diff --git a/changelog/pr_171.bugfix b/changelog/pr_171.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..18a406f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/pr_171.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Forgot to serialize and deserialize the longrepr.sections attribute.
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diff --git a/testing/test_remote.py b/testing/test_remote.py
index 1f00e16..102b2ea 100644
--- a/testing/test_remote.py
+++ b/testing/test_remote.py
@@ -87,11 +87,14 @@ class TestReportSerialization:
         reports = reprec.getreports("pytest_runtest_logreport")
         assert len(reports) == 3
         initial_failure_report = reports[1]
+        added_section = ('Failure Metadata', str("metadata metadata"), "*")
+        initial_failure_report.longrepr.sections.append(added_section)
         d = serialize_report(initial_failure_report)
         check_marshallable(d)
         processed_report = unserialize_report("testreport", d)
         assert 'Expected Message' \
                in processed_report.longrepr.reprcrash.message
+        assert added_section in processed_report.longrepr.sections
 
     def test_itemreport_outcomes(self, testdir):
         reprec = testdir.inline_runsource("""
diff --git a/xdist/remote.py b/xdist/remote.py
index 135744d..02c155a 100644
--- a/xdist/remote.py
+++ b/xdist/remote.py
@@ -114,7 +114,8 @@ def serialize_report(rep):
 
         return {
             'reprcrash': reprcrash,
-            'reprtraceback': reprtraceback
+            'reprtraceback': reprtraceback,
+            'sections': rep.longrepr.sections
         }
 
     import py
diff --git a/xdist/slavemanage.py b/xdist/slavemanage.py
index 36fb4fd..0313791 100644
--- a/xdist/slavemanage.py
+++ b/xdist/slavemanage.py
@@ -359,10 +359,14 @@ def unserialize_report(name, reportdict):
                     unserialized_entries.append(reprentry)
                 reprtraceback['reprentries'] = unserialized_entries
 
-                reportdict['longrepr'] = ReprExceptionInfo(
+                exception_info = ReprExceptionInfo(
                     reprtraceback=ReprTraceback(**reprtraceback),
                     reprcrash=ReprFileLocation(**reprcrash),
                 )
+
+                for section in reportdict['longrepr']['sections']:
+                    exception_info.addsection(*section)
+                reportdict['longrepr'] = exception_info
         return reportdict
 
     if name == "testreport":