diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index d8bf9006..ac2efe27 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ version 1.3.0 (release tag v1.3.0rel)
    digits can be handled. 
  * Change default calendar in cftime.date2num from 'standard' to None
    (calendar associated with first input datetime object is used).
+ * add `cftime.datetime.tzinfo=None` for compatibility with python datetime
+   (issue #208).
 
 version 1.2.1 (release tag v1.2.1rel)
 =====================================
diff --git a/cftime/_cftime.pyx b/cftime/_cftime.pyx
index b53d4b65..4e6b5b19 100644
--- a/cftime/_cftime.pyx
+++ b/cftime/_cftime.pyx
@@ -913,6 +913,7 @@ The default format of the string produced by strftime is controlled by self.form
     cdef readonly str calendar
     cdef readonly int _dayofwk, _dayofyr
     cdef readonly bint has_year_zero
+    cdef readonly object tzinfo
 
     # Python's datetime.datetime uses the proleptic Gregorian
     # calendar. This boolean is used to decide whether a
@@ -933,6 +934,7 @@ The default format of the string produced by strftime is controlled by self.form
         self.microsecond = microsecond
         self._dayofwk = dayofwk
         self._dayofyr = dayofyr
+        self.tzinfo = None
         if calendar:
             calendar = calendar.lower()
         if calendar == 'gregorian' or calendar == 'standard':