diff --git a/conn.go b/conn.go
index 7bb26677..2b826dad 100644
--- a/conn.go
+++ b/conn.go
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ func (c *Conn) connect(config ConnConfig, network, address string, tlsConfig *tl
 		TimestampTzOID:      &pgtype.Timestamptz{},
 		VarcharArrayOID:     &pgtype.VarcharArray{},
 		VarcharOID:          &pgtype.Text{},
+		XIDOID:              &pgtype.XID{},
 	}
 
 	if tlsConfig != nil {
diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype.go b/pgtype/pgtype.go
index 1200bf12..15c0cc76 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const (
 	TextOID             = 25
 	OIDOID              = 26
 	TidOID              = 27
-	XidOID              = 28
+	XIDOID              = 28
 	CIDOID              = 29
 	JSONOID             = 114
 	CidrOID             = 650
diff --git a/pgtype/xid.go b/pgtype/xid.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f4d087a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgtype/xid.go
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package pgtype
+
+import (
+	"io"
+)
+
+// Xid is PostgreSQL's Transaction ID type.
+//
+// In later versions of PostgreSQL, it is the type used for the backend_xid
+// and backend_xmin columns of the pg_stat_activity system view.
+//
+// Also, when one does
+//
+//  select xmin, xmax, * from some_table;
+//
+// it is the data type of the xmin and xmax hidden system columns.
+//
+// It is currently implemented as an unsigned four byte integer.
+// Its definition can be found in src/include/postgres_ext.h as TransactionId
+// in the PostgreSQL sources.
+type XID CID
+
+func (dst *XID) ConvertFrom(src interface{}) error {
+	return (*CID)(dst).ConvertFrom(src)
+}
+
+func (src *XID) AssignTo(dst interface{}) error {
+	return (*CID)(src).AssignTo(dst)
+}
+
+func (dst *XID) DecodeText(r io.Reader) error {
+	return (*CID)(dst).DecodeText(r)
+}
+
+func (dst *XID) DecodeBinary(r io.Reader) error {
+	return (*CID)(dst).DecodeBinary(r)
+}
+
+func (src XID) EncodeText(w io.Writer) error {
+	return (CID)(src).EncodeText(w)
+}
+
+func (src XID) EncodeBinary(w io.Writer) error {
+	return (CID)(src).EncodeBinary(w)
+}
diff --git a/pgtype/xid_test.go b/pgtype/xid_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..664920bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pgtype/xid_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package pgtype_test
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/pgtype"
+)
+
+func TestXIDTranscode(t *testing.T) {
+	testSuccessfulTranscode(t, "xid", []interface{}{
+		pgtype.XID{Uint: 42, Status: pgtype.Present},
+		pgtype.XID{Status: pgtype.Null},
+	})
+}
+
+func TestXIDConvertFrom(t *testing.T) {
+	successfulTests := []struct {
+		source interface{}
+		result pgtype.XID
+	}{
+		{source: uint32(1), result: pgtype.XID{Uint: 1, Status: pgtype.Present}},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range successfulTests {
+		var r pgtype.XID
+		err := r.ConvertFrom(tt.source)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		if r != tt.result {
+			t.Errorf("%d: expected %v to convert to %v, but it was %v", i, tt.source, tt.result, r)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestXIDAssignTo(t *testing.T) {
+	var ui32 uint32
+	var pui32 *uint32
+
+	simpleTests := []struct {
+		src      pgtype.XID
+		dst      interface{}
+		expected interface{}
+	}{
+		{src: pgtype.XID{Uint: 42, Status: pgtype.Present}, dst: &ui32, expected: uint32(42)},
+		{src: pgtype.XID{Status: pgtype.Null}, dst: &pui32, expected: ((*uint32)(nil))},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range simpleTests {
+		err := tt.src.AssignTo(tt.dst)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		if dst := reflect.ValueOf(tt.dst).Elem().Interface(); dst != tt.expected {
+			t.Errorf("%d: expected %v to assign %v, but result was %v", i, tt.src, tt.expected, dst)
+		}
+	}
+
+	pointerAllocTests := []struct {
+		src      pgtype.XID
+		dst      interface{}
+		expected interface{}
+	}{
