diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/data/geode/autoconfigure/GeodeClientCacheAutoConfiguration.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/data/geode/autoconfigure/GeodeClientCacheAutoConfiguration.java
index 454c9aa5..c954e095 100644
--- a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/data/geode/autoconfigure/GeodeClientCacheAutoConfiguration.java
+++ b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/data/geode/autoconfigure/GeodeClientCacheAutoConfiguration.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.boot.data.geode.autoconfigure;
 
+import org.apache.geode.cache.Cache;
 import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnClass;
@@ -23,22 +24,30 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.condition.ConditionalOnMissingBean
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.client.ClientCacheFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.ClientCacheApplication;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.EnablePdx;
 
 /**
  * Spring Boot {@link EnableAutoConfiguration auto-configuration} for bootstrapping an Apache Geode {@link ClientCache}
  * instance constructed, configured and initialized with Spring Data for Apache Geode.
  *
+ * Additionally, this configuration automatically enables Apache Geode PDX serialization to serialize data sent
+ * between the client and server(s) in the cluster.
+ *
  * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.apache.geode.cache.Cache
  * @see org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration
  * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
  * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.client.ClientCacheFactoryBean
  * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.ClientCacheApplication
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.EnablePdx
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 @Configuration
 @ConditionalOnClass({ ClientCacheFactoryBean.class, ClientCache.class })
-@ConditionalOnMissingBean(ClientCache.class)
+@ConditionalOnMissingBean({ ClientCache.class, Cache.class })
 @ClientCacheApplication
+@EnablePdx
 @SuppressWarnings("all")
 public class GeodeClientCacheAutoConfiguration {