diff --git a/pydantic_extra_types/pendulum_dt.py b/pydantic_extra_types/pendulum_dt.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f507779d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pydantic_extra_types/pendulum_dt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+"""
+Native Pendulum DateTime object implementation. This is a copy of the Pendulum DateTime object, but with a Pydantic
+CoreSchema implementation. This allows Pydantic to validate the DateTime object.
+"""
+
+try:
+    from pendulum import DateTime as _DateTime
+    from pendulum import parse
+except ModuleNotFoundError:  # pragma: no cover
+    raise RuntimeError(
+        'The `pendulum_dt` module requires "pendulum" to be installed. You can install it with "pip install pendulum".'
+    )
+from typing import Any, List, Type
+
+from pydantic import GetCoreSchemaHandler
+from pydantic_core import PydanticCustomError, core_schema
+
+
+class DateTime(_DateTime):
+    """
+    A `pendulum.DateTime` object. At runtime, this type decomposes into pendulum.DateTime automatically.
+    This type exists because Pydantic throws a fit on unknown types.
+
+    ```python
+    from pydantic import BaseModel
+    from pydantic_extra_types.pendulum_dt import DateTime
+
+    class test_model(BaseModel):
+        dt: DateTime
+
+    print(test_model(dt='2021-01-01T00:00:00+00:00'))
+
+    #> test_model(dt=DateTime(2021, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, tzinfo=FixedTimezone(0, name="+00:00")))
+    ```
+    """
+
+    __slots__: List[str] = []
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __get_pydantic_core_schema__(cls, source: Type[Any], handler: GetCoreSchemaHandler) -> core_schema.CoreSchema:
+        """
+        Return a Pydantic CoreSchema with the Datetime validation
+
+        Args:
+            source: The source type to be converted.
+            handler: The handler to get the CoreSchema.
+
+        Returns:
+            A Pydantic CoreSchema with the Datetime validation.
+        """
+        return core_schema.no_info_wrap_validator_function(cls._validate, core_schema.datetime_schema())
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _validate(cls, value: Any, handler: core_schema.ValidatorFunctionWrapHandler) -> Any:
+        """
+        Validate the datetime object and return it.
+
+        Args:
+            value: The value to validate.
+            handler: The handler to get the CoreSchema.
+
+        Returns:
+            The validated value or raises a PydanticCustomError.
+        """
+        # if we are passed an existing instance, pass it straight through.
+        if isinstance(value, _DateTime):
+            return handler(value)
+
+        # otherwise, parse it.
+        try:
+            data = parse(value)
+        except Exception as exc:
+            raise PydanticCustomError('value_error', 'value is not a valid timestamp') from exc
+        return handler(data)
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index cc51c1ba..e2a2a180 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ all = [
     'phonenumbers>=8,<9',
     'pycountry>=23,<24',
     'python-ulid>=1,<2',
+    'pendulum>=3.0.0,<4.0.0'
 ]
 
 [project.urls]
diff --git a/requirements/linting.txt b/requirements/linting.txt
index de749627..d4367dab 100644
--- a/requirements/linting.txt
+++ b/requirements/linting.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pyupgrade==3.15.0
     # via -r requirements/linting.in
 pyyaml==6.0.1
     # via pre-commit
-ruff==0.1.11
+ruff==0.1.14
     # via -r requirements/linting.in
 tokenize-rt==5.2.0
     # via pyupgrade
diff --git a/requirements/pyproject.txt b/requirements/pyproject.txt
index 2b7d35c8..28e624be 100644
--- a/requirements/pyproject.txt
+++ b/requirements/pyproject.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 #
 annotated-types==0.6.0
     # via pydantic
-phonenumbers==8.13.27
+pendulum==3.0.0
+    # via pydantic-extra-types (pyproject.toml)
+phonenumbers==8.13.28
     # via pydantic-extra-types (pyproject.toml)
 pycountry==23.12.11
     # via pydantic-extra-types (pyproject.toml)
@@ -14,12 +16,19 @@ pydantic==2.5.3
     # via pydantic-extra-types (pyproject.toml)
 pydantic-core==2.14.6
     # via pydantic
+python-dateutil==2.8.2
+    # via
+    #   pendulum
+    #   time-machine
 python-ulid==1.1.0
     # via pydantic-extra-types (pyproject.toml)
+six==1.16.0
+    # via python-dateutil
+time-machine==2.13.0
+    # via pendulum
 typing-extensions==4.9.0
     # via
     #   pydantic
     #   pydantic-core
-
-# The following packages are considered to be unsafe in a requirements file:
-# setuptools
+tzdata==2023.4
+    # via pendulum
diff --git a/requirements/testing.txt b/requirements/testing.txt
index 9d38f1f9..07387d57 100644
--- a/requirements/testing.txt
+++ b/requirements/testing.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ mdurl==0.1.2
     # via markdown-it-py
 packaging==23.2
     # via pytest
-pluggy==1.3.0
+pluggy==1.4.0
     # via pytest
 pygments==2.17.2
     # via rich
diff --git a/tests/test_json_schema.py b/tests/test_json_schema.py
index 8508e87a..9bc5cf0d 100644
--- a/tests/test_json_schema.py
+++ b/tests/test_json_schema.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from pydantic_extra_types.isbn import ISBN
 from pydantic_extra_types.mac_address import MacAddress
 from pydantic_extra_types.payment import PaymentCardNumber
+from pydantic_extra_types.pendulum_dt import DateTime
 from pydantic_extra_types.ulid import ULID
 
 
@@ -190,6 +191,15 @@
                 'type': 'object',
             },
         ),
+        (
+            DateTime,
+            {
+                'properties': {'x': {'format': 'date-time', 'title': 'X', 'type': 'string'}},
+                'required': ['x'],
+                'title': 'Model',
+                'type': 'object',
+            },
+        ),
     ],
 )
 def test_json_schema(cls, expected):
diff --git a/tests/test_pendulum_dt.py b/tests/test_pendulum_dt.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..31306d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_pendulum_dt.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+import pendulum
+import pytest
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ValidationError
+
+from pydantic_extra_types.pendulum_dt import DateTime
+
+
+class Model(BaseModel):
+    dt: DateTime
+
+
+def test_pendulum_dt_existing_instance():
+    """
+    Verifies that constructing a model with an existing pendulum dt doesn't throw.
+    """
+    now = pendulum.now()
+    model = Model(dt=now)
+    assert model.dt == now
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    'dt', [pendulum.now().to_iso8601_string(), pendulum.now().to_w3c_string(), pendulum.now().to_iso8601_string()]
+)
+def test_pendulum_dt_from_serialized(dt):
+    """
+    Verifies that building an instance from serialized, well-formed strings decode properly.
+    """
+    dt_actual = pendulum.parse(dt)
+    model = Model(dt=dt)
+    assert model.dt == dt_actual
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize('dt', [None, 'malformed', pendulum.now().to_iso8601_string()[:5], 42])
+def test_pendulum_dt_malformed(dt):
+    """
+    Verifies that the instance fails to validate if malformed dt are passed.
+    """
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        Model(dt=dt)