diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 18588818..725a1ec1 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.4.6
   - Fixed pickling of FixedOffsetTimezone objects (ticket #135).
   - Release the GIL around PQgetResult calls after COPY (ticket #140).
   - Fixed empty strings handling in composite caster (ticket #141).
+  - Fixed pickling of RealDictRow objects.
 
 
 What's new in psycopg 2.4.5
diff --git a/lib/extras.py b/lib/extras.py
index 22ae3f6e..0c4df569 100644
--- a/lib/extras.py
+++ b/lib/extras.py
@@ -245,6 +245,13 @@ class RealDictRow(dict):
             name = self._column_mapping[name]
         return dict.__setitem__(self, name, value)
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        return (self.copy(), self._column_mapping[:])
+
+    def __setstate__(self, data):
+        self.update(data[0])
+        self._column_mapping = data[1]
+
 
 class NamedTupleConnection(_connection):
     """A connection that uses `NamedTupleCursor` automatically."""
diff --git a/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py b/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py
index 34e571d3..e365c10e 100755
--- a/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py
+++ b/tests/test_extras_dictcursor.py
@@ -205,6 +205,18 @@ class ExtrasDictCursorTests(unittest.TestCase):
         for i, r in enumerate(curs):
             self.assertEqual(i + 1, curs.rownumber)
 
+    def testPickleRealDictRow(self):
+        import pickle
+        curs = self.conn.cursor(cursor_factory=psycopg2.extras.RealDictCursor)
+        curs.execute("select 10 as a, 20 as b")
+        r = curs.fetchone()
+        d = pickle.dumps(r)
+        r1 = pickle.loads(d)
+        self.assertEqual(r, r1)
+        self.assertEqual(r['a'], r1['a'])
+        self.assertEqual(r['b'], r1['b'])
+        self.assertEqual(r._column_mapping, r1._column_mapping)
+
 
 class NamedTupleCursorTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):