diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 1e6252458..76d380915 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+0.8.0
+=====
+
+- Add support for pickling interactively defined dataclasses.
+  ([issue #245](https://github.com/cloudpipe/cloudpickle/pull/245))
+
+
 0.7.0
 =====
 
diff --git a/cloudpickle/cloudpickle.py b/cloudpickle/cloudpickle.py
index 4530c137f..f94e4c109 100644
--- a/cloudpickle/cloudpickle.py
+++ b/cloudpickle/cloudpickle.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
 DEFAULT_PROTOCOL = pickle.HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
 
 
-if sys.version < '3':
+if sys.version_info[0] < 3:  # pragma: no branch
     from pickle import Pickler
     try:
         from cStringIO import StringIO
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def inner(value):
     # NOTE: we are marking the cell variable as a free variable intentionally
     # so that we simulate an inner function instead of the outer function. This
     # is what gives us the ``nonlocal`` behavior in a Python 2 compatible way.
-    if not PY3:
+    if not PY3:  # pragma: no branch
         return types.CodeType(
             co.co_argcount,
             co.co_nlocals,
@@ -229,14 +229,14 @@ def _factory():
 }
 
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 4):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 4):  # pragma: no branch
     def _walk_global_ops(code):
         """
         Yield (opcode, argument number) tuples for all
         global-referencing instructions in *code*.
         """
         code = getattr(code, 'co_code', b'')
-        if not PY3:
+        if not PY3:  # pragma: no branch
             code = map(ord, code)
 
         n = len(code)
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ def save_memoryview(self, obj):
 
     dispatch[memoryview] = save_memoryview
 
-    if not PY3:
+    if not PY3:  # pragma: no branch
         def save_buffer(self, obj):
             self.save(str(obj))
 
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ def save_codeobject(self, obj):
         """
         Save a code object
         """
-        if PY3:
+        if PY3:  # pragma: no branch
             args = (
                 obj.co_argcount, obj.co_kwonlyargcount, obj.co_nlocals, obj.co_stacksize,
                 obj.co_flags, obj.co_code, obj.co_consts, obj.co_names, obj.co_varnames,
@@ -393,7 +393,7 @@ def save_function(self, obj, name=None):
         # So we pickle them here using save_reduce; have to do it differently
         # for different python versions.
         if not hasattr(obj, '__code__'):
-            if PY3:
+            if PY3:  # pragma: no branch
                 rv = obj.__reduce_ex__(self.proto)
             else:
                 if hasattr(obj, '__self__'):
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ def save_instancemethod(self, obj):
         if obj.__self__ is None:
             self.save_reduce(getattr, (obj.im_class, obj.__name__))
         else:
-            if PY3:
+            if PY3:  # pragma: no branch
                 self.save_reduce(types.MethodType, (obj.__func__, obj.__self__), obj=obj)
             else:
                 self.save_reduce(types.MethodType, (obj.__func__, obj.__self__, obj.__self__.__class__),
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ def save_inst(self, obj):
         save(stuff)
         write(pickle.BUILD)
 
-    if not PY3:
+    if not PY3:  # pragma: no branch
         dispatch[types.InstanceType] = save_inst
 
     def save_property(self, obj):
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ def save_not_implemented(self, obj):
 
     try:               # Python 2
         dispatch[file] = save_file
-    except NameError:  # Python 3
+    except NameError:  # Python 3  # pragma: no branch
         dispatch[io.TextIOWrapper] = save_file
 
     dispatch[type(Ellipsis)] = save_ellipsis
@@ -904,6 +904,12 @@ def save_root_logger(self, obj):
 
     dispatch[logging.RootLogger] = save_root_logger
 
+    if hasattr(types, "MappingProxyType"):  # pragma: no branch
+        def save_mappingproxy(self, obj):
+            self.save_reduce(types.MappingProxyType, (dict(obj),), obj=obj)
+
+        dispatch[types.MappingProxyType] = save_mappingproxy
+
     """Special functions for Add-on libraries"""
     def inject_addons(self):
         """Plug in system. Register additional pickling functions if modules already loaded"""
@@ -1213,7 +1219,7 @@ def _getobject(modname, attribute):
 
 """ Use copy_reg to extend global pickle definitions """
 
-if sys.version_info < (3, 4):
+if sys.version_info < (3, 4):  # pragma: no branch
     method_descriptor = type(str.upper)
 
     def _reduce_method_descriptor(obj):
diff --git a/tests/cloudpickle_test.py b/tests/cloudpickle_test.py
index 6e922f10f..6091fb8bf 100644
--- a/tests/cloudpickle_test.py
+++ b/tests/cloudpickle_test.py
@@ -1344,6 +1344,21 @@ def __init__(self):
                 with pytest.raises(AttributeError):
                     obj.non_registered_attribute = 1
 
+    @unittest.skipIf(not hasattr(types, "MappingProxyType"),
+                     "Old versions of Python do not have this type.")
+    def test_mappingproxy(self):
+        mp = types.MappingProxyType({"some_key": "some value"})
+        assert mp == pickle_depickle(mp, protocol=self.protocol)
+
+    def test_dataclass(self):
+        dataclasses = pytest.importorskip("dataclasses")
+
+        DataClass = dataclasses.make_dataclass('DataClass', [('x', int)])
+        data = DataClass(x=42)
+
+        pickle_depickle(DataClass, protocol=self.protocol)
+        assert data.x == pickle_depickle(data, protocol=self.protocol).x == 42
+
 
 class Protocol2CloudPickleTest(CloudPickleTest):