diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d37742f..e43df23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ zarr.config.set({
 })
 ```
 
+If the `ZarrsCodecPipeline` is pickled, and then un-pickled, and during that time one of `store_empty_chunks`, `chunk_concurrent_minimum`, `chunk_concurrent_maximum`, or `num_threads` has changed, the newly un-pickled version will pick up the new value.  However, one a `ZarrsCodecPipeline` object has been instantiated, these values are then fixed.  This may change in the future as guidance from the `zarr` community becomes clear.
+
 ## Concurrency
 
 Concurrency can be classified into two types:
diff --git a/python/zarrs/pipeline.py b/python/zarrs/pipeline.py
index 6c5912d..f6552ba 100644
--- a/python/zarrs/pipeline.py
+++ b/python/zarrs/pipeline.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import asyncio
 import json
 from dataclasses import dataclass
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Any
+from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, TypedDict
 
 import numpy as np
 from zarr.abc.codec import (
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from collections.abc import Iterable, Iterator
-    from typing import Self
+    from typing import Any, Self
 
     from zarr.abc.store import ByteGetter, ByteSetter
     from zarr.core.array_spec import ArraySpec
@@ -32,10 +32,40 @@
 )
 
 
-@dataclass(frozen=True)
+def get_codec_pipeline_impl(codec_metadata_json: str) -> CodecPipelineImpl:
+    return CodecPipelineImpl(
+        codec_metadata_json,
+        validate_checksums=config.get("codec_pipeline.validate_checksums", None),
+        # TODO: upstream zarr-python array.write_empty_chunks is not merged yet #2429
+        store_empty_chunks=config.get("array.write_empty_chunks", None),
+        chunk_concurrent_minimum=config.get(
+            "codec_pipeline.chunk_concurrent_minimum", None
+        ),
+        chunk_concurrent_maximum=config.get(
+            "codec_pipeline.chunk_concurrent_maximum", None
+        ),
+        num_threads=config.get("threading.max_workers", None),
+    )
+
+
+class ZarrsCodecPipelineState(TypedDict):
+    codec_metadata_json: str
+    codecs: tuple[Codec, ...]
+
+
+@dataclass
 class ZarrsCodecPipeline(CodecPipeline):
     codecs: tuple[Codec, ...]
     impl: CodecPipelineImpl
+    codec_metadata_json: str
+
+    def __getstate__(self) -> ZarrsCodecPipelineState:
+        return {"codec_metadata_json": self.codec_metadata_json, "codecs": self.codecs}
+
+    def __setstate__(self, state: ZarrsCodecPipelineState):
+        self.codecs = state["codecs"]
+        self.codec_metadata_json = state["codec_metadata_json"]
+        self.impl = get_codec_pipeline_impl(self.codec_metadata_json)
 
     def evolve_from_array_spec(self, array_spec: ArraySpec) -> Self:
         raise NotImplementedError("evolve_from_array_spec")
@@ -49,22 +79,9 @@ def from_codecs(cls, codecs: Iterable[Codec]) -> Self:
         # https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/issues/2409
         # https://github.com/zarr-developers/zarr-python/pull/2429
         return cls(
+            codec_metadata_json=codec_metadata_json,
             codecs=tuple(codecs),
-            impl=CodecPipelineImpl(
-                codec_metadata_json,
-                validate_checksums=config.get(
-                    "codec_pipeline.validate_checksums", None
-                ),
-                # TODO: upstream zarr-python array.write_empty_chunks is not merged yet #2429
-                store_empty_chunks=config.get("array.write_empty_chunks", None),
-                chunk_concurrent_minimum=config.get(
-                    "codec_pipeline.chunk_concurrent_minimum", None
-                ),
-                chunk_concurrent_maximum=config.get(
-                    "codec_pipeline.chunk_concurrent_maximum", None
-                ),
-                num_threads=config.get("threading.max_workers", None),
-            ),
+            impl=get_codec_pipeline_impl(codec_metadata_json),
         )
 
     @property
diff --git a/tests/test_pipeline.py b/tests/test_pipeline.py
index a4270f5..1af6f0f 100644
--- a/tests/test_pipeline.py
+++ b/tests/test_pipeline.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import operator
+import pickle
 import tempfile
 from collections.abc import Callable
 from contextlib import contextmanager
@@ -229,3 +230,13 @@ def test_ellipsis_indexing_invalid(arr: zarr.Array):
         # zarrs-python error: ValueError: operands could not be broadcast together with shapes (4,) (3,)
         # numpy error: ValueError: could not broadcast input array from shape (3,) into shape (4,)
         arr[2, ...] = stored_value
+
+
+def test_pickle(arr: zarr.Array, tmp_path: Path):
+    arr[:] = np.arange(reduce(operator.mul, arr.shape, 1)).reshape(arr.shape)
+    expected = arr[:]
+    with Path.open(tmp_path / "arr.pickle", "wb") as f:
+        pickle.dump(arr._async_array.codec_pipeline, f)
+    with Path.open(tmp_path / "arr.pickle", "rb") as f:
+        object.__setattr__(arr._async_array, "codec_pipeline", pickle.load(f))
+    assert (arr[:] == expected).all()