diff --git a/lib/addressable/uri.rb b/lib/addressable/uri.rb
index 50ccdaf5..59fd32aa 100644
--- a/lib/addressable/uri.rb
+++ b/lib/addressable/uri.rb
@@ -2396,6 +2396,25 @@ def defer_validation
       @validation_deferred = false
     end
 
+    def encode_with(coder)
+      instance_variables.each do |ivar|
+        value = instance_variable_get(ivar)
+        if value != NONE
+          key = ivar.to_s.slice(1..-1)
+          coder[key] = value
+        end
+      end
+      nil
+    end
+
+    def init_with(coder)
+      reset_ivs
+      coder.map.each do |key, value|
+        instance_variable_set("@#{key}", value)
+      end
+      nil
+    end
+
   protected
     SELF_REF = '.'
     PARENT = '..'
diff --git a/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb b/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
index c54fc3fb..0f985a93 100644
--- a/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/addressable/uri_spec.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 require "addressable/uri"
 require "uri"
 require "ipaddr"
+require "yaml"
 
 if !"".respond_to?("force_encoding")
   class String
@@ -6799,3 +6800,11 @@ def to_str
     expect(res).to be nil
   end
 end
+
+describe Addressable::URI, "YAML safe loading" do
+  it "doesn't serialize anonymous objects" do
+    url = Addressable::URI.parse("http://example.com/")
+    payload = YAML.dump(url)
+    YAML.safe_load(payload, permitted_classes: [Addressable::URI])
+  end
+end