diff --git a/Build.PL b/Build.PL
index c25063c21..1218f3684 100644
--- a/Build.PL
+++ b/Build.PL
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ my $build = Module::Build->new(
         'Math::PlanePath'           => '53',
         'Moo'                       => '0',
         'perl'                      => '5.10.0',
+        'Scalar::Util'              => '0',
         'Time::HiRes'               => '0',
     },
     build_requires => {
diff --git a/lib/Slic3r/Polyline.pm b/lib/Slic3r/Polyline.pm
index a6cb91af8..32cdb4982 100644
--- a/lib/Slic3r/Polyline.pm
+++ b/lib/Slic3r/Polyline.pm
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use Math::Clipper qw();
+use Scalar::Util qw(reftype);
 use Slic3r::Geometry qw(A B polyline_remove_parallel_continuous_edges polyline_remove_acute_vertices
     move_points same_point);
 
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ sub serialize {
 
 sub deserialize {
     my $self = shift;
+    return $self if reftype $self ne 'SCALAR';
     my @v = unpack '(l2)*', $$self;
     my $o = [ map [ $v[2*$_], $v[2*$_+1] ], 0 .. int($#v/2) ];
     bless $_, 'Slic3r::Point' for @$o;