diff --git a/core/modules/views_ui/tests/src/Unit/ViewUIObjectTest.php b/core/modules/views_ui/tests/src/Unit/ViewUIObjectTest.php
index 60a9d16..11fb516 100644
--- a/core/modules/views_ui/tests/src/Unit/ViewUIObjectTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/views_ui/tests/src/Unit/ViewUIObjectTest.php
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 use Drupal\Core\Language\LanguageInterface;
 use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Drupal\views\Entity\View;
 use Drupal\views\ViewExecutable;
 use Drupal\views_ui\ViewUI;
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
@@ -113,4 +114,32 @@ public function testIsLocked() {
     $this->assertFalse($view_ui->isLocked());
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Tests serialization if the ViewUI object.
+   */
+  public function testSerialization() {
+    // Set a container so the DependencySerializationTrait has it.
+    $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+    \Drupal::setContainer($container);
+
+    $storage = new View([], 'view');
+    $executable = $this->getMockBuilder('Drupal\views\ViewExecutable')
+      ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+      ->setConstructorArgs([$storage])
+      ->getMock();
+
+    $view_ui = new ViewUI($storage, $executable);
+
+    // Make sure the executable is returned before serializing.
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('Drupal\views\ViewExecutable', $view_ui->getExecutable());
+
+    $serialized = serialize($view_ui);
+
+    // Make sure the ViewExecutable clas is not found in the serialized string.
+    $this->assertSame(strpos($serialized, '"Drupal\views\ViewExecutable"'), FALSE);
+
+    $unserialized = unserialize($serialized);
+    $this->assertInstanceOf('Drupal\views_ui\ViewUI', $unserialized);
+  }
+
 }