diff --git a/pgtype.go b/pgtype.go
index 208b1f00..911ab70e 100644
--- a/pgtype.go
+++ b/pgtype.go
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ func init() {
 		"numeric":      &Numeric{},
 		"numrange":     &Numrange{},
 		"oid":          &OidValue{},
+		"point":        &Point{},
 		"record":       &Record{},
 		"text":         &Text{},
 		"tid":          &Tid{},
diff --git a/point.go b/point.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b40bc44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/point.go
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+package pgtype
+
+import (
+	"database/sql/driver"
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"math"
+	"strconv"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/pgio"
+)
+
+type Point struct {
+	X      float64
+	Y      float64
+	Status Status
+}
+
+func (dst *Point) Set(src interface{}) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot convert %v to Point", src)
+}
+
+func (dst *Point) Get() interface{} {
+	switch dst.Status {
+	case Present:
+		return dst
+	case Null:
+		return nil
+	default:
+		return dst.Status
+	}
+}
+
+func (src *Point) AssignTo(dst interface{}) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot assign %v to %T", src, dst)
+}
+
+func (dst *Point) DecodeText(ci *ConnInfo, src []byte) error {
+	if src == nil {
+		*dst = Point{Status: Null}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(src) < 5 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid length for point: %v", len(src))
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.SplitN(string(src[1:len(src)-1]), ",", 2)
+	if len(parts) < 2 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid format for point")
+	}
+
+	x, err := strconv.ParseFloat(parts[0], 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	y, err := strconv.ParseFloat(parts[1], 64)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*dst = Point{X: x, Y: y, Status: Present}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (dst *Point) DecodeBinary(ci *ConnInfo, src []byte) error {
+	if src == nil {
+		*dst = Point{Status: Null}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(src) != 16 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("invalid length for point: %v", len(src))
+	}
+
+	x := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(src)
+	y := binary.BigEndian.Uint64(src[8:])
+
+	*dst = Point{
+		X:      math.Float64frombits(x),
+		Y:      math.Float64frombits(y),
+		Status: Present,
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (src *Point) EncodeText(ci *ConnInfo, w io.Writer) (bool, error) {
+	switch src.Status {
+	case Null:
+		return true, nil
+	case Undefined:
+		return false, errUndefined
+	}
+
+	_, err := io.WriteString(w, fmt.Sprintf(`(%f,%f)`, src.X, src.Y))
+	return false, err
+}
+
+func (src *Point) EncodeBinary(ci *ConnInfo, w io.Writer) (bool, error) {
+	switch src.Status {
+	case Null:
+		return true, nil
+	case Undefined:
+		return false, errUndefined
+	}
+
+	_, err := pgio.WriteUint64(w, math.Float64bits(src.X))
+	if err != nil {
+		return false, err
+	}
+
+	_, err = pgio.WriteUint64(w, math.Float64bits(src.Y))
+	return false, err
+}
+
+// Scan implements the database/sql Scanner interface.
+func (dst *Point) Scan(src interface{}) error {
+	if src == nil {
+		*dst = Point{Status: Null}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	switch src := src.(type) {
+	case string:
+		return dst.DecodeText(nil, []byte(src))
+	case []byte:
+		return dst.DecodeText(nil, src)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan %T", src)
+}
+
+// Value implements the database/sql/driver Valuer interface.
+func (src *Point) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+	return encodeValueText(src)
+}
diff --git a/point_test.go b/point_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4ddb8009
--- /dev/null
+++ b/point_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+package pgtype_test
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/jackc/pgx/pgtype"
+)
+
+func TestPointTranscode(t *testing.T) {
+	testSuccessfulTranscode(t, "point", []interface{}{
+		&pgtype.Point{X: 1.234, Y: 5.6789, Status: pgtype.Present},
+		&pgtype.Point{X: -1.234, Y: -5.6789, Status: pgtype.Present},
+		&pgtype.Point{Status: pgtype.Null},
+	})
+}