diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/java/akka/remote/ContainerFormats.java b/akka-remote/src/main/java/akka/remote/ContainerFormats.java
index cdd93b7d85..1e63dd0f4b 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/java/akka/remote/ContainerFormats.java
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/java/akka/remote/ContainerFormats.java
@@ -3464,6 +3464,525 @@ public final class ContainerFormats {
     // @@protoc_insertion_point(class_scope:ActorRef)
   }
 
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+      extends akka.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder {
+
+    // optional .Payload value = 1;
+    /**
+     * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+     */
+    boolean hasValue();
+    /**
+     * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+     */
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+    /**
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+     */
+    akka.remote.ContainerFormats.PayloadOrBuilder getValueOrBuilder();
+  }
+  /**
+   * Protobuf type {@code Option}
+   */
+  public static final class Option extends
+      akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage
+      implements OptionOrBuilder {
+    // Use Option.newBuilder() to construct.
+    private Option(akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.Builder<?> builder) {
+      super(builder);
+      this.unknownFields = builder.getUnknownFields();
+    }
+    private Option(boolean noInit) { this.unknownFields = akka.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet.getDefaultInstance(); }
+
+    private static final Option defaultInstance;
+    public static Option getDefaultInstance() {
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+    }
+
+    public Option getDefaultInstanceForType() {
+      return defaultInstance;
+    }
+
+    private final akka.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet unknownFields;
+    @java.lang.Override
+    public final akka.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet
+        getUnknownFields() {
+      return this.unknownFields;
+    }
+    private Option(
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+        akka.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
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+      akka.protobuf.UnknownFieldSet.Builder unknownFields =
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+      try {
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+        while (!done) {
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+          switch (tag) {
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+              break;
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+              }
+              break;
+            }
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+                subBuilder.mergeFrom(value_);
+                value_ = subBuilder.buildPartial();
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+              bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+      } catch (akka.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
+        throw e.setUnfinishedMessage(this);
+      } catch (java.io.IOException e) {
+        throw new akka.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException(
+            e.getMessage()).setUnfinishedMessage(this);
+      } finally {
+        this.unknownFields = unknownFields.build();
+        makeExtensionsImmutable();
+      }
+    }
+    public static final akka.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+        getDescriptor() {
+      return akka.remote.ContainerFormats.internal_static_Option_descriptor;
+    }
+
+    protected akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
+        internalGetFieldAccessorTable() {
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+    }
+
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+    // optional .Payload value = 1;
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+     */
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+    }
+    /**
+     * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+     */
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+     */
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+      return value_;
+    }
+
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+          memoizedIsInitialized = 0;
+          return false;
+        }
+      }
+      memoizedIsInitialized = 1;
+      return true;
+    }
+
+    public void writeTo(akka.protobuf.CodedOutputStream output)
+                        throws java.io.IOException {
+      getSerializedSize();
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001)) {
+        output.writeMessage(1, value_);
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+      getUnknownFields().writeTo(output);
+    }
+
+    private int memoizedSerializedSize = -1;
+    public int getSerializedSize() {
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+    @java.lang.Override
+    protected java.lang.Object writeReplace()
+        throws java.io.ObjectStreamException {
+      return super.writeReplace();
+    }
+
+    public static akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Option parseFrom(
+        akka.protobuf.ByteString data)
+        throws akka.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(data);
+    }
+    public static akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Option parseFrom(
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+        akka.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws akka.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException {
+      return PARSER.parseFrom(data, extensionRegistry);
+    }
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+    }
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+        akka.protobuf.ExtensionRegistryLite extensionRegistry)
+        throws java.io.IOException {
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+
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+    public Builder newBuilderForType() { return newBuilder(); }
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+        akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.BuilderParent parent) {
+      Builder builder = new Builder(parent);
+      return builder;
+    }
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+     */
+    public static final class Builder extends
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+      }
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+
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+      public Builder clone() {
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+        if (!result.isInitialized()) {
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+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
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+        if (valueBuilder_ == null) {
+          return value_;
+        } else {
+          return valueBuilder_.getMessage();
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+      /**
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+       */
+      public Builder setValue(akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload value) {
+        if (valueBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (value == null) {
+            throw new NullPointerException();
+          }
+          value_ = value;
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          valueBuilder_.setMessage(value);
+        }
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder setValue(
+          akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.Builder builderForValue) {
+        if (valueBuilder_ == null) {
+          value_ = builderForValue.build();
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          valueBuilder_.setMessage(builderForValue.build());
+        }
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder mergeValue(akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload value) {
+        if (valueBuilder_ == null) {
+          if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000001) == 0x00000001) &&
+              value_ != akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.getDefaultInstance()) {
+            value_ =
+              akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.newBuilder(value_).mergeFrom(value).buildPartial();
+          } else {
+            value_ = value;
+          }
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          valueBuilder_.mergeFrom(value);
+        }
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder clearValue() {
+        if (valueBuilder_ == null) {
+          value_ = akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.getDefaultInstance();
+          onChanged();
+        } else {
+          valueBuilder_.clear();
+        }
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000001);
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.Builder getValueBuilder() {
+        bitField0_ |= 0x00000001;
+        onChanged();
+        return getValueFieldBuilder().getBuilder();
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
+      public akka.remote.ContainerFormats.PayloadOrBuilder getValueOrBuilder() {
+        if (valueBuilder_ != null) {
+          return valueBuilder_.getMessageOrBuilder();
+        } else {
+          return value_;
+        }
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional .Payload value = 1;</code>
+       */
+      private akka.protobuf.SingleFieldBuilder<
+          akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload, akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.Builder, akka.remote.ContainerFormats.PayloadOrBuilder> 
+          getValueFieldBuilder() {
+        if (valueBuilder_ == null) {
+          valueBuilder_ = new akka.protobuf.SingleFieldBuilder<
+              akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload, akka.remote.ContainerFormats.Payload.Builder, akka.remote.ContainerFormats.PayloadOrBuilder>(
+                  value_,
+                  getParentForChildren(),
+                  isClean());
+          value_ = null;
+        }
+        return valueBuilder_;
+      }
+
+      // @@protoc_insertion_point(builder_scope:Option)
+    }
+
+    static {
+      defaultInstance = new Option(true);
+      defaultInstance.initFields();
+    }
+
+    // @@protoc_insertion_point(class_scope:Option)
+  }
+
   public interface PayloadOrBuilder
       extends akka.protobuf.MessageOrBuilder {
 
