diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
index ea2475539..67e4a070b 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/analyzer/CPEAnalyzer.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 package org.owasp.dependencycheck.analyzer;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -56,7 +57,12 @@ import org.owasp.dependencycheck.utils.DependencyVersionUtil;
  *
  * @author Jeremy Long <jeremy.long@owasp.org>
  */
-public class CPEAnalyzer implements Analyzer {
+public class CPEAnalyzer implements Analyzer, Serializable {
+
+    /**
+     * The serial version uid.
+     */
+    static final long serialVersionUID = 8321724465936326935L;
 
     /**
      * The Logger.