diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype.go b/pgtype/pgtype.go
index 5591d623..d14087cd 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype.go
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ const (
 	BPCharArrayOID      = 1014
 	VarcharArrayOID     = 1015
 	Int8ArrayOID        = 1016
+	PointArrayOID       = 1017
 	BoxArrayOID         = 1020
 	Float4ArrayOID      = 1021
 	Float8ArrayOID      = 1022
@@ -265,6 +266,7 @@ func NewConnInfo() *ConnInfo {
 	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Name: "_int8", OID: Int8ArrayOID, Codec: &ArrayCodec{ElementCodec: Int8Codec{}, ElementOID: Int8OID}})
 	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Name: "_box", OID: BoxArrayOID, Codec: &ArrayCodec{ElementCodec: BoxCodec{}, ElementOID: BoxOID}})
 	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Name: "_circle", OID: CircleArrayOID, Codec: &ArrayCodec{ElementCodec: CircleCodec{}, ElementOID: CircleOID}})
+	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Name: "_point", OID: PointArrayOID, Codec: &ArrayCodec{ElementCodec: PointCodec{}, ElementOID: PointOID}})
 	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Value: &NumericArray{}, Name: "_numeric", OID: NumericArrayOID})
 	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Value: &TextArray{}, Name: "_text", OID: TextArrayOID})
 	ci.RegisterDataType(DataType{Value: &TimestampArray{}, Name: "_timestamp", OID: TimestampArrayOID})