diff --git a/crates/polars-time/src/chunkedarray/string/patterns.rs b/crates/polars-time/src/chunkedarray/string/patterns.rs
index e42828b3bee2..16c5689a95d5 100644
--- a/crates/polars-time/src/chunkedarray/string/patterns.rs
+++ b/crates/polars-time/src/chunkedarray/string/patterns.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 //! parsing different orders of dates in a single column.
 
 pub(super) static DATE_D_M_Y: &[&str] = &[
+    "%d.%m.%Y", // 31.12.2021
     "%d-%m-%Y", // 31-12-2021
     "%d/%m/%Y", // 31/12/2021
 ];
diff --git a/py-polars/tests/unit/namespaces/test_strptime.py b/py-polars/tests/unit/namespaces/test_strptime.py
index b8aed6d6121d..3988ebffbdf4 100644
--- a/py-polars/tests/unit/namespaces/test_strptime.py
+++ b/py-polars/tests/unit/namespaces/test_strptime.py
@@ -132,6 +132,26 @@ def test_to_date_non_exact_strptime() -> None:
         s.str.to_date(format, strict=True, exact=True)
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ("time_string", "expected"),
+    [
+        ("01-02-2024", date(2024, 2, 1)),
+        ("01.02.2024", date(2024, 2, 1)),
+        ("01/02/2024", date(2024, 2, 1)),
+        ("2024-02-01", date(2024, 2, 1)),
+        ("2024/02/01", date(2024, 2, 1)),
+        ("31-12-2024", date(2024, 12, 31)),
+        ("31.12.2024", date(2024, 12, 31)),
+        ("31/12/2024", date(2024, 12, 31)),
+        ("2024-12-31", date(2024, 12, 31)),
+        ("2024/12/31", date(2024, 12, 31)),
+    ],
+)
+def test_to_date_all_inferred_date_patterns(time_string: str, expected: date) -> None:
+    result = pl.Series([time_string]).str.to_date()
+    assert result[0] == expected
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     ("value", "attr"),
     [