diff --git a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
index 91be58f..8ee83a6 100644
--- a/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
+++ b/sqlalchemy_utils/__init__.py
@@ -11,6 +11,52 @@ from sqlalchemy.sql.expression import desc, asc
 from sqlalchemy import types
 
 
+class PhoneNumber(phonenumbers.phonenumber.PhoneNumber):
+    '''
+    Extends a PhoneNumber class from `Python phonenumbers library`_. Adds
+    different phone number formats to attributes, so they can be easily used
+    in templates. Phone number validation method is also implemented.
+
+    Takes the raw phone number and country code as params and parses them
+    into a PhoneNumber object.
+
+    .. _Python phonenumbers library:
+       https://github.com/daviddrysdale/python-phonenumbers
+
+    :param raw_number:
+        String representation of the phone number.
+    :param country_code:
+        Country code of the phone number.
+    '''
+    def __init__(self, raw_number, country_code=None):
+        self._phone_number = phonenumbers.parse(raw_number, country_code)
+        super(PhoneNumber, self).__init__(
+            country_code=self._phone_number.country_code,
+            national_number=self._phone_number.national_number,
+            extension=self._phone_number.extension,
+            italian_leading_zero=self._phone_number.italian_leading_zero,
+            raw_input=self._phone_number.raw_input,
+            country_code_source=self._phone_number.country_code_source,
+            preferred_domestic_carrier_code=
+            self._phone_number.preferred_domestic_carrier_code
+        )
+        self.national = phonenumbers.format_number(
+            self._phone_number,
+            phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.NATIONAL
+        )
+        self.international = phonenumbers.format_number(
+            self._phone_number,
+            phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.INTERNATIONAL
+        )
+        self.e164 = phonenumbers.format_number(
+            self._phone_number,
+            phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.E164
+        )
+
+    def is_valid_number(self):
+        return phonenumbers.is_valid_number(self._phone_number)
+
+
 class PhoneNumberType(types.TypeDecorator):
     """
     Changes PhoneNumber objects to a string representation on the way in and
@@ -18,7 +64,7 @@ class PhoneNumberType(types.TypeDecorator):
     as storing format, no country code is needed for parsing the database
     value to PhoneNumber object.
     """
-    STORE_FORMAT = phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.E164
+    STORE_FORMAT = 'e164'
     impl = types.Unicode(20)
 
     def __init__(self, country_code='US', max_length=20, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -27,18 +73,10 @@ class PhoneNumberType(types.TypeDecorator):
         self.impl = types.Unicode(max_length)
 
     def process_bind_param(self, value, dialect):
-        return phonenumbers.format_number(
-            value,
-            self.STORE_FORMAT
-        )
+        return getattr(value, self.STORE_FORMAT)
 
     def process_result_value(self, value, dialect):
-        if self.STORE_FORMAT == phonenumbers.PhoneNumberFormat.E164:
-            return phonenumbers.parse(value)
-        return phonenumbers.parse(
-            value,
-            self.country_code
-        )
+        return PhoneNumber(value, self.country_code)
 
 
 class InstrumentedList(_InstrumentedList):
diff --git a/tests.py b/tests.py
index 36d0070..dce5c7a 100644
--- a/tests.py
+++ b/tests.py
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import phonenumbers
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 
 from sqlalchemy import create_engine
@@ -9,6 +8,7 @@ from sqlalchemy_utils import (
     escape_like,
     sort_query,
     InstrumentedList,
+    PhoneNumber,
     PhoneNumberType,
     merge
 )
@@ -120,10 +120,48 @@ class TestSortQuery(TestCase):
         assert 'category.name ASC' in str(sorted_query)
 
 
+class TestPhoneNumber(object):
+    def setup_method(self, method):
+        self.valid_phone_numbers = [
+            '040 1234567',
+            '+358 401234567',
+            '09 2501234',
+            '+358 92501234',
+            '0800 939393',
+            '09 4243 0456',
+            '0600 900 500'
+        ]
+        self.invalid_phone_numbers = [
+            'abc',
+            '+040 1234567',
+            '0111234567',
+            '358'
+        ]
+
+    def test_valid_phone_numbers(self):
+        for raw_number in self.valid_phone_numbers:
+            phone_number = PhoneNumber(raw_number, 'FI')
+            assert phone_number.is_valid_number()
+
+    def test_invalid_phone_numbers(self):
+        for raw_number in self.invalid_phone_numbers:
+            try:
+                phone_number = PhoneNumber(raw_number, 'FI')
+                assert not phone_number.is_valid_number()
+            except:
+                pass
+
+    def test_phone_number_attributes(self):
+        phone_number = PhoneNumber('+358401234567')
+        assert phone_number.e164 == u'+358401234567'
+        assert phone_number.international == u'+358 40 1234567'
+        assert phone_number.national == u'040 1234567'
+
+
 class TestPhoneNumberType(TestCase):
     def setup_method(self, method):
         super(TestPhoneNumberType, self).setup_method(method)
-        self.phone_number = phonenumbers.parse(
+        self.phone_number = PhoneNumber(
             '040 1234567',
             'FI'
         )