diff --git a/src/UnitTests/StatisticsTests/StatisticsSerializationTests.cs b/src/UnitTests/StatisticsTests/StatisticsSerializationTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..908401de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/UnitTests/StatisticsTests/StatisticsSerializationTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using MathNet.Numerics.Statistics;
+using NUnit.Framework;
+
+namespace MathNet.Numerics.UnitTests.StatisticsTests
+{
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class StatisticsSerializationTests
+    {
+        [Test]
+        public void RunningStatisticsDataContractSerializationTest()
+        {
+            var expected = new RunningStatistics(new[] { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 });
+
+            var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(RunningStatistics));
+            var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            serializer.WriteObject(stream, expected);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var actual = (RunningStatistics)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
+
+            Assert.That(actual.Count, Is.EqualTo(expected.Count));
+            Assert.That(actual.Maximum, Is.EqualTo(expected.Maximum));
+            Assert.That(actual.Mean, Is.EqualTo(expected.Mean));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void RunningStatisticsWithInfinityNaNDataContractSerializationTest()
+        {
+            var expected = new RunningStatistics(new[] { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, double.PositiveInfinity, double.NaN });
+
+            var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(RunningStatistics));
+            var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            serializer.WriteObject(stream, expected);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var actual = (RunningStatistics)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
+
+            Assert.That(actual.Count, Is.EqualTo(expected.Count));
+            Assert.That(actual.Maximum, Is.EqualTo(expected.Maximum));
+            Assert.That(actual.Mean, Is.EqualTo(expected.Mean));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void DescriptiveStatisticsDataContractSerializationTest()
+        {
+            var expected = new DescriptiveStatistics(new[] { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0 });
+
+            var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(DescriptiveStatistics));
+            var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            serializer.WriteObject(stream, expected);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var actual = (DescriptiveStatistics)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
+
+            Assert.That(actual.Count, Is.EqualTo(expected.Count));
+            Assert.That(actual.Maximum, Is.EqualTo(expected.Maximum));
+            Assert.That(actual.Mean, Is.EqualTo(expected.Mean));
+        }
+
+        [Test]
+        public void HistogramDataContractSerializationTest()
+        {
+            var expected = new Histogram(new[] { 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0 }, 2);
+
+            var serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(Histogram));
+            var stream = new MemoryStream();
+            serializer.WriteObject(stream, expected);
+
+            stream.Position = 0;
+            var actual = (Histogram)serializer.ReadObject(stream);
+
+            Assert.That(actual.BucketCount, Is.EqualTo(expected.BucketCount));
+            Assert.That(actual.DataCount, Is.EqualTo(expected.DataCount));
+            Assert.That(actual.LowerBound, Is.EqualTo(expected.LowerBound));
+            Assert.That(actual[0].Width, Is.EqualTo(expected[0].Width));
+            Assert.That(actual[0].UpperBound, Is.EqualTo(expected[0].UpperBound));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Net35.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Net35.csproj
index fbb5e800..d65607e1 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Net35.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Net35.csproj
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable259.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable259.csproj
index 0858525a..63417c71 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable259.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable259.csproj
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Numerics" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable328.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable328.csproj
index 55d26134..62762c12 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable328.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable328.csproj
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Numerics" />
     <Reference Include="Microsoft.CSharp" />
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable47.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable47.csproj
index 23f4369d..d8a896eb 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable47.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable47.csproj
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
       <Project>{49205185-621E-FFB9-2104-887C9F1BBD13}</Project>
       <Name>Numerics-Portable47</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable7.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable7.csproj
index 1e091034..9d801adc 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable7.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable7.csproj
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
       <Project>{25E6E93B-56A2-4F14-8458-03665F122B3F}</Project>
       <Name>Numerics-Portable7</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable78.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable78.csproj
index 5fb33db7..8393adcc 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable78.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests-Portable78.csproj
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
       <Project>{2EBD6F22-9BD6-4AF2-A21B-7198C9C5571F}</Project>
       <Name>Numerics-Portable78</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="**\*.cs" Exclude="Properties\Settings.Designer.cs">
diff --git a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
index 91b8405d..b64c0ed7 100644
--- a/src/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
+++ b/src/UnitTests/UnitTests.csproj
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@
       <Project>{B7CAE5F4-A23F-4438-B5BE-41226618B695}</Project>
       <Name>Numerics</Name>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <Reference Include="System.Runtime.Serialization" />
+    <Reference Include="System.XML" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <Compile Include="ArrayHelpers.cs" />
@@ -398,6 +400,7 @@
     <Compile Include="StatisticsTests\MCMCTests\UnivariateHybridMCTest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StatisticsTests\MCMCTests\UnivariateSliceSamplerTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StatisticsTests\PercentileTests.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="StatisticsTests\StatisticsSerializationTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StatisticsTests\StatisticsTests.cs" />
     <Compile Include="StatisticsTests\StatTestData.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TrigonometryTest.cs" />