diff --git a/colander/compat.py b/colander/compat.py
index e969abd..5e6014b 100644
--- a/colander/compat.py
+++ b/colander/compat.py
@@ -30,3 +30,8 @@ try:
 except NameError: # pragma: no cover
     xrange = range
 
+
+try:
+    from cPickle import loads, dumps, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+except ImportError: # pragma: no cover
+    from pickle import loads, dumps, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
diff --git a/colander/iso8601.py b/colander/iso8601.py
index 805943c..d225bd2 100644
--- a/colander/iso8601.py
+++ b/colander/iso8601.py
@@ -69,10 +69,15 @@ class FixedOffset(tzinfo):
     """Fixed offset in hours and minutes from UTC
 
     """
-    def __init__(self, offset_hours=0, offset_minutes=0, name='unknown'):
+    def __init__(self, offset_hours, offset_minutes, name):
         self.__offset = timedelta(hours=offset_hours, minutes=offset_minutes)
         self.__name = name
 
+    def __getinitargs__(self):
+        # tzinfo.__reduce__ returns the type as the factory:  supply
+        # defaults here, rather than in __init__.
+        return 0, 0, 'unknown'
+
     def utcoffset(self, dt):
         return self.__offset
 
diff --git a/colander/tests/test_iso8601.py b/colander/tests/test_iso8601.py
index 2224fa3..18e7525 100644
--- a/colander/tests/test_iso8601.py
+++ b/colander/tests/test_iso8601.py
@@ -23,21 +23,21 @@ class Test_Utc(unittest.TestCase):
         result = inst.dst(None)
         self.assertEqual(result, ZERO)
 
+    def test_picklability(self):
+        from ..iso8601 import ZERO
+        from ..compat import loads, dumps, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+        inst = self._makeOne()
+        for protocol in range(HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
+            inst2 = loads(dumps(inst, protocol))
+            self.assertEqual(inst2.utcoffset(None), ZERO)
+            self.assertEqual(inst2.tzname(None), 'UTC')
+            self.assertEqual(inst2.dst(None), ZERO)
+
 class Test_FixedOffset(unittest.TestCase):
     def _makeOne(self):
         from ..iso8601 import FixedOffset
         return FixedOffset(1, 30, 'oneandahalf')
 
-    def test_ctor_defaults(self):
-        # Ensure that instances can be unpickled on Py3k
-        from ..iso8601 import FixedOffset
-        NOW = datetime.datetime.now()
-        ZULU = datetime.timedelta(0, 0)
-        inst = FixedOffset()
-        self.assertEqual(inst.tzname(NOW), 'unknown')
-        self.assertEqual(inst.utcoffset(NOW), ZULU)
-        self.assertEqual(inst.dst(NOW), ZULU)
-        
     def test_utcoffset(self):
         inst = self._makeOne()
         result = inst.utcoffset(None)
@@ -54,6 +54,17 @@ class Test_FixedOffset(unittest.TestCase):
         result = inst.dst(None)
         self.assertEqual(result, ZERO)
 
+    def test_picklability(self):
+        from ..iso8601 import ZERO
+        from ..compat import loads, dumps, HIGHEST_PROTOCOL
+        inst = self._makeOne()
+        for protocol in range(HIGHEST_PROTOCOL + 1):
+            inst2 = loads(dumps(inst, protocol))
+            self.assertEqual(inst2.utcoffset(None),
+                            datetime.timedelta(hours=1, minutes=30))
+            self.assertEqual(inst2.tzname(None), 'oneandahalf')
+            self.assertEqual(inst2.dst(None), ZERO)
+
     def test___repr__(self):
         inst = self._makeOne()
         result = inst.__repr__()