diff --git a/messages.go b/messages.go
index fec34dbb..8eb4b8ef 100644
--- a/messages.go
+++ b/messages.go
@@ -136,6 +136,12 @@ func (wb *WriteBuf) WriteInt16(n int16) {
 	wb.buf = append(wb.buf, b...)
 }
 
+func (wb *WriteBuf) WriteUint16(n uint16) {
+	b := make([]byte, 2)
+	binary.BigEndian.PutUint16(b, n)
+	wb.buf = append(wb.buf, b...)
+}
+
 func (wb *WriteBuf) WriteInt32(n int32) {
 	b := make([]byte, 4)
 	binary.BigEndian.PutUint32(b, uint32(n))
diff --git a/msg_reader.go b/msg_reader.go
index 2bcd2d51..59617b73 100644
--- a/msg_reader.go
+++ b/msg_reader.go
@@ -137,6 +137,34 @@ func (r *msgReader) readInt32() int32 {
 	return n
 }
 
+func (r *msgReader) readUint16() uint16 {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	r.msgBytesRemaining -= 2
+	if r.msgBytesRemaining < 0 {
+		r.fatal(errors.New("read past end of message"))
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	b, err := r.reader.Peek(2)
+	if err != nil {
+		r.fatal(err)
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	n := uint16(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b))
+
+	r.reader.Discard(2)
+
+	if r.shouldLog(LogLevelTrace) {
+		r.log(LogLevelTrace, "msgReader.readUint16", "value", n, "msgBytesRemaining", r.msgBytesRemaining)
+	}
+
+	return n
+}
+
 func (r *msgReader) readUint32() uint32 {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return 0
diff --git a/value_reader.go b/value_reader.go
index 6e552ea8..a4897543 100644
--- a/value_reader.go
+++ b/value_reader.go
@@ -60,6 +60,20 @@ func (r *ValueReader) ReadInt16() int16 {
 	return r.mr.readInt16()
 }
 
+func (r *ValueReader) ReadUint16() uint16 {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	r.valueBytesRemaining -= 2
+	if r.valueBytesRemaining < 0 {
+		r.Fatal(errors.New("read past end of value"))
+		return 0
+	}
+
+	return r.mr.readUint16()
+}
+
 func (r *ValueReader) ReadInt32() int32 {
 	if r.err != nil {
 		return 0
diff --git a/values.go b/values.go
index 4d542bf1..db96a007 100644
--- a/values.go
+++ b/values.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"reflect"
+	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ const (
 	Int4Oid             = 23
 	TextOid             = 25
 	OidOid              = 26
+	TidOid              = 27
 	XidOid              = 28
 	CidOid              = 29
 	JsonOid             = 114
@@ -96,6 +98,7 @@ func init() {
 		"int4":         BinaryFormatCode,
 		"int8":         BinaryFormatCode,
 		"oid":          BinaryFormatCode,
+		"tid":          BinaryFormatCode,
 		"xid":          BinaryFormatCode,
 		"cid":          BinaryFormatCode,
 		"record":       BinaryFormatCode,
@@ -439,6 +442,61 @@ func (n NullCid) Encode(w *WriteBuf, oid Oid) error {
 	return encodeCid(w, oid, n.Cid)
 }
 
