diff --git a/src/share/classes/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java b/src/share/classes/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java
index 8bbe1c01392bfe01c6d5efa0d68952b4801fd898..e86d89642cb290358204af5cc937589132faa27e 100644
--- a/src/share/classes/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java
+++ b/src/share/classes/java/lang/VirtualMachineError.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ package java.lang;
  * @since   JDK1.0
  */
 abstract public class VirtualMachineError extends Error {
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 4161983926571568670L;
+
     /**
      * Constructs a <code>VirtualMachineError</code> with no detail message.
      */