diff --git a/changelog/133.bugfix b/changelog/133.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e52656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/133.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix serialization and deserialization dropping longrepr details. 
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diff --git a/testing/test_remote.py b/testing/test_remote.py
index 727aeca..1f00e16 100644
--- a/testing/test_remote.py
+++ b/testing/test_remote.py
@@ -79,6 +79,20 @@ def test_remoteinitconfig(testdir):
 
 
 class TestReportSerialization:
+    def test_xdist_report_longrepr_reprcrash_130(self, testdir):
+        reprec = testdir.inline_runsource("""
+                    import py
+                    def test_fail(): assert False, 'Expected Message'
+                """)
+        reports = reprec.getreports("pytest_runtest_logreport")
+        assert len(reports) == 3
+        initial_failure_report = reports[1]
+        d = serialize_report(initial_failure_report)
+        check_marshallable(d)
+        processed_report = unserialize_report("testreport", d)
+        assert 'Expected Message' \
+               in processed_report.longrepr.reprcrash.message
+
     def test_itemreport_outcomes(self, testdir):
         reprec = testdir.inline_runsource("""
             import py
@@ -108,7 +122,7 @@ class TestReportSerialization:
             assert newrep.when == rep.when
             assert newrep.keywords == rep.keywords
             if rep.failed:
-                assert newrep.longrepr == str(rep.longrepr)
+                assert newrep.longreprtext == rep.longreprtext
 
     def test_collectreport_passed(self, testdir):
         reprec = testdir.inline_runsource("def test_func(): pass")
diff --git a/xdist/remote.py b/xdist/remote.py
index bdec4e8..135744d 100644
--- a/xdist/remote.py
+++ b/xdist/remote.py
@@ -98,10 +98,33 @@ class SlaveInteractor:
 
 
 def serialize_report(rep):
+    def disassembled_report(rep):
+        reprtraceback = rep.longrepr.reprtraceback.__dict__
+        reprcrash = rep.longrepr.reprcrash.__dict__
+
+        new_entries = []
+        for entry in reprtraceback['reprentries']:
+            new_entry = entry.__dict__
+            for key, value in new_entry.items():
+                if hasattr(value, '__dict__'):
+                    new_entry[key] = value.__dict__
+            new_entries.append(new_entry)
+
+        reprtraceback['reprentries'] = new_entries
+
+        return {
+            'reprcrash': reprcrash,
+            'reprtraceback': reprtraceback
+        }
+
     import py
     d = rep.__dict__.copy()
     if hasattr(rep.longrepr, 'toterminal'):
-        d['longrepr'] = str(rep.longrepr)
+        if hasattr(rep.longrepr, 'reprtraceback') \
+                and hasattr(rep.longrepr, 'reprcrash'):
+            d['longrepr'] = disassembled_report(rep)
+        else:
+            d['longrepr'] = str(rep.longrepr)
     else:
         d['longrepr'] = rep.longrepr
     for name in d:
diff --git a/xdist/slavemanage.py b/xdist/slavemanage.py
index bb44828..36fb4fd 100644
--- a/xdist/slavemanage.py
+++ b/xdist/slavemanage.py
@@ -327,7 +327,45 @@ class SlaveController(object):
 
 
 def unserialize_report(name, reportdict):
+    def assembled_report(reportdict):
+        from _pytest._code.code import (
+            ReprExceptionInfo,
+            ReprFileLocation,
+            ReprEntry,
+            ReprFuncArgs,
+            ReprTraceback
+        )
+        if reportdict['longrepr']:
+            if 'reprcrash' and 'reprtraceback' in reportdict['longrepr']:
+
+                reprtraceback = reportdict['longrepr']['reprtraceback']
+                reprcrash = reportdict['longrepr']['reprcrash']
+
+                unserialized_entries = []
+                for entry in reprtraceback['reprentries']:
+                    reprfuncargs, reprfileloc = None, None
+                    if entry['reprfuncargs']:
+                        reprfuncargs = ReprFuncArgs(**entry['reprfuncargs'])
+                    if entry['reprfileloc']:
+                        reprfileloc = ReprFileLocation(**entry['reprfileloc'])
+
+                    reprentry = ReprEntry(
+                        lines=entry['lines'],
+                        reprfuncargs=reprfuncargs,
+                        reprlocals=entry['reprlocals'],
+                        filelocrepr=reprfileloc,
+                        style=entry['style']
+                    )
+                    unserialized_entries.append(reprentry)
+                reprtraceback['reprentries'] = unserialized_entries
+
+                reportdict['longrepr'] = ReprExceptionInfo(
+                    reprtraceback=ReprTraceback(**reprtraceback),
+                    reprcrash=ReprFileLocation(**reprcrash),
+                )
+        return reportdict
+
     if name == "testreport":
-        return runner.TestReport(**reportdict)
+        return runner.TestReport(**assembled_report(reportdict))
     elif name == "collectreport":
-        return runner.CollectReport(**reportdict)
+        return runner.CollectReport(**assembled_report(reportdict))