diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index fa69297..d2565d7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -83,5 +83,9 @@
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([ELOG_ID_PERSIST_PATH], ["$ELOG_ID_PERSIST_PATH"], \
     [Path of file for storing elog id's, which have associated dumps])
 
+AC_ARG_VAR(CLASS_VERSION, [Class version to register with Cereal])
+AS_IF([test "x$CLASS_VERSION" == "x"], [CLASS_VERSION=1])
+AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([CLASS_VERSION], [$CLASS_VERSION], [Class version to register with Cereal])
+
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile])
 AC_OUTPUT
diff --git a/elog_watch.cpp b/elog_watch.cpp
index 5ab65df..6cb7a0f 100644
--- a/elog_watch.cpp
+++ b/elog_watch.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+#include <cereal/cereal.hpp>
 #include <phosphor-logging/elog.hpp>
 
 #include "elog_watch.hpp"
 #include "dump_internal.hpp"
 #include "xyz/openbmc_project/Dump/Create/error.hpp"
 #include "dump_serialize.hpp"
+#include "config.h"
+
+// Register class version with Cereal
+CEREAL_CLASS_VERSION(phosphor::dump::elog::Watch, CLASS_VERSION);
 
 namespace phosphor
 {
diff --git a/elog_watch.hpp b/elog_watch.hpp
index 588ac34..4730311 100644
--- a/elog_watch.hpp
+++ b/elog_watch.hpp
@@ -47,11 +47,17 @@
         /** @brief Function required by Cereal to perform serialization.
          *  @tparam Archive - Cereal archive type (binary in our case).
          *  @param[in] a - reference to Cereal archive.
+         *  @param[in] version - Class version that enables handling
+         *                       a serialized data across code levels
          */
         template<class Archive>
-        void serialize(Archive& a)
+        void serialize(Archive& a, const std::uint32_t version)
         {
             a(elogList);
+
+            //TODO: openbmc/phosphor-debug-collector#1
+            //      Split into load/save so that it enables
+            //      version compare during serialization
         }
 
         /** @brief Callback function for error log add.