diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py
index df0f6d4..3c2dfda 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import six
 from sqlalchemy import types
 from sqlalchemy_utils import ImproperlyConfigured
+from .scalar_coercible import ScalarCoercible
 
 
-class TimezoneType(types.TypeDecorator):
+class TimezoneType(types.TypeDecorator, ScalarCoercible):
     """
     Changes Timezone objects to a string representation on the way in and
     changes them back to Timezone objects on the way out.
@@ -64,9 +65,6 @@ class TimezoneType(types.TypeDecorator):
 
         return value
 
-    def coercion_listener(self, target, value, oldvalue, initiator):
-        return self._coerce(value)
-
     def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
         return self._from(self._coerce(value)) if value else None