@@ -4069,6 +4588,11 @@ public final class ContainerFormats {
   private static
     akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
       internal_static_ActorRef_fieldAccessorTable;
+  private static akka.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
+    internal_static_Option_descriptor;
+  private static
+    akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable
+      internal_static_Option_fieldAccessorTable;
   private static akka.protobuf.Descriptors.Descriptor
     internal_static_Payload_descriptor;
   private static
@@ -4092,11 +4616,12 @@ public final class ContainerFormats {
       "y\022\033\n\tmessageId\030\001 \002(\0132\010.Payload\"H\n\rActorI" +
       "dentity\022\037\n\rcorrelationId\030\001 \002(\0132\010.Payload" +
       "\022\026\n\003ref\030\002 \001(\0132\t.ActorRef\"\030\n\010ActorRef\022\014\n\004" +
-      "path\030\001 \002(\t\"Q\n\007Payload\022\027\n\017enclosedMessage",
-      "\030\001 \002(\014\022\024\n\014serializerId\030\002 \002(\005\022\027\n\017messageM" +
-      "anifest\030\004 \001(\014*<\n\013PatternType\022\n\n\006PARENT\020\000" +
-      "\022\016\n\nCHILD_NAME\020\001\022\021\n\rCHILD_PATTERN\020\002B\017\n\013a" +
-      "kka.remoteH\001"
+      "path\030\001 \002(\t\"!\n\006Option\022\027\n\005value\030\001 \001(\0132\010.Pa",
+      "yload\"Q\n\007Payload\022\027\n\017enclosedMessage\030\001 \002(" +
+      "\014\022\024\n\014serializerId\030\002 \002(\005\022\027\n\017messageManife" +
+      "st\030\004 \001(\014*<\n\013PatternType\022\n\n\006PARENT\020\000\022\016\n\nC" +
+      "HILD_NAME\020\001\022\021\n\rCHILD_PATTERN\020\002B\017\n\013akka.r" +
+      "emoteH\001"
     };
     akka.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner assigner =
       new akka.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner() {
@@ -4133,8 +4658,14 @@ public final class ContainerFormats {
             akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
               internal_static_ActorRef_descriptor,
               new java.lang.String[] { "Path", });
-          internal_static_Payload_descriptor =
+          internal_static_Option_descriptor =
             getDescriptor().getMessageTypes().get(5);
+          internal_static_Option_fieldAccessorTable = new
+            akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
+              internal_static_Option_descriptor,
+              new java.lang.String[] { "Value", });
+          internal_static_Payload_descriptor =
+            getDescriptor().getMessageTypes().get(6);
           internal_static_Payload_fieldAccessorTable = new
             akka.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
               internal_static_Payload_descriptor,
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/protobuf/ContainerFormats.proto b/akka-remote/src/main/protobuf/ContainerFormats.proto
index 88a964e6f6..84785740c4 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/protobuf/ContainerFormats.proto
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/protobuf/ContainerFormats.proto
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ message ActorRef {
   required string path = 1;
 }
 
