diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocTest.java b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b373625b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package docs.persistence;
+
+import akka.persistence.journal.EventAdapter;
+import akka.persistence.journal.EventSeq;
+
+public class PersistenceEventAdapterDocTest {
+
+  @SuppressWarnings("unused")
+  static
+  //#identity-event-adapter
+  class MyEventAdapter extends EventAdapter {
+    @Override
+    public String manifest(Object event) {
+      return ""; // if no manifest needed, return ""
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object toJournal(Object event) {
+      return event; // identity
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public EventSeq fromJournal(Object event, String manifest) {
+      return EventSeq.single(event); // identity
+    }
+  }
+  //#identity-event-adapter
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/java/persistence.rst b/akka-docs/rst/java/persistence.rst
index 2f48d5648b..795fb3105e 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/java/persistence.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/java/persistence.rst
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ The ordering between events is still guaranteed ("evt-b-1" will be sent after "e
 .. _defer-java:
 
 Deferring actions until preceding persist handlers have executed
------------------------------------------------------------------
+----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 Sometimes when working with ``persistAsync`` you may find that it would be nice to define some actions in terms of
 ''happens-after the previous ``persistAsync`` handlers have been invoked''. ``PersistentActor`` provides an utility method
@@ -503,6 +503,54 @@ not accept more messages and it will throw ``AtLeastOnceDelivery.MaxUnconfirmedM
 The default value can be configured with the ``akka.persistence.at-least-once-delivery.max-unconfirmed-messages``
 configuration key. The method can be overridden by implementation classes to return non-default values.
 
+.. _event-adapters-java:
+
+Event Adapters
+==============
+
+.. note::
+
+  Complete documentation featuring use-cases and implementation examples for this feature will follow shortly.
+
+In long running projects using event sourcing sometimes the need arrises to detach the data model from the domain model
+completely.
+
+Event Adapters help in situations where:
+
+- **Version Migration** – existing events stored in *Version 1* should be "upcasted" to a new *Version 2* representation,
+  and the process of doing so involves actual code, not just changes on the serialization layer. For these scenarios
+  the ``toJournal`` function is usually an identity function, however the ``fromJournal`` is implemented as
+  ``v1.Event=>v2.Event``, performing the neccessary mapping inside the fromJournal method.
+  This technique is sometimes refered to as "upcasting" in other CQRS libraries.
+- **Separating Domain and Data models** – thanks to EventAdapters it is possible to completely separate the domain model
+  from the model used to persist data in the Journals. For example one may want to use case classes in the
+  domain model, however persist their protocol-buffer (or any other binary serialization format) counter-parts to the Journal.
+  A simple ``toJournal:MyModel=>MyDataModel`` and ``fromJournal:MyDataModel=>MyModel`` adapter can be used to implement this feature.
+- **Journal Specialized Data Types** – exposing data types understood by the underlying Journal, for example for data stores which
+  understand JSON it is possible to write an EventAdapter ``toJournal:Any=>JSON`` such that the Journal can *directly* store the
+  json instead of serializing the object to its binary representation.
+
+Implementing an EventAdapter is rather stright forward:
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocTest.java#identity-event-adapter
+
+Then in order for it to be used on events coming to and from the journal you must bind it using the below configuration syntax:
+
+.. includecode:: ../scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec.scala#event-adapters-config
+
+It is possible to bind multiple adapters to one class *for recovery*, in which case the ``fromJournal`` methods of all
+bound adapters will be applied to a given matching event (in order of definition in the configuration). Since each adapter may
+return from ``0`` to ``n`` adapted events (called as ``EventSeq``), each adapter can investigate the event and if it should
+indeed adapt it return the adapted event(s) for it, other adapters which do not have anything to contribute during this
+adaptation simply return ``EventSeq.empty``. The adapted events are then delivered in-order to the ``PersistentActor`` during replay.
+
+.. note::
+  More advanced techniques utilising advanced binary serialization formats such as protocol buffers or kryo / thrift / avro
+  will be documented very soon. These schema evolutions often may need to reach into the serialization layer, however
+  are much more powerful in terms of flexibly removing unused/deprecated classes from your classpath etc.
+
+
+
 Storage plugins
 ===============
 
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77e8eb041a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package docs.persistence
+
+import akka.actor.{ ExtendedActorSystem, Props }
+import akka.persistence.journal.{ EventAdapter, EventSeq }
+import akka.persistence.{ PersistentActor, RecoveryCompleted }
+import akka.testkit.{ AkkaSpec, TestProbe }
+import com.google.gson.{ Gson, JsonElement }
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
+
+class PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec(config: String) extends AkkaSpec(config) {
+
+  def this() {
+    this("""
+      akka.persistence.snapshot-store.plugin = "akka.persistence.snapshot-store.local"
+
+      //#event-adapters-config
+      akka.persistence.journal {
+        inmem {
+          event-adapters {
+            tagging        = "docs.persistence.MyTaggingEventAdapter"
+            user-upcasting = "docs.persistence.UserUpcastingEventAdapter"
+            item-upcasting = "docs.persistence.ItemUpcastingEventAdapter"
+          }
+
+          event-adapter-bindings {
+            "docs.persistence.Item"        = tagging
+            "docs.persistence.TaggedEvent" = tagging
+            "docs.persistence.v1.Event"    = [user-upcasting, item-upcasting]
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      //#event-adapters-config
+
+
+      akka.persistence.journal {
+        auto-json-store {
+          class = "akka.persistence.journal.inmem.InmemJournal" # reuse inmem, as an example
+
+          event-adapters {
+            auto-json = "docs.persistence.MyAutoJsonEventAdapter"
+          }
+
+          event-adapter-bindings {
+            "docs.persistence.DomainEvent" = auto-json  # to journal
+            "com.google.gson.JsonElement"  = auto-json  # from journal
+          }
+        }
+
+        manual-json-store {
+          class = "akka.persistence.journal.inmem.InmemJournal" # reuse inmem, as an example
+
+          event-adapters {
+            manual-json    = "docs.persistence.MyManualJsonEventAdapter"
+          }
+
+          event-adapter-bindings {
+            "docs.persistence.DomainEvent" = manual-json  # to journal
+            "com.google.gson.JsonElement"  = manual-json  # from journal
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    """)
+  }
+
+  "MyAutomaticJsonEventAdapter" must {
+    "demonstrate how to implement a JSON adapter" in {
+      val p = TestProbe()
+
+      val props = Props(new PersistentActor {
+        override def persistenceId: String = "json-actor"
+        override def journalPluginId: String = "akka.persistence.journal.auto-json-store"
+
+        override def receiveRecover: Receive = {
+          case RecoveryCompleted => // ignore...
+          case e                 => p.ref ! e
+        }
+
+        override def receiveCommand: Receive = {
+          case c => persist(c) { e => p.ref ! e }
+        }
+      })
+
+      val p1 = system.actorOf(props)
+      val m1 = Person("Caplin", 42)
+      val m2 = Box(13)
+      p1 ! m1
+      p1 ! m2
+      p.expectMsg(m1)
+      p.expectMsg(m2)
+
+      val p2 = system.actorOf(props)
+      p.expectMsg(m1)
+      p.expectMsg(m2)
+    }
+  }
+
+  "MyManualJsonEventAdapter" must {
+    "demonstrate how to implement a JSON adapter" in {
+      val p = TestProbe()
+
+      val props = Props(new PersistentActor {
+        override def persistenceId: String = "json-actor"
+        override def journalPluginId: String = "akka.persistence.journal.manual-json-store"
+
+        override def receiveRecover: Receive = {
+          case RecoveryCompleted => // ignore...
+          case e                 => p.ref ! e
+        }
+
+        override def receiveCommand: Receive = {
+          case c => persist(c) { e => p.ref ! e }
+        }
+      })
+
+      val p1 = system.actorOf(props)
+      val m1 = Person("Caplin", 42)
+      val m2 = Box(13)
+      p1 ! m1
+      p1 ! m2
+      p.expectMsg(m1)
+      p.expectMsg(m2)
+
+      val p2 = system.actorOf(props)
+      p.expectMsg(m1)
+      p.expectMsg(m2)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+trait DomainEvent
+case class Person(name: String, age: Int) extends DomainEvent
+case class Box(length: Int) extends DomainEvent
+
+case class MyTaggingJournalModel(payload: Any, tags: immutable.Set[String])
+
+//#identity-event-adapter
+class MyEventAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String =
+    "" // when no manifest needed, return ""
+
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any =
+    event // identity
+
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq =
+    EventSeq.single(event) // identity
+}
+//#identity-event-adapter
+
+/**
+ * This is an example adapter which completely takes care of domain<->json translation.
+ * It allows the journal to take care of the manifest handling, which is the FQN of the serialized class.
+ */
+class MyAutoJsonEventAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+  private val gson = new Gson
+
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String =
+    event.getClass.getCanonicalName
+
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = gson.toJsonTree(event)
+
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = EventSeq.single {
+    event match {
+      case json: JsonElement =>
+        val clazz = system.dynamicAccess.getClassFor[Any](manifest).get
+        gson.fromJson(json, clazz)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+class MyUpcastingEventAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String = ""
+
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = ???
+
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = ???
+}
+
+/**
+ * This is an example adapter which completely takes care of domain<->json translation.
+ * It manually takes care of smuggling through the manifest even if the journal does not do anything in this regard,
+ * which is the case in this example since we're persisting to the inmem journal, which does nothing in terms of manifest.
+ */
+class MyManualJsonEventAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+
+  private val gson = new Gson
+
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String = event.getClass.getCanonicalName
+
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = {
+    val out = gson.toJsonTree(event).getAsJsonObject
+
+    // optionally can include manifest in the adapted event.
+    // some journals will store the manifest transparently
+    out.addProperty("_manifest", manifest(event))
+
+    out
+  }
+
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, m: String): EventSeq = event match {
+    case json: JsonElement =>
+      val manifest = json.getAsJsonObject.get("_manifest").getAsString
+
+      val clazz = system.dynamicAccess.getClassFor[Any](manifest).get
+      EventSeq.single(gson.fromJson(json, clazz))
+  }
+}
+
+class MyTaggingEventAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String = ""
+
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = event match {
+    case j: MyTaggingJournalModel => EventSeq.single(j)
+  }
+
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = {
+    event match {
+      case Person(_, age) if age >= 18 => MyTaggingJournalModel(event, tags = Set("adult"))
+      case Person(_, age)              => MyTaggingJournalModel(event, tags = Set("minor"))
+      case _                           => MyTaggingJournalModel(event, tags = Set.empty)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+object v1 {
+  trait Event
+  trait UserEvent extends v1.Event
+  trait ItemEvent extends v1.Event
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistencePluginDocSpec.scala b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistencePluginDocSpec.scala
index b0e9a2cfa8..eb8479536b 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistencePluginDocSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/persistence/PersistencePluginDocSpec.scala
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ object SharedLeveldbPluginDocSpec {
       //#shared-store-config
       akka.persistence.journal.leveldb-shared.store.dir = "target/shared"
       //#shared-store-config
+      //#event-adapter-config
+      akka.persistence.journal.leveldb-shared.adapter = "com.example.MyAdapter"
+      //#event-adapter-config
     """
 
   //#shared-store-usage
diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/scala/persistence.rst b/akka-docs/rst/scala/persistence.rst
index 3b29dea7ea..b25bbec4b4 100644
--- a/akka-docs/rst/scala/persistence.rst
+++ b/akka-docs/rst/scala/persistence.rst
@@ -494,6 +494,54 @@ not accept more messages and it will throw ``AtLeastOnceDelivery.MaxUnconfirmedM
 The default value can be configured with the ``akka.persistence.at-least-once-delivery.max-unconfirmed-messages``
 configuration key. The method can be overridden by implementation classes to return non-default values.
 
