diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKey.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKey.java
index 81184a793b5..5fb66fee87f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKey.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKey.java
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public class CacheKey implements Cloneable, Serializable {
   private int hashcode;
   private long checksum;
   private int count;
-  private transient List<Object> updateList;
+  // 8/21/2017 - Sonarlint flags this as needing to be marked transient.  While true if content is not serializable, this is not always true and thus should not be marked transient.
+  private List<Object> updateList;
 
   public CacheKey() {
     this.hashcode = DEFAULT_HASHCODE;
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKeyTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKeyTest.java
index 0f2071d6255..b02f6f97dd4 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKeyTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/cache/CacheKeyTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /**
- *    Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
+ *    Copyright 2009-2017 the original author or authors.
  *
  *    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  *    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,8 +16,16 @@
 package org.apache.ibatis.cache;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.NotSerializableException;
+import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import java.util.Date;
 
 public class CacheKeyTest {
@@ -80,4 +88,31 @@ public void shouldTestCacheKeysWithBinaryArrays() throws Exception {
     assertTrue(key1.equals(key2));
   }
 
+  @Test (expected = NotSerializableException.class)
+  public void serializationExceptionTest() throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+    CacheKey cacheKey = new CacheKey();
+    cacheKey.update(new Object());
+    canSerialize(cacheKey);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void serializationTest() throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+    CacheKey cacheKey = new CacheKey();
+    cacheKey.update("serializable");
+    canSerialize(cacheKey);
+  }
+
+  private void canSerialize(final CacheKey object) throws ClassNotFoundException, IOException {
+      FileOutputStream fout = new FileOutputStream("target/address.ser");
+      ObjectOutputStream output = new ObjectOutputStream(fout);
+      output.writeObject(object);
+      output.close();
+
+      FileInputStream fin = new FileInputStream("target/address.ser");
+      ObjectInputStream input = new ObjectInputStream(fin);
+      CacheKey cacheKey = (CacheKey) input.readObject();
+      input.close();
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(1, cacheKey.getUpdateCount());
+  }
 }