diff --git a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/Yaml.java b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/Yaml.java
index 338521f..347e45a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/Yaml.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/Yaml.java
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@
      */
     public Yaml(BaseConstructor constructor, Representer representer, DumperOptions options,
             Resolver resolver) {
+        if(!constructor.isExplicitPropertyUtils()) {
+            constructor.setPropertyUtils(representer.getPropertyUtils());
+        } else if(!representer.isExplicitPropertyUtils()) {
+            representer.setPropertyUtils(constructor.getPropertyUtils());
+        }
         this.constructor = constructor;
         representer.setDefaultFlowStyle(options.getDefaultFlowStyle());
         representer.setDefaultScalarStyle(options.getDefaultScalarStyle());
@@ -478,6 +483,7 @@
 
     public void setBeanAccess(BeanAccess beanAccess) {
         constructor.getPropertyUtils().setBeanAccess(beanAccess);
+        representer.getPropertyUtils().setBeanAccess(beanAccess);
     }
 
     // deprecated
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/constructor/BaseConstructor.java b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/constructor/BaseConstructor.java
index 6e01224..1d582c3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/constructor/BaseConstructor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/constructor/BaseConstructor.java
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
 
     protected Tag rootTag;
     private PropertyUtils propertyUtils;
+    private boolean explicitPropertyUtils;
 
     public BaseConstructor() {
         constructedObjects = new HashMap<Node, Object>();
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@
         maps2fill = new ArrayList<RecursiveTuple<Map<Object, Object>, RecursiveTuple<Object, Object>>>();
         sets2fill = new ArrayList<RecursiveTuple<Set<Object>, Object>>();
         rootTag = null;
+        explicitPropertyUtils = false;
     }
 
     public void setComposer(Composer composer) {
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@
 
     public void setPropertyUtils(PropertyUtils propertyUtils) {
         this.propertyUtils = propertyUtils;
+        explicitPropertyUtils = true;
     }
 
     public final PropertyUtils getPropertyUtils() {
@@ -406,4 +409,8 @@
             return _1;
         }
     }
+
+    public final boolean isExplicitPropertyUtils() {
+        return explicitPropertyUtils ;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/representer/BaseRepresenter.java b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/representer/BaseRepresenter.java
index c0b5285..b066b88 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/representer/BaseRepresenter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/representer/BaseRepresenter.java
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@
     private final Set<Object> objectKeeper = new HashSet<Object>();
     protected Object objectToRepresent;
     private PropertyUtils propertyUtils;
+    private boolean explicitPropertyUtils = false;
 
     public void represent(Serializer serializer, Object data) throws IOException {
         Node node = representData(data);
@@ -195,6 +196,7 @@
 
     public void setPropertyUtils(PropertyUtils propertyUtils) {
         this.propertyUtils = propertyUtils;
+        this.explicitPropertyUtils = true;
     }
 
     public final PropertyUtils getPropertyUtils() {
@@ -204,4 +206,8 @@
         return propertyUtils;
     }
 
+    public final boolean isExplicitPropertyUtils() {
+        return explicitPropertyUtils;
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/PropertyUtilsSharingTest.java b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/PropertyUtilsSharingTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aaa4f9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/yaml/snakeyaml/PropertyUtilsSharingTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) 2008-2010, http://code.google.com/p/snakeyaml/
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.yaml.snakeyaml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.constructor.Constructor;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.introspector.PropertyUtils;
+import org.yaml.snakeyaml.representer.Representer;
+
+public class PropertyUtilsSharingTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testYamlDefaults() {
+        Yaml yaml1 = new Yaml();
+        assertSame(yaml1.constructor.getPropertyUtils(), yaml1.representer.getPropertyUtils());
+
+        Yaml yaml2 = new Yaml(new Constructor());
+        assertSame(yaml2.constructor.getPropertyUtils(), yaml2.representer.getPropertyUtils());
+
+        Yaml yaml3 = new Yaml(new Representer());
+        assertSame(yaml3.constructor.getPropertyUtils(), yaml3.representer.getPropertyUtils());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testYamlConstructorWithPropertyUtils() {
+        Constructor constructor1 = new Constructor();
+        PropertyUtils pu = new PropertyUtils();
+        constructor1.setPropertyUtils(pu);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(constructor1);
+        assertSame(pu, yaml.constructor.getPropertyUtils());
+        assertSame(pu, yaml.representer.getPropertyUtils());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testYamlRepresenterWithPropertyUtils() {
+        Representer representer2 = new Representer();
+        PropertyUtils pu = new PropertyUtils();
+        representer2.setPropertyUtils(pu);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(representer2);
+        assertSame(pu, yaml.constructor.getPropertyUtils());
+        assertSame(pu, yaml.representer.getPropertyUtils());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testYamlConstructorANDRepresenterWithPropertyUtils() {
+        Constructor constructor = new Constructor();
+        PropertyUtils pu_c = new PropertyUtils();
+        constructor.setPropertyUtils(pu_c);
+        Representer representer = new Representer();
+        PropertyUtils pu_r = new PropertyUtils();
+        representer.setPropertyUtils(pu_r);
+        Yaml yaml = new Yaml(constructor, representer);
+        assertSame(pu_c, yaml.constructor.getPropertyUtils());
+        assertSame(pu_r, yaml.representer.getPropertyUtils());
+    }
+
+}