+.. _event-adapters-scala:
+
+Event Adapters
+==============
+
+.. note::
+
+  Complete documentation featuring use-cases and implementation examples for this feature will follow shortly.
+
+In long running projects using event sourcing sometimes the need arrises to detach the data model from the domain model
+completely.
+
+Event Adapters help in situations where:
+
+- **Version Migrations** – existing events stored in *Version 1* should be "upcasted" to a new *Version 2* representation,
+  and the process of doing so involves actual code, not just changes on the serialization layer. For these scenarios
+  the ``toJournal`` function is usually an identity function, however the ``fromJournal`` is implemented as
+  ``v1.Event=>v2.Event``, performing the neccessary mapping inside the fromJournal method.
+  This technique is sometimes refered to as "upcasting" in other CQRS libraries.
+- **Separating Domain and Data models** – thanks to EventAdapters it is possible to completely separate the domain model
+  from the model used to persist data in the Journals. For example one may want to use case classes in the
+  domain model, however persist their protocol-buffer (or any other binary serialization format) counter-parts to the Journal.
+  A simple ``toJournal:MyModel=>MyDataModel`` and ``fromJournal:MyDataModel=>MyModel`` adapter can be used to implement this feature.
+- **Journal Specialized Data Types** – exposing data types understood by the underlying Journal, for example for data stores which
+  understand JSON it is possible to write an EventAdapter ``toJournal:Any=>JSON`` such that the Journal can *directly* store the
+  json instead of serializing the object to its binary representation.
+
+
+Implementing an EventAdapter is rather stright forward:
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec.scala#identity-event-adapter
+
+Then in order for it to be used on events coming to and from the journal you must bind it using the below configuration syntax:
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/persistence/PersistenceEventAdapterDocSpec.scala#event-adapters-config
+
+It is possible to bind multiple adapters to one class *for recovery*, in which case the ``fromJournal`` methods of all
+bound adapters will be applied to a given matching event (in order of definition in the configuration). Since each adapter may
+return from ``0`` to ``n`` adapted events (called as ``EventSeq``), each adapter can investigate the event and if it should
+indeed adapt it return the adapted event(s) for it, other adapters which do not have anything to contribute during this
+adaptation simply return ``EventSeq.empty``. The adapted events are then delivered in-order to the ``PersistentActor`` during replay.
+
+.. note::
+  More advanced techniques utilising advanced binary serialization formats such as protocol buffers or kryo / thrift / avro
+  will be documented very soon. These schema evolutions often may need to reach into the serialization layer, however
+  are much more powerful in terms of flexibly removing unused/deprecated classes from your classpath etc.
+
+
 .. _persistent-fsm:
 
 Persistent FSM
diff --git a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
index 01fc995bc6..d661389dc0 100644
--- a/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence-tck/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/JournalSpec.scala
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ abstract class JournalSpec(config: Config) extends PluginSpec(config) {
     extension.journalFor(null)
 
   def replayedMessage(snr: Long, deleted: Boolean = false, confirms: Seq[String] = Nil): ReplayedMessage =
-    ReplayedMessage(PersistentImpl(s"a-${snr}", snr, pid, deleted, Actor.noSender))
+    ReplayedMessage(PersistentImpl(s"a-${snr}", snr, pid, "", deleted, Actor.noSender))
 
   def writeMessages(from: Int, to: Int, pid: String, sender: ActorRef): Unit = {
     val msgs = from to to map { i ⇒ PersistentRepr(payload = s"a-${i}", sequenceNr = i, persistenceId = pid, sender = sender) }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ abstract class JournalSpec(config: Config) extends PluginSpec(config) {
 
     probe.expectMsg(WriteMessagesSuccessful)
     from to to foreach { i ⇒
-      probe.expectMsgPF() { case WriteMessageSuccess(PersistentImpl(payload, `i`, `pid`, _, `sender`), _) ⇒ payload should be(s"a-${i}") }
+      probe.expectMsgPF() { case WriteMessageSuccess(PersistentImpl(payload, `i`, `pid`, _, _, `sender`), _) ⇒ payload should be(s"a-${i}") }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/java/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageFormats.java b/akka-persistence/src/main/java/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageFormats.java
index bd7be6de1b..03343f525d 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/java/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageFormats.java
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/java/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageFormats.java
@@ -98,6 +98,21 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
      */
     com.google.protobuf.ByteString
         getSenderBytes();
+
+    // optional string manifest = 12;
+    /**
+     * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+     */
+    boolean hasManifest();
+    /**
+     * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+     */
+    java.lang.String getManifest();
+    /**
+     * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+     */
+    com.google.protobuf.ByteString
+        getManifestBytes();
   }
   /**
    * Protobuf type {@code PersistentMessage}
@@ -183,6 +198,11 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
               sender_ = input.readBytes();
               break;
             }
+            case 98: {
+              bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+              manifest_ = input.readBytes();
+              break;
+            }
           }
         }
       } catch (com.google.protobuf.InvalidProtocolBufferException e) {
@@ -387,12 +407,56 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
       }
     }
 
+    // optional string manifest = 12;
+    public static final int MANIFEST_FIELD_NUMBER = 12;
+    private java.lang.Object manifest_;
+    /**
+     * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+     */
+    public boolean hasManifest() {
+      return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000020) == 0x00000020);
+    }
+    /**
+     * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+     */
+    public java.lang.String getManifest() {
+      java.lang.Object ref = manifest_;
+      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
+        return (java.lang.String) ref;
+      } else {
+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString bs = 
+            (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
+        java.lang.String s = bs.toStringUtf8();
+        if (bs.isValidUtf8()) {
+          manifest_ = s;
+        }
+        return s;
+      }
+    }
+    /**
+     * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+     */
+    public com.google.protobuf.ByteString
+        getManifestBytes() {
+      java.lang.Object ref = manifest_;
+      if (ref instanceof java.lang.String) {
+        com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
+            com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8(
+                (java.lang.String) ref);
+        manifest_ = b;
+        return b;
+      } else {
+        return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
+      }
+    }
+
     private void initFields() {
       payload_ = akka.persistence.serialization.MessageFormats.PersistentPayload.getDefaultInstance();
       sequenceNr_ = 0L;
       persistenceId_ = "";
       deleted_ = false;
       sender_ = "";
+      manifest_ = "";
     }
     private byte memoizedIsInitialized = -1;
     public final boolean isInitialized() {
@@ -427,6 +491,9 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
       if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000010) == 0x00000010)) {
         output.writeBytes(11, getSenderBytes());
       }
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000020) == 0x00000020)) {
+        output.writeBytes(12, getManifestBytes());
+      }
       getUnknownFields().writeTo(output);
     }
 
@@ -456,6 +523,10 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
         size += com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream
           .computeBytesSize(11, getSenderBytes());
       }
+      if (((bitField0_ & 0x00000020) == 0x00000020)) {
+        size += com.google.protobuf.CodedOutputStream
+          .computeBytesSize(12, getManifestBytes());
+      }
       size += getUnknownFields().getSerializedSize();
       memoizedSerializedSize = size;
       return size;
@@ -587,6 +658,8 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
         bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000008);
         sender_ = "";
         bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000010);
+        manifest_ = "";
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000020);
         return this;
       }
 
@@ -639,6 +712,10 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
           to_bitField0_ |= 0x00000010;
         }
         result.sender_ = sender_;
+        if (((from_bitField0_ & 0x00000020) == 0x00000020)) {
+          to_bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+        }
+        result.manifest_ = manifest_;
         result.bitField0_ = to_bitField0_;
         onBuilt();
         return result;
@@ -674,6 +751,11 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
           sender_ = other.sender_;
           onChanged();
         }
+        if (other.hasManifest()) {
+          bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+          manifest_ = other.manifest_;
+          onChanged();
+        }
         this.mergeUnknownFields(other.getUnknownFields());
         return this;
       }
@@ -1086,6 +1168,80 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
         return this;
       }
 
+      // optional string manifest = 12;
+      private java.lang.Object manifest_ = "";
+      /**
+       * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+       */
+      public boolean hasManifest() {
+        return ((bitField0_ & 0x00000020) == 0x00000020);
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+       */
+      public java.lang.String getManifest() {
+        java.lang.Object ref = manifest_;
+        if (!(ref instanceof java.lang.String)) {
+          java.lang.String s = ((com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref)
+              .toStringUtf8();
+          manifest_ = s;
+          return s;
+        } else {
+          return (java.lang.String) ref;
+        }
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+       */
+      public com.google.protobuf.ByteString
+          getManifestBytes() {
+        java.lang.Object ref = manifest_;
+        if (ref instanceof String) {
+          com.google.protobuf.ByteString b = 
+              com.google.protobuf.ByteString.copyFromUtf8(
+                  (java.lang.String) ref);
+          manifest_ = b;
+          return b;
+        } else {
+          return (com.google.protobuf.ByteString) ref;
+        }
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder setManifest(
+          java.lang.String value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+    throw new NullPointerException();
+  }
+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+        manifest_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder clearManifest() {
+        bitField0_ = (bitField0_ & ~0x00000020);
+        manifest_ = getDefaultInstance().getManifest();
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+      /**
+       * <code>optional string manifest = 12;</code>
+       */
+      public Builder setManifestBytes(
+          com.google.protobuf.ByteString value) {
+        if (value == null) {
+    throw new NullPointerException();
+  }
+  bitField0_ |= 0x00000020;
+        manifest_ = value;
+        onChanged();
+        return this;
+      }
+
       // @@protoc_insertion_point(builder_scope:PersistentMessage)
     }
 
