diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java
index 4b8c474..eb53152 100644
--- a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/CodecManager.java
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.HostToHostIntent;
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.Intent;
 import org.onosproject.net.intent.PointToPointIntent;
+import org.onosproject.net.statistic.Load;
 import org.onosproject.net.topology.Topology;
 import org.onosproject.net.topology.TopologyCluster;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@
         registerCodec(Group.class, new GroupCodec());
         registerCodec(Driver.class, new DriverCodec());
         registerCodec(GroupBucket.class, new GroupBucketCodec());
+        registerCodec(Load.class, new LoadCodec());
         log.info("Started");
     }
 
diff --git a/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/LoadCodec.java b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/LoadCodec.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e55592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/main/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/LoadCodec.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.codec.impl;
+
+import org.onosproject.codec.CodecContext;
+import org.onosproject.codec.JsonCodec;
+import org.onosproject.net.statistic.Load;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ObjectNode;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+/**
+ * Codec for the Load class.
+ */
+public class LoadCodec extends JsonCodec<Load> {
+
+    private static final String RATE = "rate";
+    private static final String LATEST = "latest";
+    private static final String VALID = "valid";
+    private static final String TIME = "time";
+
+    @Override
+    public ObjectNode encode(Load load, CodecContext context) {
+        checkNotNull(load, "Load cannot be null");
+        return context.mapper().createObjectNode()
+                .put(RATE, load.rate())
+                .put(LATEST, load.latest())
+                .put(VALID, load.isValid())
+                .put(TIME, load.time());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/LoadCodecTest.java b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/LoadCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cb2916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/common/src/test/java/org/onosproject/codec/impl/LoadCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 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.codec.impl;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.onosproject.net.statistic.DefaultLoad;
+import org.onosproject.net.statistic.Load;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.greaterThanOrEqualTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for Load codec.
+ */
+public class LoadCodecTest {
+
+    /**
+     * Tests encoding of a Load object.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testLoadEncode() {
+        final long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        final Load load = new DefaultLoad(20, 10, 1);
+        final JsonNode node = new LoadCodec()
+                .encode(load, new MockCodecContext());
+        assertThat(node.get("valid").asBoolean(), is(true));
+        assertThat(node.get("latest").asLong(), is(20L));
+        assertThat(node.get("rate").asLong(), is(10L));
+        assertThat(node.get("time").asLong(), greaterThanOrEqualTo(startTime));
+    }
+}