diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml b/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml
index 389ac05..f32fac0 100644
--- a/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/serialization.services.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@ services:
     tags:
       - { name: normalizer }
     arguments: ['@entity.manager']
+  serializer.normalizer.content_entity:
+      class: Drupal\serialization\Normalizer\ContentEntityNormalizer
+      tags:
+        - { name: normalizer }
+      arguments: ['@entity.manager']
   serializer.normalizer.entity:
     class: Drupal\serialization\Normalizer\EntityNormalizer
     tags:
diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php b/core/modules/serialization/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e656dec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/src/Normalizer/ContentEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\serialization\Normalizer\ContentEntityNormalizer.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\serialization\Normalizer;
+
+/**
+ * Normalizes/denormalizes Drupal content entities into an array structure.
+ */
+class ContentEntityNormalizer extends EntityNormalizer {
+
+  /**
+   * The interface or class that this Normalizer supports.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  protected $supportedInterfaceOrClass = array('Drupal\Core\Entity\ContentEntityInterface');
+
+  /**
+   * Implements \Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\NormalizerInterface::normalize().
+   */
+  public function normalize($object, $format = NULL, array $context = array()) {
+    $attributes = array();
+    foreach ($object as $name => $field) {
+      if ($field->access('view')) {
+        $attributes[$name] = $this->serializer->normalize($field, $format);
+      }
+    }
+    return $attributes;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php b/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php
index 0f3bdb5..d45c2a6 100644
--- a/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/serialization/src/Tests/EntitySerializationTest.php
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ public function testNormalize() {
     ]);
     $account->save();
     $normalized = $this->serializer->normalize($account);
-    $this->assertEqual($normalized['pass'], [[]]);
+    $this->assertTrue(empty($normalized['pass']));
+    $this->assertTrue(empty($normalized['mail']));
   }
 
   /**