+		{src: pgtype.XID{Uint: 42, Status: pgtype.Present}, dst: &pui32, expected: uint32(42)},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range pointerAllocTests {
+		err := tt.src.AssignTo(tt.dst)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d: %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		if dst := reflect.ValueOf(tt.dst).Elem().Elem().Interface(); dst != tt.expected {
+			t.Errorf("%d: expected %v to assign %v, but result was %v", i, tt.src, tt.expected, dst)
+		}
+	}
+
+	errorTests := []struct {
+		src pgtype.XID
+		dst interface{}
+	}{
+		{src: pgtype.XID{Status: pgtype.Null}, dst: &ui32},
+	}
+
+	for i, tt := range errorTests {
+		err := tt.src.AssignTo(tt.dst)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d: expected error but none was returned (%v -> %v)", i, tt.src, tt.dst)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/values.go b/values.go
index b143ac1a..b6848cf5 100644
--- a/values.go
+++ b/values.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const (
 	TextOID             = 25
 	OIDOID              = 26
 	TidOID              = 27
-	XidOID              = 28
+	XIDOID              = 28
 	CIDOID              = 29
 	JSONOID             = 114
 	CidrOID             = 650
@@ -590,61 +590,6 @@ func (n NullOID) Encode(w *WriteBuf, oid OID) error {
 	return encodeOID(w, oid, n.OID)
 }
 
-// Xid is PostgreSQL's Transaction ID type.
-//
-// In later versions of PostgreSQL, it is the type used for the backend_xid
-// and backend_xmin columns of the pg_stat_activity system view.
-//
-// Also, when one does
-//
-// 	select xmin, xmax, * from some_table;
-//
-// it is the data type of the xmin and xmax hidden system columns.
-//
-// It is currently implemented as an unsigned four byte integer.
-// Its definition can be found in src/include/postgres_ext.h as TransactionId
-// in the PostgreSQL sources.
-type Xid uint32
-
-// NullXid represents a Transaction ID (Xid) that may be null. NullXid implements the
-// Scanner and Encoder interfaces so it may be used both as an argument to
-// Query[Row] and a destination for Scan.
-//
-// If Valid is false then the value is NULL.
-type NullXid struct {
-	Xid   Xid
-	Valid bool // Valid is true if Xid is not NULL
-}
-
-func (n *NullXid) Scan(vr *ValueReader) error {
-	if vr.Type().DataType != XidOID {
-		return SerializationError(fmt.Sprintf("NullXid.Scan cannot decode OID %d", vr.Type().DataType))
-	}
-
-	if vr.Len() == -1 {
-		n.Xid, n.Valid = 0, false
-		return nil
-	}
-	n.Valid = true
-	n.Xid = decodeXid(vr)
-	return vr.Err()
-}
-
-func (n NullXid) FormatCode() int16 { return BinaryFormatCode }
-
-func (n NullXid) Encode(w *WriteBuf, oid OID) error {
-	if oid != XidOID {
-		return SerializationError(fmt.Sprintf("NullXid.Encode cannot encode into OID %d", oid))
-	}
-
-	if !n.Valid {
-		w.WriteInt32(-1)
-		return nil
-	}
-
-	return encodeXid(w, oid, n.Xid)
-}
-
 // Tid is PostgreSQL's Tuple Identifier type.
 //
 // When one does
@@ -1033,8 +978,6 @@ func Encode(wbuf *WriteBuf, oid OID, arg interface{}) error {
 		return encodeString(wbuf, oid, string(arg))
 	case OID:
 		return encodeOID(wbuf, oid, arg)
-	case Xid:
-		return encodeXid(wbuf, oid, arg)
 	default:
 		if strippedArg, ok := stripNamedType(&refVal); ok {
 			return Encode(wbuf, oid, strippedArg)
@@ -1112,8 +1055,6 @@ func Decode(vr *ValueReader, d interface{}) error {
 		*v = Name(decodeText(vr))
 	case *OID:
 		*v = decodeOID(vr)
-	case *Xid:
-		*v = decodeXid(vr)
 	case *Tid:
 		*v = decodeTid(vr)
 	case *string:
@@ -1394,49 +1335,6 @@ func encodeOID(w *WriteBuf, oid OID, value OID) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func decodeXid(vr *ValueReader) Xid {
-	if vr.Len() == -1 {
-		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError("Cannot decode null into Xid"))
-		return Xid(0)
-	}
-
-	if vr.Type().DataType != XidOID {
-		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Cannot decode oid %v into pgx.Xid", vr.Type().DataType)))
-		return Xid(0)
-	}
-
-	// Unlikely Xid will ever go over the wire as text format, but who knows?
