diff --git a/src/Monolog/Handler/Handler.php b/src/Monolog/Handler/Handler.php
index dad3aac2..e89f969b 100644
--- a/src/Monolog/Handler/Handler.php
+++ b/src/Monolog/Handler/Handler.php
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ abstract class Handler implements HandlerInterface
     {
         $this->close();
 
-        return array_keys(get_object_vars($this));
+        $reflClass = new \ReflectionClass($this);
+
+        $keys = [];
+        foreach ($reflClass->getProperties() as $reflProp) {
+            if (!$reflProp->isStatic()) {
+                $keys[] = $reflProp->getName();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $keys;
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Monolog/Handler/NullHandlerTest.php b/tests/Monolog/Handler/NullHandlerTest.php
index d6a80074..a5f12b4f 100644
--- a/tests/Monolog/Handler/NullHandlerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Monolog/Handler/NullHandlerTest.php
@@ -30,4 +30,15 @@ class NullHandlerTest extends TestCase
         $handler = new NullHandler(Level::Warning);
         $this->assertFalse($handler->handle($this->getRecord(Level::Debug)));
     }
+
+    public function testSerializeRestorePrivate()
+    {
+        $handler = new NullHandler(Logger::WARNING);
+        self::assertFalse($handler->handle($this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG)));
+        self::assertTrue($handler->handle($this->getRecord(Logger::WARNING)));
+
+        $handler = unserialize(serialize($handler));
+        self::assertFalse($handler->handle($this->getRecord(Logger::DEBUG)));
+        self::assertTrue($handler->handle($this->getRecord(Logger::WARNING)));
+    }
 }