diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/Jsr310DateTimeFormatAnnotationFormatterFactory.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/Jsr310DateTimeFormatAnnotationFormatterFactory.java
index 4c112bfc27f..da3afad6045 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/Jsr310DateTimeFormatAnnotationFormatterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/Jsr310DateTimeFormatAnnotationFormatterFactory.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.format.datetime.standard;
 
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ public class Jsr310DateTimeFormatAnnotationFormatterFactory extends EmbeddedValu
 	static {
 		// Create the set of field types that may be annotated with @DateTimeFormat.
 		Set<Class<?>> fieldTypes = new HashSet<>(8);
+		fieldTypes.add(Instant.class);
 		fieldTypes.add(LocalDate.class);
 		fieldTypes.add(LocalTime.class);
 		fieldTypes.add(LocalDateTime.class);
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/TemporalAccessorParser.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/TemporalAccessorParser.java
index cea8340132d..ef9cd0a8c05 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/TemporalAccessorParser.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/TemporalAccessorParser.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.format.datetime.standard;
 
 import java.text.ParseException;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.LocalTime;
@@ -115,7 +116,10 @@ public TemporalAccessor parse(String text, Locale locale) throws ParseException
 
 	private TemporalAccessor doParse(String text, Locale locale, DateTimeFormatter formatter) throws DateTimeParseException {
 		DateTimeFormatter formatterToUse = DateTimeContextHolder.getFormatter(formatter, locale);
-		if (LocalDate.class == this.temporalAccessorType) {
+		if (Instant.class == this.temporalAccessorType) {
+			return formatterToUse.parse(text, Instant::from);
+		}
+		else if (LocalDate.class == this.temporalAccessorType) {
 			return LocalDate.parse(text, formatterToUse);
 		}
 		else if (LocalTime.class == this.temporalAccessorType) {
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
index 1fe57b428c5..d133522024a 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/format/datetime/standard/DateTimeFormattingTests.java
@@ -397,6 +397,15 @@ void testBindInstant() {
 		assertThat(binder.getBindingResult().getFieldValue("instant").toString().startsWith("2009-10-31T12:00")).isTrue();
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	void testBindInstantAnnotated() {
+		MutablePropertyValues propertyValues = new MutablePropertyValues();
+		propertyValues.add("styleInstant", "2017-02-21T13:00");
+		binder.bind(propertyValues);
+		assertThat(binder.getBindingResult().getErrorCount()).isEqualTo(0);
+		assertThat(binder.getBindingResult().getFieldValue("styleInstant")).isEqualTo("2017-02-21T13:00");
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	void testBindInstantFromJavaUtilDate() {
@@ -622,6 +631,9 @@ public static class DateTimeBean {
 
 		private Instant instant;
 
+		@DateTimeFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm")
+		private Instant styleInstant;
+
 		private Period period;
 
 		private Duration duration;
@@ -762,6 +774,14 @@ public void setInstant(Instant instant) {
 			this.instant = instant;
 		}
 
+		public Instant getStyleInstant() {
+			return this.styleInstant;
+		}
+
+		public void setStyleInstant(Instant styleInstant) {
+			this.styleInstant = styleInstant;
+		}
+
 		public Period getPeriod() {
 			return this.period;
 		}