diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeArrayData.java b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeArrayData.java
index 04fc98659b64..4ff0838ac117 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeArrayData.java
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/java/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/expressions/UnsafeArrayData.java
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 
 package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions;
 
+import java.io.Externalizable;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectInput;
+import java.io.ObjectOutput;
 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -30,6 +34,8 @@
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.CalendarInterval;
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.UTF8String;
 
+import static org.apache.spark.unsafe.Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET;
+
 /**
  * An Unsafe implementation of Array which is backed by raw memory instead of Java objects.
  *
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@
  * Instances of `UnsafeArrayData` act as pointers to row data stored in this format.
  */
 
-public final class UnsafeArrayData extends ArrayData {
+public final class UnsafeArrayData extends ArrayData implements Externalizable {
   public static int calculateHeaderPortionInBytes(int numFields) {
     return (int)calculateHeaderPortionInBytes((long)numFields);
   }
@@ -485,4 +491,35 @@ public static UnsafeArrayData fromPrimitiveArray(float[] arr) {
   public static UnsafeArrayData fromPrimitiveArray(double[] arr) {
     return fromPrimitiveArray(arr, Platform.DOUBLE_ARRAY_OFFSET, arr.length, 8);
   }
+
+
+  public byte[] getBytes() {
+    if (baseObject instanceof byte[]
+            && baseOffset == Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET
+            && (((byte[]) baseObject).length == sizeInBytes)) {
+      return (byte[]) baseObject;
+    } else {
+      byte[] bytes = new byte[sizeInBytes];
+      Platform.copyMemory(baseObject, baseOffset, bytes, Platform.BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET, sizeInBytes);
+      return bytes;
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void writeExternal(ObjectOutput out) throws IOException {
+    byte[] bytes = getBytes();
+    out.writeInt(bytes.length);
+    out.writeInt(this.numElements);
+    out.write(bytes);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void readExternal(ObjectInput in) throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+    this.baseOffset = BYTE_ARRAY_OFFSET;
+    this.sizeInBytes = in.readInt();
+    this.numElements = in.readInt();
+    this.elementOffset = baseOffset + calculateHeaderPortionInBytes(this.numElements);
+    this.baseObject = new byte[sizeInBytes];
+    in.readFully((byte[]) baseObject);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/UnsafeArraySuite.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/UnsafeArraySuite.scala
index 29a2bcd643f1..db25d2fb97e5 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/UnsafeArraySuite.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/util/UnsafeArraySuite.scala
@@ -19,11 +19,13 @@ package org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.util
 
 import java.time.ZoneId
 
-import org.apache.spark.SparkFunSuite
+import org.apache.spark.{SparkConf, SparkFunSuite}
+import org.apache.spark.serializer.JavaSerializer
 import org.apache.spark.sql.Row
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.encoders.{ExpressionEncoder, RowEncoder}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.catalyst.expressions.UnsafeArrayData
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types._
+import org.apache.spark.unsafe.Platform
 import org.apache.spark.unsafe.types.{CalendarInterval, UTF8String}
 
 class UnsafeArraySuite extends SparkFunSuite {
@@ -210,4 +212,17 @@ class UnsafeArraySuite extends SparkFunSuite {
     val doubleEncoder = ExpressionEncoder[Array[Double]].resolveAndBind()
     assert(doubleEncoder.toRow(doubleArray).getArray(0).toDoubleArray.sameElements(doubleArray))
   }
+
+  test("unsafe java serialization") {
+    val offset = 32
+    val data = new Array[Byte](1024)
+    Platform.putLong(data, offset, 1)
+    val arrayData = new UnsafeArrayData()
+    arrayData.pointTo(data, offset, data.length)
+    arrayData.setLong(0, 19285)
+    val ser = new JavaSerializer(new SparkConf).newInstance()
+    val arrayDataSer = ser.deserialize[UnsafeArrayData](ser.serialize(arrayData))
+    assert(arrayDataSer.getLong(0) == 19285)
+    assert(arrayDataSer.getBaseObject.asInstanceOf[Array[Byte]].length == 1024)
+  }
 }