diff --git a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfiguration.java b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfiguration.java
index 6bc3d20..0c3d005 100644
--- a/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-session/src/main/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfiguration.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.redis.core.RedisOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.core.RedisTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.listener.PatternTopic;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.listener.RedisMessageListenerContainer;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.serializer.RedisSerializer;
 import org.springframework.data.redis.serializer.StringRedisSerializer;
 import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableScheduling;
 import org.springframework.session.config.annotation.web.http.SpringHttpSessionConfiguration;
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ public class RedisHttpSessionConfiguration extends SpringHttpSessionConfiguratio
 
 	private String redisNamespace = "";
 
+	private RedisSerializer<Object> defaultRedisSerializer;
+
 	@Bean
 	public RedisMessageListenerContainer redisMessageListenerContainer(
 			RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory, RedisOperationsSessionRepository messageListener) {
@@ -84,6 +87,9 @@ public class RedisHttpSessionConfiguration extends SpringHttpSessionConfiguratio
 		RedisTemplate<Object, Object> template = new RedisTemplate<Object, Object>();
 		template.setKeySerializer(new StringRedisSerializer());
 		template.setHashKeySerializer(new StringRedisSerializer());
+		if(defaultRedisSerializer != null) {
+			template.setDefaultSerializer(defaultRedisSerializer);
+		}
 		template.setConnectionFactory(connectionFactory);
 		return template;
 	}
@@ -173,6 +179,12 @@ public class RedisHttpSessionConfiguration extends SpringHttpSessionConfiguratio
 		this.configureRedisAction = configureRedisAction;
 	}
 
+	@Autowired(required = false)
+	@Qualifier("defaultRedisSerializer")
+	public void setDefaultRedisSerializer(RedisSerializer<Object> defaultRedisSerializer) {
+		this.defaultRedisSerializer = defaultRedisSerializer;
+	}
+
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanClassLoaderAware#setBeanClassLoader(java.lang.ClassLoader)
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfigurationOverrideDefaultSerializerTests.java b/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfigurationOverrideDefaultSerializerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c42502
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-session/src/test/java/org/springframework/session/data/redis/config/annotation/web/http/RedisHttpSessionConfigurationOverrideDefaultSerializerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.session.data.redis.config.annotation.web.http;
+
+import static org.fest.assertions.Assertions.*;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConnection;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.connection.RedisConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.core.RedisTemplate;
+import org.springframework.data.redis.serializer.RedisSerializer;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ *
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+@WebAppConfiguration
+public class RedisHttpSessionConfigurationOverrideDefaultSerializerTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	RedisTemplate<Object,Object> template;
+
+	@Autowired
+	RedisSerializer<Object> defaultRedisSerializer;
+
+	@Test
+	public void overrideDefaultRedisTemplate() {
+		assertThat(template.getDefaultSerializer()).isSameAs(defaultRedisSerializer);
+	}
+
+	@EnableRedisHttpSession
+	@Configuration
+	static class Config {
+		@Bean
+		public RedisSerializer<Object> defaultRedisSerializer() {
+			return mock(RedisSerializer.class);
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public RedisConnectionFactory connectionFactory() {
+			RedisConnectionFactory factory = mock(RedisConnectionFactory.class);
+			RedisConnection connection = mock(RedisConnection.class);
+			when(factory.getConnection()).thenReturn(connection);
+
+			return factory;
+		}
+	}
+}