diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java b/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java
index 3e6de704..aecf5ab9 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/ScriptingEngine.java
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ package helma.scripting;
 import helma.framework.IPathElement;
 import helma.framework.core.Application;
 import helma.framework.core.RequestEvaluator;
-import java.util.*;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
 
 /**
  * This is the interface that must be implemented to make a scripting environment
@@ -116,4 +119,26 @@ public interface ScriptingEngine {
      *  class should be compatible with helma.doc.DocApplication.
      */
     public IPathElement getIntrospector();
+
+    /**
+     * Provide object serialization for this engine's scripted objects. If no special
+     * provisions are required, this method should just wrap the stream with an
+     * ObjectOutputStream and write the object.
+     *
+     * @param obj the object to serialize
+     * @param out the stream to write to
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public void serialize(Object obj, OutputStream out) throws IOException;
+
+    /**
+     * Provide object deserialization for this engine's scripted objects. If no special
+     * provisions are required, this method should just wrap the stream with an
+     * ObjectIntputStream and read the object.
+     *
+     * @param in the stream to read from
+     * @return the deserialized object
+     * @throws IOException
+     */
+    public Object deserialize(InputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException;
 }
diff --git a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java
index 2143b57d..6cb97010 100644
--- a/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java
+++ b/src/helma/scripting/rhino/RhinoEngine.java
@@ -28,10 +28,11 @@ import helma.objectmodel.db.Relation;
 import helma.scripting.*;
 import helma.scripting.rhino.debug.Tracer;
 import org.mozilla.javascript.*;
+import org.mozilla.javascript.serialize.ScriptableOutputStream;
+import org.mozilla.javascript.serialize.ScriptableInputStream;
 
 import java.util.*;
-import java.io.File;
-import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.*;
 import java.lang.ref.WeakReference;
 
 /**
@@ -450,6 +451,43 @@ public class RhinoEngine implements ScriptingEngine {
         return doc;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Provide object serialization for this engine's scripted objects. If no special
+     * provisions are required, this method should just wrap the stream with an
+     * ObjectOutputStream and write the object.
+     *
+     * @param obj the object to serialize
+     * @param out the stream to write to
+     * @throws java.io.IOException
+     */
+    public void serialize(Object obj, OutputStream out) throws IOException {
+        // use a special ScriptableOutputStream that unwraps Wrappers
+        ScriptableOutputStream sout = new ScriptableOutputStream(out, core.global) {
+            protected Object replaceObject(Object obj) throws IOException {
+                if (obj instanceof Wrapper)
+                    obj = ((Wrapper) obj).unwrap();
+                return super.replaceObject(obj);
+            }
+        };
+        sout.writeObject(obj);
+        sout.flush();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Provide object deserialization for this engine's scripted objects. If no special
+     * provisions are required, this method should just wrap the stream with an
+     * ObjectIntputStream and read the object.
+     *
+     * @param in the stream to read from
+     * @return the deserialized object
+     * @throws java.io.IOException
+     */
+    public Object deserialize(InputStream in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+        ObjectInputStream sin = new ScriptableInputStream(in, core.global);
+        Object deserialized = sin.readObject();
+        return Context.toObject(deserialized, core.global);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Return the application we're running in
      */