diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index fd859965..4c8b59da 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -1196,6 +1196,30 @@ func (c *Conn) LoadType(ctx context.Context, typeName string) (*pgtype.Type, err
 		return &pgtype.Type{Name: typeName, OID: oid, Codec: dt.Codec}, nil
 	case "e": // enum
 		return &pgtype.Type{Name: typeName, OID: oid, Codec: &pgtype.EnumCodec{}}, nil
+	case "r": // range
+		elementOID, err := c.getRangeElementOID(ctx, oid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		dt, ok := c.TypeMap().TypeForOID(elementOID)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("range element OID not registered")
+		}
+
+		return &pgtype.Type{Name: typeName, OID: oid, Codec: &pgtype.RangeCodec{ElementType: dt}}, nil
+	case "m": // multirange
+		elementOID, err := c.getMultiRangeElementOID(ctx, oid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		dt, ok := c.TypeMap().TypeForOID(elementOID)
+		if !ok {
+			return nil, errors.New("multirange element OID not registered")
+		}
+
+		return &pgtype.Type{Name: typeName, OID: oid, Codec: &pgtype.MultirangeCodec{ElementType: dt}}, nil
 	default:
 		return &pgtype.Type{}, errors.New("unknown typtype")
 	}
@@ -1212,6 +1236,28 @@ func (c *Conn) getArrayElementOID(ctx context.Context, oid uint32) (uint32, erro
 	return typelem, nil
 }
 
+func (c *Conn) getRangeElementOID(ctx context.Context, oid uint32) (uint32, error) {
+	var typelem uint32
+
+	err := c.QueryRow(ctx, "select rngsubtype from pg_range where rngtypid=$1", oid).Scan(&typelem)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return typelem, nil
+}
+
+func (c *Conn) getMultiRangeElementOID(ctx context.Context, oid uint32) (uint32, error) {
+	var typelem uint32
+
+	err := c.QueryRow(ctx, "select rngtypid from pg_range where rngmultitypid=$1", oid).Scan(&typelem)
+	if err != nil {
+		return 0, err
+	}
+
+	return typelem, nil
+}
+
 func (c *Conn) getCompositeFields(ctx context.Context, oid uint32) ([]pgtype.CompositeCodecField, error) {
 	var typrelid uint32
 
diff --git a/conn_test.go b/conn_test.go
index 3a23caa3..66e5573d 100644
--- a/conn_test.go
+++ b/conn_test.go
@@ -903,6 +903,65 @@ create type pgx_b.point as (c text);
 	})
 }
 
+func TestLoadRangeType(t *testing.T) {
+	pgxtest.RunWithQueryExecModes(context.Background(), t, defaultConnTestRunner, nil, func(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, conn *pgx.Conn) {
+		pgxtest.SkipCockroachDB(t, conn, "Server does support range types")
+
+		tx, err := conn.Begin(ctx)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		defer tx.Rollback(ctx)
+
+		_, err = tx.Exec(ctx, "create type examplefloatrange as range (subtype=float8, subtype_diff=float8mi, multirange_type_name=examplefloatmultirange)")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+
+		// Register types
+		newRangeType, err := conn.LoadType(ctx, "examplefloatrange")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		conn.TypeMap().RegisterType(newRangeType)
+		conn.TypeMap().RegisterDefaultPgType(pgtype.Range[float64]{}, "examplefloatrange")
+
+		newMultiRangeType, err := conn.LoadType(ctx, "examplefloatmultirange")
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		conn.TypeMap().RegisterType(newMultiRangeType)
+		conn.TypeMap().RegisterDefaultPgType(pgtype.Multirange[pgtype.Range[float64]]{}, "examplefloatmultirange")
+
+		// Test range type
+		var inputRangeType = pgtype.Range[float64]{
+			Lower:     1.0,
+			Upper:     2.0,
+			LowerType: pgtype.Inclusive,
+			UpperType: pgtype.Inclusive,
+			Valid:     true,
+		}
+		var outputRangeType pgtype.Range[float64]
+		err = tx.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT $1::examplefloatrange", inputRangeType).Scan(&outputRangeType)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, inputRangeType, outputRangeType)
+
+		// Test multi range type
+		var inputMultiRangeType = pgtype.Multirange[pgtype.Range[float64]]{
+			{
+				Lower:     1.0,
+				Upper:     2.0,
+				LowerType: pgtype.Inclusive,
+				UpperType: pgtype.Inclusive,
+				Valid:     true,
+			},
+			{
+				Lower:     3.0,
+				Upper:     4.0,
+				LowerType: pgtype.Exclusive,
+				UpperType: pgtype.Exclusive,
+				Valid:     true,
+			},
+		}
+		var outputMultiRangeType pgtype.Multirange[pgtype.Range[float64]]
+		err = tx.QueryRow(ctx, "SELECT $1::examplefloatmultirange", inputMultiRangeType).Scan(&outputMultiRangeType)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		require.Equal(t, inputMultiRangeType, outputMultiRangeType)
+	})
+}
+
 func TestStmtCacheInvalidationConn(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()