diff --git a/lib/pg/basic_type_registry.rb b/lib/pg/basic_type_registry.rb
index a3a164d30..4a6daaa70 100644
--- a/lib/pg/basic_type_registry.rb
+++ b/lib/pg/basic_type_registry.rb
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ def register_default_types
 		register_type 0, 'inet', PG::TextEncoder::Inet, PG::TextDecoder::Inet
 		alias_type 0, 'cidr', 'inet'
 
+		register_type 0, 'record', PG::TextEncoder::Record, PG::TextDecoder::Record
 
 
 		register_type 1, 'int2', PG::BinaryEncoder::Int2, PG::BinaryDecoder::Integer
diff --git a/spec/pg/basic_type_map_for_results_spec.rb b/spec/pg/basic_type_map_for_results_spec.rb
index fc74ab03f..1bdcfa8f4 100644
--- a/spec/pg/basic_type_map_for_results_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/pg/basic_type_map_for_results_spec.rb
@@ -316,6 +316,16 @@
 				end
 			end
 
+			it "should do anonymous record type conversions" do
+				[0].each do |format|
+					res = @conn.exec_params( "SELECT 6, ROW(123, 'str', true, null), 7
+						", [], format )
+					expect( res.getvalue(0,0) ).to eq( 6 )
+					expect( res.getvalue(0,1) ).to eq( ["123", "str", "t", nil] )
+					expect( res.getvalue(0,2) ).to eq( 7 )
+				end
+			end
+
 			it "should do inet type conversions" do
 				[0].each do |format|
 					vals = [