diff --git a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala
index 0e0d0428b..51d075947 100644
--- a/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala
+++ b/src/compiler/scala/tools/nsc/transform/CleanUp.scala
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ abstract class CleanUp extends Transform {
 
     private var localTyper: analyzer.Typer = null
 
+    private val serialIFace = definitions.getClass("java.io.Serializable")
+
     private def classConstantMethod(pos: Position, sig: String): Symbol = classConstantMeth.get(sig) match {
       case Some(meth) =>
         meth
@@ -747,7 +749,7 @@ abstract class CleanUp extends Transform {
                 // reference types must be marked as such.
                 isValueType(typeSym) ||
                 typeSym.hasAttribute(SerializableAttr) ||
-                (m.info.baseClasses exists { bc => bc hasAttribute SerializableAttr })
+                (m.info.baseClasses exists { bc => (bc hasAttribute SerializableAttr) || (bc == serialIFace) })
               }
             }
 
diff --git a/test/files/jvm/t1143-2.check b/test/files/jvm/t1143-2.check
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ae28399f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/jvm/t1143-2.check
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pass
diff --git a/test/files/jvm/t1143-2/Marker.java b/test/files/jvm/t1143-2/Marker.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e9ac045b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/jvm/t1143-2/Marker.java
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+public interface Marker extends Serializable {
+}
diff --git a/test/files/jvm/t1143-2/t1143-2.scala b/test/files/jvm/t1143-2/t1143-2.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..58bc1d763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/files/jvm/t1143-2/t1143-2.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+object Serialize {
+  @throws(classOf[java.io.IOException])
+  def write[A](o: A): Array[Byte] = {
+    val ba = new java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream(512)
+    val out = new java.io.ObjectOutputStream(ba)
+    out.writeObject(o)
+    out.close()
+    ba.toByteArray()
+  }
+  @throws(classOf[java.io.IOException])
+  @throws(classOf[ClassNotFoundException])
+  def read[A](buffer: Array[Byte]): A = {
+    val in =
+      new java.io.ObjectInputStream(new java.io.ByteArrayInputStream(buffer))
+    in.readObject().asInstanceOf[A]
+  }
+}
+
+@serializable
+@SerialVersionUID(1L)
+class VarModel[T]( getter: => T, setter: T => Unit )
+{
+  Serialize.write(getter)
+  Serialize.write(setter)
+
+  def this( getter: => T ) = this( getter, null )
+
+  def getObject: AnyRef = getter.asInstanceOf[AnyRef]
+
+  def setObject( v: AnyRef ) = {
+    if( setter==null )
+      throw new RuntimeException( "Tried to set readonly model!")
+    setter( v.asInstanceOf[T] )
+  }
+
+  def detach = ()
+}
+
+@serializable
+@SerialVersionUID(1L)
+class Printer( p: VarModel[String] ) {
+  def print = println( p.getObject );
+}
+
+class Component extends Marker { }
+
+class Form extends Component { }
+
+@serializable
+@SerialVersionUID(1L)
+class Main {
+  var pass = "pass"
+  def main(args : Array[String]) : Unit = {
+    val f = new Form {
+      val p = new Printer( new VarModel( pass, pass=_ ) );
+      p.print
+    }
+    ()
+  }
+}
+
+object Test {
+  def main(args: Array[String]) {
+    (new Main).main(Array[String]())
+  }
+}