diff --git a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala
index 36addf639932..3dbde3a1951c 100644
--- a/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala
+++ b/compiler/src/dotty/tools/dotc/typer/Synthesizer.scala
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ class Synthesizer(typer: Typer)(using @constructorOnly c: Context):
     val monoTypeDef = untpd.TypeDef(tpnme.MirroredMonoType, untpd.TypeTree(monoType))
     val newImpl = untpd.Template(
       constr = untpd.emptyConstructor,
-      parents = untpd.TypeTree(defn.ObjectType) :: Nil,
+      parents = untpd.TypeTree(defn.ObjectType) :: untpd.TypeTree(defn.JavaSerializableClass.typeRef) :: Nil,
       derived = Nil,
       self = EmptyValDef,
       body = monoTypeDef :: Nil
diff --git a/tests/run/serialize.scala b/tests/run/serialize.scala
index 830c2935ac97..12e0ab7c2def 100644
--- a/tests/run/serialize.scala
+++ b/tests/run/serialize.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ object Test {
     }
   }
 
+  // No Companion defined - therefore anonmymous mirror is generated
+  sealed trait NoCompanion
+  case class Value(value: String) extends NoCompanion
+
   def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {
     val x: PartialFunction[Int, Int] = { case x => x + 1 }
     val adder = serializeDeserialize(x)
@@ -41,5 +45,10 @@ object Test {
     val bar = new a.Bar
     val bar1 = serializeDeserialize(bar)
     assert(bar.x eq bar1.x)
+
+    val mirror = summon[scala.deriving.Mirror.Of[NoCompanion]]
+    val mirror1 = serializeDeserialize(mirror)
+    assert(mirror ne mirror1) // update if we start caching anonymous mirrors
+    assert(mirror1.ordinal(Value("")) == 0) // check API
   }
 }