diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b37592..998f123 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 composer.lock
 .phpunit.result.cache
 .php-cs-fixer.cache
+.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/VirtualColumn.php b/src/VirtualColumn.php
index e3cfec6..bbe2d7d 100644
--- a/src/VirtualColumn.php
+++ b/src/VirtualColumn.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 namespace Stancl\VirtualColumn;
 
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Encryption\DecryptException;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\MissingAttributeException;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 
 /**
@@ -42,7 +43,13 @@ protected function decodeVirtualColumn(): void
             ['encrypted', 'encrypted:array', 'encrypted:collection', 'encrypted:json', 'encrypted:object'], // Default encrypted castables
         );
 
-        foreach ($this->getAttribute(static::getDataColumn()) ?? [] as $key => $value) {
+        try {
+            $data = $this->getAttribute(static::getDataColumn()) ?? [];
+        } catch (MissingAttributeException) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        foreach ($data as $key => $value) {
             $attributeHasEncryptedCastable = in_array(data_get($this->getCasts(), $key), $encryptedCastables);
 
             if ($attributeHasEncryptedCastable && $this->valueEncrypted($value)) {
diff --git a/tests/VirtualColumnTest.php b/tests/VirtualColumnTest.php
index bb33458..9290b34 100644
--- a/tests/VirtualColumnTest.php
+++ b/tests/VirtualColumnTest.php
@@ -128,6 +128,20 @@ public function models_extending_a_parent_model_using_virtualcolumn_get_encoded_
         $this->assertSame($encodedBar->bar, 'bar');
     }
 
+    /** @test */
+    public function decoding_works_with_strict_mode_enabled() {
+        FooModel::shouldBeStrict();
+
+        FooModel::create([
+            'id' => 1,
+            'foo' => 'bar'
+        ]);
+
+        $id = FooModel::query()->pluck('id')->first();
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, $id);
+    }
+
     // maybe add an explicit test that the saving() and updating() listeners don't run twice?
 
     /** @test */