diff --git a/pgconn/pgconn.go b/pgconn/pgconn.go
index 13301364..476cd046 100644
--- a/pgconn/pgconn.go
+++ b/pgconn/pgconn.go
@@ -747,6 +747,71 @@ func (pgConn *PgConn) ExecPrepared(ctx context.Context, stmtName string, paramVa
 	return result
 }
 
+// CopyTo executes the copy command sql and copies the results to w.
+func (pgConn *PgConn) CopyTo(ctx context.Context, w io.Writer, sql string) (CommandTag, error) {
+	select {
+	case <-ctx.Done():
+		return "", ctx.Err()
+	case pgConn.controller <- pgConn:
+	}
+	cleanupContextDeadline := contextDoneToConnDeadline(ctx, pgConn.conn)
+
+	// Send copy to command
+	var buf []byte
+	buf = (&pgproto3.Query{String: sql}).Encode(buf)
+
+	n, err := pgConn.conn.Write(buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		// Partially sent messages are a fatal error for the connection.
+		if n > 0 {
+			// Close connection because cannot recover from partially sent message.
+			pgConn.conn.Close()
+			pgConn.closed = true
+		}
+
+		cleanupContextDeadline()
+		<-pgConn.controller
+
+		return "", preferContextOverNetTimeoutError(ctx, err)
+	}
+
+	// Read results
+	var commandTag CommandTag
+	var pgErr error
+	for {
+		msg, err := pgConn.ReceiveMessage()
+		if err != nil {
+			cleanupContextDeadline()
+			if err, ok := err.(net.Error); ok && err.Timeout() {
+				go pgConn.recoverFromTimeout()
+			} else {
+				<-pgConn.controller
+			}
+
+			return "", preferContextOverNetTimeoutError(ctx, err)
+		}
+
+		switch msg := msg.(type) {
+		case *pgproto3.CopyDone:
+		case *pgproto3.CopyData:
+			_, err := w.Write(msg.Data)
+			if err != nil {
+				// This isn't actually a timeout, but we want the same behavior. Abort the request and cleanup.
+				cleanupContextDeadline()
+				go pgConn.recoverFromTimeout()
+				return "", err
+			}
+		case *pgproto3.ReadyForQuery:
+			<-pgConn.controller
+			return commandTag, pgErr
+		case *pgproto3.CommandComplete:
+			commandTag = CommandTag(msg.CommandTag)
+		case *pgproto3.ErrorResponse:
+			pgErr = errorResponseToPgError(msg)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 // MultiResultReader is a reader for a command that could return multiple results such as Exec or ExecBatch.
 type MultiResultReader struct {
 	pgConn                 *PgConn
diff --git a/pgconn/pgconn_test.go b/pgconn/pgconn_test.go
index 07e54c75..ab7cfa72 100644
--- a/pgconn/pgconn_test.go
+++ b/pgconn/pgconn_test.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package pgconn_test
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"crypto/tls"
 	"fmt"
@@ -679,6 +680,117 @@ func TestConnWaitForNotificationTimeout(t *testing.T) {
 	ensureConnValid(t, pgConn)
 }
 
+func TestConnCopyToSmall(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	defer closeConn(t, pgConn)
+
+	_, err = pgConn.Exec(context.Background(), `create temporary table foo(
+		a int2,
+		b int4,
+		c int8,
+		d varchar,
+		e text,
+		f date,
+		g json
+	)`).ReadAll()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	_, err = pgConn.Exec(context.Background(), `insert into foo values (0, 1, 2, 'abc', 'efg', '2000-01-01', '{"abc":"def","foo":"bar"}')`).ReadAll()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	_, err = pgConn.Exec(context.Background(), `insert into foo values (null, null, null, null, null, null, null)`).ReadAll()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	inputBytes := []byte("0\t1\t2\tabc\tefg\t2000-01-01\t{\"abc\":\"def\",\"foo\":\"bar\"}\n" +
+		"\\N\t\\N\t\\N\t\\N\t\\N\t\\N\t\\N\n")
+
+	outputWriter := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, len(inputBytes)))
+
+	res, err := pgConn.CopyTo(context.Background(), outputWriter, "copy foo to stdout")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(2), res.RowsAffected())
+	assert.Equal(t, inputBytes, outputWriter.Bytes())
+
+	ensureConnValid(t, pgConn)
+}
+
+func TestConnCopyToLarge(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	defer closeConn(t, pgConn)
+
+	_, err = pgConn.Exec(context.Background(), `create temporary table foo(
+		a int2,
+		b int4,
+		c int8,
+		d varchar,
+		e text,
+		f date,
+		g json,
+		h bytea
+	)`).ReadAll()
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	inputBytes := make([]byte, 0)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		_, err = pgConn.Exec(context.Background(), `insert into foo values (0, 1, 2, 'abc', 'efg', '2000-01-01', '{"abc":"def","foo":"bar"}', 'oooo')`).ReadAll()
+		require.Nil(t, err)
+		inputBytes = append(inputBytes, "0\t1\t2\tabc\tefg\t2000-01-01\t{\"abc\":\"def\",\"foo\":\"bar\"}\t\\\\x6f6f6f6f\n"...)
+	}
+
+	outputWriter := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0, len(inputBytes)))
+
+	res, err := pgConn.CopyTo(context.Background(), outputWriter, "copy foo to stdout")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(1000), res.RowsAffected())
+	assert.Equal(t, inputBytes, outputWriter.Bytes())
+
+	ensureConnValid(t, pgConn)
+}
+
+func TestConnCopyToQueryError(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	defer closeConn(t, pgConn)
+
+	outputWriter := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0))
+
+	res, err := pgConn.CopyTo(context.Background(), outputWriter, "cropy foo to stdout")
+	require.Error(t, err)
+	assert.IsType(t, &pgconn.PgError{}, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, int64(0), res.RowsAffected())
+
+	ensureConnValid(t, pgConn)
+}
+
+func TestConnCopyToCanceled(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	defer closeConn(t, pgConn)
+
+	outputWriter := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 100*time.Millisecond)
+	defer cancel()
+	res, err := pgConn.CopyTo(ctx, outputWriter, "copy (select *, pg_sleep(0.01) from generate_series(1,1000)) to stdout")
+	assert.Equal(t, context.DeadlineExceeded, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, pgconn.CommandTag(""), res)
+
+	ensureConnValid(t, pgConn)
+}
+
 func Example() {
 	pgConn, err := pgconn.Connect(context.Background(), os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
 	if err != nil {