diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index dce381e22..b4d65844a 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/SimulationConfig/SimulationConfig.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/SimulationConfig/ThresholdPressure.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/ColumnSchema.hpp>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/JFunc.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/PvtgTable.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/PvtoTable.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/Rock2dTable.hpp>
@@ -209,6 +210,7 @@ HANDLE_AS_POD(data::Segment)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(EclHysterConfig)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(EquilRecord)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(FoamData)
+HANDLE_AS_POD(JFunc)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(RestartSchedule)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(Tabdims)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(TimeMap::StepData)
@@ -1421,7 +1423,6 @@ void unpack(PvtoTable& data, std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
     unpack_pvt(data, buffer, position, comm);
 }
 
-
 } // end namespace Mpi
 RestartValue loadParallelRestart(const EclipseIO* eclIO, SummaryState& summaryState,
                                  const std::vector<Opm::RestartKey>& solutionKeys,
diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
index 33487df8f..8ae89d3bb 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class FoamConfig;
 class FoamData;
 class InitConfig;
 class IOConfig;
+class JFunc;
 class NNC;
 struct NNCdata;
 class Phases;
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(FoamData)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EclHysterConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(InitConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(IOConfig)
+ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(JFunc)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(NNC)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(NNCdata)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Phases)
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index aec990d1e..3b3abed83 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/SimulationConfig/SimulationConfig.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/SimulationConfig/ThresholdPressure.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/ColumnSchema.hpp>
+#include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/JFunc.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/PvtgTable.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/PvtoTable.hpp>
 #include <opm/parser/eclipse/EclipseState/Tables/Rock2dTable.hpp>
@@ -703,6 +704,18 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(PvtoTable)
 }
 
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(JFunc)
+{
+#if HAVE_MPI
+    Opm::JFunc val1(Opm::JFunc::Flag::BOTH, 1.0, 2.0,
+                    3.0, 4.0, Opm::JFunc::Direction::XY);
+    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;