diff --git a/modules/dcache-frontend/pom.xml b/modules/dcache-frontend/pom.xml
index 4a62e315316..b09a2832e52 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-frontend/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/dcache-frontend/pom.xml
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+	<!-- Java 8 Datatypes -->
+	<dependency>
+	    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+	    <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jdk8</artifactId>
+	</dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.plugin</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-plugin-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/modules/dcache-frontend/src/main/java/org/dcache/restful/providers/ObjectMapperProvider.java b/modules/dcache-frontend/src/main/java/org/dcache/restful/providers/ObjectMapperProvider.java
index f78bfc72574..25df298ddd2 100644
--- a/modules/dcache-frontend/src/main/java/org/dcache/restful/providers/ObjectMapperProvider.java
+++ b/modules/dcache-frontend/src/main/java/org/dcache/restful/providers/ObjectMapperProvider.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.module.SimpleModule;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jdk8.Jdk8Module;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.ContextResolver;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ private static ObjectMapper createListObjectMapper() {
     private static ObjectMapper createDefaultMapper() {
         return new ObjectMapper()
               .registerModule(PNFSID_SERIALIZER)
+              .registerModule(new Jdk8Module())
               .enable(SerializationFeature.INDENT_OUTPUT)
               .setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL);
     }
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 39c023e8b18..e17d8174190 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -940,6 +940,12 @@
                 <version>${version.jackson}</version>
             </dependency>
 
+	    <dependency>
+	        <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+		<artifactId>jackson-datatype-jdk8</artifactId>
+		<version>${version.jackson}</version>
+	    </dependency>
+
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
                 <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>