diff --git a/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php b/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
index 68257a77db4..ea8f0229799 100644
--- a/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
+++ b/src/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizer.php
@@ -336,6 +336,10 @@ private function createAttributeValue($attribute, $value, $format = null, array
             return $this->denormalizeRelation($attribute, $propertyMetadata, $className, $value, $format, $this->createChildContext($context, $attribute));
         }
 
+        if ($context[static::DISABLE_TYPE_ENFORCEMENT] ?? false) {
+            return $value;
+        }
+
         $this->validateType($attribute, $type, $value, $format);
 
         return $value;
diff --git a/tests/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizerTest.php b/tests/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizerTest.php
index b73a01b6788..7895edcbcdb 100644
--- a/tests/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Serializer/AbstractItemNormalizerTest.php
@@ -626,6 +626,45 @@ public function testBadType()
         $normalizer->denormalize(['foo' => 42], Dummy::class);
     }
 
+    public function testTypeChecksCanBeDisabled()
+    {
+        $propertyNameCollectionFactoryProphecy = $this->prophesize(PropertyNameCollectionFactoryInterface::class);
+        $propertyNameCollectionFactoryProphecy->create(Dummy::class, [])->willReturn(
+            new PropertyNameCollection(['foo'])
+        )->shouldBeCalled();
+
+        $propertyMetadataFactoryProphecy = $this->prophesize(PropertyMetadataFactoryInterface::class);
+        $propertyMetadataFactoryProphecy->create(Dummy::class, 'foo', [])->willReturn(
+            new PropertyMetadata(new Type(Type::BUILTIN_TYPE_FLOAT), '', false, true, false, false)
+        )->shouldBeCalled();
+
+        $iriConverterProphecy = $this->prophesize(IriConverterInterface::class);
+        $propertyAccessorProphecy = $this->prophesize(PropertyAccessorInterface::class);
+        $resourceClassResolverProphecy = $this->prophesize(ResourceClassResolverInterface::class);
+
+        $serializerProphecy = $this->prophesize(SerializerInterface::class);
+        $serializerProphecy->willImplement(DenormalizerInterface::class);
+
+        $normalizer = $this->getMockForAbstractClass(AbstractItemNormalizer::class, [
+            $propertyNameCollectionFactoryProphecy->reveal(),
+            $propertyMetadataFactoryProphecy->reveal(),
+            $iriConverterProphecy->reveal(),
+            $resourceClassResolverProphecy->reveal(),
+            $propertyAccessorProphecy->reveal(),
+            null,
+            null,
+            null,
+            false,
+            [],
+            [],
+            null,
+            true,
+        ]);
+        $normalizer->setSerializer($serializerProphecy->reveal());
+
+        $normalizer->denormalize(['foo' => 42], Dummy::class, null, ['disable_type_enforcement' => true]);
+    }
+
     public function testJsonAllowIntAsFloat()
     {
         $propertyNameCollectionFactoryProphecy = $this->prophesize(PropertyNameCollectionFactoryInterface::class);