diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse.java
index 87e18888e65af..0f468bc2cc946 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse.java
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/main/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import org.elasticsearch.action.support.broadcast.BroadcastResponse;
 import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamInput;
+import org.elasticsearch.common.io.stream.StreamOutput;
 import org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentBuilder;
 import org.elasticsearch.index.Index;
 import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.searchablesnapshots.SearchableSnapshotShardStats;
@@ -45,6 +46,12 @@ public List<SearchableSnapshotShardStats> getStats() {
         return stats;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void writeTo(StreamOutput out) throws IOException {
+        super.writeTo(out);
+        out.writeList(stats);
+    }
+
     @Override
     protected void addCustomXContentFields(XContentBuilder builder, Params params) throws IOException {
         final List<Index> indices = getStats().stream()
diff --git a/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponseTests.java b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponseTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fd04ce4b7f226
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x-pack/plugin/searchable-snapshots/src/test/java/org/elasticsearch/xpack/searchablesnapshots/action/SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponseTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright Elasticsearch B.V. and/or licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License;
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the Elastic License.
+ */
+
+package org.elasticsearch.xpack.searchablesnapshots.action;
+
+import org.elasticsearch.Version;
+import org.elasticsearch.action.support.DefaultShardOperationFailedException;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRouting;
+import org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.ShardRoutingState;
+import org.elasticsearch.repositories.IndexId;
+import org.elasticsearch.snapshots.SnapshotId;
+import org.elasticsearch.test.ESTestCase;
+import org.elasticsearch.xpack.core.searchablesnapshots.SearchableSnapshotShardStats;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.elasticsearch.cluster.routing.TestShardRouting.newShardRouting;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+
+public class SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponseTests extends ESTestCase {
+
+    public void testSerialization() throws IOException {
+        for (int i = 0; i < randomIntBetween(10, 50); i++) {
+            final SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse testInstance = createTestInstance();
+            final SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse deserializedInstance = copyWriteable(
+                testInstance,
+                writableRegistry(),
+                SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse::new,
+                Version.CURRENT
+            );
+            assertEqualInstances(testInstance, deserializedInstance);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void assertEqualInstances(SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse expected, SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse actual) {
+        assertThat(actual.getTotalShards(), equalTo(expected.getTotalShards()));
+        assertThat(actual.getSuccessfulShards(), equalTo(expected.getSuccessfulShards()));
+        assertThat(actual.getFailedShards(), equalTo(expected.getFailedShards()));
+        DefaultShardOperationFailedException[] originalFailures = expected.getShardFailures();
+        DefaultShardOperationFailedException[] parsedFailures = actual.getShardFailures();
+        assertThat(originalFailures.length, equalTo(parsedFailures.length));
+        for (int i = 0; i < originalFailures.length; i++) {
+            assertThat(originalFailures[i].index(), equalTo(parsedFailures[i].index()));
+            assertThat(originalFailures[i].shardId(), equalTo(parsedFailures[i].shardId()));
+            assertThat(originalFailures[i].status(), equalTo(parsedFailures[i].status()));
+        }
+        assertThat(actual.getStats(), equalTo(expected.getStats()));
+    }
+
+    private SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse createTestInstance() {
+        final int totalShards = randomIntBetween(0, 20);
+        final int successfulShards = totalShards > 0 ? randomIntBetween(0, totalShards) : 0;
+        final int failedShards = totalShards - successfulShards;
+
+        final String indexName = randomAlphaOfLength(10);
+        final int replicas = randomIntBetween(0, 2);
+        final SnapshotId snapshotId = new SnapshotId(randomAlphaOfLength(5), randomAlphaOfLength(5));
+        final IndexId indexId = new IndexId(randomAlphaOfLength(5), randomAlphaOfLength(5));
+
+        final List<SearchableSnapshotShardStats> shardStats = new ArrayList<>();
+        final List<DefaultShardOperationFailedException> shardFailures = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < totalShards; i++) {
+            if (i < successfulShards) {
+                shardStats.add(createSearchableSnapshotShardStats(indexName, i, true, snapshotId, indexId));
+                for (int j = 0; j < replicas; j++) {
+                    shardStats.add(createSearchableSnapshotShardStats(indexName, i, false, snapshotId, indexId));
+                }
+            } else {
+                shardFailures.add(new DefaultShardOperationFailedException(indexName, i, new Exception()));
+            }
+        }
+
+        return new SearchableSnapshotsStatsResponse(shardStats, totalShards, successfulShards, failedShards, shardFailures);
+    }
+
+    private static SearchableSnapshotShardStats createSearchableSnapshotShardStats(
+        String index,
+        int shardId,
+        boolean primary,
+        SnapshotId snapshotId,
+        IndexId indexId
+    ) {
+        final ShardRouting shardRouting = newShardRouting(index, shardId, randomAlphaOfLength(5), primary, ShardRoutingState.STARTED);
+        final List<SearchableSnapshotShardStats.CacheIndexInputStats> inputStats = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (int j = 0; j < randomInt(10); j++) {
+            inputStats.add(randomCacheIndexInputStats());
+        }
+        return new SearchableSnapshotShardStats(shardRouting, snapshotId, indexId, inputStats);
+    }
+
+    private static SearchableSnapshotShardStats.CacheIndexInputStats randomCacheIndexInputStats() {
+        return new SearchableSnapshotShardStats.CacheIndexInputStats(
+            randomAlphaOfLength(10),
+            randomNonNegativeLong(),
+            randomNonNegativeLong(),
+            randomNonNegativeLong(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomCounter(),
+            randomTimedCounter(),
+            randomTimedCounter(),
+            randomTimedCounter()
+        );
+    }
+
+    private static SearchableSnapshotShardStats.Counter randomCounter() {
+        return new SearchableSnapshotShardStats.Counter(randomLong(), randomLong(), randomLong(), randomLong());
+    }
+
+    private static SearchableSnapshotShardStats.TimedCounter randomTimedCounter() {
+        return new SearchableSnapshotShardStats.TimedCounter(randomLong(), randomLong(), randomLong(), randomLong(), randomLong());
+    }
+}