diff --git a/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueDecodingContainer+.swift b/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueDecodingContainer+.swift
index 8566685..717bf6b 100644
--- a/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueDecodingContainer+.swift
+++ b/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueDecodingContainer+.swift
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
+enum MessagePackableDecodingError: Error {
+    case notMessagePackDecoder
+}
+
 extension SingleValueDecodingContainer {
     func decode<T: MessagePackable>(as type: T.Type) throws -> T where T.T == T {
-        return try (self as! MessagePackDecoder.SingleValueContainer).decode(as: type)
+        guard let messagePackContainer = self as? MessagePackDecoder.SingleValueContainer else {
+            throw MessagePackableDecodingError.notMessagePackDecoder
+        }
+        return try messagePackContainer.decode(as: type)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueEncodingContainer+.swift b/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueEncodingContainer+.swift
index 68d3574..b2120d5 100644
--- a/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueEncodingContainer+.swift
+++ b/Sources/Extensions/SingleValueEncodingContainer+.swift
@@ -8,8 +8,15 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
+enum MessagePackableEncodingError: Error {
+    case notMessagePackEncoder
+}
+
 extension SingleValueEncodingContainer {
     func encode<T: MessagePackable>(_ value: T) throws {
-        try (self as! MessagePackEncoder.SingleValueContainer).encode(from: value)
+        guard let messagePackContainer = self as? MessagePackEncoder.SingleValueContainer else {
+            throw MessagePackableEncodingError.notMessagePackEncoder
+        }
+        try messagePackContainer.encode(from: value)
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sources/MessagePackTimestamp.swift b/Sources/MessagePackTimestamp.swift
index 94f2e7b..559d2a0 100644
--- a/Sources/MessagePackTimestamp.swift
+++ b/Sources/MessagePackTimestamp.swift
@@ -47,12 +47,33 @@ extension MessagePackTimestamp {
 }
 
 extension MessagePackTimestamp: Codable {
+    enum CodingKeys: String, CodingKey {
+        case seconds
+        case nanoseconds
+    }
+
     public func encode(to encoder: Encoder) throws {
-        try encoder.singleValueContainer().encode(self)
+        do {
+            // First, try encoding as a `MessagePackable`, which requires a `MessagePackEncoder`.
+            try encoder.singleValueContainer().encode(self)
+        } catch let error as MessagePackableEncodingError where error == .notMessagePackEncoder {
+            // If the caller is not using a `MessagePackEncoder`, then fall back to standard, non-MessagePack behavior.
+            var container = encoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+            try container.encode(seconds, forKey: .seconds)
+            try container.encode(nanoseconds, forKey: .nanoseconds)
+        }
     }
 
     public init(from decoder: Decoder) throws {
-        self = try decoder.singleValueContainer().decode(as: MessagePackTimestamp.self)
+        do {
+            // First, try decoding as a `MessagePackable`, which requires a `MessagePackDecoder`.
+            self = try decoder.singleValueContainer().decode(as: MessagePackTimestamp.self)
+        } catch let error as MessagePackableDecodingError where error == .notMessagePackDecoder {
+            // If the caller is not using a `MessagePackDecoder`, then fall back to standard, non-MessagePack behavior.
+            let container = try decoder.container(keyedBy: CodingKeys.self)
+            self.seconds = try container.decode(Int64.self, forKey: .seconds)
+            self.nanoseconds = try container.decode(Int64.self, forKey: .nanoseconds)
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampPackedTests.swift b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampPackedTests.swift
index cd60305..bcc3d3a 100644
--- a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampPackedTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampPackedTests.swift
@@ -37,4 +37,19 @@ class TimestampPackedTests: XCTestCase {
         let output = Data([199, 12, 255, 25, 69, 229, 222, 0, 0, 0, 14, 211, 132, 20, 74])
         XCTAssertEqual(try encoder.encode(input), output)
     }
+
+    func testSupportsNonMessagePackEncoder() {
+        let input = MessagePackTimestamp(seconds: 1542592042, nanoseconds: 209741115)
+
+        let jsonEncoder = JSONEncoder()
+        jsonEncoder.outputFormatting = [.prettyPrinted, .sortedKeys]
+
+        let output = """
+            {
+              "nanoseconds" : 209741115,
+              "seconds" : 1542592042
+            }
+            """.data(using: .utf8)!
+        XCTAssertEqual(try jsonEncoder.encode(input), output)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampUnpackedTests.swift b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampUnpackedTests.swift
index bac61c6..0122d84 100644
--- a/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampUnpackedTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/MessagePackerTests/TimestampUnpackedTests.swift
@@ -69,4 +69,18 @@ class TimestampUnpackedTests: XCTestCase {
 
         XCTAssertEqual(try decoder.decode(Vehicle.self, from: input), output)
     }
+
+    func testSupportsNonMessagePackDecoder() {
+        let input = """
+            {
+              "nanoseconds" : 209741115,
+              "seconds" : 1542592042
+            }
+            """.data(using: .utf8)!
+
+        let jsonDecoder = JSONDecoder()
+
+        let output = MessagePackTimestamp(seconds: 1542592042, nanoseconds: 209741115)
+        XCTAssertEqual(try jsonDecoder.decode(MessagePackTimestamp.self, from: input), output)
+    }
 }