diff --git a/airflow/serialization/schema.json b/airflow/serialization/schema.json
index 90182de3c6eb3..f2b05d535a63e 100644
--- a/airflow/serialization/schema.json
+++ b/airflow/serialization/schema.json
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@
         "max_active_runs": { "type" : "number"},
         "default_args": { "$ref": "#/definitions/dict" },
         "start_date": { "$ref": "#/definitions/datetime" },
+        "end_date": { "$ref": "#/definitions/datetime" },
         "dagrun_timeout": { "$ref": "#/definitions/timedelta" },
         "doc_md": { "type" : "string"}
       },
diff --git a/airflow/serialization/serialized_dag.py b/airflow/serialization/serialized_dag.py
index 8749a504093d5..1f6d3b3316f00 100644
--- a/airflow/serialization/serialized_dag.py
+++ b/airflow/serialization/serialized_dag.py
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@ def deserialize_dag(cls, encoded_dag):
         for task in dag.task_dict.values():
             task.dag = dag
             task = cast(SerializedBaseOperator, task)
+
+            for date_attr in ["start_date", "end_date"]:
+                if getattr(task, date_attr) is None:
+                    setattr(task, date_attr, getattr(dag, date_attr))
+
             if task.subdag is not None:
                 setattr(task.subdag, 'parent_dag', dag)
                 task.subdag.is_subdag = True
diff --git a/tests/serialization/test_dag_serialization.py b/tests/serialization/test_dag_serialization.py
index 7d212ec2e5f94..b46dc4a92c33c 100644
--- a/tests/serialization/test_dag_serialization.py
+++ b/tests/serialization/test_dag_serialization.py
@@ -292,6 +292,55 @@ def validate_operator_extra_links(self, task):
             "https://www.google.com"
         )
 
+    @parameterized.expand([
+        (datetime(2019, 8, 1), None, datetime(2019, 8, 1)),
+        (datetime(2019, 8, 1), datetime(2019, 8, 2), datetime(2019, 8, 2)),
+        (datetime(2019, 8, 1), datetime(2019, 7, 30), datetime(2019, 8, 1)),
+    ])
+    def test_deserialization_start_date(self,
+                                        dag_start_date,
+                                        task_start_date,
+                                        expected_task_start_date):
+        dag = DAG(dag_id='simple_dag', start_date=dag_start_date)
+        BaseOperator(task_id='simple_task', dag=dag, start_date=task_start_date)
+
+        serialized_dag = SerializedDAG.to_dict(dag)
+        if not task_start_date or dag_start_date >= task_start_date:
+            # If dag.start_date > task.start_date -> task.start_date=dag.start_date
+            # because of the logic in dag.add_task()
+            self.assertNotIn("start_date", serialized_dag["dag"]["tasks"][0])
+        else:
+            self.assertIn("start_date", serialized_dag["dag"]["tasks"][0])
+
+        dag = SerializedDAG.from_dict(serialized_dag)
+        simple_task = dag.task_dict["simple_task"]
+        self.assertEqual(simple_task.start_date, expected_task_start_date)
+
+    @parameterized.expand([
+        (datetime(2019, 8, 1), None, datetime(2019, 8, 1)),
+        (datetime(2019, 8, 1), datetime(2019, 8, 2), datetime(2019, 8, 1)),
+        (datetime(2019, 8, 1), datetime(2019, 7, 30), datetime(2019, 7, 30)),
+    ])
+    def test_deserialization_end_date(self,
+                                      dag_end_date,
+                                      task_end_date,
+                                      expected_task_end_date):
+        dag = DAG(dag_id='simple_dag', start_date=datetime(2019, 8, 1),
+                  end_date=dag_end_date)
+        BaseOperator(task_id='simple_task', dag=dag, end_date=task_end_date)
+
+        serialized_dag = SerializedDAG.to_dict(dag)
+        if not task_end_date or dag_end_date <= task_end_date:
+            # If dag.end_date < task.end_date -> task.end_date=dag.end_date
+            # because of the logic in dag.add_task()
+            self.assertNotIn("end_date", serialized_dag["dag"]["tasks"][0])
+        else:
+            self.assertIn("end_date", serialized_dag["dag"]["tasks"][0])
+
+        dag = SerializedDAG.from_dict(serialized_dag)
+        simple_task = dag.task_dict["simple_task"]
+        self.assertEqual(simple_task.end_date, expected_task_end_date)
+
     @parameterized.expand([
         (None, None),
         ("@weekly", "@weekly"),