@@ -3900,21 +4056,22 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
       descriptor;
   static {
     java.lang.String[] descriptorData = {
-      "\n\024MessageFormats.proto\"\204\001\n\021PersistentMes" +
+      "\n\024MessageFormats.proto\"\226\001\n\021PersistentMes" +
       "sage\022#\n\007payload\030\001 \001(\0132\022.PersistentPayloa" +
       "d\022\022\n\nsequenceNr\030\002 \001(\003\022\025\n\rpersistenceId\030\003" +
-      " \001(\t\022\017\n\007deleted\030\004 \001(\010\022\016\n\006sender\030\013 \001(\t\"S\n" +
-      "\021PersistentPayload\022\024\n\014serializerId\030\001 \002(\005" +
-      "\022\017\n\007payload\030\002 \002(\014\022\027\n\017payloadManifest\030\003 \001" +
-      "(\014\"\356\001\n\033AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot\022\031\n\021cu" +
-      "rrentDeliveryId\030\001 \002(\003\022O\n\025unconfirmedDeli" +
-      "veries\030\002 \003(\01320.AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapsh" +
-      "ot.UnconfirmedDelivery\032c\n\023UnconfirmedDel",
-      "ivery\022\022\n\ndeliveryId\030\001 \002(\003\022\023\n\013destination" +
-      "\030\002 \002(\t\022#\n\007payload\030\003 \002(\0132\022.PersistentPayl" +
-      "oad\"F\n\032PersistentStateChangeEvent\022\027\n\017sta" +
-      "teIdentifier\030\001 \002(\t\022\017\n\007timeout\030\002 \001(\tB\"\n\036a" +
-      "kka.persistence.serializationH\001"
+      " \001(\t\022\017\n\007deleted\030\004 \001(\010\022\016\n\006sender\030\013 \001(\t\022\020\n" +
+      "\010manifest\030\014 \001(\t\"S\n\021PersistentPayload\022\024\n\014" +
+      "serializerId\030\001 \002(\005\022\017\n\007payload\030\002 \002(\014\022\027\n\017p" +
+      "ayloadManifest\030\003 \001(\014\"\356\001\n\033AtLeastOnceDeli" +
+      "verySnapshot\022\031\n\021currentDeliveryId\030\001 \002(\003\022" +
+      "O\n\025unconfirmedDeliveries\030\002 \003(\01320.AtLeast" +
+      "OnceDeliverySnapshot.UnconfirmedDelivery",
+      "\032c\n\023UnconfirmedDelivery\022\022\n\ndeliveryId\030\001 " +
+      "\002(\003\022\023\n\013destination\030\002 \002(\t\022#\n\007payload\030\003 \002(" +
+      "\0132\022.PersistentPayload\"F\n\032PersistentState" +
+      "ChangeEvent\022\027\n\017stateIdentifier\030\001 \002(\t\022\017\n\007" +
+      "timeout\030\002 \001(\tB\"\n\036akka.persistence.serial" +
+      "izationH\001"
     };
     com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner assigner =
       new com.google.protobuf.Descriptors.FileDescriptor.InternalDescriptorAssigner() {
@@ -3926,7 +4083,7 @@ public final class MessageFormats {
           internal_static_PersistentMessage_fieldAccessorTable = new
             com.google.protobuf.GeneratedMessage.FieldAccessorTable(
               internal_static_PersistentMessage_descriptor,
-              new java.lang.String[] { "Payload", "SequenceNr", "PersistenceId", "Deleted", "Sender", });
+              new java.lang.String[] { "Payload", "SequenceNr", "PersistenceId", "Deleted", "Sender", "Manifest", });
           internal_static_PersistentPayload_descriptor =
             getDescriptor().getMessageTypes().get(1);
           internal_static_PersistentPayload_fieldAccessorTable = new
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/protobuf/MessageFormats.proto b/akka-persistence/src/main/protobuf/MessageFormats.proto
index b286b56711..32fec171c0 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/protobuf/MessageFormats.proto
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/protobuf/MessageFormats.proto
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ message PersistentMessage {
   // optional DeliveredMessage confirmMessage = 9; // Removed in 2.4
   // optional string confirmTarget = 10; // Removed in 2.4
   optional string sender = 11; // not stored in journal, needed for remote serialization 
+  optional string manifest = 12;
 }
 
 message PersistentPayload {
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/JournalProtocol.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/JournalProtocol.scala
index 8f460c4c17..27e9176f01 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/JournalProtocol.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/JournalProtocol.scala
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 
 package akka.persistence
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-
 import akka.actor._
 
+import scala.collection.immutable
+
 /**
  * INTERNAL API.
  *
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistence.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistence.scala
index 9001692bbf..9351fe9cfd 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistence.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistence.scala
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@
 
 package akka.persistence
 
-import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.dispatch.Dispatchers
-import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteJournal
+import akka.event.{ Logging, LoggingAdapter }
+import akka.persistence.journal.{ AsyncWriteJournal, EventAdapters, IdentityEventAdapters }
 import akka.util.Helpers.ConfigOps
-import akka.event.LoggingAdapter
-import akka.event.Logging
-import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicReference
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
+
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
 
 /**
  * Persistence configuration.
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ object Persistence extends ExtensionId[Persistence] with ExtensionIdProvider {
   def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): Persistence = new Persistence(system)
   def lookup() = Persistence
   /** INTERNAL API. */
-  private[persistence] case class PluginHolder(actor: ActorRef) extends Extension
+  private[persistence] case class PluginHolder(actor: ActorRef, adapters: EventAdapters) extends Extension
 }
 
 /**
@@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ class Persistence(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
   val settings = new PersistenceSettings(config)
 
   private def journalDispatchSelector(klaz: Class[_]): String =
-    if (classOf[AsyncWriteJournal].isAssignableFrom(klaz)) Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId else DefaultPluginDispatcherId
+    if (classOf[AsyncWriteJournal].isAssignableFrom(klaz)) Dispatchers.DefaultDispatcherId else DefaultPluginDispatcherId // TODO sure this is not inverted?
 
   private def snapshotDispatchSelector(klaz: Class[_]): String =
     DefaultPluginDispatcherId
@@ -156,6 +157,43 @@ class Persistence(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
   /** Discovered persistence snapshot store plugins. */
   private val snapshotPluginExtensionId = new AtomicReference[Map[String, ExtensionId[PluginHolder]]](Map.empty)
 
+  /**
+   * Returns an [[EventAdapters]] object which serves as a per-journal collection of bound event adapters.
+   * If no adapters are registered for a given journal the EventAdapters object will simply return the identity
+   * adapter for each class, otherwise the most specific adapter matching a given class will be returned.
+   */
+  @tailrec final def adaptersFor(journalPluginId: String): EventAdapters = {
+    val configPath = if (isEmpty(journalPluginId)) defaultJournalPluginId else journalPluginId
+    val extensionIdMap = journalPluginExtensionId.get
+    extensionIdMap.get(configPath) match {
+      case Some(extensionId) ⇒
+        extensionId(system).adapters
+      case None ⇒
+        val extensionId = new ExtensionId[PluginHolder] {
+          override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): PluginHolder = {
+            val plugin = createPlugin(configPath)(journalDispatchSelector)
+            val adapters = createAdapters(configPath)
+            PluginHolder(plugin, adapters)
+          }
+        }
+        journalPluginExtensionId.compareAndSet(extensionIdMap, extensionIdMap.updated(configPath, extensionId))
+        adaptersFor(journalPluginId) // Recursive invocation.
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * INTERNAL API
+   * Looks up [[EventAdapters]] by journal plugin's ActorRef.
+   */
+  private[akka] final def adaptersFor(journalPluginActor: ActorRef): EventAdapters = {
+    journalPluginExtensionId.get().values collectFirst {
+      case ext if ext(system).actor == journalPluginActor ⇒ ext(system).adapters
+    } match {
+      case Some(adapters) ⇒ adapters
+      case _              ⇒ IdentityEventAdapters
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns a journal plugin actor identified by `journalPluginId`.
    * When empty, looks in `akka.persistence.journal.plugin` to find configuration entry path.
@@ -170,8 +208,11 @@ class Persistence(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
         extensionId(system).actor
       case None ⇒
         val extensionId = new ExtensionId[PluginHolder] {
-          override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): PluginHolder =
-            PluginHolder(createPlugin(configPath)(journalDispatchSelector))
+          override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): PluginHolder = {
+            val plugin = createPlugin(configPath)(journalDispatchSelector)
+            val adapters = createAdapters(configPath)
+            PluginHolder(plugin, adapters)
+          }
         }
         journalPluginExtensionId.compareAndSet(extensionIdMap, extensionIdMap.updated(configPath, extensionId))
         journalFor(journalPluginId) // Recursive invocation.
@@ -192,8 +233,11 @@ class Persistence(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
         extensionId(system).actor
       case None ⇒
         val extensionId = new ExtensionId[PluginHolder] {
-          override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): PluginHolder =
-            PluginHolder(createPlugin(configPath)(snapshotDispatchSelector))
+          override def createExtension(system: ExtendedActorSystem): PluginHolder = {
+            val plugin = createPlugin(configPath)(snapshotDispatchSelector)
+            val adapters = createAdapters(configPath)
+            PluginHolder(plugin, adapters)
+          }
         }
         snapshotPluginExtensionId.compareAndSet(extensionIdMap, extensionIdMap.updated(configPath, extensionId))
         snapshotStoreFor(snapshotPluginId) // Recursive invocation.
@@ -202,12 +246,12 @@ class Persistence(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
 
   private def createPlugin(configPath: String)(dispatcherSelector: Class[_] ⇒ String) = {
     require(!isEmpty(configPath) && system.settings.config.hasPath(configPath),
-      s"'reference.conf' is missing persistence plugin config path: '${configPath}'")
+      s"'reference.conf' is missing persistence plugin config path: '$configPath'")
     val pluginActorName = configPath
     val pluginConfig = system.settings.config.getConfig(configPath)
     val pluginClassName = pluginConfig.getString("class")
-    log.debug(s"Create plugin: ${pluginActorName} ${pluginClassName}")
-    val pluginClass = system.dynamicAccess.getClassFor[AnyRef](pluginClassName).get
+    log.debug(s"Create plugin: $pluginActorName $pluginClassName")
+    val pluginClass = system.dynamicAccess.getClassFor[Any](pluginClassName).get
     val pluginInjectConfig = if (pluginConfig.hasPath("inject-config")) pluginConfig.getBoolean("inject-config") else false
     val pluginDispatcherId = if (pluginConfig.hasPath("plugin-dispatcher")) pluginConfig.getString("plugin-dispatcher") else dispatcherSelector(pluginClass)
     val pluginActorArgs = if (pluginInjectConfig) List(pluginConfig) else Nil
@@ -215,6 +259,11 @@ class Persistence(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends Extension {
     system.systemActorOf(pluginActorProps, pluginActorName)
   }
 
+  private def createAdapters(configPath: String): EventAdapters = {
+    val pluginConfig = system.settings.config.getConfig(configPath)
+    EventAdapters(system, pluginConfig)
+  }
+
   /** Creates a canonical persistent actor id from a persistent actor ref. */
   def persistenceId(persistentActor: ActorRef): String = id(persistentActor)
 