+message Option {
+  optional Payload value = 1;
+}
+
 message Payload {
   required bytes enclosedMessage = 1;
   required int32 serializerId = 2;
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index 4be507f241..9eff6d0f37 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -25,9 +25,12 @@ akka {
       # the cluster client to work.
       # For the purpose of preserving protocol backward compatibility, akka.actor.Identify and akka.actor.ActorIdentity
       # are stil using java serialization by default.
-      # Should java serialization is disabled, uncomment the following lines
+      # Should java serialization be disabled, uncomment the following lines
       # "akka.actor.Identify" = akka-misc
       # "akka.actor.ActorIdentity" = akka-misc
+      # Should java serialization be disabled, uncomment the following lines
+      # "scala.Some" = akka-misc
+      # "scala.None$" = akka-misc
       "akka.remote.DaemonMsgCreate" = daemon-create
     
       # Since akka.protobuf.Message does not extend Serializable but
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializer.scala b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializer.scala
index c2d3fa3ef6..025511de9c 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializer.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/main/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializer.scala
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ class MiscMessageSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends SerializerW
 
   private lazy val serialization = SerializationExtension(system)
 
+  private val NoneSerialized = Array.empty[Byte]
+
   def toBinary(obj: AnyRef): Array[Byte] = obj match {
     case identify: Identify      ⇒ serializeIdentify(identify)
     case identity: ActorIdentity ⇒ serializeActorIdentity(identity)
+    case Some(value)             ⇒ serializeSome(value)
+    case None                    ⇒ NoneSerialized
     case _                       ⇒ throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Cannot serialize object of type [${obj.getClass.getName}]")
   }
 
@@ -38,6 +42,12 @@ class MiscMessageSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends SerializerW
       .toByteArray
   }
 
+  private def serializeSome(someValue: Any): Array[Byte] =
+    ContainerFormats.Option.newBuilder()
+      .setValue(payloadBuilder(someValue))
+      .build()
+      .toByteArray
+
   private def actorRefBuilder(actorRef: ActorRef): ContainerFormats.ActorRef.Builder =
     ContainerFormats.ActorRef.newBuilder()
       .setPath(Serialization.serializedActorPath(actorRef))
@@ -66,15 +76,19 @@ class MiscMessageSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends SerializerW
 
   private val IdentifyManifest = "A"
   private val ActorIdentifyManifest = "B"
+  private val OptionManifest = "C"
 
   private val fromBinaryMap = Map[String, Array[Byte] ⇒ AnyRef](
     IdentifyManifest → deserializeIdentify,
-    ActorIdentifyManifest → deserializeActorIdentity)
+    ActorIdentifyManifest → deserializeActorIdentity,
+    OptionManifest → deserializeOption
+  )
 
   override def manifest(o: AnyRef): String =
     o match {
       case _: Identify      ⇒ IdentifyManifest
       case _: ActorIdentity ⇒ ActorIdentifyManifest
+      case _: Option[Any]   ⇒ OptionManifest
       case _ ⇒
         throw new IllegalArgumentException(s"Can't serialize object of type ${o.getClass} in [${getClass.getName}]")
     }
@@ -106,6 +120,15 @@ class MiscMessageSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends SerializerW
   private def deserializeActorRef(actorRef: ContainerFormats.ActorRef): ActorRef =
     serialization.system.provider.resolveActorRef(actorRef.getPath)
 
+  private def deserializeOption(bytes: Array[Byte]): Option[Any] = {
+    if (bytes.length == 0)
+      None
+    else {
+      val optionProto = ContainerFormats.Option.parseFrom(bytes)
+      Some(deserializePayload(optionProto.getValue))
+    }
+  }
+
   private def deserializePayload(payload: ContainerFormats.Payload): Any = {
     val manifest = if (payload.hasMessageManifest) payload.getMessageManifest.toStringUtf8 else ""
     serialization.deserialize(
diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializerSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializerSpec.scala
index 07e4128027..069b6c2b8f 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/serialization/MiscMessageSerializerSpec.scala
@@ -12,10 +12,12 @@ import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
 
 object MiscMessageSerializerSpec {
   val serializationTestOverrides =
-    s"""
+    """
        |akka.actor.serialization-bindings = {
        |  "akka.actor.Identify" = akka-misc
        |  "akka.actor.ActorIdentity" = akka-misc
+       |  "scala.Some" = akka-misc
+       |  "scala.None$" = akka-misc
        |}
      """.stripMargin
 
@@ -27,8 +29,12 @@ class MiscMessageSerializerSpec extends AkkaSpec(MiscMessageSerializerSpec.testC
   "MiscMessageSerializer" must {
     Seq(
       "Identify" → Identify("some-message"),
-      s"ActorIdentity without actor ref" → ActorIdentity("some-message", ref = None),
-      s"ActorIdentity with actor ref" → ActorIdentity("some-message", ref = Some(testActor))).foreach {
+      "Identify with None" → Identify(None),
+      "Identify with Some" → Identify(Some("value")),
+      "ActorIdentity without actor ref" → ActorIdentity("some-message", ref = None),
+      "ActorIdentity with actor ref" → ActorIdentity("some-message", ref = Some(testActor)),
+      "Some" → Some("value"),
+      "None" → None).foreach {
         case (scenario, item) ⇒
           s"resolve serializer for $scenario" in {
             val serializer = SerializationExtension(system)