diff --git a/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/SerializationHelper.kt b/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/SerializationHelper.kt
index 4ce172cc78..c9f41fcf22 100644
--- a/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/SerializationHelper.kt
+++ b/node-api/src/main/kotlin/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/SerializationHelper.kt
@@ -213,8 +213,13 @@ internal fun <T : Any> propertiesForSerializationFromConstructor(
 
     return mutableListOf<PropertyAccessor>().apply {
         kotlinConstructor.parameters.withIndex().forEach { param ->
-            val name = param.value.name ?: throw NotSerializableException(
-                    "Constructor parameter of $clazz has no name.")
+            // If a parameter doesn't have a name *at all* then chances are it's a synthesised
+            // one. A good example of this is non static nested classes in Java where instances
+            // of the nested class require access to the outer class without breaking
+            // encapsulation. Thus a parameter is inserted into the constructor that passes a
+            // reference to the enclosing class. In this case we can't do anything with
+            // it so just ignore it as it'll be supplied at runtime anyway on invocation
+            val name = param.value.name ?: return@forEach
 
             val propertyReader = if (name in classProperties) {
                 if (classProperties[name]!!.getter != null) {
diff --git a/node-api/src/test/java/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/JavaSerializationOutputTests.java b/node-api/src/test/java/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/JavaSerializationOutputTests.java
index 4379718003..b234fce399 100644
--- a/node-api/src/test/java/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/JavaSerializationOutputTests.java
+++ b/node-api/src/test/java/net/corda/nodeapi/internal/serialization/amqp/JavaSerializationOutputTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 package net.corda.nodeapi.internal.serialization.amqp;
 
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import net.corda.core.contracts.ContractState;
+import net.corda.core.identity.AbstractParty;
 import net.corda.nodeapi.internal.serialization.AllWhitelist;
 import net.corda.core.serialization.SerializedBytes;
 import org.apache.qpid.proton.codec.DecoderImpl;
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
 import java.io.NotSerializableException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
+import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Objects;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -234,4 +238,23 @@ public class JavaSerializationOutputTests {
         BoxedFooNotNull obj = new BoxedFooNotNull("Hello World!", 123);
         serdes(obj);
     }
+
+    protected class DummyState implements ContractState {
+        @Override
+        public List<AbstractParty> getParticipants() {
+            return ImmutableList.of();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void dummyStateSerialize() throws NotSerializableException {
+        SerializerFactory factory1 = new SerializerFactory(
+                AllWhitelist.INSTANCE,
+                ClassLoader.getSystemClassLoader(),
+                new EvolutionSerializerGetter());
+
+        SerializationOutput serializer = new SerializationOutput(factory1);
+
+        serializer.serialize(new DummyState());
+    }
 }