diff --git a/msgpack_test.go b/msgpack_test.go
index 1b77027..ce30fa2 100644
--- a/msgpack_test.go
+++ b/msgpack_test.go
@@ -247,6 +247,33 @@ func TestEmbedding(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEmptyTimeMarshalWithInterface(t *testing.T) {
+	a := time.Time{}
+	b, err := msgpack.Marshal(a)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	var out interface{}
+	err = msgpack.Unmarshal(b, &out)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	name, _ := out.(time.Time).Zone()
+	if name != "UTC" {
+		t.Fatal("Got wrong timezone")
+	}
+
+	var out2 time.Time
+	err = msgpack.Unmarshal(b, &out2)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	name, _ = out2.Zone()
+	if name != "UTC" {
+		t.Fatal("Got wrong timezone")
+	}
+}
+
 func (t *MsgpackTest) TestSliceNil() {
 	in := [][]*int{nil}
 	var out [][]*int
diff --git a/time.go b/time.go
index 37cc432..1a4ba12 100644
--- a/time.go
+++ b/time.go
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ func timeDecoder(d *Decoder, v reflect.Value, extLen int) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if tm.IsZero() {
+		// Zero time does not have timezone information.
+		tm = tm.UTC()
+	}
+
 	ptr := v.Addr().Interface().(*time.Time)
 	*ptr = tm