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistent.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistent.scala
index cf8adacf97..7da9628b12 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistent.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/Persistent.scala
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ package akka.persistence
 import java.lang.{ Iterable ⇒ JIterable }
 import java.util.{ List ⇒ JList }
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-
 import akka.actor.{ ActorContext, ActorRef }
-import akka.japi.Util.immutableSeq
 import akka.pattern.PromiseActorRef
 import akka.persistence.serialization.Message
 
@@ -40,13 +37,17 @@ private[persistence] final case class NonPersistentRepr(payload: Any, sender: Ac
  * @see [[akka.persistence.journal.AsyncRecovery]]
  */
 trait PersistentRepr extends PersistentEnvelope with Message {
-  import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
 
   /**
    * This persistent message's payload.
    */
   def payload: Any
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the persistent payload's manifest if available
+   */
+  def manifest: String
+
   /**
    * Persistent id that journals a persistent message
    */
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ trait PersistentRepr extends PersistentEnvelope with Message {
    */
   def withPayload(payload: Any): PersistentRepr
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a new persistent message with the specified `manifest`.
+   */
+  def withManifest(manifest: String): PersistentRepr
+
   /**
    * `true` if this message is marked as deleted.
    */
@@ -83,10 +89,10 @@ trait PersistentRepr extends PersistentEnvelope with Message {
 }
 
 object PersistentRepr {
-  /**
-   * Plugin API: value of an undefined processor id.
-   */
+  /** Plugin API: value of an undefined persistenceId or manifest. */
   val Undefined = ""
+  /** Plugin API: value of an undefined / identity event adapter. */
+  val UndefinedId = 0
 
   /**
    * Plugin API.
@@ -95,9 +101,10 @@ object PersistentRepr {
     payload: Any,
     sequenceNr: Long = 0L,
     persistenceId: String = PersistentRepr.Undefined,
+    manifest: String = PersistentRepr.Undefined,
     deleted: Boolean = false,
     sender: ActorRef = null): PersistentRepr =
-    PersistentImpl(payload, sequenceNr, persistenceId, deleted, sender)
+    PersistentImpl(payload, sequenceNr, persistenceId, manifest, deleted, sender)
 
   /**
    * Java API, Plugin API.
@@ -115,20 +122,21 @@ object PersistentRepr {
  * INTERNAL API.
  */
 private[persistence] final case class PersistentImpl(
-  payload: Any,
-  sequenceNr: Long,
+  override val payload: Any,
+  override val sequenceNr: Long,
   override val persistenceId: String,
-  deleted: Boolean,
-  sender: ActorRef) extends PersistentRepr {
+  override val manifest: String,
+  override val deleted: Boolean,
+  override val sender: ActorRef) extends PersistentRepr {
 
   def withPayload(payload: Any): PersistentRepr =
     copy(payload = payload)
 
-  def update(
-    sequenceNr: Long,
-    persistenceId: String,
-    deleted: Boolean,
-    sender: ActorRef) =
+  def withManifest(manifest: String): PersistentRepr =
+    if (this.manifest == manifest) this
+    else copy(manifest = manifest)
+
+  def update(sequenceNr: Long, persistenceId: String, deleted: Boolean, sender: ActorRef) =
     copy(sequenceNr = sequenceNr, persistenceId = persistenceId, deleted = deleted, sender = sender)
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteJournal.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteJournal.scala
index 532bfdadfb..1cbf85732a 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteJournal.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteJournal.scala
@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@
 
 package akka.persistence.journal
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-import scala.concurrent.Future
-import scala.util._
-
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.pattern.pipe
 import akka.persistence._
 
+import scala.collection.immutable
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import scala.util._
+
 /**
  * Abstract journal, optimized for asynchronous, non-blocking writes.
  */
 trait AsyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery {
-  import JournalProtocol._
   import AsyncWriteJournal._
+  import JournalProtocol._
   import context.dispatcher
 
   private val extension = Persistence(context.system)
@@ -47,12 +47,15 @@ trait AsyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery {
       // Send replayed messages and replay result to persistentActor directly. No need
       // to resequence replayed messages relative to written and looped messages.
       asyncReplayMessages(persistenceId, fromSequenceNr, toSequenceNr, max) { p ⇒
-        if (!p.deleted || replayDeleted) persistentActor.tell(ReplayedMessage(p), Actor.noSender)
+        if (!p.deleted || replayDeleted)
+          adaptFromJournal(p).foreach { adaptedPersistentRepr ⇒
+            persistentActor.tell(ReplayedMessage(adaptedPersistentRepr), Actor.noSender)
+          }
       } map {
         case _ ⇒ ReplayMessagesSuccess
       } recover {
         case e ⇒ ReplayMessagesFailure(e)
-      } pipeTo (persistentActor) onSuccess {
+      } pipeTo persistentActor onSuccess {
         case _ if publish ⇒ context.system.eventStream.publish(r)
       }
     case ReadHighestSequenceNr(fromSequenceNr, persistenceId, persistentActor) ⇒
@@ -62,7 +65,7 @@ trait AsyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery {
         highest ⇒ ReadHighestSequenceNrSuccess(highest)
       } recover {
         case e ⇒ ReadHighestSequenceNrFailure(e)
-      } pipeTo (persistentActor)
+      } pipeTo persistentActor
     case d @ DeleteMessagesTo(persistenceId, toSequenceNr, permanent) ⇒
       asyncDeleteMessagesTo(persistenceId, toSequenceNr, permanent) onComplete {
         case Success(_) ⇒ if (publish) context.system.eventStream.publish(d)
@@ -85,6 +88,7 @@ trait AsyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery {
    */
   def asyncDeleteMessagesTo(persistenceId: String, toSequenceNr: Long, permanent: Boolean): Future[Unit]
   //#journal-plugin-api
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteProxy.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteProxy.scala
index ebcc71aa02..036e0367e5 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteProxy.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/AsyncWriteProxy.scala
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import akka.util._
  *
  * A journal that delegates actual storage to a target actor. For testing only.
  */
-private[persistence] trait AsyncWriteProxy extends AsyncWriteJournal with Stash {
+private[persistence] trait AsyncWriteProxy extends AsyncWriteJournal with Stash with ActorLogging {
   import AsyncWriteProxy._
   import AsyncWriteTarget._
 
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ private[persistence] trait AsyncWriteProxy extends AsyncWriteJournal with Stash
       store = ref
       unstashAll()
       context.become(initialized)
-    case _ ⇒ stash()
+    case x ⇒
+      stash()
   }
 
   implicit def timeout: Timeout
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ private[persistence] trait AsyncWriteProxy extends AsyncWriteJournal with Stash
   def asyncDeleteMessagesTo(persistenceId: String, toSequenceNr: Long, permanent: Boolean): Future[Unit] =
     (store ? DeleteMessagesTo(persistenceId, toSequenceNr, permanent)).mapTo[Unit]
 
