diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 31b2f034..9ffa374e 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-02-24  Doug MacEachern  <dougm@hyperic.com>
+
+        * Make Java objects returned by Sigar class Serializable
+
 2007-02-21  Doug MacEachern  <dougm@hyperic.com>
 
         *  Perl binding updates
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl b/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
index ede78ffe..4c687f33 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
+++ b/bindings/java/src/jni/generate.pl
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ sub supported_platforms {
     return join ", ", @platforms;
 }
 
+sub hash {
+    use integer;
+    my $hash = 0;
+    for (split //, shift) {
+        $hash = $hash*31 + ord $_;
+    }
+    return $hash;
+}
+
 #this script generates jni code and java classes for the following table
 
 my %classes = (
@@ -1395,6 +1404,13 @@ EOF
 
     my $cache_field_ids = 1;
 
+    my $uid = 0;
+
+    for my $field (@$fields) {
+        $field->{type} ||= 'Long';
+        $uid += hash($field->{type}) + hash($field->{name});
+    }
+
     print JFH <<EOF;
 package $package;
 
@@ -1404,7 +1420,9 @@ import java.util.Map;
 /**
  * $name sigar class.
  */
-public class $name {
+public class $name implements java.io.Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = ${uid}L;
 
     public $name() { }
 
@@ -1499,7 +1517,7 @@ DESTROY(obj)
 EOF
 
     for my $field (@$fields) {
-        my $type = $field->{type} || 'Long';
+        my $type = $field->{type};
         my $name = $field->{name};
         my $member = $field->{member} || $name;
         my $desc = $field->{desc} || $name;
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuPerc.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuPerc.java
index 49c02bd0..67520761 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuPerc.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/CpuPerc.java
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ package org.hyperic.sigar;
 /**
  * CPU percentage usage
  */
-public class CpuPerc {
+public class CpuPerc implements java.io.Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 02242007L;
+
     private double user;
     private double sys;
     private double nice;
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/FileInfo.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/FileInfo.java
index 5ee7769b..65f904a0 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/FileInfo.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/FileInfo.java
@@ -22,13 +22,15 @@ import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Date;
 
-public class FileInfo extends FileAttrs {
+public class FileInfo extends FileAttrs implements java.io.Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 02242007L;
 
     private static final SimpleDateFormat DATE_FORMAT =
         new SimpleDateFormat("MMM dd HH:mm");
 
     String name;
-    private Sigar sigar;
+    private transient Sigar sigar;
     private boolean dirStatEnabled = false;
     private DirStat stat = null;
     private boolean lstat;
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NetStat.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NetStat.java
index 5eeff79a..503d7213 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NetStat.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NetStat.java
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@
 
 package org.hyperic.sigar;
 
-public class NetStat {
+public class NetStat implements java.io.Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 02242007L;
 
     protected int[] tcpStates;
     protected int tcpInboundTotal, tcpOutboundTotal;
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NfsFileSystem.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NfsFileSystem.java
index 640576b9..0dc1ca7f 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NfsFileSystem.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/NfsFileSystem.java
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ package org.hyperic.sigar;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
-public class NfsFileSystem extends FileSystem {
+public class NfsFileSystem extends FileSystem implements java.io.Serializable {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 02242007L;
 
     private static final int NFS_PROGRAM = 100003;