diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index d3d06f7b7..2ef253565 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ std::size_t packSize(const std::unordered_map<T1,T2,H,P,A>& data, Dune::MPIHelpe
 HANDLE_AS_POD(data::Connection)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(data::Rates)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(data::Segment)
+HANDLE_AS_POD(EclHysterConfig)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(EquilRecord)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(FoamData)
 HANDLE_AS_POD(RestartSchedule)
diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
index bed199d50..f5db6570c 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace Opm
 {
 
 class ColumnSchema;
+class EclHysterConfig;
 class EDITNNC;
 class EndpointScaling;
 class Equil;
@@ -254,6 +255,7 @@ ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Equil)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EquilRecord)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(FoamConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(FoamData)
+ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EclHysterConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(InitConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(IOConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(NNC)
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index 38408da3f..e5c089f5c 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -615,6 +615,17 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(UDQParams)
 }
 
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(EclHysterConfig)
+{
+#if HAVE_MPI
+    Opm::EclHysterConfig val1(true, 1, 2);
+    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;