diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 16a9063b60..2cf4b6c719 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Versions with only mechanical changes will be omitted from the following list.
 * Add support for microseconds timestamps serde serialization/deserialization (#304)
 * Fix `DurationRound` is not TZ aware (#495)
 * Implement `DurationRound` for `NaiveDateTime`
+* Add `DateTime::from_local()` to construct from given local date and time (#572)
 
 ## 0.4.19
 
diff --git a/src/datetime.rs b/src/datetime.rs
index 2eeb2e47c3..766cdca51d 100644
--- a/src/datetime.rs
+++ b/src/datetime.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,37 @@ impl<Tz: TimeZone> DateTime<Tz> {
         DateTime { datetime: datetime, offset: offset }
     }
 
+    /// Makes a new `DateTime` with given **local** datetime and offset that
+    /// presents local timezone.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use chrono::DateTime;
+    /// use chrono::naive::NaiveDate;
+    /// use chrono::offset::{Utc, FixedOffset};
+    ///
+    /// let naivedatetime_utc = NaiveDate::from_ymd(2000, 1, 12).and_hms(2, 0, 0);
+    /// let datetime_utc = DateTime::<Utc>::from_utc(naivedatetime_utc, Utc);
+    ///
+    /// let timezone_east = FixedOffset::east(8 * 60 * 60);
+    /// let naivedatetime_east = NaiveDate::from_ymd(2000, 1, 12).and_hms(10, 0, 0);
+    /// let datetime_east = DateTime::<FixedOffset>::from_local(naivedatetime_east, timezone_east);
+    ///
+    /// let timezone_west = FixedOffset::west(7 * 60 * 60);
+    /// let naivedatetime_west = NaiveDate::from_ymd(2000, 1, 11).and_hms(19, 0, 0);
+    /// let datetime_west = DateTime::<FixedOffset>::from_local(naivedatetime_west, timezone_west);
+
+    /// assert_eq!(datetime_east, datetime_utc.with_timezone(&timezone_east));
+    /// assert_eq!(datetime_west, datetime_utc.with_timezone(&timezone_west));
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn from_local(datetime: NaiveDateTime, offset: Tz::Offset) -> DateTime<Tz> {
+        let datetime_utc = datetime - offset.fix();
+
+        DateTime { datetime: datetime_utc, offset: offset }
+    }
+
     /// Retrieves a date component
     ///
     /// Unless you are immediately planning on turning this into a `DateTime`
@@ -2999,4 +3030,24 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(format!("{}  ", ymd_formatted), format!("{:<17}", ymd));
         assert_eq!(format!(" {} ", ymd_formatted), format!("{:^17}", ymd));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_datetime_from_local() {
+        // 2000-01-12T02:00:00Z
+        let naivedatetime_utc = NaiveDate::from_ymd(2000, 1, 12).and_hms(2, 0, 0);
+        let datetime_utc = DateTime::<Utc>::from_utc(naivedatetime_utc, Utc);
+
+        // 2000-01-12T10:00:00+8:00:00
+        let timezone_east = FixedOffset::east(8 * 60 * 60);
+        let naivedatetime_east = NaiveDate::from_ymd(2000, 1, 12).and_hms(10, 0, 0);
+        let datetime_east = DateTime::<FixedOffset>::from_local(naivedatetime_east, timezone_east);
+
+        // 2000-01-11T19:00:00-7:00:00
+        let timezone_west = FixedOffset::west(7 * 60 * 60);
+        let naivedatetime_west = NaiveDate::from_ymd(2000, 1, 11).and_hms(19, 0, 0);
+        let datetime_west = DateTime::<FixedOffset>::from_local(naivedatetime_west, timezone_west);
+
+        assert_eq!(datetime_east, datetime_utc.with_timezone(&timezone_east));
+        assert_eq!(datetime_west, datetime_utc.with_timezone(&timezone_west));
+    }
 }