diff --git a/src/coffea/processor/executor.py b/src/coffea/processor/executor.py
index 2078aab61..bfafb9fc8 100644
--- a/src/coffea/processor/executor.py
+++ b/src/coffea/processor/executor.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import concurrent.futures
 import json
 import math
+import multiprocessing
 import os
 import pickle
 import time
@@ -501,6 +502,28 @@ def __call__(
             )
 
 
+# this class changes the default pickler of ProcessPoolExecutor to the default cloudpickle.Pickler
+class _CloudPickleProcessPoolExecutor(concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        max_workers=None,
+        mp_context=None,
+        initializer=None,
+        initargs=(),
+        max_tasks_per_child=None,
+    ):
+        if mp_context is None:
+            mp_context = multiprocessing.get_context()
+            mp_context.reduction.ForkingPickler = cloudpickle.Pickler
+        super().__init__(
+            max_workers=max_workers,
+            mp_context=mp_context,
+            initializer=initializer,
+            initargs=initargs,
+            max_tasks_per_child=max_tasks_per_child,
+        )
+
+
 @dataclass
 class FuturesExecutor(ExecutorBase):
     """Execute using multiple local cores using python futures
@@ -514,7 +537,7 @@ class FuturesExecutor(ExecutorBase):
         accumulator : Accumulatable
             An accumulator to collect the output of the function
         pool : concurrent.futures.Executor class or instance, optional
-            The type of futures executor to use, defaults to ProcessPoolExecutor.
+            The type of futures executor to use, defaults to _CloudPickleProcessPoolExecutor.
             You can pass an instance instead of a class to reuse an executor
         workers : int, optional
             Number of parallel processes for futures (default 1)
@@ -553,7 +576,7 @@ class FuturesExecutor(ExecutorBase):
 
     pool: Union[
         Callable[..., concurrent.futures.Executor], concurrent.futures.Executor
-    ] = concurrent.futures.ProcessPoolExecutor  # fmt: skip
+    ] = _CloudPickleProcessPoolExecutor  # fmt: skip
     mergepool: Optional[
         Union[
             Callable[..., concurrent.futures.Executor],
diff --git a/tests/test_processor.py b/tests/test_processor.py
index b5d836b67..a114e016e 100644
--- a/tests/test_processor.py
+++ b/tests/test_processor.py
@@ -25,3 +25,24 @@ def postprocess(self, accumulator):
 
     acc = None
     super(test, proc).postprocess(acc)
+
+
+def test_issue1408():
+    from coffea import processor
+
+    class P(processor.ProcessorABC):
+        def process(self, events):
+            return True
+
+        def postprocess(self, accumulator):
+            pass
+
+    fileset = {"dy": {"files": {"tests/samples/nano_dy.root": "Events"}}}
+    run = processor.Runner(executor=processor.FuturesExecutor())
+    print(
+        run(
+            fileset=fileset,
+            processor_instance=P(),
+            iteritems_options={"filter_name": lambda name: True},
+        )
+    )