-  def asyncReplayMessages(persistenceId: String, fromSequenceNr: Long, toSequenceNr: Long, max: Long)(replayCallback: (PersistentRepr) ⇒ Unit): Future[Unit] = {
-    val replayCompletionPromise = Promise[Unit]
+  def asyncReplayMessages(persistenceId: String, fromSequenceNr: Long, toSequenceNr: Long, max: Long)(replayCallback: PersistentRepr ⇒ Unit): Future[Unit] = {
+    val replayCompletionPromise = Promise[Unit]()
     val mediator = context.actorOf(Props(classOf[ReplayMediator], replayCallback, replayCompletionPromise, timeout.duration).withDeploy(Deploy.local))
     store.tell(ReplayMessages(persistenceId, fromSequenceNr, toSequenceNr, max), mediator)
     replayCompletionPromise.future
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdapter.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdapter.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b54c8f4b69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdapter.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.persistence.journal
+
+import scala.annotation.varargs
+import scala.collection.immutable
+
+/**
+ * Facility to convert from and to specialised data models, as may be required by specialized persistence Journals.
+ *
+ * Typical use cases include (but are not limited to):
+ * <ul>
+ *   <li>adding metadata, a.k.a. "tagging" - by wrapping objects into tagged counterparts</li>
+ *   <li>manually converting to the Journals storage format, such as JSON, BSON or any specialised binary format</li>
+ *   <li>adapting incoming events in any way before persisting them by the journal</li>
+ * </ul>
+ */
+abstract class EventAdapter {
+  //#event-adapter-api
+  /**
+   * Return the manifest (type hint) that will be provided in the `fromJournal` method.
+   * Use `""` if manifest is not needed.
+   */
+  def manifest(event: Any): String
+
+  /**
+   * Convert domain event to journal event type.
+   *
+   * Some journal may require a specific type to be returned to them,
+   * for example if a primary key has to be associated with each event then a journal
+   * may require adapters to return `com.example.myjournal.EventWithPrimaryKey(event, key)`.
+   *
+   * The `toJournal` adaptation must be an 1-to-1 transformation.
+   * It is not allowed to drop incoming events during the `toJournal` adaptation.
+   *
+   * @param event the application-side domain event to be adapted to the journal model
+   * @return the adapted event object, possibly the same object if no adaptation was performed
+   */
+  def toJournal(event: Any): Any
+
+  /**
+   * Convert a event from its journal model to the applications domain model.
+   *
+   * One event may be adapter into multiple (or none) events which should be delivered to the [[akka.persistence.PersistentActor]].
+   * Use the specialised [[EventSeq.single]] method to emit exactly one event, or [[EventSeq.empty]] in case the adapter
+   * is not handling this event. Multiple [[EventAdapter]] instances are applied in order as defined in configuration
+   * and their emitted event seqs are concatenated and delivered in order to the PersistentActor.
+   *
+   * @param event event to be adapted before delivering to the PersistentActor
+   * @param manifest optionally provided manifest (type hint) in case the Adapter has stored one for this event, `""` if none
+   * @return sequence containing the adapted events (possibly zero) which will be delivered to the PersistentActor
+   */
+  def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq
+
+  //#event-adapter-api
+}
+
+sealed abstract class EventSeq {
+  def events: immutable.Seq[Any]
+}
+object EventSeq {
+  /** Java API */
+  final def empty: EventSeq = EmptyEventSeq
+
+  /** Java API */
+  final def single(event: Any): EventSeq = new SingleEventSeq(event)
+
+  /** Java API */
+  @varargs final def create(events: Any*): EventSeq = EventsSeq(events.toList)
+  final def apply(events: Any*): EventSeq = EventsSeq(events.toList)
+}
+final case class SingleEventSeq(event: Any) extends EventSeq { // TODO try to make it a value class, would save allocations
+  override val events: immutable.Seq[Any] = List(event)
+  override def toString = s"SingleEventSeq($event)"
+}
+
+sealed trait EmptyEventSeq extends EventSeq
+final object EmptyEventSeq extends EmptyEventSeq {
+  override def events = Nil
+}
+
+final case class EventsSeq[E](events: immutable.Seq[E]) extends EventSeq
+
+/** No-op model adapter which passes through the incoming events as-is. */
+final case object IdentityEventAdapter extends EventAdapter {
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = event
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = EventSeq.single(event)
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String = ""
+}
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdapters.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdapters.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8b1efcd4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdapters.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.persistence.journal
+
+import java.util
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap
+
+import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
+import akka.event.{ Logging, LoggingAdapter }
+import com.typesafe.config.Config
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
+import scala.collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
+import scala.reflect.ClassTag
+import scala.util.Try
+
+/** INTERNAL API */
+private[akka] class EventAdapters(
+  map: ConcurrentHashMap[Class[_], EventAdapter],
+  bindings: immutable.Seq[(Class[_], EventAdapter)],
+  log: LoggingAdapter) {
+
+  /**
+   * Finds the "most specific" matching adapter for the given class (i.e. it may return an adapter that can work on a
+   * interface implemented by the given class if no direct match is found).
+   *
+   * Falls back to [[IdentityEventAdapter]] if no adapter was defined for the given class.
+   */
+  def get(clazz: Class[_]): EventAdapter = {
+    map.get(clazz) match {
+      case null ⇒ // bindings are ordered from most specific to least specific
+        val value = bindings filter {
+          _._1 isAssignableFrom clazz
+        } match {
+          case (_, bestMatch) +: _ ⇒ bestMatch
+          case _                   ⇒ IdentityEventAdapter
+        }
+        map.putIfAbsent(clazz, value) match {
+          case null ⇒
+            log.debug(s"Using EventAdapter: {} for event [{}]", value.getClass.getName, clazz.getName)
+            value
+          case some ⇒ some
+        }
+      case value ⇒ value
+    }
+  }
+
+  override def toString =
+    s"${getClass.getName}($map, $bindings)"
+
+}
+
+/** INTERNAL API */
+private[akka] object EventAdapters {
+  type Name = String
+  type BoundAdapters = immutable.Seq[String]
+  type FQN = String
+  type ClassHandler = (Class[_], EventAdapter)
+
+  def apply(system: ExtendedActorSystem, config: Config): EventAdapters = {
+    val adapters = configToMap(config, "event-adapters")
+    val adapterBindings = configToListMap(config, "event-adapter-bindings")
+    apply(system, adapters, adapterBindings)
+  }
+
+  private def apply(
+    system: ExtendedActorSystem,
+    adapters: Map[Name, FQN],
+    adapterBindings: Map[FQN, BoundAdapters]): EventAdapters = {
+
+    val adapterNames = adapters.keys.toSet
+    for {
+      (fqn, boundToAdapters) ← adapterBindings
+      boundAdapter ← boundToAdapters
+    } require(adapterNames(boundAdapter.toString),
+      s"$fqn was bound to undefined event-adapter: $boundAdapter (bindings: ${boundToAdapters.mkString("[", ", ", "]")}, known adapters: ${adapters.keys.mkString})")
+
+    // A Map of handler from alias to implementation (i.e. class implementing akka.serialization.Serializer)
+    // For example this defines a handler named 'country': `"country" -> com.example.comain.CountryTagsAdapter`
+    val handlers = for ((k: String, v: String) ← adapters) yield k -> instantiate[EventAdapter](v, system).get
+
+    // bindings is a Seq of tuple representing the mapping from Class to handler.
+    // It is primarily ordered by the most specific classes first, and secondly in the configured order.
+    val bindings: immutable.Seq[ClassHandler] = {
+      val bs = for ((k: FQN, as: BoundAdapters) ← adapterBindings)
+        yield if (as.size == 1) (system.dynamicAccess.getClassFor[Any](k).get, handlers(as.head))
+      else (system.dynamicAccess.getClassFor[Any](k).get, CombinedReadEventAdapter(as.map(handlers)))
+
+      sort(bs)
+    }
+
+    val backing = (new ConcurrentHashMap[Class[_], EventAdapter] /: bindings) { case (map, (c, s)) ⇒ map.put(c, s); map }
+
+    new EventAdapters(backing, bindings, system.log)
+  }
+
+  /** INTERNAL API */
+  private[akka] case class CombinedReadEventAdapter(adapters: immutable.Seq[EventAdapter]) extends EventAdapter {
+    private def onlyReadSideException = new IllegalStateException("CombinedReadEventAdapter must not be used when writing (creating manifests) events!")
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = throw onlyReadSideException
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = throw onlyReadSideException
+
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq =
+      EventSeq(adapters.flatMap(_.fromJournal(event, manifest).events): _*) // TODO could we could make EventSeq flatMappable
+
+    override def toString =
+      s"CombinedReadEventAdapter(${adapters.map(_.getClass.getCanonicalName).mkString(",")})"
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tries to load the specified Serializer by the fully-qualified name; the actual
+   * loading is performed by the system’s [[akka.actor.DynamicAccess]].
+   */
+  private def instantiate[T: ClassTag](fqn: FQN, system: ExtendedActorSystem): Try[T] =
+    system.dynamicAccess.createInstanceFor[T](fqn, List(classOf[ExtendedActorSystem] -> system)) recoverWith {
+      case _: NoSuchMethodException ⇒ system.dynamicAccess.createInstanceFor[T](fqn, Nil)
+    }
+
+  /**
+   * Sort so that subtypes always precede their supertypes, but without
+   * obeying any order between unrelated subtypes (insert sort).
+   */
+  private def sort[T](in: Iterable[(Class[_], T)]): immutable.Seq[(Class[_], T)] =
+    (new ArrayBuffer[(Class[_], T)](in.size) /: in) { (buf, ca) ⇒
+      buf.indexWhere(_._1 isAssignableFrom ca._1) match {
+        case -1 ⇒ buf append ca
+        case x  ⇒ buf insert (x, ca)
+      }
+      buf
+    }.to[immutable.Seq]
+
+  private final def configToMap(config: Config, path: String): Map[String, String] = {
+    import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+    if (config.hasPath(path)) {
+      config.getConfig(path).root.unwrapped.asScala.toMap map { case (k, v) ⇒ k -> v.toString }
+    } else Map.empty
+  }
+
+  private final def configToListMap(config: Config, path: String): Map[String, immutable.Seq[String]] = {
+    import scala.collection.JavaConverters._
+    if (config.hasPath(path)) {
+      config.getConfig(path).root.unwrapped.asScala.toMap map {
+        case (k, v: util.ArrayList[_]) if v.isInstanceOf[util.ArrayList[_]] ⇒ k -> v.asScala.map(_.toString).toList
+        case (k, v) ⇒ k -> List(v.toString)
+      }
+    } else Map.empty
+  }
+
+}
+
+private[akka] case object IdentityEventAdapters extends EventAdapters(null, null, null) {
+  override def get(clazz: Class[_]): EventAdapter = IdentityEventAdapter
+  override def toString = Logging.simpleName(IdentityEventAdapters)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/SyncWriteJournal.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/SyncWriteJournal.scala
index e28dff2620..e97f5e00f1 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/SyncWriteJournal.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/SyncWriteJournal.scala
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@ package akka.persistence.journal
 import scala.collection.immutable
 import scala.util._
 
-import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.actor.{ ActorLogging, Actor }
 import akka.pattern.pipe
 import akka.persistence._
 
 /**
  * Abstract journal, optimized for synchronous writes.
  */
-trait SyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery {
+trait SyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery with ActorLogging {
   import JournalProtocol._
   import context.dispatcher
 
@@ -39,22 +39,28 @@ trait SyncWriteJournal extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with AsyncRecovery {
           }
           throw e
       }
+
     case r @ ReplayMessages(fromSequenceNr, toSequenceNr, max, persistenceId, persistentActor, replayDeleted) ⇒
       asyncReplayMessages(persistenceId, fromSequenceNr, toSequenceNr, max) { p ⇒
-        if (!p.deleted || replayDeleted) persistentActor.tell(ReplayedMessage(p), p.sender)
+        if (!p.deleted || replayDeleted)
+          adaptFromJournal(p).foreach { adaptedPersistentRepr ⇒
+            persistentActor.tell(ReplayedMessage(adaptedPersistentRepr), adaptedPersistentRepr.sender)
+          }
       } map {
         case _ ⇒ ReplayMessagesSuccess
       } recover {
         case e ⇒ ReplayMessagesFailure(e)
-      } pipeTo (persistentActor) onSuccess {
+      } pipeTo persistentActor onSuccess {
         case _ if publish ⇒ context.system.eventStream.publish(r)
       }
+
     case ReadHighestSequenceNr(fromSequenceNr, persistenceId, persistentActor) ⇒
       asyncReadHighestSequenceNr(persistenceId, fromSequenceNr).map {
         highest ⇒ ReadHighestSequenceNrSuccess(highest)
       } recover {
         case e ⇒ ReadHighestSequenceNrFailure(e)
-      } pipeTo (persistentActor)
+      } pipeTo persistentActor
+
     case d @ DeleteMessagesTo(persistenceId, toSequenceNr, permanent) ⇒
       Try(deleteMessagesTo(persistenceId, toSequenceNr, permanent)) match {
         case Success(_) ⇒ if (publish) context.system.eventStream.publish(d)
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/WriteJournalBase.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/WriteJournalBase.scala
index 0265dcfbfc..452ff62d41 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/WriteJournalBase.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/WriteJournalBase.scala
@@ -4,16 +4,37 @@
 
 package akka.persistence.journal
 
-import akka.persistence.{ PersistentRepr, PersistentEnvelope }
 import akka.actor.Actor
+import akka.persistence.{ Persistence, PersistentEnvelope, PersistentRepr }
+
 import scala.collection.immutable
 
 private[akka] trait WriteJournalBase {
   this: Actor ⇒
 
+  lazy val persistence = Persistence(context.system)
+  private def eventAdapters = persistence.adaptersFor(self)
+
   protected def preparePersistentBatch(rb: immutable.Seq[PersistentEnvelope]): immutable.Seq[PersistentRepr] =
-    rb.collect {
-      case p: PersistentRepr ⇒ p.update(sender = Actor.noSender) // don't store sender
+    rb.collect { // collect instead of flatMap to avoid Some allocations
+      case p: PersistentRepr ⇒ adaptToJournal(p.update(sender = Actor.noSender)) // don't store the sender
     }
 
+  /** INTERNAL API */
+  private[akka] final def adaptFromJournal(repr: PersistentRepr): immutable.Seq[PersistentRepr] =
+    eventAdapters.get(repr.payload.getClass).fromJournal(repr.payload, repr.manifest).events map { adaptedPayload ⇒
+      repr.withPayload(adaptedPayload)
+    }
+
+  /** INTERNAL API */
+  private[akka] final def adaptToJournal(repr: PersistentRepr): PersistentRepr = {
+    val payload = repr.payload
+    val adapter = eventAdapters.get(payload.getClass)
+    val manifest = adapter.manifest(payload)
+
+    repr
+      .withPayload(adapter.toJournal(payload))
+      .withManifest(manifest)
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/inmem/InmemJournal.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/inmem/InmemJournal.scala
index 299fcd8844..79fe0b5c14 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/inmem/InmemJournal.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/inmem/InmemJournal.scala
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import scala.language.postfixOps
 
