diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/support/StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/support/StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest.java
index 4f077c3f1b..b842d9e9cf 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/support/StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/support/StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2014 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.web.multipart.support;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
@@ -207,7 +208,8 @@ public class StandardMultipartHttpServletRequest extends AbstractMultipartHttpSe
 	/**
 	 * Spring MultipartFile adapter, wrapping a Servlet 3.0 Part object.
 	 */
-	private static class StandardMultipartFile implements MultipartFile {
+	@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+	private static class StandardMultipartFile implements MultipartFile, Serializable {
 
 		private final Part part;