diff --git a/sdk/pom.xml b/sdk/pom.xml
index ea59d88ad..456062718 100644
--- a/sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/sdk/pom.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,12 @@
       <artifactId>grpc-inprocess</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java
index a131060b9..ce18ebc90 100644
--- a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/client/ObjectSerializer.java
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
   protected ObjectSerializer() {
   }
 
+  protected ObjectMapper getObjectMapper() {
+    return OBJECT_MAPPER;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Serializes a given state object into byte array.
    *
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
     }
 
     // Not string, not primitive, so it is a complex type: we use JSON for that.
-    return OBJECT_MAPPER.writeValueAsBytes(state);
+    return getObjectMapper().writeValueAsBytes(state);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
    * @throws IOException In case content cannot be deserialized.
    */
   public <T> T deserialize(byte[] content, TypeRef<T> type) throws IOException {
-    return deserialize(content, OBJECT_MAPPER.constructType(type.getType()));
+    return deserialize(content, getObjectMapper().constructType(type.getType()));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -96,7 +100,7 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
    * @throws IOException In case content cannot be deserialized.
    */
   public <T> T deserialize(byte[] content, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
-    return deserialize(content, OBJECT_MAPPER.constructType(clazz));
+    return deserialize(content, getObjectMapper().constructType(clazz));
   }
 
   private <T> T deserialize(byte[] content, JavaType javaType) throws IOException {
@@ -138,7 +142,7 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
       }
     }
 
-    return OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(content, javaType);
+    return getObjectMapper().readValue(content, javaType);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -149,7 +153,7 @@ public class ObjectSerializer {
    * @throws IOException In case content cannot be parsed.
    */
   public JsonNode parseNode(byte[] content) throws IOException {
-    return  OBJECT_MAPPER.readTree(content);
+    return  getObjectMapper().readTree(content);
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/serializer/CustomizableObjectSerializer.java b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/serializer/CustomizableObjectSerializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1838815d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/main/java/io/dapr/serializer/CustomizableObjectSerializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package io.dapr.serializer;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import io.dapr.client.ObjectSerializer;
+
+public class CustomizableObjectSerializer extends ObjectSerializer implements DaprObjectSerializer {
+
+  private final ObjectMapper objectMapper;
+
+  public CustomizableObjectSerializer(ObjectMapper objectMapper) {
+    this.objectMapper = objectMapper;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ObjectMapper getObjectMapper() {
+    return objectMapper;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getContentType() {
+    return "application/json";
+  }
+}
diff --git a/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/serializer/CustomObjectSerializerTest.java b/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/serializer/CustomObjectSerializerTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d32ccbedd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk/src/test/java/io/dapr/serializer/CustomObjectSerializerTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2021 The Dapr Authors
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package io.dapr.serializer;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonInclude;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype.jsr310.JavaTimeModule;
+import com.google.common.base.Objects;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.time.ZoneId;
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
+
+public class CustomObjectSerializerTest {
+
+  private static final DaprObjectSerializer SERIALIZER =
+      new CustomizableObjectSerializer(new ObjectMapper()
+          .registerModule(new JavaTimeModule())
+          .configure(DeserializationFeature.FAIL_ON_UNKNOWN_PROPERTIES, false)
+          .setSerializationInclusion(JsonInclude.Include.NON_NULL)
+          .disable(SerializationFeature.WRITE_DATES_AS_TIMESTAMPS));
+
+  public static class ObjectForTesting implements Serializable {
+    private ZonedDateTime time;
+
+    public ZonedDateTime getTime() {
+      return time;
+    }
+
+    public void setTime(ZonedDateTime time) {
+      this.time = time;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+      if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) {
+        return false;
+      }
+      ObjectForTesting that = (ObjectForTesting) o;
+      return Objects.equal(time, that.time);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+      return Objects.hashCode(time);
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void serializeObjectForTesting() {
+    ObjectForTesting obj = new ObjectForTesting();
+    obj.setTime(ZonedDateTime.of(1900, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0, ZoneId.of("UTC")));
+    String expectedResult =
+        "{\"time\":\"1900-01-01T01:01:00Z\"}";
+
+    String serializedValue;
+    try {
+      serializedValue = new String(SERIALIZER.serialize(obj));
+      assertEquals(expectedResult, serializedValue,
+          "FOUND:[[" + serializedValue + "]] \n but was EXPECTING: [[" + expectedResult + "]]");
+    } catch (IOException exception) {
+      fail(exception.getMessage());
+    }
+  }
+}