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.persistence._
-import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteProxy
-import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteTarget
+import akka.persistence.journal.{ WriteJournalBase, AsyncWriteProxy, AsyncWriteTarget }
 import akka.util.Timeout
 
 /**
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ private[persistence] trait InmemMessages {
 /**
  * INTERNAL API.
  */
-private[persistence] class InmemStore extends Actor with InmemMessages {
+private[persistence] class InmemStore extends Actor with InmemMessages with WriteJournalBase {
   import AsyncWriteTarget._
 
   def receive = {
@@ -83,7 +82,7 @@ private[persistence] class InmemStore extends Actor with InmemMessages {
     case DeleteMessagesTo(pid, tsnr, true) ⇒
       sender() ! (1L to tsnr foreach { snr ⇒ delete(pid, snr) })
     case ReplayMessages(pid, fromSnr, toSnr, max) ⇒
-      read(pid, fromSnr, toSnr, max).foreach(sender() ! _)
+      read(pid, fromSnr, toSnr, max).foreach { sender() ! _ }
       sender() ! ReplaySuccess
     case ReadHighestSequenceNr(persistenceId, _) ⇒
       sender() ! highestSequenceNr(persistenceId)
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbStore.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbStore.scala
index 5c244a9304..828b8f4053 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbStore.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/LeveldbStore.scala
@@ -7,20 +7,19 @@ package akka.persistence.journal.leveldb
 
 import java.io.File
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-import scala.util._
-
-import org.iq80.leveldb._
-
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.persistence._
-import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteTarget
+import akka.persistence.journal.{ WriteJournalBase, AsyncWriteTarget }
 import akka.serialization.SerializationExtension
+import org.iq80.leveldb._
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
+import scala.util._
 
 /**
  * INTERNAL API.
  */
-private[persistence] trait LeveldbStore extends Actor with LeveldbIdMapping with LeveldbRecovery {
+private[persistence] trait LeveldbStore extends Actor with WriteJournalBase with LeveldbIdMapping with LeveldbRecovery {
   val configPath: String
 
   val config = context.system.settings.config.getConfig(configPath)
@@ -112,11 +111,11 @@ class SharedLeveldbStore extends { val configPath = "akka.persistence.journal.le
   import AsyncWriteTarget._
 
   def receive = {
-    case WriteMessages(msgs)                        ⇒ sender() ! writeMessages(msgs)
+    case WriteMessages(msgs)                        ⇒ sender() ! writeMessages(preparePersistentBatch(msgs))
     case DeleteMessagesTo(pid, tsnr, permanent)     ⇒ sender() ! deleteMessagesTo(pid, tsnr, permanent)
     case ReadHighestSequenceNr(pid, fromSequenceNr) ⇒ sender() ! readHighestSequenceNr(numericId(pid))
     case ReplayMessages(pid, fromSnr, toSnr, max) ⇒
-      Try(replayMessages(numericId(pid), fromSnr, toSnr, max)(sender() ! _)) match {
+      Try(replayMessages(numericId(pid), fromSnr, toSnr, max)(p ⇒ adaptFromJournal(p).foreach { sender() ! _ })) match {
         case Success(max)   ⇒ sender() ! ReplaySuccess
         case Failure(cause) ⇒ sender() ! ReplayFailure(cause)
       }
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageSerializer.scala b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageSerializer.scala
index f785ed9fe1..cb0d86427a 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageSerializer.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/main/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/MessageSerializer.scala
@@ -4,20 +4,19 @@
 
 package akka.persistence.serialization
 
-import scala.concurrent.duration
-import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
-import scala.language.existentials
-import com.google.protobuf._
 import akka.actor.{ ActorPath, ExtendedActorSystem }
-import akka.japi.Util.immutableSeq
+import akka.persistence.AtLeastOnceDelivery.{ AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot ⇒ AtLeastOnceDeliverySnap, UnconfirmedDelivery }
 import akka.persistence._
+import akka.persistence.fsm.PersistentFsmActor.StateChangeEvent
 import akka.persistence.serialization.MessageFormats._
 import akka.serialization._
-import akka.persistence.AtLeastOnceDelivery.{ AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot ⇒ AtLeastOnceDeliverySnap }
-import akka.persistence.AtLeastOnceDelivery.UnconfirmedDelivery
+import com.google.protobuf._
+
 import scala.collection.immutable.VectorBuilder
-import akka.persistence.fsm.PersistentFsmActor.StateChangeEvent
+import scala.concurrent.duration
 import akka.actor.Actor
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import scala.language.existentials
 
