diff --git a/src/Support/Normalization/SelfSerializingNormalizer.php b/src/Support/Normalization/SelfSerializingNormalizer.php
index 1c66aab3..56eb2eb5 100644
--- a/src/Support/Normalization/SelfSerializingNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Support/Normalization/SelfSerializingNormalizer.php
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ public function denormalize(mixed $data, string $type, ?string $format = null, a
             return $data;
         }
 
+        if (isset($data['fqcn']) && is_a($data['fqcn'], SerializedByVerbs::class, true)) {
+            $type = $data['fqcn'];
+        }
+
         return $type::deserializeForVerbs($data, $this->serializer);
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/SerializationTest.php b/tests/Feature/SerializationTest.php
index 9f6ccb09..e4f682ad 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/SerializationTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/SerializationTest.php
@@ -169,6 +169,34 @@ public function __construct()
         ->and($deserialized_event->dtos[0])->toBeInstanceOf(DTO::class);
 });
 
+it('allows us to store a serializable class interface as a property', function () {
+    $original_event = new EventWithDtoInterface;
+
+    $serialized_data = app(Serializer::class)->serialize($original_event);
+
+    expect($serialized_data)->toBe('{"dto":{"fqcn":"OtherDTO","bar":2}}');
+
+    $deserialized_event = app(Serializer::class)->deserialize(EventWithDtoInterface::class, $serialized_data);
+
+    expect($deserialized_event->dto)
+        ->toBeInstanceOf(OtherDTO::class)
+        ->bar->toBe(2);
+});
+
+it('allows us to store a serializable class as a union type property', function () {
+    $original_event = new EventWithUnionType;
+
+    $serialized_data = app(Serializer::class)->serialize($original_event);
+
+    expect($serialized_data)->toBe('{"dto":{"fqcn":"OtherDTO","bar":2}}');
+
+    $deserialized_event = app(Serializer::class)->deserialize(EventWithUnionType::class, $serialized_data);
+
+    expect($deserialized_event->dto)
+        ->toBeInstanceOf(OtherDTO::class)
+        ->bar->toBe(2);
+});
+
 class EventWithConstructorPromotion extends Event
 {
     public function __construct(
@@ -194,11 +222,34 @@ class DTO implements SerializedByVerbs
     public int $foo = 1;
 }
 
+interface DTOInterface extends SerializedByVerbs {}
+
+class OtherDTO implements DTOInterface
+{
+    use NormalizeToPropertiesAndClassName;
+
+    public int $bar = 2;
+}
+
 class EventWithDto extends Event
 {
     public DTO $dto;
 }
 
+class EventWithDtoInterface extends Event
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public DTOInterface $dto = new OtherDTO,
+    ) {}
+}
+
+class EventWithUnionType extends Event
+{
+    public function __construct(
+        public DTO|OtherDTO $dto = new OtherDTO,
+    ) {}
+}
+
 class EventWithConstructor extends Event
 {
     public bool $constructed = false;