diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index b90bfe998..4a6d95fbc 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -1990,6 +1990,13 @@ std::size_t packSize(const TransMult& data,
            packSize(data.getScanner(), comm);
 }
 
+std::size_t packSize(const FaultFace& data,
+                     Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
+{
+    return packSize(data.getIndices(), comm) +
+           packSize(data.getDir(), comm);
+}
+
 ////// pack routines
 
 template<class T>
@@ -3887,6 +3894,14 @@ void pack(const TransMult& data,
     pack(data.getScanner(), buffer, position, comm);
 }
 
+void pack(const FaultFace& data,
+          std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
+          Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
+{
+    pack(data.getIndices(), buffer, position, comm);
+    pack(data.getDir(), buffer, position, comm);
+}
+
 /// unpack routines
 
 template<class T>
@@ -6601,6 +6616,18 @@ void unpack(TransMult& data,
     data = TransMult(size, trans, names, scanner);
 }
 
+void unpack(FaultFace& data,
+            std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
+            Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
+{
+    std::vector<size_t> indices;
+    FaceDir::DirEnum dir;
+
+    unpack(indices, buffer, position, comm);
+    unpack(dir, buffer, position, comm);
+    data = FaultFace(indices, dir);
+}
+
 #define INSTANTIATE_PACK_VECTOR(...) \
 template std::size_t packSize(const std::vector<__VA_ARGS__>& data, \
                               Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm); \
diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
index ca5e37c7b..108a82963 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ class EndpointScaling;
 class Equil;
 class EquilRecord;
 class Events;
+class FaultFace;
 class FoamConfig;
 class FoamData;
 class InitConfig;
@@ -665,6 +666,7 @@ ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Equil)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Eqldims)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EquilRecord)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Events)
+ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(FaultFace)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(FoamConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(FoamData)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(GConSale)
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index 960fcb854..2e30a0edd 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -2490,6 +2490,17 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(TransMult)
 }
 
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(FaultFace)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_MPI
+    Opm::FaultFace val1({1,2,3,4,5,6}, Opm::FaceDir::YPlus);
+    auto val2 = PackUnpack(val1);
+    BOOST_CHECK(std::get<1>(val2) == std::get<2>(val2));
+    BOOST_CHECK(val1 == std::get<0>(val2));
+#endif
+}
+
+
 bool init_unit_test_func()
 {
     return true;