 /**
  * Marker trait for all protobuf-serializable messages in `akka.persistence`.
@@ -164,6 +163,7 @@ class MessageSerializer(val system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends BaseSerializer
       payload(persistentMessage.getPayload),
       persistentMessage.getSequenceNr,
       if (persistentMessage.hasPersistenceId) persistentMessage.getPersistenceId else Undefined,
+      if (persistentMessage.hasManifest) persistentMessage.getManifest else Undefined,
       persistentMessage.getDeleted,
       if (persistentMessage.hasSender) system.provider.resolveActorRef(persistentMessage.getSender) else Actor.noSender)
   }
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/EndToEndEventAdapterSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/EndToEndEventAdapterSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..868f56f2fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/EndToEndEventAdapterSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.persistence
+
+import java.io.File
+
+import akka.actor._
+import akka.persistence.EndToEndEventAdapterSpec.NewA
+import akka.persistence.journal.{ EventSeq, EventAdapter }
+import akka.testkit.{ ImplicitSender, WatchedByCoroner, AkkaSpec, TestProbe }
+import com.typesafe.config.{ Config, ConfigFactory }
+import org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils
+import org.scalatest.{ WordSpecLike, Matchers, BeforeAndAfterAll }
+
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
+object EndToEndEventAdapterSpec {
+
+  trait AppModel { def payload: Any }
+  case class A(payload: Any) extends AppModel
+  case class B(payload: Any) extends AppModel
+  case class NewA(payload: Any) extends AppModel
+  case class NewB(payload: Any) extends AppModel
+
+  case class JSON(payload: Any)
+
+  class AEndToEndAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = event.getClass.getCanonicalName
+
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any =
+      event match { case m: AppModel ⇒ JSON(m.payload) }
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = event match {
+      case m: JSON if m.payload.toString.startsWith("a") ⇒ EventSeq.single(A(m.payload))
+      case _ ⇒ EventSeq.empty
+    }
+  }
+  class NewAEndToEndAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = event.getClass.getCanonicalName
+
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any =
+      event match { case m: AppModel ⇒ JSON(m.payload) }
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = event match {
+      case m: JSON if m.payload.toString.startsWith("a") ⇒ EventSeq.single(NewA(m.payload))
+      case _ ⇒ EventSeq.empty
+    }
+  }
+  class BEndToEndAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = event.getClass.getCanonicalName
+
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any =
+      event match { case m: AppModel ⇒ JSON(m.payload) }
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = event match {
+      case m: JSON if m.payload.toString.startsWith("b") ⇒ EventSeq.single(B(m.payload))
+      case _ ⇒ EventSeq.empty
+    }
+  }
+  class NewBEndToEndAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = event.getClass.getCanonicalName
+
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any =
+      event match { case m: AppModel ⇒ JSON(m.payload) }
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = event match {
+      case m: JSON if m.payload.toString.startsWith("b") ⇒ EventSeq.single(NewB(m.payload))
+      case _ ⇒ EventSeq.empty
+    }
+  }
+
+  class EndToEndAdapterActor(name: String, override val journalPluginId: String, probe: Option[ActorRef])
+    extends NamedPersistentActor(name) with PersistentActor {
+
+    var state: List[Any] = Nil
+
+    val persistIncoming: Receive = {
+      case GetState ⇒
+        state.reverse.foreach { sender() ! _ }
+      case in ⇒
+        persist(in) { e ⇒
+          state ::= e
+          sender() ! e
+        }
+    }
+
+    override def receiveRecover = {
+      case RecoveryCompleted ⇒ // ignore
+      case e                 ⇒ state ::= e
+    }
+    override def receiveCommand = persistIncoming
+
+    override def onReplayFailure(cause: Throwable, event: Option[Any]): Unit =
+      probe.foreach { _ ! cause }
+  }
+
+}
+
+abstract class EndToEndEventAdapterSpec(journalName: String, journalConfig: Config)
+  extends WordSpecLike with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll {
+  import EndToEndEventAdapterSpec._
+
+  val storageLocations = List("akka.persistence.journal.leveldb.dir")
+    .map(s ⇒ new File(journalConfig.getString(s)))
+
+  override protected def beforeAll() {
+    storageLocations.foreach(FileUtils.deleteDirectory)
+  }
+
+  override protected def afterAll() {
+    storageLocations.foreach(FileUtils.deleteDirectory)
+  }
+
+  val noAdaptersConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString("")
+
+  val adaptersConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(
+    s"""
+    |akka.persistence.journal {
+    |  $journalName {
+    |    event-adapters {
+    |      a = "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$AEndToEndAdapter"
+    |      b = "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$BEndToEndAdapter"
+    |    }
+    |    event-adapter-bindings {
+    |      # to journal
+    |      "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$A" = a
+    |      "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$B" = b
+    |      # from journal
+    |      "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$JSON" = [a, b]
+    |
+    |    }
+    |  }
+    |}
+    """.stripMargin)
+
+  val newAdaptersConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(
+    s"""
+    |akka.persistence.journal {
+    |  $journalName {
+    |    event-adapters {
+    |      a = "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$NewAEndToEndAdapter"
+    |      b = "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$NewBEndToEndAdapter"
+    |    }
+    |    event-adapter-bindings {
+    |      # to journal
+    |      "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$A" = a
+    |      "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$B" = b
+    |      # from journal
+    |      "${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$JSON" = [a, b]
+    |
+    |    }
+    |  }
+    |}
+    """.stripMargin)
+
+  def persister(name: String, probe: Option[ActorRef] = None)(implicit system: ActorSystem) =
+    system.actorOf(Props(classOf[EndToEndAdapterActor], name, "akka.persistence.journal." + journalName, probe), name)
+
+  def withActorSystem[T](name: String, config: Config)(block: ActorSystem ⇒ T): T = {
+    val system = ActorSystem(name, journalConfig withFallback config)
+    try block(system) finally Await.ready(system.terminate(), 3.seconds)
+  }
+
+  "EventAdapters in end-to-end scenarios" must {
+
+    "use the same adapter when reading as was used when writing to the journal" in
+      withActorSystem("SimpleSystem", adaptersConfig) { implicit system ⇒
+        val p = TestProbe()
+        implicit val ref = p.ref
+
+        val p1 = persister("p1")
+        val a = A("a1")
+        val b = B("b1")
+        p1 ! a
+        p1 ! b
+        p.expectMsg(a)
+        p.expectMsg(b)
+
+        p.watch(p1)
+        p1 ! PoisonPill
+        p.expectTerminated(p1)
+
+        val p11 = persister("p1")
+        p11 ! GetState
+        p.expectMsg(A("a1"))
+        p.expectMsg(B("b1"))
+      }
+
+    "allow using an adapter, when write was performed without an adapter" in {
+      val persistentName = "p2"
+
+      withActorSystem("NoAdapterSystem", adaptersConfig) { implicit system ⇒
+        val p = TestProbe()
+        implicit val ref = p.ref
+
+        val p2 = persister(persistentName)
+        val a = A("a1")
+        val b = B("b1")
+        p2 ! a
+        p2 ! b
+        p.expectMsg(a)
+        p.expectMsg(b)
+
+        p.watch(p2)
+        p2 ! PoisonPill
+        p.expectTerminated(p2)
+
+        val p11 = persister(persistentName)
+        p11 ! GetState
+        p.expectMsg(A("a1"))
+        p.expectMsg(B("b1"))
+      }
+
+      withActorSystem("NowAdaptersAddedSystem", newAdaptersConfig) { implicit system ⇒
+        val p = TestProbe()
+        implicit val ref = p.ref
+
+        val p22 = persister(persistentName)
+        p22 ! GetState
+        p.expectMsg(NewA("a1"))
+        p.expectMsg(NewB("b1"))
+      }
+    }
+
+    "give nice error message when unable to play back as adapter does not exist" in {
+      // after some time, we start the system a-new...
+      // and the adapter originally used for adapting A is missing from the configuration!
+      val journalPath = s"akka.persistence.journal.$journalName"
+      val missingAdapterConfig = adaptersConfig
+        .withoutPath(s"$journalPath.event-adapters.a")
+        .withoutPath(s"""$journalPath.event-adapter-bindings."${classOf[EndToEndEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$A"""")
+
+      intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
+        withActorSystem("MissingAdapterSystem", journalConfig.withFallback(missingAdapterConfig)) { implicit system2 ⇒
+          Persistence(system2).adaptersFor(s"akka.persistence.journal.$journalName").get(classOf[String])
+        }
+      }.getMessage should include("was bound to undefined event-adapter: a (bindings: [a, b], known adapters: b)")
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+// needs persistence between actor systems, thus not running with the inmem journal
+class LeveldbEndToEndEventAdapterSpec extends EndToEndEventAdapterSpec("leveldb", PersistenceSpec.config("leveldb", "LeveldbEndToEndEventAdapterSpec"))
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/InmemEventAdapterSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/InmemEventAdapterSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..52d5ee4bda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/InmemEventAdapterSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,220 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2009-2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.persistence
+
+import akka.actor._
+import akka.event.Logging
+import akka.persistence.journal.{ SingleEventSeq, EventSeq, EventAdapter }
+import akka.testkit.ImplicitSender
+import com.typesafe.config.{ Config, ConfigFactory }
+
+import scala.collection.immutable
+
+object InmemEventAdapterSpec {
+
+  final val JournalModelClassName = classOf[InmemEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName + "$" + classOf[JournalModel].getSimpleName
+  trait JournalModel {
+    def payload: Any
+    def tags: immutable.Set[String]
+  }
+  final case class Tagged(payload: Any, tags: immutable.Set[String]) extends JournalModel
+  final case class NotTagged(payload: Any) extends JournalModel {
+    override def tags = Set.empty
+  }
+
+  final val DomainEventClassName = classOf[InmemEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName + "$" + classOf[DomainEvent].getSimpleName
+  trait DomainEvent
+  final case class TaggedDataChanged(tags: immutable.Set[String], value: Int) extends DomainEvent
+  final case class UserDataChanged(countryCode: String, age: Int) extends DomainEvent
+
+  class UserAgeTaggingAdapter extends EventAdapter {
+    val Adult = Set("adult")
+    val Minor = Set("minor")
+
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = event match {
+      case e @ UserDataChanged(_, age) if age > 18 ⇒ Tagged(e, Adult)
+      case e @ UserDataChanged(_, age)             ⇒ Tagged(e, Minor)
+      case e                                       ⇒ NotTagged(e)
+    }
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = EventSeq.single {
+      event match {
+        case m: JournalModel ⇒ m.payload
+      }
+    }
+
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = ""
+  }
+
+  class ReplayPassThroughAdapter extends UserAgeTaggingAdapter {
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = EventSeq.single {
+      event match {
+        case m: JournalModel ⇒ event // don't unpack, just pass through the JournalModel
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  class LoggingAdapter(system: ExtendedActorSystem) extends EventAdapter {
+    final val log = Logging(system, getClass)
+    override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = {
+      log.info("On its way to the journal: []: " + event)
+      event
+    }
+    override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = EventSeq.single {
+      log.info("On its way out from the journal: []: " + event)
+      event
+    }
+
+    override def manifest(event: Any): String = ""
+  }
+
+  class PersistAllIncomingActor(name: String, override val journalPluginId: String)
+    extends NamedPersistentActor(name) with PersistentActor {
+
+    var state: List[Any] = Nil
+
+    val persistIncoming: Receive = {
+      case GetState ⇒
+        state.reverse.foreach { sender() ! _ }
+      case in ⇒
+        persist(in) { e ⇒
+          state ::= e
+          sender() ! e
+        }
+    }
+
+    override def receiveRecover = {
+      case RecoveryCompleted ⇒ // ignore
+      case e                 ⇒ state ::= e
+    }
+    override def receiveCommand = persistIncoming
+  }
+
+}
+
+class InmemEventAdapterSpec(journalName: String, journalConfig: Config, adapterConfig: Config)
+  extends PersistenceSpec(journalConfig.withFallback(adapterConfig)) with ImplicitSender {
+
+  import InmemEventAdapterSpec._
+
+  def this() {
+    this("inmem", PersistenceSpec.config("inmem", "InmemPersistentTaggingSpec"), ConfigFactory.parseString(
+      s"""
+         |akka.persistence.journal {
+         |
+         |  common-event-adapters {
+         |    age                 = "${classOf[InmemEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$UserAgeTaggingAdapter"
+         |    replay-pass-through = "${classOf[InmemEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$ReplayPassThroughAdapter"
+         |  }
+         |
+         |  inmem {
+         |    event-adapters = $${akka.persistence.journal.common-event-adapters}
+         |    event-adapter-bindings {
+         |      "${InmemEventAdapterSpec.DomainEventClassName}"  = age
+         |      "${InmemEventAdapterSpec.JournalModelClassName}" = age
+         |    }
+         |  }
+         |
+         |  with-actor-system {
+         |    class = $${akka.persistence.journal.inmem.class}
+         |    dir = "journal-1"
+         |
+         |    event-adapters {
+         |      logging = "${classOf[InmemEventAdapterSpec].getCanonicalName}$$LoggingAdapter"
+         |    }
+         |    event-adapter-bindings {
+         |      "java.lang.Object" = logging
+         |    }
+         |  }
+         |
+         |  replay-pass-through-adapter-journal {
+         |    class = $${akka.persistence.journal.inmem.class}
+         |    dir = "journal-2"
+         |
+         |    event-adapters = $${akka.persistence.journal.common-event-adapters}
+         |    event-adapter-bindings {
+         |      "${InmemEventAdapterSpec.JournalModelClassName}" = replay-pass-through
+         |      "${InmemEventAdapterSpec.DomainEventClassName}"  = replay-pass-through
+         |    }
+         |  }
+         |
+         |  no-adapter {
+         |    class = $${akka.persistence.journal.inmem.class}
+         |    dir = "journal-3"
+         |  }
+         |}
+      """.stripMargin))
+  }
+
+  def persister(name: String, journalId: String = journalName) =
+    system.actorOf(Props(classOf[PersistAllIncomingActor], name, "akka.persistence.journal." + journalId), name)
+
+  def toJournal(in: Any, journalId: String = journalName) =
+    Persistence(system).adaptersFor("akka.persistence.journal." + journalId).get(in.getClass).toJournal(in)
+
+  def fromJournal(in: Any, journalId: String = journalName) =
+    Persistence(system).adaptersFor("akka.persistence.journal." + journalId).get(in.getClass).fromJournal(in, "")
+
+  "EventAdapter" must {
+
+    "wrap with tags" in {
+      val event = UserDataChanged("name", 42)
+      toJournal(event) should equal(Tagged(event, Set("adult")))
+    }
+
+    "unwrap when reading" in {
+      val event = UserDataChanged("name", 42)
+      val tagged = Tagged(event, Set("adult"))
+
+      toJournal(event) should equal(tagged)
+      fromJournal(tagged) should equal(SingleEventSeq(event))
+    }
+
+    "create adapter requiring ActorSystem" in {
+      val event = UserDataChanged("name", 42)
+      toJournal(event, "with-actor-system") should equal(event)
+      fromJournal(event, "with-actor-system") should equal(SingleEventSeq(event))
+    }
+
+    "store events after applying adapter" in {
+      val replayPassThroughJournalId = "replay-pass-through-adapter-journal"
+
+      val p1 = persister("p1", journalId = replayPassThroughJournalId)
+      val m1 = UserDataChanged("name", 64)
+      val m2 = "hello"
+      p1 ! m1
+      p1 ! m2
+      expectMsg(m1)
+      expectMsg(m2)
+
+      watch(p1)
+      p1 ! PoisonPill
+      expectTerminated(p1)
+
+      val p11 = persister("p1", journalId = replayPassThroughJournalId)
+      p11 ! GetState
+      expectMsg(Tagged(m1, Set("adult")))
+      expectMsg(m2)
+    }
+
+    "work when plugin defines no adapter" in {
+      val p2 = persister("p2", journalId = "no-adapter")
+      val m1 = UserDataChanged("name", 64)
+      val m2 = "hello"
+      p2 ! m1
+      p2 ! m2
+      expectMsg(m1)
+      expectMsg(m2)
+
+      watch(p2)
+      p2 ! PoisonPill
+      expectTerminated(p2)
+
+      val p22 = persister("p2", "no-adapter")
+      p22 ! GetState
+      expectMsg(m1)
+      expectMsg(m2)
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActorFailureSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActorFailureSpec.scala
index 0b19e9c463..f59f86b996 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActorFailureSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/PersistentActorFailureSpec.scala
@@ -4,24 +4,19 @@
 
 package akka.persistence
 
-import akka.actor._
+import akka.actor.{ OneForOneStrategy, _ }
 import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteProxy
+import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteTarget.{ ReplayFailure, ReplayMessages, ReplaySuccess, WriteMessages }
 import akka.persistence.journal.inmem.InmemStore
-import akka.testkit.{ ImplicitSender, AkkaSpec }
+import akka.testkit.{ ImplicitSender, TestProbe }
 import akka.util.Timeout
-import com.typesafe.config.Config
+
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
-import akka.persistence.journal.AsyncWriteTarget.{ ReplayFailure, ReplaySuccess, ReplayMessages, WriteMessages }
 import scala.language.postfixOps
-import scala.Some
-import akka.actor.OneForOneStrategy
 import scala.util.control.NoStackTrace
-import akka.testkit.TestProbe
 
 object PersistentActorFailureSpec {
-  import PersistentActorSpec.Cmd
-  import PersistentActorSpec.Evt
-  import PersistentActorSpec.ExamplePersistentActor
+  import PersistentActorSpec.{ Cmd, Evt, ExamplePersistentActor }
 
   class SimulatedException(msg: String) extends RuntimeException(msg) with NoStackTrace
 
