diff --git a/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go b/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go
index fe58eee0..1799de55 100644
--- a/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go
+++ b/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"net"
+	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -619,3 +620,39 @@ func (w byteSliceWrapper) UUIDValue() (UUID, error) {
 	copy(uuid.Bytes[:], w)
 	return uuid, nil
 }
+
+// structWrapper implements CompositeIndexGetter for a struct.
+type structWrapper struct {
+	s              interface{}
+	exportedFields []reflect.Value
+}
+
+func (w structWrapper) IsNull() bool {
+	return w.s == nil
+}
+
+func (w structWrapper) Index(i int) interface{} {
+	if i >= len(w.exportedFields) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%#v only has %d public fields - %d is out of bounds", w.s, len(w.exportedFields), i)
+	}
+
+	return w.exportedFields[i].Interface()
+}
+
+// ptrStructWrapper implements CompositeIndexScanner for a pointer to a struct.
+type ptrStructWrapper struct {
+	s              interface{}
+	exportedFields []reflect.Value
+}
+
+func (w *ptrStructWrapper) ScanNull() error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan NULL into %#v", w.s)
+}
+
+func (w *ptrStructWrapper) ScanIndex(i int) interface{} {
+	if i >= len(w.exportedFields) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%#v only has %d public fields - %d is out of bounds", w.s, len(w.exportedFields), i)
+	}
+
+	return w.exportedFields[i].Addr().Interface()
+}
diff --git a/pgtype/composite_test.go b/pgtype/composite_test.go
index c9319c2d..9a0eff2a 100644
--- a/pgtype/composite_test.go
+++ b/pgtype/composite_test.go
@@ -123,3 +123,42 @@ create type point3d as (
 		require.Equalf(t, input, output, "%v", format.name)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestCompositeCodecTranscodeStructWrapper(t *testing.T) {
+	conn := testutil.MustConnectPgx(t)
+	defer testutil.MustCloseContext(t, conn)
+
+	_, err := conn.Exec(context.Background(), `drop type if exists point3d;
+
+create type point3d as (
+	x float8,
+	y float8,
+	z float8
+);`)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	defer conn.Exec(context.Background(), "drop type point3d")
+
+	dt, err := conn.LoadDataType(context.Background(), "point3d")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	conn.ConnInfo().RegisterDataType(*dt)
+
+	formats := []struct {
+		name string
+		code int16
+	}{
+		{name: "TextFormat", code: pgx.TextFormatCode},
+		{name: "BinaryFormat", code: pgx.BinaryFormatCode},
+	}
+
+	type anotherPoint struct {
+		X, Y, Z float64
+	}
+
+	for _, format := range formats {
+		input := anotherPoint{X: 1, Y: 2, Z: 3}
+		var output anotherPoint
+		err := conn.QueryRow(context.Background(), "select $1::point3d", pgx.QueryResultFormats{format.code}, input).Scan(&output)
+		require.NoErrorf(t, err, "%v", format.name)
+		require.Equalf(t, input, output, "%v", format.name)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype.go b/pgtype/pgtype.go
index 8c4a8c49..8db5ae3f 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype.go
@@ -203,12 +203,14 @@ func NewConnInfo() *ConnInfo {
 			TryWrapDerefPointerEncodePlan,
 			TryWrapBuiltinTypeEncodePlan,
 			TryWrapFindUnderlyingTypeEncodePlan,
+			TryWrapStructEncodePlan,
 		},
 
 		TryWrapScanPlanFuncs: []TryWrapScanPlanFunc{
 			TryPointerPointerScanPlan,
 			TryWrapBuiltinTypeScanPlan,
 			TryFindUnderlyingTypeScanPlan,
+			TryWrapStructScanPlan,
 		},
 	}
 
@@ -887,6 +889,47 @@ func (plan *pointerEmptyInterfaceScanPlan) Scan(src []byte, dst interface{}) err
 	return nil
 }
 
+// TryWrapStructPlan tries to wrap a struct with a wrapper that implements CompositeIndexGetter.
+func TryWrapStructScanPlan(target interface{}) (plan WrappedScanPlanNextSetter, nextValue interface{}, ok bool) {
+	targetValue := reflect.ValueOf(target)
+	if targetValue.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+		return nil, nil, false
+	}
+
+	targetElemValue := targetValue.Elem()
+	targetElemType := targetElemValue.Type()
+
+	if targetElemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		exportedFields := getExportedFieldValues(targetElemValue)
+		if len(exportedFields) == 0 {
+			return nil, nil, false
+		}
+
+		w := ptrStructWrapper{
+			s:              target,
+			exportedFields: exportedFields,
+		}
+		return &wrapAnyPtrStructScanPlan{}, &w, true
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil, false
+}
+
+type wrapAnyPtrStructScanPlan struct {
+	next ScanPlan
+}
+
+func (plan *wrapAnyPtrStructScanPlan) SetNext(next ScanPlan) { plan.next = next }
+
+func (plan *wrapAnyPtrStructScanPlan) Scan(src []byte, target interface{}) error {
+	w := ptrStructWrapper{
+		s:              target,
+		exportedFields: getExportedFieldValues(reflect.ValueOf(target).Elem()),
+	}
+
+	return plan.next.Scan(src, &w)
+}
+
 // PlanScan prepares a plan to scan a value into target.
 func (ci *ConnInfo) PlanScan(oid uint32, formatCode int16, target interface{}) ScanPlan {
 	if _, ok := target.(*UndecodedBytes); ok {
@@ -1406,6 +1449,52 @@ func (plan *wrapFmtStringerEncodePlan) Encode(value interface{}, buf []byte) (ne
 	return plan.next.Encode(fmtStringerWrapper{value.(fmt.Stringer)}, buf)
 }
 
+// TryWrapStructPlan tries to wrap a struct with a wrapper that implements CompositeIndexGetter.
+func TryWrapStructEncodePlan(value interface{}) (plan WrappedEncodePlanNextSetter, nextValue interface{}, ok bool) {
+	if reflect.TypeOf(value).Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		exportedFields := getExportedFieldValues(reflect.ValueOf(value))
+		if len(exportedFields) == 0 {
+			return nil, nil, false
+		}
+
+		w := structWrapper{
+			s:              value,
+			exportedFields: exportedFields,
+		}
+		return &wrapAnyStructEncodePlan{}, w, true
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil, false
+}
+
+type wrapAnyStructEncodePlan struct {
+	next EncodePlan
+}
+
+func (plan *wrapAnyStructEncodePlan) SetNext(next EncodePlan) { plan.next = next }
+
+func (plan *wrapAnyStructEncodePlan) Encode(value interface{}, buf []byte) (newBuf []byte, err error) {
+	w := structWrapper{
+		s:              value,
+		exportedFields: getExportedFieldValues(reflect.ValueOf(value)),
+	}
+
+	return plan.next.Encode(w, buf)
+}
+
+func getExportedFieldValues(structValue reflect.Value) []reflect.Value {
+	structType := structValue.Type()
+	exportedFields := make([]reflect.Value, 0, structValue.NumField())
+	for i := 0; i < structType.NumField(); i++ {
+		sf := structType.Field(i)
+		if sf.IsExported() {
+			exportedFields = append(exportedFields, structValue.Field(i))
+		}
+	}
+
+	return exportedFields
+}
+
 // Encode appends the encoded bytes of value to buf. If value is the SQL value NULL then append nothing and return
 // (nil, nil). The caller of Encode is responsible for writing the correct NULL value or the length of the data
 // written.