diff --git a/src/geometry/translation.rs b/src/geometry/translation.rs
index 1580bcb7..9c4d26e1 100644
--- a/src/geometry/translation.rs
+++ b/src/geometry/translation.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ use approx::ApproxEq;
 #[cfg(feature = "serde-serialize")]
 use serde::{Serialize, Serializer, Deserialize, Deserializer};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "abomonation-serialize")]
+use abomonation::Abomonation;
+
 use alga::general::{Real, ClosedNeg};
 
 use core::{Scalar, ColumnVector, OwnedSquareMatrix};
@@ -50,6 +53,25 @@ impl<'de, N, D, S> Deserialize<'de> for TranslationBase<N, D, S>
     }
 }
 
+#[cfg(feature = "abomonation-serialize")]
+impl<N, D, S> Abomonation for TranslationBase<N, D, S>
+    where N: Scalar,
+          D: DimName,
+          ColumnVector<N, D, S>: Abomonation
+{
+    unsafe fn entomb(&self, writer: &mut Vec<u8>) {
+        self.vector.entomb(writer)
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn embalm(&mut self) {
+        self.vector.embalm()
+    }
+
+    unsafe fn exhume<'a, 'b>(&'a mut self, bytes: &'b mut [u8]) -> Option<&'b mut [u8]> {
+        self.vector.exhume(bytes)
+    }
+}
+
 impl<N, D: DimName, S> TranslationBase<N, D, S>
     where N: Scalar,
           S: Storage<N, D, U1> {
diff --git a/tests/abomonation.rs b/tests/abomonation.rs
index 1fd694cd..d50091a9 100644
--- a/tests/abomonation.rs
+++ b/tests/abomonation.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ extern crate abomonation;
 
 use rand::random;
 use abomonation::{Abomonation, encode, decode};
-use nalgebra::{DMatrix, Matrix3x4, Point3};
+use nalgebra::{DMatrix, Matrix3x4, Point3, Translation3};
 
 #[test]
 fn abomonate_matrix3x4() {
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ fn abomonate_dmatrix() {
     assert_encode_and_decode(&DMatrix::<f32>::new_random(3, 5));
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn abomonate_translation3() {
+    assert_encode_and_decode(&random::<Translation3<f32>>());
+}
+
 fn assert_encode_and_decode<T: Abomonation + PartialEq>(data: &T) {
     let mut bytes = Vec::new();
     unsafe { encode(data, &mut bytes); }