diff --git a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/util.py b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/util.py
index 663bf3c..9696a4c 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_redis_cache/util.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_redis_cache/util.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from decimal import Decimal
 
 from dateutil import parser
+from pydantic import BaseModel
 
 DATETIME_AWARE = "%m/%d/%Y %I:%M:%S %p %z"
 DATE_ONLY = "%m/%d/%Y"
@@ -22,7 +23,9 @@
 
 class BetterJsonEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
     def default(self, obj):
-        if isinstance(obj, datetime):
+        if isinstance(obj, BaseModel):
+            return json.loads(obj.json())
+        elif isinstance(obj, datetime):
             return {"val": obj.strftime(DATETIME_AWARE), "_spec_type": str(datetime)}
         elif isinstance(obj, date):
             return {"val": obj.strftime(DATE_ONLY), "_spec_type": str(date)}
diff --git a/tests/main.py b/tests/main.py
index be2b693..2522494 100644
--- a/tests/main.py
+++ b/tests/main.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import logging
 from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta
 from decimal import Decimal
+from .pydantic import SampleModel
 
 from fastapi import FastAPI, Request, Response
 
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ def cache_json_encoder():
     }
 
 
+@app.get("/cache_pydantic")
+@cache()
+def cache_json_list():
+    return SampleModel(key="it works!")
+
+
 @app.get("/cache_one_hour")
 @cache_one_hour()
 def partial_cache_one_hour(response: Response):
diff --git a/tests/pydantic.py b/tests/pydantic.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b96e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pydantic.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+
+
+class SampleModel(BaseModel):
+    key: str
diff --git a/tests/test_cache.py b/tests/test_cache.py
index bdc0ccb..15733bf 100644
--- a/tests/test_cache.py
+++ b/tests/test_cache.py
@@ -123,6 +123,15 @@ def test_cache_json_encoder():
     assert json_dict["final_calc"] == Decimal(3.14)
 
 
+def test_cache_pydantic():
+    response = client.get("/cache_pydantic")
+    assert response.status_code == 200
+    response_json = response.json()
+    assert response_json == {
+        "key": "it works!"
+    }
+
+
 def test_cache_control_no_cache():
     # Simple test that verifies if a request is recieved with the cache-control header field containing "no-cache",
     # no caching behavior is performed