diff --git a/upath/extensions.py b/upath/extensions.py
index a60e7ca8..f4b7f442 100644
--- a/upath/extensions.py
+++ b/upath/extensions.py
@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
     else:
         from typing_extensions import Self
 
+    from pydantic import GetCoreSchemaHandler
+    from pydantic_core.core_schema import CoreSchema
+
 __all__ = [
     "ProxyUPath",
 ]
@@ -576,5 +579,12 @@ def full_match(
     ) -> bool:
         return self.__wrapped__.full_match(pattern, case_sensitive=case_sensitive)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def __get_pydantic_core_schema__(
+        cls, source_type: Any, handler: GetCoreSchemaHandler
+    ) -> CoreSchema:
+        cs = UPath.__get_pydantic_core_schema__.__func__  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        return cs(cls, source_type, handler)
+
 
 UPath.register(ProxyUPath)
diff --git a/upath/implementations/local.py b/upath/implementations/local.py
index 62f9d472..884199d9 100644
--- a/upath/implementations/local.py
+++ b/upath/implementations/local.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
         from typing_extensions import Self
         from typing_extensions import Unpack
 
+    from pydantic import GetCoreSchemaHandler
+    from pydantic_core.core_schema import CoreSchema
+
     from upath.types.storage_options import FileStorageOptions
 
     _WT = TypeVar("_WT", bound="WritablePath")
@@ -725,6 +728,13 @@ def chmod(
                 )
             return super().chmod(mode)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def __get_pydantic_core_schema__(
+        cls, source_type: Any, handler: GetCoreSchemaHandler
+    ) -> CoreSchema:
+        cs = UPath.__get_pydantic_core_schema__.__func__  # type: ignore[attr-defined]
+        return cs(cls, source_type, handler)
+
 
 UPath.register(LocalPath)
 
diff --git a/upath/tests/test_pydantic.py b/upath/tests/test_pydantic.py
index 00ac78db..9f318841 100644
--- a/upath/tests/test_pydantic.py
+++ b/upath/tests/test_pydantic.py
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@
 from fsspec.implementations.http import get_client
 
 from upath import UPath
+from upath.implementations.local import FilePath
+from upath.implementations.local import PosixUPath
+from upath.implementations.local import WindowsUPath
+
+from .utils import only_on_windows
+from .utils import skip_on_windows
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
@@ -113,6 +119,43 @@ def test_dump_non_serializable_json():
         )
 
 
+def test_proxyupath_serialization():
+    from upath.extensions import ProxyUPath
+
+    u = ProxyUPath("memory://my/path", some_option=True)
+
+    ta = pydantic.TypeAdapter(ProxyUPath)
+    dumped = ta.dump_python(u, mode="python")
+    loaded = ta.validate_python(dumped)
+
+    assert isinstance(loaded, ProxyUPath)
+    assert loaded.path == u.path
+    assert loaded.protocol == u.protocol
+    assert loaded.storage_options == u.storage_options
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "path,cls",
+    [
+        pytest.param("/my/path", PosixUPath, marks=skip_on_windows(None)),
+        pytest.param("C:\\my\\path", WindowsUPath, marks=only_on_windows(None)),
+        ("file:///my/path", FilePath),
+    ],
+)
+def test_localpath_serialization(path, cls):
+    u = UPath(path)
+    assert type(u) is cls
+
+    ta = pydantic.TypeAdapter(cls)
+    dumped = ta.dump_python(u, mode="python")
+    loaded = ta.validate_python(dumped)
+
+    assert isinstance(loaded, cls)
+    assert loaded.path == u.path
+    assert loaded.protocol == u.protocol
+    assert loaded.storage_options == u.storage_options
+
+
 def test_json_schema():
     ta = pydantic.TypeAdapter(UPath)
     ta.json_schema()