diff -r 10a1e7780ee7 Lib/datetime.py
--- a/Lib/datetime.py	Mon Jun 30 04:05:54 2014 +0300
+++ b/Lib/datetime.py	Sun Jun 29 21:24:26 2014 -0400
@@ -1830,6 +1830,11 @@
         self._name = name
         return self
 
+    def __reduce__(self):
+        if self is _utc:
+            return '_utc'
+        return tzinfo.__reduce__(self)
+
     def __getinitargs__(self):
         """pickle support"""
         if self._name is None:
@@ -1908,7 +1913,7 @@
         minutes = rest // timedelta(minutes=1)
         return 'UTC{}{:02d}:{:02d}'.format(sign, hours, minutes)
 
-timezone.utc = timezone._create(timedelta(0))
+_utc = timezone.utc = timezone._create(timedelta(0))
 timezone.min = timezone._create(timezone._minoffset)
 timezone.max = timezone._create(timezone._maxoffset)
 _EPOCH = datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc)