diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index 7e75563..a2cf024 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ from .functions import (
     sort_query,
     table_name,
 )
+from .i18n import TranslationHybrid
 from .listeners import (
     auto_delete_orphans,
     coercion_listener,
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/i18n.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/i18n.py
index 1f40b31..0d77186 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/i18n.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/i18n.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from sqlalchemy.ext.hybrid import hybrid_property
+
 from .exceptions import ImproperlyConfigured
 
 
@@ -21,3 +23,60 @@ except ImportError:
             'install babel or make a similar function and override it '
             'in this module.'
         )
+
+
+class TranslationHybrid(object):
+    def __init__(self, current_locale, default_locale):
+        self.current_locale = current_locale
+        self.default_locale = default_locale
+
+    def cast_locale(self, obj, locale):
+        """
+        Cast given locale to string. Supports also callbacks that return
+        locales.
+        """
+        if callable(locale):
+            try:
+                return str(locale())
+            except TypeError:
+                return str(locale(obj))
+        return str(locale)
+
+    def getter_factory(self, attr):
+        """
+        Return a hybrid_property getter function for given attribute. The
+        returned getter first checks if object has translation for current
+        locale. If not it tries to get translation for default locale. If there
+        is no translation found for default locale it returns None.
+        """
+        def getter(obj):
+            current_locale = self.cast_locale(obj, self.current_locale)
+            try:
+                return getattr(obj, attr.key)[current_locale]
+            except (TypeError, KeyError):
+                default_locale = self.cast_locale(
+                    obj, self.default_locale
+                )
+                try:
+                    return getattr(obj, attr.key)[default_locale]
+                except (TypeError, KeyError):
+                    return None
+        return getter
+
+    def setter_factory(self, attr):
+        def setter(obj, value):
+            if getattr(obj, attr.key) is None:
+                setattr(obj, attr.key, {})
+            locale = self.cast_locale(obj, self.current_locale)
+            getattr(obj, attr.key)[locale] = value
+        return setter
+
+    def expr_factory(self, attr):
+        return lambda cls: attr
+
+    def __call__(self, attr):
+        return hybrid_property(
+            fget=self.getter_factory(attr),
+            fset=self.setter_factory(attr),
+            expr=self.expr_factory(attr)
+        )
diff --git a/tests/test_translation_hybrid.py b/tests/test_translation_hybrid.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d22205
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_translation_hybrid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy.dialects.postgresql import JSON
+from sqlalchemy_utils import TranslationHybrid
+
+from tests import TestCase
+
+
+class TestTranslationHybrid(TestCase):
+    dns = 'postgres://postgres@localhost/sqlalchemy_utils_test'
+
+    def create_models(self):
+        class City(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'city'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            name_translations = sa.Column(JSON())
+            name = self.translation_hybrid(name_translations)
+            locale = 'en'
+
+        self.City = City
+
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        self.translation_hybrid = TranslationHybrid('fi', 'en')
+        TestCase.setup_method(self, method)
+
+    def test_using_hybrid_as_constructor(self):
+        city = self.City(name='Helsinki')
+        assert city.name_translations['fi'] == 'Helsinki'
+
+    def test_hybrid_as_expression(self):
+        assert self.City.name == self.City.name_translations
+
+    def test_if_no_translation_exists_returns_none(self):
+        city = self.City()
+        assert city.name is None
+
+    def test_fall_back_to_default_translation(self):
+        city = self.City(name_translations={'en': 'Helsinki'})
+        self.translation_hybrid.current_locale = 'sv'
+        assert city.name == 'Helsinki'
+
+
+class TestTranslationHybridWithDynamicDefaultLocale(TestCase):
+    dns = 'postgres://postgres@localhost/sqlalchemy_utils_test'
+
+    def create_models(self):
+        class City(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'city'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            name_translations = sa.Column(JSON)
+            name = self.translation_hybrid(name_translations)
+            locale = sa.Column(sa.String(10))
+
+        self.City = City
+
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        self.translation_hybrid = TranslationHybrid(
+            'fi',
+            lambda self: self.locale
+        )
+        TestCase.setup_method(self, method)
+
+    def test_fallback_to_dynamic_locale(self):
+        self.translation_hybrid.current_locale = 'en'
+        city = self.City(name_translations={})
+        city.locale = 'fi'
+        city.name_translations['fi'] = 'Helsinki'
+
+        assert city.name == 'Helsinki'