diff --git a/backend/kale/marshal/backends.py b/backend/kale/marshal/backends.py
index 6742a47ce..2ecefb945 100644
--- a/backend/kale/marshal/backends.py
+++ b/backend/kale/marshal/backends.py
@@ -87,6 +87,50 @@ def resource_pandas_save(obj, path, **kwargs):
         fallback_save(obj, path, **kwargs)
 
 
+@resource_load.register(r'.*\.dmatrix')
+def resource_dmatrix_load(uri, **kwargs):
+    """Load an XGBoost DMatrix resource."""
+    try:
+        import xgboost as xgb
+        log.info("Loading XGBoost DMatrix obj: %s", _get_obj_name(uri))
+        return xgb.DMatrix(uri)
+    except ImportError:
+        return fallback_load(uri, **kwargs)
+
+
+@resource_save.register(r'xgboost.core.DMatrix')
+def resource_dmatrix_save(obj, path, **kwargs):
+    """Save an XGBoost DMatrix object."""
+    try:
+        log.info("Saving XGBoost DMatrix obj: %s", _get_obj_name(path))
+        obj.save_binary(path + '.dmatrix')
+    except ImportError:
+        fallback_save(obj, path, **kwargs)
+
+
+@resource_load.register(r'.*\.bst')
+def resource_xgb_load(uri, **kwargs):
+    """Load an XGBoost Model resource."""
+    try:
+        import xgboost as xgb
+        log.info("Loading XGBoost Model obj: %s", _get_obj_name(uri))
+        obj_xgb = xgb.Booster()
+        obj_xgb.load_model(uri)
+        return obj_xgb
+    except ImportError:
+        return fallback_load(uri, **kwargs)
+
+
+@resource_save.register(r'xgboost.core.Booster')
+def resource_xgb_save(obj, path, **kwargs):
+    """Save an XGBoost Model object."""
+    try:
+        log.info("Saving XGBoost model obj: %s", _get_obj_name(path))
+        obj.save_model(path + '.bst')
+    except ImportError:
+        fallback_save(obj, path, **kwargs)
+
+
 @resource_load.register(r'.*\.pt')
 def resource_torch_load(uri, **kwargs):
     """Load a torch resource."""