diff --git a/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/serializing/Serializer.java b/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/serializing/Serializer.java
index 1856038f7..a7d20da54 100644
--- a/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/serializing/Serializer.java
+++ b/engine/src/networking/com/jme3/network/serializing/Serializer.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ public abstract class Serializer {
 
     private static final Map<Short, SerializerRegistration> idRegistrations         = new HashMap<Short, SerializerRegistration>();
     private static final Map<Class, SerializerRegistration> classRegistrations      = new HashMap<Class, SerializerRegistration>();
+    private static final List<SerializerRegistration> registrations                 = new ArrayList<SerializerRegistration>();
 
     private static final Serializer                         fieldSerializer         = new FieldSerializer();
     private static final Serializer                         serializableSerializer  = new SerializableSerializer();
@@ -167,7 +168,12 @@ public abstract class Serializer {
         return nextAvailableId--;
     }
  
-    protected static SerializerRegistration registerClassForId( short id, Class cls, Serializer serializer ) {
+    /**
+     *  Directly registers a class for a specific ID.  Generally, use the regular
+     *  registerClass() method.  This method is intended for framework code that might
+     *  be maintaining specific ID maps across client and server.
+     */
+    public static SerializerRegistration registerClassForId( short id, Class cls, Serializer serializer ) {
  
         SerializerRegistration reg = new SerializerRegistration(serializer, cls, id);
 
@@ -178,6 +184,10 @@ public abstract class Serializer {
 
         serializer.initialize(cls);
 
+        // Add the class after so that dependency order is preserved if the
+        // serializer registers its own classes.
+        registrations.add(reg);
+
         return reg;    
     }
     
@@ -285,6 +295,10 @@ public abstract class Serializer {
         return getSerializerRegistration(cls, failOnMiss).getSerializer();
     }
 
+    public static Collection<SerializerRegistration> getSerializerRegistrations() {
+        return registrations;
+    }
+
     public static SerializerRegistration getExactSerializerRegistration(Class cls) {
         return classRegistrations.get(cls);
     }