diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index fd69e30..efe5d16 100644
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -191,6 +191,24 @@ or a 16-byte BINARY column or a 32-character CHAR column if not.
         id = sa.Column(UUIDType(binary=False), primary_key=True)
 
 
+TimezoneType
+------------
+
+TimezoneType provides a way for saving timezones (from either the pytz or the dateutil package) objects into database.
+TimezoneType saves timezone objects as strings on the way in and converts them back to objects when querying the database.
+
+
+::
+
+    from sqlalchemy_utils import UUIDType
+
+    class User(Base):
+        __tablename__ = 'user'
+
+        # Pass backend='pytz' to change it to use pytz (dateutil by default)
+        timezone = sa.Column(TimezoneType(backend='pytz'))
+
+
 API Documentation
 -----------------
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 76905af..a6d0171 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ extras_require = {
     ],
     'password': ['passlib >= 1.6, < 2.0'],
     'color': ['colour>=0.0.4'],
-    'ipaddress': ['ipaddr'] if not PY3 else []
+    'ipaddress': ['ipaddr'] if not PY3 else [],
+    'timezone': ['python-dateutil']
 }
 
 
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index fe034b1..f66409b 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ from .types import (
     NumberRangeType,
     ScalarListType,
     ScalarListException,
+    TimezoneType,
     TSVectorType,
     UUIDType,
 )
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ __all__ = (
     ProxyDict,
     ScalarListType,
     ScalarListException,
+    TimezoneType,
     TSVectorType,
     UUIDType,
 )
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
index b91867a..ac78219 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/__init__.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ from .number_range import (
 from .password import Password, PasswordType
 from .phone_number import PhoneNumber, PhoneNumberType
 from .scalar_list import ScalarListException, ScalarListType
+from .timezone import TimezoneType
 from .uuid import UUIDType
 
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ __all__ = (
     PhoneNumberType,
     ScalarListException,
     ScalarListType,
+    TimezoneType,
     UUIDType,
 )
 
diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df0f6d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/types/timezone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import six
+from sqlalchemy import types
+from sqlalchemy_utils import ImproperlyConfigured
+
+
+class TimezoneType(types.TypeDecorator):
+    """
+    Changes Timezone objects to a string representation on the way in and
+    changes them back to Timezone objects on the way out.
+    """
+
+    impl = types.CHAR(50)
+
+    python_type = None
+
+    def __init__(self, backend='dateutil'):
+        """
+        :param backend: Whether to use 'dateutil' or 'pytz' for timezones.
+        """
+
+        self.backend = backend
+        if backend == 'dateutil':
+            try:
+                from dateutil.tz import tzfile
+                from dateutil.zoneinfo import gettz
+
+                self.python_type = tzfile
+                self._to = gettz
+                self._from = lambda x: x._filename
+
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                    "'python-dateutil' is required to use the "
+                    "'dateutil' backend for 'TimezoneType'"
+                )
+
+        elif backend == 'pytz':
+            try:
+                from pytz import tzfile, timezone
+
+                self.python_type = tzfile.DstTzInfo
+                self._to = timezone
+                self._from = six.text_type
+
+            except ImportError:
+                raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                    "'pytz' is required to use the 'pytz' backend "
+                    "for 'TimezoneType'"
+                )
+
+        else:
+            raise ImproperlyConfigured(
+                "'pytz' or 'dateutil' are the backends supported for "
+                "'TimezoneType'"
+            )
+
+    def _coerce(self, value):
+        if value and not isinstance(value, self.python_type):
+            obj = self._to(value)
+            if obj is None:
+                raise ValueError("unknown time zone '%s'" % value)
+
+            return obj
+
+        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
+
+    def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
+        return self._to(value) if value else None
diff --git a/tests/test_timezone.py b/tests/test_timezone.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3f6c67d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_timezone.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+from pytest import mark
+import six
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+from sqlalchemy_utils.types import timezone
+from tests import TestCase
+
+
+try:
+    import dateutil
+
+except ImportError:
+    dateutil = None
+
+
+@mark.skipif('dateutil is None')
+class TestTimezoneType(TestCase):
+    def create_models(self):
+        class Visitor(self.Base):
+            __tablename__ = 'document'
+            id = sa.Column(sa.Integer, primary_key=True)
+            timezone = sa.Column(timezone.TimezoneType)
+
+            def __repr__(self):
+                return 'Visitor(%r)' % self.id
+
+        self.Visitor = Visitor
+
+    def test_parameter_processing(self):
+        visitor = self.Visitor(
+            timezone=u'America/Los_Angeles'
+        )
+
+        self.session.add(visitor)
+        self.session.commit()
+
+        visitor = self.session.query(self.Visitor).filter_by(
+            timezone='America/Los_Angeles').first()
+
+        assert visitor is not None