diff --git a/src/packages/markdown-preview/lib/markdown-preview-view.coffee b/src/packages/markdown-preview/lib/markdown-preview-view.coffee
index 1575d9e24..f06842de6 100644
--- a/src/packages/markdown-preview/lib/markdown-preview-view.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/markdown-preview/lib/markdown-preview-view.coffee
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ ScrollView = require 'scroll-view'
 
 module.exports =
 class MarkdownPreviewView extends ScrollView
+  registerDeserializer(this)
+
+  @deserialize: ({path}) ->
+    new MarkdownPreviewView(project.bufferForPath(path))
+
   @content: ->
     @div class: 'markdown-preview', tabindex: -1
 
@@ -12,6 +17,10 @@ class MarkdownPreviewView extends ScrollView
     super
     @fetchRenderedMarkdown()
 
+  serialize: ->
+    deserializer: 'MarkdownPreviewView'
+    path: @buffer.getPath()
+
   getTitle: ->
     "Markdown Preview – #{@buffer.getBaseName()}"
 
diff --git a/src/packages/markdown-preview/spec/markdown-preview-view-spec.coffee b/src/packages/markdown-preview/spec/markdown-preview-view-spec.coffee
index 59d3202ae..7d98a70dc 100644
--- a/src/packages/markdown-preview/spec/markdown-preview-view-spec.coffee
+++ b/src/packages/markdown-preview/spec/markdown-preview-view-spec.coffee
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@ describe "MarkdownPreviewView", ->
     it "shows an error message on error", ->
       ajaxArgs.error()
       expect(preview.text()).toContain "Failed"
+
+  describe "serialization", ->
+    fit "reassociates with the same buffer when deserialized", ->
+      newPreview = deserialize(preview.serialize())
+      expect(newPreview.buffer).toBe buffer