diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4c00e02b..fddb12e3 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ NEWS ( CHANGELOG and HISTORY )                                     HTMLPurifier
 ! You can now maintain your own configuration schema directories by
   creating a config-schema.php file or passing an extra argument. Check
   docs/dev-config-schema.html for more details.
+! Added HTMLPurifier_Config->serialize() method, which lets you save away
+  your configuration in a compact serial file, which you can unserialize
+  and use directly without having to go through the overhead of setup.
 - Fix bug where URIDefinition would not get cleared if it's directives got
   changed.
 - Fix fatal error in HTMLPurifier_Encoder on certain platforms (probably NetBSD 5.0)
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 565ad487..1bb707bd 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ afraid to cast your vote for the next feature to be implemented!
 - Think about allowing explicit order of operations hooks for transforms
 - Add "register" field to config schemas to eliminate dependence on
   naming conventions
-- Make it easy for people to cache their entire configuration (so that
-  they have one script they run to change configuration, and then a stub
-  loader to get that configuration)
 - Add examples to everything (make built-in which also automatically
   gives output)
 
diff --git a/library/HTMLPurifier/Config.php b/library/HTMLPurifier/Config.php
index 6927f990..91a3cbcb 100644
--- a/library/HTMLPurifier/Config.php
+++ b/library/HTMLPurifier/Config.php
@@ -564,6 +564,17 @@ class HTMLPurifier_Config
         trigger_error($msg . $extra, $no);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns a serialized form of the configuration object that can
+     * be reconstituted.
+     */
+    public function serialize() {
+        $this->getDefinition('HTML');
+        $this->getDefinition('CSS');
+        $this->getDefinition('URI');
+        return serialize($this);
+    }
+
 }
 
 // vim: et sw=4 sts=4
diff --git a/smoketests/cacheConfig.php b/smoketests/cacheConfig.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2d4ffdda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/smoketests/cacheConfig.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+require_once 'common.php';
+
+$config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
+$config->set('HTML.Doctype', 'HTML 4.01 Strict');
+$config->set('HTML.Allowed', 'b,a[href],br');
+$config->set('CSS.AllowTricky', true);
+$config->set('URI.Disable', true);
+$serial = $config->serialize();
+
+$result = unserialize($serial);
+$purifier = new HTMLPurifier($result);
+echo htmlspecialchars($purifier->purify('<b>Bold</b><br><i><a href="http://google.com">no</a> formatting</i>'));
+
diff --git a/tests/HTMLPurifier/ConfigTest.php b/tests/HTMLPurifier/ConfigTest.php
index 103ed5bd..c647c4f8 100644
--- a/tests/HTMLPurifier/ConfigTest.php
+++ b/tests/HTMLPurifier/ConfigTest.php
@@ -451,6 +451,13 @@ class HTMLPurifier_ConfigTest extends HTMLPurifier_Harness
         $this->assertIdentical($subconfig->get('Phantom.Latemasked'), 100);
     }
 
+    function testSerialize() {
+        $config = HTMLPurifier_Config::createDefault();
+        $config->set('HTML.Allowed', 'a');
+        $config2 = unserialize($config->serialize());
+        $this->assertIdentical($config, $config2);
+    }
+
 }
 
 // vim: et sw=4 sts=4