diff --git a/beets/dbcore/db.py b/beets/dbcore/db.py
index 2aa0081d7..dd8401935 100755
--- a/beets/dbcore/db.py
+++ b/beets/dbcore/db.py
@@ -716,6 +716,15 @@ class Model(ABC, Generic[D]):
         """Set the object's key to a value represented by a string."""
         self[key] = self._parse(key, string)
 
+    def __getstate__(self):
+        """Return the state of the object for pickling.
+        Remove the database connection as sqlite connections are not
+        picklable.
+        """
+        state = self.__dict__.copy()
+        state["_db"] = None
+        return state
+
 
 # Database controller and supporting interfaces.
 
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index ca2bb50e3..77d237e6d 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ Other changes:
   EXTM3U playlists instead of JSON-encoding them.
 * :doc:`plugins/ftintitle`: Optimize the plugin by avoiding unnecessary writes
   to the database.
+* Database models are now serializable with pickle.
 
 2.2.0 (December 02, 2024)
 -------------------------
diff --git a/test/test_dbcore.py b/test/test_dbcore.py
index 2ff20c3a3..a4bae97c9 100644
--- a/test/test_dbcore.py
+++ b/test/test_dbcore.py
@@ -421,6 +421,20 @@ class ModelTest(unittest.TestCase):
         with pytest.raises(TypeError, match="must be a string"):
             dbcore.Model._parse(None, 42)
 
+    def test_pickle_dump(self):
+        """Tries to pickle an item. This tests the __getstate__ method
+        of the Model ABC"""
+        import pickle
+
+        model = ModelFixture1(self.db)
+        model.add(self.db)
+        model.field_one = 123
+
+        model.store()
+        assert model._db is not None
+
+        pickle.dumps(model)
+
 
 class FormatTest(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_format_fixed_field_integer(self):