diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/ByteFieldMarshaller.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/ByteFieldMarshaller.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68d09f3d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/ByteFieldMarshaller.java
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+//
+// $Id: ByteFieldMarshaller.java,v 1.1 2002/02/03 06:06:10 shaper Exp $
+
+package com.threerings.presents.io;
+
+import java.io.DataInputStream;
+import java.io.DataOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+
+public class ByteFieldMarshaller implements FieldMarshaller
+{
+    /** This is the sort of field that we marshall. */
+    public byte prototype;
+
+    public void writeTo (DataOutputStream out, Field field, Object obj)
+        throws IOException, IllegalAccessException
+    {
+        out.writeByte(field.getByte(obj));
+    }
+
+    public void readFrom (DataInputStream in, Field field, Object obj)
+        throws IOException, IllegalAccessException
+    {
+        field.setByte(obj, in.readByte());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java
index e4f9e1a07..ccc1c53ac 100644
--- a/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java
+++ b/src/java/com/threerings/presents/io/FieldMarshallerRegistry.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// $Id: FieldMarshallerRegistry.java,v 1.11 2002/02/01 23:32:37 mdb Exp $
+// $Id: FieldMarshallerRegistry.java,v 1.12 2002/02/03 06:06:10 shaper Exp $
 
 package com.threerings.presents.io;
 
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ public class FieldMarshallerRegistry
     static {
         // register our field marshallers
         registerMarshaller(BooleanFieldMarshaller.class);
+        registerMarshaller(ByteFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(ShortFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(IntFieldMarshaller.class);
         registerMarshaller(LongFieldMarshaller.class);