diff --git a/freqtrade/misc.py b/freqtrade/misc.py
index 93e8da6dd..34df3185b 100644
--- a/freqtrade/misc.py
+++ b/freqtrade/misc.py
@@ -269,6 +269,8 @@ def dataframe_to_json(dataframe: pd.DataFrame) -> str:
     def default(z):
         if isinstance(z, pd.Timestamp):
             return z.timestamp() * 1e3
+        if z is pd.NaT:
+            return 'NaT'
         raise TypeError
 
     return str(orjson.dumps(dataframe.to_dict(orient='split'), default=default), 'utf-8')
diff --git a/tests/test_misc.py b/tests/test_misc.py
index 2da45bad9..596c7bd51 100644
--- a/tests/test_misc.py
+++ b/tests/test_misc.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from copy import deepcopy
 from pathlib import Path
 from unittest.mock import MagicMock
 
+import pandas as pd
 import pytest
 
 from freqtrade.misc import (dataframe_to_json, decimals_per_coin, deep_merge_dicts, file_dump_json,
@@ -231,3 +232,7 @@ def test_dataframe_json(ohlcv_history):
     assert len(ohlcv_history) == len(dataframe)
 
     assert_frame_equal(ohlcv_history, dataframe)
+    ohlcv_history.at[1, 'date'] = pd.NaT
+    json = dataframe_to_json(ohlcv_history)
+
+    dataframe = json_to_dataframe(json)