diff --git a/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/LocaleSerializer.java b/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/LocaleSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aa769aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/LocaleSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2013 Twitter, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+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 com.twitter.chill.java;
+
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.JavaSerializer;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
+
+import com.twitter.chill.IKryoRegistrar;
+import com.twitter.chill.SingleRegistrar;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/** The java serializer uses an cache of allocated instances so
+ * it is probably a bit hard to beat, so why bother
+ */
+public class LocaleSerializer extends JavaSerializer {
+   static public IKryoRegistrar registrar() {
+      return new SingleRegistrar(Locale.class, new LocaleSerializer());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/PackageRegistrar.java b/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/PackageRegistrar.java
index 0f429ef0..63a423da 100644
--- a/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/PackageRegistrar.java
+++ b/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/PackageRegistrar.java
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ static public IKryoRegistrar all() {
       TimestampSerializer.registrar(),
       URISerializer.registrar(),
       InetSocketAddressSerializer.registrar(),
-      UUIDSerializer.registrar());
+      UUIDSerializer.registrar(),
+      LocaleSerializer.registrar(),
+      SimpleDateFormatSerializer.registrar());
   }
 }
diff --git a/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/SimpleDateFormatSerializer.java b/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/SimpleDateFormatSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3711a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chill-java/src/main/java/com/twitter/chill/java/SimpleDateFormatSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2013 Twitter, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+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 com.twitter.chill.java;
+
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.serializers.JavaSerializer;
+
+import com.twitter.chill.IKryoRegistrar;
+import com.twitter.chill.SingleRegistrar;
+
+import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
+
+/** This class fails with the Fields serializer.
+ * If it is a perf bottleneck, we could write a Kryo serializer
+ */
+public class SimpleDateFormatSerializer extends JavaSerializer {
+   static public IKryoRegistrar registrar() {
+      return new SingleRegistrar(SimpleDateFormat.class, new SimpleDateFormatSerializer());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/chill-java/src/test/scala/com/twitter/chill/java/LocaleTest.scala b/chill-java/src/test/scala/com/twitter/chill/java/LocaleTest.scala
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b8f53cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/chill-java/src/test/scala/com/twitter/chill/java/LocaleTest.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2012 Twitter, Inc.
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+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 com.twitter.chill.java
+
+import org.specs._
+
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
+
+import org.objenesis.strategy.StdInstantiatorStrategy
+
+import _root_.java.util.Locale
+
+class LocaleSpec extends Specification {
+  noDetailedDiffs() //Fixes issue for scala 2.9
+
+  def rt[A](k: Kryo, a: A): A = {
+    val out = new Output(1000, -1)
+    k.writeClassAndObject(out, a.asInstanceOf[AnyRef])
+    val in = new Input(out.toBytes)
+    k.readClassAndObject(in).asInstanceOf[A]
+  }
+
+  "A Locale Serializer" should {
+    "serialize all the things" in {
+      import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+
+      val kryo = new Kryo()
+      kryo.setInstantiatorStrategy(new StdInstantiatorStrategy)
+      LocaleSerializer.registrar()(kryo)
+
+      Locale.getAvailableLocales.foreach { l =>
+        rt(kryo, l) must be_==(l)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}