diff --git a/src/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategy.php b/src/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategy.php
index c106993..8903a17 100644
--- a/src/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategy.php
+++ b/src/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategy.php
@@ -25,16 +25,23 @@ final class DateTimeFormatterStrategy implements StrategyInterface
      */
     private $timezone;
 
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    private $dateTimeFallback;
+
     /**
      * Constructor
      *
      * @param string            $format
      * @param DateTimeZone|null $timezone
+     * @param bool              $dateTimeFallback
      */
-    public function __construct($format = DateTime::RFC3339, DateTimeZone $timezone = null)
+    public function __construct($format = DateTime::RFC3339, DateTimeZone $timezone = null, $dateTimeFallback = false)
     {
         $this->format   = (string) $format;
         $this->timezone = $timezone;
+        $this->dateTimeFallback = (bool) $dateTimeFallback;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,8 +49,7 @@ public function __construct($format = DateTime::RFC3339, DateTimeZone $timezone
      *
      * Converts to date time string
      *
-     * @param mixed|DateTime $value
-     *
+     * @param mixed|DateTimeInterface $value
      * @return mixed|string
      */
     public function extract($value)
@@ -61,8 +67,7 @@ public function extract($value)
      * {@inheritDoc}
      *
      * @param mixed|string $value
-     *
-     * @return mixed|DateTime
+     * @return mixed|DateTimeInterface
      */
     public function hydrate($value)
     {
@@ -76,6 +81,10 @@ public function hydrate($value)
             $hydrated = DateTime::createFromFormat($this->format, $value);
         }
 
+        if ($hydrated === false && $this->dateTimeFallback) {
+            $hydrated = new DateTime($value, $this->timezone);
+        }
+
         return $hydrated ?: $value;
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategyTest.php b/test/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategyTest.php
index 2fadc8c..52cb087 100644
--- a/test/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategyTest.php
+++ b/test/Strategy/DateTimeFormatterStrategyTest.php
@@ -100,4 +100,17 @@ public function testCanExtractAnyDateTimeInterface()
         $strategy->extract($dateMock);
         $strategy->extract($dateImmutableMock);
     }
+
+    public function testCanHydrateWithDateTimeFallback()
+    {
+        $strategy = new DateTimeFormatterStrategy('Y-m-d', null, true);
+        $date = $strategy->hydrate('2018-09-06T12:10:30');
+
+        $this->assertSame('2018-09-06', $date->format('Y-m-d'));
+
+        $strategy = new DateTimeFormatterStrategy('Y-m-d', new \DateTimeZone('Europe/Prague'), true);
+        $date = $strategy->hydrate('2018-09-06T12:10:30');
+
+        $this->assertSame('Europe/Prague', $date->getTimezone()->getName());
+    }
 }