diff --git a/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go b/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go
index b39d3fa10..3f8ab3230 100644
--- a/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go
+++ b/pgtype/builtin_wrappers.go
@@ -743,6 +743,25 @@ func (w *ptrStructWrapper) ScanIndex(i int) any {
 	return w.exportedFields[i].Addr().Interface()
 }
 
+// ptrStructWrapper implements CompositeIndexScanner for a pointer to a struct.
+type ptrStructNameWrapper struct {
+	s              any
+	exportedFields map[string]reflect.Value
+}
+
+func (w *ptrStructNameWrapper) ScanNull() error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan NULL into %#v", w.s)
+}
+
+func (w *ptrStructNameWrapper) ScanName(n string) any {
+	value, ok := w.exportedFields[n]
+	if !ok {
+		return fmt.Errorf("%#v only has %d public fields - %s is not a field", w.s, len(w.exportedFields), n)
+	}
+
+	return value.Addr().Interface()
+}
+
 type anySliceArrayReflect struct {
 	slice reflect.Value
 }
diff --git a/pgtype/composite.go b/pgtype/composite.go
index fb372325b..83aacd52f 100644
--- a/pgtype/composite.go
+++ b/pgtype/composite.go
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ type CompositeIndexScanner interface {
 	ScanIndex(i int) any
 }
 
+// CompositeNameScanner is a type accessed by name that can be scanned from a PostgreSQL composite.
+type CompositeNameScanner interface {
+	// ScanNull sets the value to SQL NULL.
+	ScanNull() error
+
+	// ScanName returns a value usable as a scan target
+	ScanName(n string) any
+}
+
 type CompositeCodecField struct {
 	Name string
 	Type *Type
@@ -115,11 +124,15 @@ func (c *CompositeCodec) PlanScan(m *Map, oid uint32, format int16, target any)
 		switch target.(type) {
 		case CompositeIndexScanner:
 			return &scanPlanBinaryCompositeToCompositeIndexScanner{cc: c, m: m}
+		case CompositeNameScanner:
+			return &scanPlanBinaryCompositeToCompositeNameScanner{cc: c, m: m}
 		}
 	case TextFormatCode:
 		switch target.(type) {
 		case CompositeIndexScanner:
 			return &scanPlanTextCompositeToCompositeIndexScanner{cc: c, m: m}
+		case CompositeNameScanner:
+			return &scanPlanTextCompositeToCompositeNameScanner{cc: c, m: m}
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -165,6 +178,45 @@ func (plan *scanPlanBinaryCompositeToCompositeIndexScanner) Scan(src []byte, tar
 	return nil
 }
 
+type scanPlanBinaryCompositeToCompositeNameScanner struct {
+	cc *CompositeCodec
+	m  *Map
+}
+
+func (plan *scanPlanBinaryCompositeToCompositeNameScanner) Scan(src []byte, target any) error {
+	targetScanner := (target).(CompositeNameScanner)
+
+	if src == nil {
+		return targetScanner.ScanNull()
+	}
+
+	scanner := NewCompositeBinaryScanner(plan.m, src)
+	for _, field := range plan.cc.Fields {
+		if scanner.Next() {
+			fieldTarget := targetScanner.ScanName(field.Name)
+			if fieldTarget != nil {
+				fieldPlan := plan.m.PlanScan(field.Type.OID, BinaryFormatCode, fieldTarget)
+				if fieldPlan == nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unable to encode %v into OID %d in binary format", field, field.Type.OID)
+				}
+
+				err := fieldPlan.Scan(scanner.Bytes(), fieldTarget)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			return errors.New("read past end of composite")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 type scanPlanTextCompositeToCompositeIndexScanner struct {
 	cc *CompositeCodec
 	m  *Map
@@ -204,6 +256,45 @@ func (plan *scanPlanTextCompositeToCompositeIndexScanner) Scan(src []byte, targe
 	return nil
 }
 
