diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/CommonCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/CommonCompilerArguments.java
index 532af04576d..0cf6eff824f 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/CommonCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/CommonCompilerArguments.java
@@ -20,9 +20,12 @@ import com.intellij.util.SmartList;
 import com.sampullara.cli.Argument;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.List;
 
-public abstract class CommonCompilerArguments {
+public abstract class CommonCompilerArguments implements Serializable {
+    public static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+
     public static final String PLUGIN_OPTION_FORMAT = "plugin:<pluginId>:<optionName>=<value>";
 
     @GradleOption(DefaultValues.LanguageVersions.class)
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.java
index 23041665bca..63523204223 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JSCompilerArguments.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.K2JsArgumentConstants.CA
 import static org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments.K2JsArgumentConstants.NO_CALL;
 
 public class K2JSCompilerArguments extends CommonCompilerArguments {
+    public static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+
     @GradleOption(DefaultValues.StringNullDefault.class)
     @Argument(value = "output", description = "Output file path")
     @ValueDescription("<path>")
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
index af79f6bf5b1..b15448ef959 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2JVMCompilerArguments.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import com.sampullara.cli.Argument;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
 
 public class K2JVMCompilerArguments extends CommonCompilerArguments {
+    public static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+
     @Argument(value = "d", description = "Destination for generated class files")
     @ValueDescription("<directory|jar>")
     public String destination;
diff --git a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2MetadataCompilerArguments.java b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2MetadataCompilerArguments.java
index 4113cb6b528..d87c7c240f2 100644
--- a/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2MetadataCompilerArguments.java
+++ b/compiler/cli/cli-common/src/org/jetbrains/kotlin/cli/common/arguments/K2MetadataCompilerArguments.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ package org.jetbrains.kotlin.cli.common.arguments;
 import com.sampullara.cli.Argument;
 
 public class K2MetadataCompilerArguments extends CommonCompilerArguments {
+    public static final long serialVersionUID = 0L;
+
     @Argument(value = "d", description = "Destination for generated .kotlin_metadata files")
     @ValueDescription("<directory|jar>")
     public String destination;