diff --git a/include/Swiften/Serializer/PayloadSerializers/PubSubItemSerializer.cpp b/include/Swiften/Serializer/PayloadSerializers/PubSubItemSerializer.cpp
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011 Jan Kaluza
+ * Licensed under the Simplified BSD license.
+ * See Documentation/Licenses/BSD-simplified.txt for more information.
+ */
+
+#include <Swiften/Serializer/PayloadSerializers/PubSubItemSerializer.h>
+#include <Swiften/Base/foreach.h>
+#include <Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLRawTextNode.h>
+#include <Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLTextNode.h>
+#include <Swiften/Serializer/XML/XMLElement.h>
+#include <Swiften/Serializer/PayloadSerializerCollection.h>
+
+namespace Swift {
+
+PubSubItemSerializer::PubSubItemSerializer(PayloadSerializerCollection *serializers) : 
+	GenericPayloadSerializer<PubSubItem>(), serializers(serializers) {
+}
+
+std::string PubSubItemSerializer::serializePayload(boost::shared_ptr<PubSubItem> payload)  const {
+	XMLElement item("item");
+	if (!payload->getId().empty()) {
+		item.setAttribute("id", payload->getId());
+	}
+
+	if (!payload->getPayloads().empty()) {		
+		foreach(boost::shared_ptr<Payload> subPayload, payload->getPayloads()) {
+			PayloadSerializer* serializer = serializers->getPayloadSerializer(subPayload);
+			if (serializer) {
+				item.addNode(boost::shared_ptr<XMLRawTextNode>(new XMLRawTextNode(serializer->serialize(subPayload))));
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return item.serialize();
+}
+
+}