTBitSetSerializer(),true);
         reg.putSerializer(Timestamp.class, new FSTTimestampSerializer(),true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/serializers/FSTThrowableSerializer.java b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/serializers/FSTThrowableSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96d95de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/nustaq/serialization/serializers/FSTThrowableSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package org.nustaq.serialization.serializers;
+
+import org.nustaq.serialization.FSTBasicObjectSerializer;
+import org.nustaq.serialization.FSTClazzInfo;
+import org.nustaq.serialization.FSTObjectInput;
+import org.nustaq.serialization.FSTObjectOutput;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+
+public class FSTThrowableSerializer extends FSTBasicObjectSerializer {
+    @Override
+    public void writeObject(FSTObjectOutput out, Object toWrite, FSTClazzInfo clzInfo,
+                            FSTClazzInfo.FSTFieldInfo referencedBy, int streamPosition) throws IOException {
+        Throwable t = (Throwable)toWrite;
+        out.writeStringUTF(t.getMessage());
+        StackTraceElement[] ste = t.getStackTrace();
+        out.writeObject(ste);
+        out.writeObject(t.getCause());
+        out.writeObject(t.getSuppressed());
+    }
+
+
+    @Override
+    public Object instantiate(Class objectClass, FSTObjectInput in, FSTClazzInfo serializationInfo,
+                              FSTClazzInfo.FSTFieldInfo referencee, int streamPosition) throws Exception {
+        Constructor<? extends  Throwable> constructor = objectClass.getConstructor(String.class);
+        Throwable t = constructor.newInstance(in.readStringUTF()); // This causes stack trace to be filled in twice but not an easy way to solve
+        StackTraceElement[] ste = (StackTraceElement[]) in.readObject();
+        if (ste!=null)
+            t.setStackTrace(ste);
+        t.initCause((Throwable) in.readObject());
+        Throwable[] suppressed = (Throwable[]) in.readObject();
+        for (Throwable s : suppressed)
+            t.addSuppressed(s);
+        return t;
+    }
+}