diff --git a/ci/travis/ci.sh b/ci/travis/ci.sh
index 6267a2321..ee339ead2 100755
--- a/ci/travis/ci.sh
+++ b/ci/travis/ci.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ test_python() {
       python/ray/serve/...
       python/ray/tests/...
       -python/ray/serve:test_api # segfault on windows? https://github.com/ray-project/ray/issues/12541
+      -python/ray/serve:test_handle # "fatal error" (?) https://github.com/ray-project/ray/pull/13695
       -python/ray/tests:test_actor_advanced # timeout
       -python/ray/tests:test_advanced_2
       -python/ray/tests:test_advanced_3  # test_invalid_unicode_in_worker_log() fails on Windows
diff --git a/python/ray/serve/api.py b/python/ray/serve/api.py
index 2e0490631..4c0a0a91f 100644
--- a/python/ray/serve/api.py
+++ b/python/ray/serve/api.py
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ def _ensure_connected(f: Callable) -> Callable:
 
 class ThreadProxiedRouter:
     def __init__(self, controller_handle, sync: bool):
+        self.controller_handle = controller_handle
+        self.sync = sync
         self.router = Router(controller_handle)
 
         if sync:
@@ -92,6 +94,11 @@ class ThreadProxiedRouter:
                                           **kwargs)
         return coro
 
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        deserializer = ThreadProxiedRouter
+        serialized_data = (self.controller_handle, self.sync)
+        return deserializer, serialized_data
+
 
 class Client:
     def __init__(self,
diff --git a/python/ray/serve/handle.py b/python/ray/serve/handle.py
index 475f64556..3659e5978 100644
--- a/python/ray/serve/handle.py
+++ b/python/ray/serve/handle.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from enum import Enum
 
 from ray.serve.utils import get_random_letters
 from ray.util import metrics
-from ray.serve.router import Router
 
 
 @dataclass(frozen=True)
@@ -42,10 +41,11 @@ class RayServeHandle:
        # raises RayTaskError Exception
     """
 
-    def __init__(self,
-                 router: Router,
-                 endpoint_name,
-                 handle_options: Optional[HandleOptions] = None):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            router,  # ThreadProxiedRouter
+            endpoint_name,
+            handle_options: Optional[HandleOptions] = None):
         self.router = router
         self.endpoint_name = endpoint_name
         self.handle_options = handle_options or HandleOptions()
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class RayServeHandle:
     async def remote(self,
                      request_data: Optional[Union[Dict, Any]] = None,
                      **kwargs):
-        """Issue an asynchrounous request to the endpoint.
+        """Issue an asynchronous request to the endpoint.
 
         Returns a Ray ObjectRef whose results can be waited for or retrieved
         using ray.wait or ray.get (or ``await object_ref``), respectively.
@@ -112,6 +112,12 @@ class RayServeHandle:
     def __repr__(self):
         return f"{self.__class__.__name__}(endpoint='{self.endpoint_name}')"
 
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        deserializer = RayServeHandle
+        serialized_data = (self.router, self.endpoint_name,
+                           self.handle_options)
+        return deserializer, serialized_data
+
 
 class RayServeSyncHandle(RayServeHandle):
     def remote(self, request_data: Optional[Union[Dict, Any]] = None,
@@ -138,3 +144,9 @@ class RayServeSyncHandle(RayServeHandle):
         future: concurrent.futures.Future = asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(
             coro, self.router.async_loop)
         return future.result()
+
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        deserializer = RayServeSyncHandle
+        serialized_data = (self.router, self.endpoint_name,
+                           self.handle_options)
+        return deserializer, serialized_data
diff --git a/python/ray/serve/tests/test_handle.py b/python/ray/serve/tests/test_handle.py
index c17db7686..88ab9d2c2 100644
--- a/python/ray/serve/tests/test_handle.py
+++ b/python/ray/serve/tests/test_handle.py
@@ -1,9 +1,51 @@
 import requests
-
+import pytest
 import ray
 from ray import serve
 
 
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+async def test_async_handle_serializable(serve_instance):
+    client = serve_instance
+
+    def f(_):
+        return "hello"
+
+    client.create_backend("f", f)
+    client.create_endpoint("f", backend="f")
+
+    @ray.remote
+    class TaskActor:
+        async def task(self, handle):
+            ref = await handle.remote()
+            output = await ref
+            return output
+
+    handle = client.get_handle("f", sync=False)
+
+    task_actor = TaskActor.remote()
+    result = await task_actor.task.remote(handle)
+    assert result == "hello"
+
+
+def test_sync_handle_serializable(serve_instance):
+    client = serve_instance
+
+    def f(_):
+        return "hello"
+
+    client.create_backend("f", f)
+    client.create_endpoint("f", backend="f")
+
+    @ray.remote
+    def task(handle):
+        return ray.get(handle.remote())
+
+    handle = client.get_handle("f", sync=True)
+    result_ref = task.remote(handle)
+    assert ray.get(result_ref) == "hello"
+
+
 def test_handle_in_endpoint(serve_instance):
     client = serve_instance