diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder.py
index 55f4019df7af..7012a56cb374 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder.py
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 from apache_beam.portability.api import schema_pb2
 from apache_beam.typehints.schemas import named_tuple_from_schema
 from apache_beam.typehints.schemas import named_tuple_to_schema
+from apache_beam.utils import proto_utils
 
 __all__ = ["RowCoder"]
 
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ def to_type_hint(self):
   def as_cloud_object(self, coders_context=None):
     raise NotImplementedError("as_cloud_object not supported for RowCoder")
 
-  __hash__ = None  # type: ignore[assignment]
+  def __hash__(self):
+    return hash(self.schema.SerializeToString())
 
   def __eq__(self, other):
     return type(self) == type(other) and self.schema == other.schema
@@ -79,13 +81,18 @@ def to_runner_api_parameter(self, unused_context):
 
   @staticmethod
   @Coder.register_urn(common_urns.coders.ROW.urn, schema_pb2.Schema)
-  def from_runner_api_parameter(payload, components, unused_context):
-    return RowCoder(payload)
+  def from_runner_api_parameter(schema, components, unused_context):
+    return RowCoder(schema)
 
   @staticmethod
   def from_type_hint(named_tuple_type, registry):
     return RowCoder(named_tuple_to_schema(named_tuple_type))
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def from_payload(payload):
+    # type: (bytes) -> RowCoder
+    return RowCoder(proto_utils.parse_Bytes(payload, schema_pb2.Schema))
+
   @staticmethod
   def coder_from_type(field_type):
     type_info = field_type.WhichOneof("type_info")
@@ -106,6 +113,11 @@ def coder_from_type(field_type):
         "Encountered a type that is not currently supported by RowCoder: %s" %
         field_type)
 
+  def __reduce__(self):
+    # when pickling, use bytes representation of the schema. schema_pb2.Schema
+    # objects cannot be pickled.
+    return (RowCoder.from_payload, (self.schema.SerializeToString(), ))
+
 
 class RowCoderImpl(StreamCoderImpl):
   """For internal use only; no backwards-compatibility guarantees."""
diff --git a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder_test.py b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder_test.py
index d75b0b456091..0ffd98338190 100644
--- a/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder_test.py
+++ b/sdks/python/apache_beam/coders/row_coder_test.py
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@
 import numpy as np
 from past.builtins import unicode
 
+import apache_beam as beam
 from apache_beam.coders import RowCoder
 from apache_beam.coders.typecoders import registry as coders_registry
+from apache_beam.internal import pickler
 from apache_beam.portability.api import schema_pb2
+from apache_beam.testing.test_pipeline import TestPipeline
+from apache_beam.testing.util import assert_that
+from apache_beam.testing.util import equal_to
 from apache_beam.typehints.schemas import typing_to_runner_api
 
 Person = typing.NamedTuple(
@@ -44,8 +49,9 @@
 
 
 class RowCoderTest(unittest.TestCase):
+  TEST_CASE = Person("Jon Snow", 23, None, ["crow", "wildling"])
   TEST_CASES = [
-      Person("Jon Snow", 23, None, ["crow", "wildling"]),
+      TEST_CASE,
       Person("Daenerys Targaryen", 25, "Westeros", ["Mother of Dragons"]),
       Person("Michael Bluth", 30, None, [])
   ]
@@ -165,6 +171,21 @@ def test_schema_add_column_with_null_value(self):
         New(None, "baz", None),
         new_coder.decode(old_coder.encode(Old(None, "baz"))))
 
+  def test_row_coder_picklable(self):
+    # occasionally coders can get pickled, RowCoder should be able to handle it
+    coder = coders_registry.get_coder(Person)
+    roundtripped = pickler.loads(pickler.dumps(coder))
+
+    self.assertEqual(roundtripped, coder)
+
+  def test_row_coder_in_pipeine(self):
+    with TestPipeline() as p:
+      res = (
+          p
+          | beam.Create(self.TEST_CASES)
+          | beam.Filter(lambda person: person.name == "Jon Snow"))
+      assert_that(res, equal_to([self.TEST_CASE]))
+
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   logging.getLogger().setLevel(logging.INFO)