diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/deser/DateTimeDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/deser/DateTimeDeserializer.java
index 49f044b8..c6652968 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/deser/DateTimeDeserializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/deser/DateTimeDeserializer.java
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ public DateTimeDeserializer(Class<?> cls, JacksonJodaDateFormat format) {
         super(cls, format);
     }
 
+    public DateTimeDeserializer() {
+        super(DateTime.class, FormatConfig.DEFAULT_DATETIME_PARSER);
+    }
+
     @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
     public static <T extends ReadableInstant> JsonDeserializer<T> forType(Class<T> cls)
     {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/AnnotationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/AnnotationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..874102b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/AnnotationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonDeserialize;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.deser.DateTimeDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.joda.ser.DateTimeSerializer;
+import org.joda.time.DateTime;
+import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+
+class AClass{
+    @JsonSerialize(using = DateTimeSerializer.class)
+    @JsonDeserialize(using = DateTimeDeserializer.class)
+    private DateTime createdOn = DateTime.now(DateTimeZone.UTC);
+
+    public DateTime getCreatedOn() {
+        return createdOn;
+    }
+
+    public void setCreatedOn(DateTime createdOn) {
+        this.createdOn = createdOn;
+    }
+}
+
+public class AnnotationTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void testSomeMethod() throws Exception {
+        ObjectMapper objectMapper = new ObjectMapper();
+        AClass initialObject = new AClass();
+        String serializedObject = objectMapper.writeValueAsString(initialObject);
+        AClass deserializedObject = objectMapper.readValue(serializedObject, AClass.class);
+        assertEquals(deserializedObject.getCreatedOn(), initialObject.getCreatedOn());
+    }
+
+}