diff --git a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
index 7011fb2fd..a5a15d682 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -1973,6 +1973,14 @@ std::size_t packSize(const MULTREGTScanner& data,
            packSize(data.getDefaultRegion(), comm);
 }
 
+std::size_t packSize(const EclipseConfig& data,
+                     Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
+{
+    return packSize(data.init(), comm) +
+           packSize(data.io(), comm) +
+           packSize(data.restart(), comm);
+}
+
 ////// pack routines
 
 template<class T>
@@ -3851,6 +3859,15 @@ void pack(const MULTREGTScanner& data,
     pack(data.getDefaultRegion(), buffer, position, comm);
 }
 
+void pack(const EclipseConfig& data,
+          std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
+          Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
+{
+    pack(data.init(), buffer, position, comm);
+    pack(data.io(), buffer, position, comm);
+    pack(data.restart(), buffer, position, comm);
+}
+
 /// unpack routines
 
 template<class T>
@@ -6535,6 +6552,20 @@ void unpack(MULTREGTScanner& data,
     data = MULTREGTScanner(size, records, searchMap, regions, defaultRegion);
 }
 
+void unpack(EclipseConfig& data,
+            std::vector<char>& buffer, int& position,
+            Dune::MPIHelper::MPICommunicator comm)
+{
+    InitConfig init;
+    IOConfig io;
+    RestartConfig restart;
+
+    unpack(init, buffer, position, comm);
+    unpack(io, buffer, position, comm);
+    unpack(restart, buffer, position, comm);
+    data = EclipseConfig(io, init, restart);
+}
+
 #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 5c816a310..4f1584464 100644
--- a/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
+++ b/opm/simulators/utils/ParallelRestart.hpp
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ class DENSITYRecord;
 class DensityTable;
 class Dimension;
 class EclHysterConfig;
+class EclipseConfig;
 class Eqldims;
 class EDITNNC;
 class EndpointScaling;
@@ -656,6 +657,7 @@ ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(DENSITYRecord)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(DensityTable)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Dimension)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EclHysterConfig)
+ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EclipseConfig)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EDITNNC)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(EndpointScaling)
 ADD_PACK_PROTOTYPES(Equil)
diff --git a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
index 66a3193aa..feefe75f1 100644
--- a/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
+++ b/tests/test_ParallelRestart.cpp
@@ -2446,6 +2446,26 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(MULTREGTScanner)
 }
 
 
+BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(EclipseConfig)
+{
+#ifdef HAVE_MPI
+    Opm::IOConfig io(true, false, true, false, false, true, 1, "test1", true,
+                     "test2", true, "test3", false);
+    Opm::InitConfig init(Opm::Equil({getEquilRecord(), getEquilRecord()}),
+                         Opm::FoamConfig({getFoamData(), getFoamData()}),
+                         true, true, 20, "test1");
+    Opm::DynamicState<Opm::RestartSchedule> rsched({Opm::RestartSchedule(1, 2, 3)}, 2);
+    Opm::DynamicState<std::map<std::string,int>> rkw({{{"test",3}}}, 3);
+    Opm::RestartConfig restart(getTimeMap(), 1, true, rsched, rkw, {false, true});
+    Opm::EclipseConfig val1{io, init, restart};
+
+    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;