diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenGeneralSettings.java b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenGeneralSettings.java
index 2ccb6a625ca9..bf4c5721423b 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenGeneralSettings.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/main/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/project/MavenGeneralSettings.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ import com.intellij.openapi.util.Comparing;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.LocalFileSystem;
 import com.intellij.openapi.vfs.VirtualFile;
 import com.intellij.util.containers.ContainerUtil;
+import com.intellij.util.xmlb.annotations.Property;
+import com.intellij.util.xmlb.annotations.Transient;
 import gnu.trove.THashSet;
 import org.jdom.Element;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.NotNull;
@@ -71,6 +73,7 @@ public class MavenGeneralSettings implements Cloneable {
     fireChanged();
   }
 
+  @Property
   @NotNull
   public MavenExecutionOptions.PluginUpdatePolicy getPluginUpdatePolicy() {
     return pluginUpdatePolicy;
@@ -82,6 +85,7 @@ public class MavenGeneralSettings implements Cloneable {
     changed();
   }
 
+  @Property
   @NotNull
   public MavenExecutionOptions.ChecksumPolicy getChecksumPolicy() {
     return checksumPolicy;
@@ -93,6 +97,7 @@ public class MavenGeneralSettings implements Cloneable {
     changed();
   }
 
+  @Property
   @NotNull
   public MavenExecutionOptions.FailureMode getFailureBehavior() {
     return failureBehavior;
@@ -104,9 +109,16 @@ public class MavenGeneralSettings implements Cloneable {
     changed();
   }
 
-  public
+  @Transient
   @NotNull
-  MavenExecutionOptions.LoggingLevel getLoggingLevel() {
+  @Deprecated // Use getOutputLevel()
+  public MavenExecutionOptions.LoggingLevel getLoggingLevel() {
+    return getOutputLevel();
+  }
+
+  @Property
+  @NotNull
+  public MavenExecutionOptions.LoggingLevel getOutputLevel() {
     return outputLevel;
   }
 
@@ -116,9 +128,9 @@ public class MavenGeneralSettings implements Cloneable {
     changed();
   }
 
-  public
+  @Property
   @NotNull
-  MavenExecutionOptions.SnapshotUpdatePolicy getSnapshotUpdatePolicy() {
+  public MavenExecutionOptions.SnapshotUpdatePolicy getSnapshotUpdatePolicy() {
     return snapshotUpdatePolicy;
   }
 
diff --git a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenRunConfigurationTest.java b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenRunConfigurationTest.java
index 3376b3073147..7bc6cb286da5 100644
--- a/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenRunConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/plugins/maven/src/test/java/org/jetbrains/idea/maven/execution/MavenRunConfigurationTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.intellij.testFramework.IdeaTestCase;
 import com.intellij.util.xmlb.XmlSerializer;
 import org.jdom.Element;
+import org.jetbrains.idea.maven.project.MavenGeneralSettings;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ public class MavenRunConfigurationTest extends IdeaTestCase {
     s.myRunnerParameters.setGoals(Arrays.asList("clean", "validate"));
     s.myRunnerParameters.setProfilesMap(ImmutableMap.of("prof1", true, "prof2", true, "prof3", false));
 
+    s.myGeneralSettings = new MavenGeneralSettings();
+    s.myGeneralSettings.setChecksumPolicy(MavenExecutionOptions.ChecksumPolicy.WARN);
+    s.myGeneralSettings.setFailureBehavior(MavenExecutionOptions.FailureMode.AT_END);
+    s.myGeneralSettings.setOutputLevel(MavenExecutionOptions.LoggingLevel.FATAL);
+
+    s.myRunnerSettings = new MavenRunnerSettings();
+    s.myRunnerSettings.setMavenProperties(ImmutableMap.of("a", "1", "b", "2", "c", "3"));
+
     Element xml = XmlSerializer.serialize(s);
     MavenRunConfiguration.MavenSettings loaded
       = XmlSerializer.deserialize(xml, MavenRunConfiguration.MavenSettings.class);
@@ -36,5 +45,8 @@ public class MavenRunConfigurationTest extends IdeaTestCase {
     assertEquals(s.myRunnerParameters.getWorkingDirPath(), loaded.myRunnerParameters.getWorkingDirPath());
     assertEquals(s.myRunnerParameters.getGoals(), loaded.myRunnerParameters.getGoals());
     assertEquals(s.myRunnerParameters.getProfilesMap(), loaded.myRunnerParameters.getProfilesMap());
+
+    assertEquals(s.myGeneralSettings, loaded.myGeneralSettings);
+    assertEquals(s.myRunnerSettings, loaded.myRunnerSettings);
   }
 }