diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 04aef656..094dcb58 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -30,8 +30,11 @@ newer. Previously PostgreSQL 8.4 and newer were supported.
 
 - Don't set extra_float_digits ([#1212]).
 
+- Decode bpchar into a string ([#949]).
+
 [#595]: https://github.com/lib/pq/pull/595
 [#745]: https://github.com/lib/pq/pull/745
+[#949]: https://github.com/lib/pq/pull/949
 [#1125]: https://github.com/lib/pq/pull/1125
 [#1129]: https://github.com/lib/pq/pull/1129
 [#1133]: https://github.com/lib/pq/pull/1133
diff --git a/encode.go b/encode.go
index 4ab82dd1..08c73023 100644
--- a/encode.go
+++ b/encode.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func binaryDecode(parameterStatus *parameterStatus, s []byte, typ oid.Oid) any {
 
 func textDecode(parameterStatus *parameterStatus, s []byte, typ oid.Oid) any {
 	switch typ {
-	case oid.T_char, oid.T_varchar, oid.T_text:
+	case oid.T_char, oid.T_bpchar, oid.T_varchar, oid.T_text:
 		return string(s)
 	case oid.T_bytea:
 		b, err := parseBytea(s)
diff --git a/encode_test.go b/encode_test.go
index b1ff08ec..1c7de04a 100644
--- a/encode_test.go
+++ b/encode_test.go
@@ -691,7 +691,7 @@ func TestBinaryByteSliceToInt(t *testing.T) {
 func TestTextDecodeIntoString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := []byte("hello world")
 	want := string(input)
-	for _, typ := range []oid.Oid{oid.T_char, oid.T_varchar, oid.T_text} {
+	for _, typ := range []oid.Oid{oid.T_char, oid.T_bpchar, oid.T_varchar, oid.T_text} {
 		got := decode(&parameterStatus{}, input, typ, formatText)
 		if got != want {
 			t.Errorf("invalid string decoding output for %T(%+v), got %v but expected %v", typ, typ, got, want)