diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6a69db..2f17896 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 Pillar Python SDK changelog
 ===========================
 
+Version 1.7 (in development)
+----------------------------
+
+- Added support pickling/unpickling resources.
+
+
 Version 1.6
 -----------
 
diff --git a/pillarsdk/resource.py b/pillarsdk/resource.py
index f1b10e0..83d1ad2 100644
--- a/pillarsdk/resource.py
+++ b/pillarsdk/resource.py
@@ -140,6 +140,53 @@ class Resource(object):
 
         return cls(dict_or_resource)
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        """Returns a state suitable for pickling.
+
+        This is basically a copy of to_dict(), except that subobjects
+        are pickled instead of stored as sub-dict.
+        """
+        import pickle
+
+        def parse_object(value):
+            if isinstance(value, Resource):
+                return '__pickled__', pickle.dumps(value)
+            elif isinstance(value, list):
+                new_list = []
+                for obj in value:
+                    new_list.append(parse_object(obj))
+                return new_list
+            else:
+                return value
+
+        data = {}
+        for key in self.__data__:
+            data[key] = parse_object(self.__data__[key])
+        return data
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state):
+        import pickle
+
+        def is_pickled(subval):
+            return (isinstance(subval, tuple)
+                    and len(subval) == 2
+                    and subval[0] == '__pickled__'
+                    and isinstance(subval[1], bytes))
+
+        for key, val in state.items():
+            if is_pickled(val):
+                state[key] = pickle.loads(val[1])
+            elif isinstance(val, list):
+                for idx, subval in enumerate(val):
+                    if is_pickled(subval):
+                        val[idx] = pickle.loads(subval[1])
+            elif isinstance(val, dict):
+                for subkey, subval in val.items():
+                    if is_pickled(subval):
+                        val[subkey] = pickle.loads(subval[1])
+
+        self.__init__(state)
+
 
 class Find(Resource):
     @classmethod
diff --git a/tests/test_pickle.py b/tests/test_pickle.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d7837a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pickle.py
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+# -*- coding: utf8 -*-
+import pickle
+import unittest
+
+
+class PickleTest(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_pickling_node(self):
+        from pillarsdk import Node, File
+
+        base_link = 'https://storage.googleapis.com/57534c07c37a7195f/_%2F326760eb7d7b244afe52'
+        picture = File({
+            '_id': '57534ccdc379cf1b24a7196d',
+            '_created': '2016-06-04T23:49:01.000+0200',
+            '_updated': '2017-09-07T15:55:37.000+0200',
+            '_etag': '4bb3f525ea637c612fca882e5fcf334c056544fd',
+            'status': 'complete',
+            'name': '326763a705364fe0b0eb7d7b244afe52.png',
+            'backend': 'gcs',
+            'format': 'png',
+            'variations': [
+                {'width': 160,
+                 'length': 4705,
+                 'content_type': 'image/jpeg',
+                 'height': 160,
+                 'file_path': '326763a705364fe0b0eb7d7b244afe52-b.jpg',
+                 'size': 'b',
+                 'link': base_link + '-b.jpg'},
+                {'width': 269,
+                 'length': 8508,
+                 'content_type': 'image/jpeg',
+                 'height': 269,
+                 'file_path': '326763a705364fe0b0eb7d7b244afe52-h.jpg',
+                 'size': 'h',
+                 'link': base_link + '-h.jpg'},
+                {'width': 269,
+                 'length': 8508,
+                 'content_type': 'image/jpeg',
+                 'height': 269,
+                 'file_path': '326763a705364fe0b0eb7d7b244afe52-m.jpg',
+                 'size': 'm',
+                 'link': base_link + '-m.jpg'},
+            ],
+            'filename': '01d.png',
+            'project': '57534c07c379cf1b24a7195f',
+            'width': 269,
+            'length': 9681,
+            'user': '573dff22c379cf12e649f07a',
+            'content_type': 'image/png',
+            'height': 269,
+            'file_path': '326763a705364fe0b0eb7d7b244afe52.png',
+            'md5': '',
+            'length_aggregate_in_bytes': 47050,
+            'link': base_link + '.png',
+            'link_expires': '2117-09-08T14:54:35.250+0200',
+        }
+        )
+        parent_node = Node({
+            '_id': '54134',
+            'name': 'Dadday',
+        })
+        original = Node({
+            '_id': '123456',
+            'name': 'über cooole node',
+            'parent': parent_node,
+            'picture': picture,
+        })
+
+        pickled = pickle.dumps(original)
+        restored = pickle.loads(pickled)
+
+        self.assertEqual(restored._id, '123456')
+        self.assertEqual(restored.name, 'über cooole node')
+
+        self.assertIsInstance(restored.parent, Node)
+        self.assertEqual(restored.parent.name, 'Dadday')
+
+        url = 'https://storage.googleapis.com/57534c07c37a7195f/_%2F326760eb7d7b244afe52-m.jpg'
+        self.assertEqual(url, original.picture.thumbnail('m'))
+        self.assertEqual(url, restored.picture.thumbnail('m'))