+// Tid is PostgreSQL's Tuple Identifier type.
+//
+// When one does
+//
+// 	select ctid, * from some_table;
+//
+// it is the data type of the ctid hidden system column.
+//
+// It is currently implemented as a pair unsigned two byte integers.
+// Its conversion functions can be found in src/backend/utils/adt/tid.c
+// in the PostgreSQL sources.
+type Tid struct {
+	BlockNumber  uint32
+	OffsetNumber uint16
+}
+
+// NullTid represents a Tuple Identifier (Tid) that may be null. NullTid 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 NullTid struct {
+	Tid   Tid
+	Valid bool // Valid is true if Int32 is not NULL
+}
+
+func (n *NullTid) Scan(vr *ValueReader) error {
+	if vr.Type().DataType != TidOid {
+		return SerializationError(fmt.Sprintf("NullTid.Scan cannot decode OID %d", vr.Type().DataType))
+	}
+
+	if vr.Len() == -1 {
+		n.Tid, n.Valid = Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}, false
+		return nil
+	}
+	n.Valid = true
+	n.Tid = decodeTid(vr)
+	return vr.Err()
+}
+
+func (n NullTid) FormatCode() int16 { return BinaryFormatCode }
+
+func (n NullTid) Encode(w *WriteBuf, oid Oid) error {
+	if oid != TidOid {
+		return SerializationError(fmt.Sprintf("NullTid.Encode cannot encode into OID %d", oid))
+	}
+
+	if !n.Valid {
+		w.WriteInt32(-1)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	return encodeTid(w, oid, n.Tid)
+}
+
 // NullInt64 represents an bigint that may be null. NullInt64 implements the
 // Scanner and Encoder interfaces so it may be used both as an argument to
 // Query[Row] and a destination for Scan.
@@ -933,6 +991,8 @@ func Decode(vr *ValueReader, d interface{}) error {
 		*v = decodeOid(vr)
 	case *Xid:
 		*v = decodeXid(vr)
+	case *Tid:
+		*v = decodeTid(vr)
 	case *Cid:
 		*v = decodeCid(vr)
 	case *string:
@@ -1545,6 +1605,66 @@ func encodeCid(w *WriteBuf, oid Oid, value Cid) error {
 	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(`^\((\d*),(\d*)\)$`)
+
+func decodeTid(vr *ValueReader) Tid {
+	if vr.Len() == -1 {
+		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError("Cannot decode null into Tid"))
+		return Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}
+	}
+
+	if vr.Type().DataType != TidOid {
+		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Cannot decode oid %v into pgx.Tid", vr.Type().DataType)))
+		return Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}
+	}
+
+	// Unlikely Tid will ever go over the wire as text format, but who knows?
+	switch vr.Type().FormatCode {
+	case TextFormatCode:
+		s := vr.ReadString(vr.Len())
+
+		match := tidRegexp.FindStringSubmatch(s)
+		if match == nil {
+			vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Received invalid Oid: %v", s)))
+			return Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}
+		}
+
+		blockNumber, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 10, 16)
+		if err != nil {
+			vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Received invalid BlockNumber part of a Tid: %v", s)))
+		}
+
+		offsetNumber, err := strconv.ParseUint(s, 10, 16)
+		if err != nil {
+			vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Received invalid offsetNumber part of a Tid: %v", s)))
+		}
+		return Tid{BlockNumber: uint32(blockNumber), OffsetNumber: uint16(offsetNumber)}
+	case BinaryFormatCode:
+		if vr.Len() != 6 {
+			vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Received an invalid size for an Oid: %d", vr.Len())))
+			return Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}
+		}
+		return Tid{BlockNumber: vr.ReadUint32(), OffsetNumber: vr.ReadUint16()}
+	default:
+		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError(fmt.Sprintf("Unknown field description format code: %v", vr.Type().FormatCode)))
+		return Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}
+	}
+}
+
+func encodeTid(w *WriteBuf, oid Oid, value Tid) error {
+	if oid != TidOid {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot encode Go %s into oid %d", "pgx.Tid", oid)
+	}
+
+	w.WriteInt32(6)
+	w.WriteUint32(value.BlockNumber)
+	w.WriteUint16(value.OffsetNumber)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func decodeFloat4(vr *ValueReader) float32 {
 	if vr.Len() == -1 {
 		vr.Fatal(ProtocolError("Cannot decode null into float32"))
diff --git a/values_test.go b/values_test.go
index 2325b6f1..cea70b9c 100644
--- a/values_test.go
+++ b/values_test.go
@@ -596,6 +596,7 @@ func TestNullX(t *testing.T) {
 		i32 pgx.NullInt32
 		xid pgx.NullXid
 		cid pgx.NullCid
+		tid pgx.NullTid
 		i64 pgx.NullInt64
 		f32 pgx.NullFloat32
 		f64 pgx.NullFloat64
@@ -623,6 +624,9 @@ func TestNullX(t *testing.T) {
 		{"select $1::cid", []interface{}{pgx.NullCid{Cid: 1, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.cid}, allTypes{cid: pgx.NullCid{Cid: 1, Valid: true}}},
 		{"select $1::cid", []interface{}{pgx.NullCid{Cid: 1, Valid: false}}, []interface{}{&actual.cid}, allTypes{cid: pgx.NullCid{Cid: 0, Valid: false}}},
 		{"select $1::cid", []interface{}{pgx.NullCid{Cid: 4294967295, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.cid}, allTypes{cid: pgx.NullCid{Cid: 4294967295, Valid: true}}},
+		{"select $1::tid", []interface{}{pgx.NullTid{Tid: pgx.Tid{BlockNumber: 1, OffsetNumber: 1}, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.tid}, allTypes{tid: pgx.NullTid{Tid: pgx.Tid{BlockNumber: 1, OffsetNumber: 1}, Valid: true}}},
+		{"select $1::tid", []interface{}{pgx.NullTid{Tid: pgx.Tid{BlockNumber: 1, OffsetNumber: 1}, Valid: false}}, []interface{}{&actual.tid}, allTypes{tid: pgx.NullTid{Tid: pgx.Tid{BlockNumber: 0, OffsetNumber: 0}, Valid: false}}},
+		{"select $1::tid", []interface{}{pgx.NullTid{Tid: pgx.Tid{BlockNumber: 4294967295, OffsetNumber: 65535}, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.tid}, allTypes{tid: pgx.NullTid{Tid: pgx.Tid{BlockNumber: 4294967295, OffsetNumber: 65535}, Valid: true}}},
 		{"select $1::int8", []interface{}{pgx.NullInt64{Int64: 1, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.i64}, allTypes{i64: pgx.NullInt64{Int64: 1, Valid: true}}},
 		{"select $1::int8", []interface{}{pgx.NullInt64{Int64: 1, Valid: false}}, []interface{}{&actual.i64}, allTypes{i64: pgx.NullInt64{Int64: 0, Valid: false}}},
 		{"select $1::float4", []interface{}{pgx.NullFloat32{Float32: 1.23, Valid: true}}, []interface{}{&actual.f32}, allTypes{f32: pgx.NullFloat32{Float32: 1.23, Valid: true}}},