+type scanPlanTextCompositeToCompositeNameScanner struct {
+	cc *CompositeCodec
+	m  *Map
+}
+
+func (plan *scanPlanTextCompositeToCompositeNameScanner) Scan(src []byte, target any) error {
+	targetScanner := (target).(CompositeNameScanner)
+
+	if src == nil {
+		return targetScanner.ScanNull()
+	}
+
+	scanner := NewCompositeTextScanner(plan.m, src)
+	for _, field := range plan.cc.Fields {
+		if scanner.Next() {
+			fieldTarget := targetScanner.ScanName(field.Name)
+			if fieldTarget != nil {
+				fieldPlan := plan.m.PlanScan(field.Type.OID, TextFormatCode, fieldTarget)
+				if fieldPlan == nil {
+					return fmt.Errorf("unable to encode %v into OID %d in text format", field, field.Type.OID)
+				}
+
+				err := fieldPlan.Scan(scanner.Bytes(), fieldTarget)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			return errors.New("read past end of composite")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (c *CompositeCodec) DecodeDatabaseSQLValue(m *Map, oid uint32, format int16, src []byte) (driver.Value, error) {
 	if src == nil {
 		return nil, nil
diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype.go b/pgtype/pgtype.go
index 20645d694..d715e7685 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype.go
@@ -963,6 +963,52 @@ func TryWrapStructScanPlan(target any) (plan WrappedScanPlanNextSetter, nextValu
 	return nil, nil, false
 }
 
+// TryWrapStructFieldNameScanPlan tries to wrap a struct with a wrapper that implements CompositeIndexGetter.
+func TryWrapStructFieldNameScanPlan(target any) (plan WrappedScanPlanNextSetter, nextValue any, ok bool) {
+	targetValue := reflect.ValueOf(target)
+	if targetValue.Kind() != reflect.Ptr {
+		return nil, nil, false
+	}
+
+	var targetElemValue reflect.Value
+	if targetValue.IsNil() {
+		targetElemValue = reflect.Zero(targetValue.Type().Elem())
+	} else {
+		targetElemValue = targetValue.Elem()
+	}
+	targetElemType := targetElemValue.Type()
+
+	if targetElemType.Kind() == reflect.Struct {
+		exportedFields := getExportedFieldNameValues(targetElemValue)
+		if len(exportedFields) == 0 {
+			return nil, nil, false
+		}
+
+		w := ptrStructNameWrapper{
+			s:              target,
+			exportedFields: exportedFields,
+		}
+		return &wrapAnyPtrStructFieldNameScanPlan{}, &w, true
+	}
+
+	return nil, nil, false
+}
+
+type wrapAnyPtrStructFieldNameScanPlan struct {
+	next ScanPlan
+}
+
+func (plan *wrapAnyPtrStructFieldNameScanPlan) SetNext(next ScanPlan) { plan.next = next }
+
+func (plan *wrapAnyPtrStructFieldNameScanPlan) Scan(src []byte, target any) error {
+	w := ptrStructNameWrapper{
+		s:              target,
+		exportedFields: getExportedFieldNameValues(reflect.ValueOf(target).Elem()),
+	}
+
+	return plan.next.Scan(src, &w)
+}
+
 type wrapAnyPtrStructScanPlan struct {
 	next ScanPlan
 }
@@ -1842,6 +1888,27 @@ func getExportedFieldValues(structValue reflect.Value) []reflect.Value {
 	return exportedFields
 }
 
+func getExportedFieldNameValues(structValue reflect.Value) map[string]reflect.Value {
+	structType := structValue.Type()
+	exportedFields := make(map[string]reflect.Value, structValue.NumField())
+	for i := 0; i < structType.NumField(); i++ {
+		sf := structType.Field(i)
+		if sf.IsExported() {
+			name := sf.Name
+			value, ok := sf.Tag.Lookup("db")
+			if ok {
+				if value == "-" {
+					continue
+				}
+				name = value
+			}
+			exportedFields[name] = structValue.Field(i)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return exportedFields
+}
+
 func TryWrapSliceEncodePlan(value any) (plan WrappedEncodePlanNextSetter, nextValue any, ok bool) {
 	if _, ok := value.(driver.Valuer); ok {
 		return nil, nil, false