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdaptersSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdaptersSpec.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..64094caea3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/EventAdaptersSpec.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2015 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.persistence.journal
+
+import akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem
+import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
+import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
+
+class EventAdaptersSpec extends AkkaSpec {
+
+  val config = ConfigFactory.parseString(
+    s"""
+      |akka.persistence.journal {
+      |  plugin = "akka.persistence.journal.inmem"
+      |
+      |
+      |  # adapters defined for all plugins
+      |  common-event-adapter-bindings {
+      |  }
+      |
+      |  inmem {
+      |    # showcases re-using and concating configuration of adapters
+      |
+      |    event-adapters {
+      |      example  = ${classOf[ExampleEventAdapter].getCanonicalName}
+      |      marker   = ${classOf[MarkerInterfaceAdapter].getCanonicalName}
+      |      precise  = ${classOf[PreciseAdapter].getCanonicalName}
+      |    }
+      |    event-adapter-bindings = {
+      |      "${classOf[EventMarkerInterface].getCanonicalName}" = marker
+      |      "java.lang.String" = example
+      |      "akka.persistence.journal.PreciseAdapterEvent" = precise
+      |    }
+      |  }
+      |}
+    """.stripMargin).withFallback(ConfigFactory.load())
+
+  val extendedActorSystem = system.asInstanceOf[ExtendedActorSystem]
+  val inmemConfig = config.getConfig("akka.persistence.journal.inmem")
+
+  "EventAdapters" must {
+    "parse configuration and resolve adapter definitions" in {
+      val adapters = EventAdapters(extendedActorSystem, inmemConfig)
+      adapters.get(classOf[EventMarkerInterface]).getClass should ===(classOf[MarkerInterfaceAdapter])
+    }
+
+    "pick the most specific adapter available" in {
+      val adapters = EventAdapters(extendedActorSystem, inmemConfig)
+
+      // sanity check; precise case, matching non-user classes
+      adapters.get(classOf[java.lang.String]).getClass should ===(classOf[ExampleEventAdapter])
+
+      // pick adapter by implemented marker interface
+      adapters.get(classOf[SampleEvent]).getClass should ===(classOf[MarkerInterfaceAdapter])
+
+      // more general adapter matches as well, but most specific one should be picked
+      adapters.get(classOf[PreciseAdapterEvent]).getClass should ===(classOf[PreciseAdapter])
+
+      // no adapter defined for Long, should return identity adapter
+      adapters.get(classOf[java.lang.Long]).getClass should ===(IdentityEventAdapter.getClass)
+    }
+
+    "fail with useful message when binding to not defined adapter" in {
+      val badConfig = ConfigFactory.parseString(
+        """
+          |akka.persistence.journal.inmem {
+          |  event-adapter-bindings {
+          |    "java.lang.Integer" = undefined-adapter
+          |  }
+          |}
+        """.stripMargin)
+
+      val combinedConfig = badConfig.getConfig("akka.persistence.journal.inmem")
+      val ex = intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
+        EventAdapters(extendedActorSystem, combinedConfig)
+      }
+
+      ex.getMessage should include("java.lang.Integer was bound to undefined event-adapter: undefined-adapter")
+    }
+  }
+
+}
+
+abstract class BaseTestAdapter extends EventAdapter {
+  override def toJournal(event: Any): Any = event
+  override def fromJournal(event: Any, manifest: String): EventSeq = EventSeq.single(event)
+  override def manifest(event: Any): String = ""
+}
+
+class ExampleEventAdapter extends BaseTestAdapter {
+}
+class MarkerInterfaceAdapter extends BaseTestAdapter {
+}
+class PreciseAdapter extends BaseTestAdapter {
+}
+
+trait EventMarkerInterface
+final case class SampleEvent() extends EventMarkerInterface
+final case class PreciseAdapterEvent() extends EventMarkerInterface
+
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/SharedLeveldbJournalSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/SharedLeveldbJournalSpec.scala
index 288de4791d..e270eba6e7 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/SharedLeveldbJournalSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/journal/leveldb/SharedLeveldbJournalSpec.scala
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ object SharedLeveldbJournalSpec {
       case m                             ⇒ p forward m
     }
 
-    override def preStart(): Unit = {
+    override def preStart(): Unit =
       context.actorSelection(storePath) ! Identify(1)
-    }
   }
 
 }
diff --git a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/SerializerSpec.scala b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/SerializerSpec.scala
index b0ef23e013..e47a1c36f6 100644
--- a/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/SerializerSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-persistence/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/serialization/SerializerSpec.scala
@@ -4,20 +4,17 @@
 
 package akka.persistence.serialization
 
-import scala.collection.immutable
-import com.typesafe.config._
 import akka.actor._
+import akka.persistence.AtLeastOnceDelivery.{ AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot, UnconfirmedDelivery }
 import akka.persistence._
 import akka.serialization._
 import akka.testkit._
-import akka.persistence.AtLeastOnceDelivery.AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot
-import akka.persistence.AtLeastOnceDelivery.UnconfirmedDelivery
 import akka.util.ByteString.UTF_8
-import scala.concurrent.Await
-import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
+import com.typesafe.config._
 import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex.decodeHex
 
-import SerializerSpecConfigs._
+import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 
 object SerializerSpecConfigs {
   val customSerializers = ConfigFactory.parseString(
@@ -66,7 +63,7 @@ object SerializerSpecConfigs {
 
 }
 
-import SerializerSpecConfigs._
+import akka.persistence.serialization.SerializerSpecConfigs._
 
 class SnapshotSerializerPersistenceSpec extends AkkaSpec(customSerializers) {
   val serialization = SerializationExtension(system)
@@ -148,7 +145,7 @@ class MessageSerializerPersistenceSpec extends AkkaSpec(customSerializers) {
   "A message serializer" when {
     "not given a manifest" must {
       "handle custom Persistent message serialization" in {
-        val persistent = PersistentRepr(MyPayload("a"), 13, "p1", true)
+        val persistent = PersistentRepr(MyPayload("a"), 13, "p1", "", true)
         val serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(persistent)
 
         val bytes = serializer.toBinary(persistent)
@@ -160,7 +157,7 @@ class MessageSerializerPersistenceSpec extends AkkaSpec(customSerializers) {
 
     "given a PersistentRepr manifest" must {
       "handle custom Persistent message serialization" in {
-        val persistent = PersistentRepr(MyPayload("b"), 13, "p1", true)
+        val persistent = PersistentRepr(MyPayload("b"), 13, "p1", "", true)
         val serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(persistent)
 
         val bytes = serializer.toBinary(persistent)
@@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ class MessageSerializerPersistenceSpec extends AkkaSpec(customSerializers) {
 
     "given payload serializer with string manifest" must {
       "handle serialization" in {
-        val persistent = PersistentRepr(MyPayload2("a", 17), 13, "p1", true)
+        val persistent = PersistentRepr(MyPayload2("a", 17), 13, "p1", "", true)
         val serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(persistent)
 
         val bytes = serializer.toBinary(persistent)
@@ -195,7 +192,7 @@ class MessageSerializerPersistenceSpec extends AkkaSpec(customSerializers) {
       }
 
       "be able to deserialize data when class is removed" in {
-        val serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(PersistentRepr("x", 13, "p1", true))
+        val serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(PersistentRepr("x", 13, "p1", "", true))
 
         // It was created with:
         // val old = PersistentRepr(OldPayload('A'), 13, "p1", true, testActor)
@@ -237,7 +234,7 @@ class MessageSerializerPersistenceSpec extends AkkaSpec(customSerializers) {
             "31393337"
 
         val bytes = decodeHex(oldData.toCharArray)
-        val expected = PersistentRepr(MyPayload(".a."), 13, "p1", true, Actor.noSender)
+        val expected = PersistentRepr(MyPayload(".a."), 13, "p1", "", true, Actor.noSender)
         val serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(expected)
         val deserialized = serializer.fromBinary(bytes, None).asInstanceOf[PersistentRepr]
         deserialized.sender should not be (null)
diff --git a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisherSpec.scala b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisherSpec.scala
index 589e51ddb6..bc15b4b832 100644
--- a/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisherSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-stream/src/test/scala/akka/persistence/stream/PersistentPublisherSpec.scala
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ object PersistentPublisherSpec {
   }
 }
 
-class PersistentPublisherSpec extends AkkaSpec(PersistenceSpec.config("leveldb", "ViewProducerSpec", serialization = "off")) with PersistenceSpec {
+class PersistentPublisherSpec extends PersistenceSpec(PersistenceSpec.config("leveldb", "ViewProducerSpec", serialization = "off")) {
   import PersistentPublisherSpec._
 
   val numMessages = 10
diff --git a/project/Dependencies.scala b/project/Dependencies.scala
index 3dfbbb19af..78c5277801 100644
--- a/project/Dependencies.scala
+++ b/project/Dependencies.scala
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ object Dependencies {
     // TODO remove with metrics from akka-cluster
     val sigar         = "org.fusesource"              % "sigar"                        % "1.6.4"       // ApacheV2
 
+    object Docs {
+      val sprayJson   = "io.spray"                   %%  "spray-json"                  % "1.3.2"             % "test"
+      val gson        = "com.google.code.gson"        % "gson"                         % "2.3.1"             % "test"
+    }
+
     object Test {
       val commonsMath  = "org.apache.commons"          % "commons-math"                 % "2.2"              % "test" // ApacheV2
       val commonsIo    = "commons-io"                  % "commons-io"                   % "2.4"              % "test" // ApacheV2
@@ -111,7 +116,7 @@ object Dependencies {
 
   val osgi = l ++= Seq(osgiCore, osgiCompendium, Test.logback, Test.commonsIo, Test.pojosr, Test.tinybundles, Test.scalatest.value, Test.junit)
 
-  val docs = l ++= Seq(Test.scalatest.value, Test.junit, Test.junitIntf)
+  val docs = l ++= Seq(Test.scalatest.value, Test.junit, Test.junitIntf, Docs.sprayJson, Docs.gson)
 
   val contrib = l ++= Seq(Test.junitIntf, Test.commonsIo)
 }