diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MatParamTexture.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MatParamTexture.java
index cb800e75b..4fffd1616 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MatParamTexture.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MatParamTexture.java
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ public class MatParamTexture extends MatParam {
         OutputCapsule oc = ex.getCapsule(this);
         oc.write(0, "texture_unit", -1);
         oc.write(texture, "texture", null); // For backwards compatibility
+
+        oc.write(colorSpace, "colorSpace", null);
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -102,5 +104,6 @@ public class MatParamTexture extends MatParam {
         super.read(im);
         InputCapsule ic = im.getCapsule(this);
         texture = (Texture) value;
+        colorSpace = (ColorSpace) ic.readEnum("colorSpace", ColorSpace.class, null);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MaterialDef.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MaterialDef.java
index fa205460e..92f31a93c 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MaterialDef.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/material/MaterialDef.java
@@ -32,9 +32,12 @@
 package com.jme3.material;
 
 import com.jme3.asset.AssetManager;
+import com.jme3.export.*;
 import com.jme3.renderer.Caps;
 import com.jme3.shader.VarType;
 import com.jme3.texture.image.ColorSpace;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.*;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
  * 
  * @author Kirill Vainer
  */
-public class MaterialDef {
+public class MaterialDef implements Savable{
 
     private static final Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(MaterialDef.class.getName());
 
@@ -185,4 +188,58 @@ public class MaterialDef {
     public List<TechniqueDef> getTechniqueDefs(String name) {
         return techniques.get(name);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void write(JmeExporter ex) throws IOException {
+        OutputCapsule out = ex.getCapsule(this);
+        out.write(name, "name" , null);
+        out.writeStringSavableMap(matParams, "matParams", null);
+
+        Map<String, SavableListWrapper> wrapper = new HashMap<String, SavableListWrapper>();
+
+        for (String key : techniques.keySet()) {
+            List<TechniqueDef> defs = techniques.get(key);
+            wrapper.put(key, new SavableListWrapper(defs));
+        }
+
+        out.writeStringSavableMap(wrapper, "techniques", null);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void read(JmeImporter im) throws IOException {
+        InputCapsule in = im.getCapsule(this);
+        name = in.readString("name", null);
+        matParams = (Map<String, MatParam>)in.readStringSavableMap("matPrams", null);
+        Map<String, SavableListWrapper> wrapper = (Map<String, SavableListWrapper>)in.readStringSavableMap("techniques", null);
+        techniques = new HashMap<String, List<TechniqueDef>>();
+        for (String key : wrapper.keySet()) {
+            SavableListWrapper w = wrapper.get(key);
+            techniques.put(key, w.defs);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * A wrapper to be able to save a List<TechniqueDef> to save the Map<String, List<TechniqueDefs>>
+     */
+    public static class SavableListWrapper implements Savable{
+        List<TechniqueDef> defs;
+
+        public SavableListWrapper(List<TechniqueDef> defs) {
+            this.defs = defs;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void write(JmeExporter ex) throws IOException {
+            OutputCapsule out = ex.getCapsule(this);
+            out.writeSavableArrayList((ArrayList)defs, "defs", null);
+
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public void read(JmeImporter im) throws IOException {
+            InputCapsule in = im.getCapsule(this);
+            defs = in.readSavableArrayList("defs", null);
+        }
+    }
 }