diff --git a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
index 87ef9bb0b43c6..0c8bd62fd34bd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
+++ b/core/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/serializer/KryoSerializer.scala
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.{JavaSerializer => KryoJavaSerializ
 import com.twitter.chill.{AllScalaRegistrar, EmptyScalaKryoInstantiator}
 
 import org.apache.spark._
+import org.apache.spark.api.python.PythonBroadcast
 import org.apache.spark.broadcast.HttpBroadcast
 import org.apache.spark.scheduler.MapStatus
 import org.apache.spark.storage._
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ class KryoSerializer(conf: SparkConf)
     // Allow sending SerializableWritable
     kryo.register(classOf[SerializableWritable[_]], new KryoJavaSerializer())
     kryo.register(classOf[HttpBroadcast[_]], new KryoJavaSerializer())
+    kryo.register(classOf[PythonBroadcast], new KryoJavaSerializer())
 
     // Allow the user to register their own classes by setting spark.kryo.registrator
     for (regCls <- registrator) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonBroadcastSuite.scala b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonBroadcastSuite.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8959a843dbd7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/api/python/PythonBroadcastSuite.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
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+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.spark.api.python
+
+import scala.io.Source
+
+import java.io.{PrintWriter, File}
+
+import org.scalatest.{Matchers, FunSuite}
+
+import org.apache.spark.{SharedSparkContext, SparkConf}
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.KryoSerializer
+import org.apache.spark.util.Utils
+
+// This test suite uses SharedSparkContext because we need a SparkEnv in order to deserialize
+// a PythonBroadcast:
+class PythonBroadcastSuite extends FunSuite with Matchers with SharedSparkContext {
+  test("PythonBroadcast can be serialized with Kryo (SPARK-4882)") {
+    val tempDir = Utils.createTempDir()
+    val broadcastedString = "Hello, world!"
+    def assertBroadcastIsValid(broadcast: PythonBroadcast): Unit = {
+      val source = Source.fromFile(broadcast.path)
+      val contents = source.mkString
+      source.close()
+      contents should be (broadcastedString)
+    }
+    try {
+      val broadcastDataFile: File = {
+        val file = new File(tempDir, "broadcastData")
+        val printWriter = new PrintWriter(file)
+        printWriter.write(broadcastedString)
+        printWriter.close()
+        file
+      }
+      val broadcast = new PythonBroadcast(broadcastDataFile.getAbsolutePath)
+      assertBroadcastIsValid(broadcast)
+      val conf = new SparkConf().set("spark.kryo.registrationRequired", "true")
+      val deserializedBroadcast =
+        Utils.clone[PythonBroadcast](broadcast, new KryoSerializer(conf).newInstance())
+      assertBroadcastIsValid(deserializedBroadcast)
+    } finally {
+      Utils.deleteRecursively(tempDir)
+    }
+  }
+}