-	switch vr.Type().FormatCode {
-	case TextFormatCode:
-		s := vr.ReadString(vr.Len())
-		n, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 10, 32)
-		if err != nil {
-			vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Received invalid OID: %v", s)))
-		}
-		return Xid(n)
-	case BinaryFormatCode:
-		if vr.Len() != 4 {
-			vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Received an invalid size for an OID: %d", vr.Len())))
-			return Xid(0)
-		}
-		return Xid(vr.ReadUint32())
-	default:
-		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown field description format code: %v", vr.Type().FormatCode)))
-		return Xid(0)
-	}
-}
-
-func encodeXid(w *WriteBuf, oid OID, value Xid) error {
-	if oid != XidOID {
-		return fmt.Errorf("cannot encode Go %s into oid %d", "pgx.Xid", oid)
-	}
-
-	w.WriteInt32(4)
-	w.WriteUint32(uint32(value))
-
-	return nil
-}
-
 // Note that we do not match negative numbers, because neither the
 // BlockNumber nor OffsetNumber of a Tid can be negative.
 var tidRegexp *regexp.Regexp = regexp.MustCompile(`^\((\d*),(\d*)\)$`)
diff --git a/values_test.go b/values_test.go
index ae3ecc84..0283f17d 100644
--- a/values_test.go
+++ b/values_test.go
@@ -572,7 +572,6 @@ func TestNullX(t *testing.T) {
 		a   pgx.NullAclItem
 		n   pgx.NullName
 		oid pgx.NullOID
-		xid pgx.NullXid
 		tid pgx.NullTid
 		i64 pgx.NullInt64
 		f32 pgx.NullFloat32
@@ -598,9 +597,6 @@ func TestNullX(t *testing.T) {
 		{"select $1::oid", []interface{}{pgx.NullOID{OID: 1, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.oid}, allTypes{oid: pgx.NullOID{OID: 1, Valid: true}}},
 		{"select $1::oid", []interface{}{pgx.NullOID{OID: 1, Valid: false}}, []interface{}{&actual.oid}, allTypes{oid: pgx.NullOID{OID: 0, Valid: false}}},
 		{"select $1::oid", []interface{}{pgx.NullOID{OID: 4294967295, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.oid}, allTypes{oid: pgx.NullOID{OID: 4294967295, Valid: true}}},
-		{"select $1::xid", []interface{}{pgx.NullXid{Xid: 1, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.xid}, allTypes{xid: pgx.NullXid{Xid: 1, Valid: true}}},
-		{"select $1::xid", []interface{}{pgx.NullXid{Xid: 1, Valid: false}}, []interface{}{&actual.xid}, allTypes{xid: pgx.NullXid{Xid: 0, Valid: false}}},
-		{"select $1::xid", []interface{}{pgx.NullXid{Xid: 4294967295, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.xid}, allTypes{xid: pgx.NullXid{Xid: 4294967295, Valid: true}}},
 		{"select $1::\"char\"", []interface{}{pgx.NullChar{Char: 1, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.c}, allTypes{c: pgx.NullChar{Char: 1, Valid: true}}},
 		{"select $1::\"char\"", []interface{}{pgx.NullChar{Char: 1, Valid: false}}, []interface{}{&actual.c}, allTypes{c: pgx.NullChar{Char: 0, Valid: false}}},
 		{"select $1::\"char\"", []interface{}{pgx.NullChar{Char: 255, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.c}, allTypes{c: pgx.NullChar{Char: 255, Valid: true}}},