diff --git a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/ser/DateTimeZoneSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/ser/DateTimeZoneSerializer.java
index 2863deef..dc5a0740 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/ser/DateTimeZoneSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/fasterxml/jackson/datatype/joda/ser/DateTimeZoneSerializer.java
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JavaType;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.jsonFormatVisitors.JsonFormatVisitorWrapper;
 import org.joda.time.DateTimeZone;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
@@ -30,4 +33,10 @@ public void serializeWithType(DateTimeZone value, JsonGenerator g,
         serialize(value, g, ctxt);
         typeSer.writeTypeSuffix(g, ctxt, typeIdDef);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public void acceptJsonFormatVisitor(JsonFormatVisitorWrapper visitor, JavaType typeHint)
+            throws JsonMappingException {
+        visitor.expectStringFormat(typeHint);
+    }
 }