diff --git a/config/localizer.php b/config/localizer.php
index ffe07b3..cfab0b4 100644
--- a/config/localizer.php
+++ b/config/localizer.php
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@
         CodeZero\Localizer\Detectors\AppDetector::class,
     ],
 
+    /**
+     * Add any of the above detector class names here to make it trusted.
+     * When a trusted detector returns a locale, it will be used
+     * as the app locale, regardless if it's a supported locale or not.
+     */
+    'trusted-detectors' => [
+        //
+    ],
+
     /**
      * The stores to store the first matching locale in.
      */
diff --git a/src/Localizer.php b/src/Localizer.php
index bc60768..58bd5ae 100644
--- a/src/Localizer.php
+++ b/src/Localizer.php
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ class Localizer
     protected $locales;
 
     /**
-     * \CoderZero\Localizer\Detectors\Detector instances.
+     * \CoderZero\Localizer\Detectors\Detector class names or instances.
      *
      * @var \Illuminate\Support\Collection|array
      */
@@ -27,18 +27,27 @@ class Localizer
      */
     protected $stores;
 
+    /**
+     * \CoderZero\Localizer\Detectors\Detector class names.
+     *
+     * @var \Illuminate\Support\Collection|array
+     */
+    protected $trustedDetectors;
+
     /**
      * Create a new Localizer instance.
      *
      * @param \Illuminate\Support\Collection|array $locales
      * @param \Illuminate\Support\Collection|array $detectors
      * @param \Illuminate\Support\Collection|array $stores
+     * @param \Illuminate\Support\Collection|array $trustedDetectors
      */
-    public function __construct($locales, $detectors, $stores = [])
+    public function __construct($locales, $detectors, $stores = [], $trustedDetectors = [])
     {
         $this->setSupportedLocales($locales);
         $this->detectors = $detectors;
         $this->stores = $stores;
+        $this->trustedDetectors = $trustedDetectors;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -52,7 +61,7 @@ public function detect()
             $locales = (array) $this->getInstance($detector)->detect();
 
             foreach ($locales as $locale) {
-                if ($this->isSupportedLocale($locale)) {
+                if ($locale && ($this->isSupportedLocale($locale) || $this->isTrustedDetector($detector))) {
                     return $locale;
                 }
             }
@@ -105,6 +114,28 @@ protected function isSupportedLocale($locale)
         return in_array($locale, $this->locales);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check if the given Detector class is trusted.
+     *
+     * @param \CodeZero\Localizer\Detectors\Detector|string $detector
+     *
+     * @return bool
+     */
+    protected function isTrustedDetector($detector)
+    {
+        if (is_string($detector)) {
+            return in_array($detector, $this->trustedDetectors);
+        }
+
+        foreach ($this->trustedDetectors as $trustedDetector) {
+            if ($detector instanceof $trustedDetector) {
+                return true;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return false;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the class from Laravel's IOC container if it is a string.
      *
diff --git a/src/LocalizerServiceProvider.php b/src/LocalizerServiceProvider.php
index 68fe8e4..82a3372 100644
--- a/src/LocalizerServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/LocalizerServiceProvider.php
@@ -70,8 +70,9 @@ protected function registerLocalizer()
             $locales = $app['config']->get("{$this->name}.supported-locales");
             $detectors = $app['config']->get("{$this->name}.detectors");
             $stores = $app['config']->get("{$this->name}.stores");
+            $trustedDetectors = $app['config']->get("{$this->name}.trusted-detectors");
 
-            return new Localizer($locales, $detectors, $stores);
+            return new Localizer($locales, $detectors, $stores, $trustedDetectors);
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Feature/SetLocaleTest.php b/tests/Feature/SetLocaleTest.php
index b4770d0..a595c9f 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/SetLocaleTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/SetLocaleTest.php
@@ -383,6 +383,31 @@ public function it_defaults_to_the_current_app_locale()
         $this->assertEquals('en', $response->original);
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function trusted_detectors_ignore_supported_locales_and_may_set_any_locale()
+    {
+        $this->setSupportedLocales(['en']);
+        $this->setAppLocale('en');
+
+        $routeAction = ['locale' => 'nl'];
+
+        Config::set('localizer.trusted-detectors', [
+            \CodeZero\Localizer\Detectors\RouteActionDetector::class,
+        ]);
+
+        Route::group($routeAction, function () {
+            Route::get('some/route', function () {
+                return App::getLocale();
+            })->middleware(['web', SetLocale::class]);
+        });
+
+        $response = $this->get('some/route');
+
+        $response->assertSessionHas($this->sessionKey, 'nl');
+        $response->assertCookie($this->cookieName, 'nl');
+        $this->assertEquals('nl', $response->original);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Set the current app locale.
      *
diff --git a/tests/Unit/LocalizerTest.php b/tests/Unit/LocalizerTest.php
index 6180860..f2bcd17 100644
--- a/tests/Unit/LocalizerTest.php
+++ b/tests/Unit/LocalizerTest.php
@@ -39,6 +39,42 @@ public function it_returns_the_best_match_if_an_array_of_locales_is_detected()
         $this->assertEquals('nl', $localizer->detect());
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function trusted_detectors_ignore_supported_locales_and_may_set_any_locale()
+    {
+        $supportedLocales = ['en'];
+        $detectors = [
+            Mockery::mock(Detector::class)->allows()->detect()->andReturns('nl')->getMock(),
+        ];
+        $trustedDetectors = [
+            Detector::class,
+        ];
+
+        $localizer = new Localizer($supportedLocales, $detectors, [], $trustedDetectors);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('nl', $localizer->detect());
+    }
+
+    /** @test */
+    public function empty_locales_from_trusted_detectors_are_ignored()
+    {
+        $supportedLocales = ['en'];
+        $detectors = [
+            Mockery::mock(Detector::class)->allows()->detect()->andReturns(false)->getMock(),
+            Mockery::mock(Detector::class)->allows()->detect()->andReturns(null)->getMock(),
+            Mockery::mock(Detector::class)->allows()->detect()->andReturns([])->getMock(),
+            Mockery::mock(Detector::class)->allows()->detect()->andReturns('')->getMock(),
+            Mockery::mock(Detector::class)->allows()->detect()->andReturns('en')->getMock(),
+        ];
+        $trustedDetectors = [
+            Detector::class,
+        ];
+
+        $localizer = new Localizer($supportedLocales, $detectors, [], $trustedDetectors);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('en', $localizer->detect());
+    }
+
     /** @test */
     public function it_returns_false_if_no_supported_locale_could_be_detected()
     {