diff --git a/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/ImmutableByteSequenceSerializer.java b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/ImmutableByteSequenceSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4752734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/ImmutableByteSequenceSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016-present Open Networking Laboratory
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.onosproject.store.serializers;
+
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Kryo;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.Serializer;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Input;
+import com.esotericsoftware.kryo.io.Output;
+import org.onlab.util.ImmutableByteSequence;
+
+/**
+ * Kryo serializer for {@link ImmutableByteSequence}.
+ */
+public class ImmutableByteSequenceSerializer extends Serializer<ImmutableByteSequence> {
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a new {@link ImmutableByteSequence} serializer instance.
+     */
+    public ImmutableByteSequenceSerializer() {
+        // non-null, immutable.
+        super(false, true);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(Kryo kryo, Output output, ImmutableByteSequence object) {
+        byte[] data = object.asArray();
+        output.writeInt(data.length);
+        output.write(data);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ImmutableByteSequence read(Kryo kryo, Input input, Class<ImmutableByteSequence> type) {
+        int length = input.readInt();
+        byte[] data = new byte[length];
+        input.read(data);
+        return ImmutableByteSequence.copyFrom(data);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/KryoNamespaces.java b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/KryoNamespaces.java
index 113ad3d..e51ee78 100644
--- a/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/KryoNamespaces.java
+++ b/core/store/serializers/src/main/java/org/onosproject/store/serializers/KryoNamespaces.java
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@
             )
             .register(ClosedOpenRange.class)
             .register(DiscreteResourceCodec.class)
-            .register(ImmutableByteSequence.class)
+            .register(new ImmutableByteSequenceSerializer(), ImmutableByteSequence.class)
             .build("API");