diff --git a/stdlib/sql.go b/stdlib/sql.go
index 3dd060ef..1aac8888 100644
--- a/stdlib/sql.go
+++ b/stdlib/sql.go
@@ -257,6 +257,11 @@ type Conn struct {
 	connConfig pgx.ConnConfig
 }
 
+// Conn returns the underlying *pgx.Conn
+func (c *Conn) Conn() *pgx.Conn {
+	return c.conn
+}
+
 func (c *Conn) Prepare(query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
 	return c.PrepareContext(context.Background(), query)
 }
diff --git a/stdlib/sql_test.go b/stdlib/sql_test.go
index f17560f7..a551e34b 100644
--- a/stdlib/sql_test.go
+++ b/stdlib/sql_test.go
@@ -561,6 +561,21 @@ func TestAcquireConn(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 }
 
+func TestConnRaw(t *testing.T) {
+	testWithAndWithoutPreferSimpleProtocol(t, func(t *testing.T, db *sql.DB) {
+		conn, err := db.Conn(context.Background())
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		var n int
+		err = conn.Raw(func(driverConn interface{}) error {
+			conn := driverConn.(*stdlib.Conn).Conn()
+			return conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), "select 42").Scan(&n)
+		})
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.EqualValues(t, 42, n)
+	})
+}
+
 // https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/673
 func TestReleaseConnWithTxInProgress(t *testing.T) {
 	testWithAndWithoutPreferSimpleProtocol(t, func(t *testing.T, db *sql.DB) {