diff --git a/time.go b/time.go
index 16a2a393..237c4b5b 100644
--- a/time.go
+++ b/time.go
@@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ func (dst *Time) Set(src interface{}) error {
 			int64(value.Second())*microsecondsPerSecond +
 			int64(value.Nanosecond())/1000
 		*dst = Time{Microseconds: usec, Status: Present}
+	case *time.Time:
+		if value == nil {
+			*dst = Time{Status: Null}
+		} else {
+			return dst.Set(*value)
+		}
 	default:
 		if originalSrc, ok := underlyingTimeType(src); ok {
 			return dst.Set(originalSrc)
diff --git a/time_test.go b/time_test.go
index bf6365ef..0af42b1e 100644
--- a/time_test.go
+++ b/time_test.go
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ func TestTimeSet(t *testing.T) {
 		{source: time.Date(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1000, time.UTC), result: pgtype.Time{Microseconds: 1, Status: pgtype.Present}},
 		{source: time.Date(1999, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999999999, time.UTC), result: pgtype.Time{Microseconds: 86399999999, Status: pgtype.Present}},
 		{source: time.Date(2015, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2000, time.Local), result: pgtype.Time{Microseconds: 2, Status: pgtype.Present}},
+		{source: func(t time.Time) *time.Time { return &t }(time.Date(2015, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2000, time.Local)), result: pgtype.Time{Microseconds: 2, Status: pgtype.Present}},
+		{source: nil, result: pgtype.Time{Status: pgtype.Null}},
+		{source: (*time.Time)(nil), result: pgtype.Time{Status: pgtype.Null}},
 		{source: _time(time.Date(1970, 1, 1, 0, 0, 0, 3000, time.UTC)), result: pgtype.Time{Microseconds: 3, Status: pgtype.Present}},
 	}