diff --git a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Jackson2Annotator.java b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Jackson2Annotator.java
index 475d3f788..7af69c14b 100644
--- a/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Jackson2Annotator.java
+++ b/jsonschema2pojo-core/src/main/java/org/jsonschema2pojo/Jackson2Annotator.java
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ public void dateField(JFieldVar field, JsonNode node) {
         String pattern = null;
         if (node.has("customDatePattern")) {
             pattern = node.get("customDatePattern").asText();
+        } else if (node.has("customPattern")) {
+            pattern = node.get("customPattern").asText();
         } else if (getGenerationConfig().isFormatDates()) {
             pattern = ISO_8601_DATE_FORMAT;
         }
@@ -177,6 +179,8 @@ public void dateTimeField(JFieldVar field, JsonNode node) {
         String pattern = null;
         if (node.has("customDateTimePattern")) {
             pattern = node.get("customDateTimePattern").asText();
+        } else if (node.has("customPattern")) {
+            pattern = node.get("customPattern").asText();
         } else if (getGenerationConfig().isFormatDateTimes()) {
             pattern = ISO_8601_DATETIME_FORMAT;
         }