diff --git a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheck.java b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheck.java
index 2c04e731d..228915059 100644
--- a/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheck.java
+++ b/src/checkstyle/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheck.java
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.TokenTypes;
  * by the format property.
  * A <em>constant</em> is a <strong>static</strong> and <strong>final</strong>
  * field or an interface/annotation field, except
- * <strong>serialVersionUID</strong>. The format is a regular expression
+ * <strong>serialVersionUID</strong> and <strong>serialPersistentFields
+ * </strong>.  The format is a regular expression
  * and defaults to <strong>^[A-Z][A-Z0-9]*(_[A-Z0-9]+)*$</strong>.
  * </p>
  * <p>
@@ -82,11 +83,12 @@ public class ConstantNameCheck
         if ((isStatic  && isFinal)
             || ScopeUtils.inInterfaceOrAnnotationBlock(aAST))
         {
-            // Handle the serialVersionUID constant which is used for
-            // Serialization. Cannot enforce rules on it. :-)
+            // Handle the serialVersionUID and serialPersistentFields  constants
+            // which are used for Serialization. Cannot enforce rules on it. :-)
             final DetailAST nameAST = aAST.findFirstToken(TokenTypes.IDENT);
             if ((nameAST != null)
-                && !("serialVersionUID".equals(nameAST.getText())))
+                && !("serialVersionUID".equals(nameAST.getText()))
+                && !("serialPersistentFields".equals(nameAST.getText())))
             {
                 retVal = true;
             }
diff --git a/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/naming/InputConstantNames.java b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/naming/InputConstantNames.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba0f51ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/testinputs/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/naming/InputConstantNames.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+public class InputConstantNames
+{
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L; //should be ignored
+    private static final ObjectStreamField[] serialPersistentFields = {}; // should be ignored too
+}
diff --git a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheckTest.java b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheckTest.java
index ed6753e5c..12ffd0f00 100644
--- a/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheckTest.java
+++ b/src/tests/com/puppycrawl/tools/checkstyle/checks/naming/ConstantNameCheckTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.checks.naming;
 
+import java.io.File;
+
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.BaseCheckTestCase;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.DefaultConfiguration;
 import com.puppycrawl.tools.checkstyle.api.CheckstyleException;
@@ -45,4 +47,14 @@ public class ConstantNameCheckTest
         };
         verify(checkConfig, getPath("InputInner.java"), expected);
     }
+
+    public void testDefault1()
+        throws Exception
+    {
+        final DefaultConfiguration checkConfig =
+            createCheckConfig(ConstantNameCheck.class);
+        final String[] expected = {
+        };
+        verify(checkConfig, getPath("naming" + File.separator + "InputConstantNames.java"), expected);
+    }
 }