diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingNode.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingNode.java
index acb6a916c0..69499c5e60 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/MissingNode.java
@@ -22,14 +22,22 @@
 public final class MissingNode
     extends ValueNode
 {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
     private final static MissingNode instance = new MissingNode();
 
     /**
      *<p>
-     * NOTE: visibility raised to `protected` in 2.9.3 to allow custom subtypes.
+     * NOTE: visibility raised to `protected` in 2.9.3 to allow custom subtypes
+     * (which may not be greatest idea ever to have but was requested)
      */
     protected MissingNode() { }
 
+    // To support JDK serialization, recovery of Singleton instance
+    protected Object readResolve() {
+        return instance;
+    }
+    
     @Override
     public boolean isMissingNode() {
         return true;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NullNode.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NullNode.java
index 1a222433bc..cb8f288659 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NullNode.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/databind/node/NullNode.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public final class NullNode
 {
     // // Just need a fly-weight singleton
 
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
     public final static NullNode instance = new NullNode();
 
     /**
@@ -23,6 +25,11 @@ public final class NullNode
      */
     protected NullNode() { }
 
+    // To support JDK serialization, recovery of Singleton instance
+    protected Object readResolve() {
+        return instance;
+    }
+    
     public static NullNode getInstance() { return instance; }
 
     @Override