diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index 4ced43c..6dd274f 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from .types import (
     instrumented_list,
     InstrumentedList,
     IPAddressType,
+    LocaleType,
     Password,
     PasswordType,
     PhoneNumber,
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ __all__ = (
     ImproperlyConfigured,
     InstrumentedList,
     IPAddressType,
+    LocaleType,
     Merger,
     NumberRange,
     NumberRangeException,
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
index 1f89474..854f56a 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from .color import ColorType
 from .country import CountryType, Country
 from .email import EmailType
 from .ip_address import IPAddressType
+from .locale import LocaleType
 from .number_range import (
     NumberRange,
     NumberRangeException,
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ __all__ = (
     Country,
     EmailType,
     IPAddressType,
+    LocaleType,
     NumberRange,
     NumberRangeException,
     NumberRangeRawType,
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/locale.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/locale.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2f5691
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/locale.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+from sqlalchemy import types
+import six
+from .scalar_coercible import ScalarCoercible
+from ..exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
+babel = None
+try:
+    import babel
+except ImportError:
+    pass
+
+
+class LocaleType(types.TypeDecorator, ScalarCoercible):
+    """
+    Changes babel.Locale objects to a string representation on the way in and
+    changes them back to Locale objects on the way out.
+    """
+
+    impl = types.Unicode(10)
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        if babel is None:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                'Babel packaged is required with LocaleType.'
+            )
+
+    def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
+        if isinstance(value, babel.Locale):
+            return six.text_type(value)
+
+        if isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+            return value
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
+        if value is not None:
+            return babel.Locale(value)
+
+    def _coerce(self, value):
+        if value is not None and not isinstance(value, babel.Locale):
+            return babel.Locale(value)
+        return value
diff --git a/tests/types/test_country.py b/tests/types/test_country.py
index 0e3d05b..83607a7 100644
--- a/tests/types/test_country.py
+++ b/tests/types/test_country.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class TestCountryType(TestCase):
 
         self.User = User
 
-    def test_color_parameter_processing(self):
+    def test_parameter_processing(self):
         user = self.User(
             country=Country(u'fi')
         )