diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f9d9a770..3e619dbf 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,6 @@ use std::mem;
 use std::slice;
 use std::result;
 use std::vec;
-use byteorder::{WriteBytesExt, BigEndian};
 #[cfg(feature = "unix_socket")]
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
@@ -1598,6 +1597,86 @@ impl<'conn> Statement<'conn> {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Executes a `COPY FROM STDIN` statement, returning the number of rows
+    /// added.
+    ///
+    /// The contents of the provided `Read`er are passed to the Postgres server
+    /// verbatim; it is the caller's responsibility to ensure the data is in
+    /// the proper format. See the [Postgres documentation](http://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/sql-copy.html)
+    /// for details.
+    ///
+    /// If the statement is not a `COPY FROM STDIN` statement, this method will
+    /// return an error though the statement will still be executed.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```rust,no_run
+    /// # use postgres::{Connection, SslMode};
+    /// # let conn = Connection::connect("", &SslMode::None).unwrap();
+    /// conn.batch_execute("CREATE TABLE people (id INT PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR)").unwrap();
+    /// let stmt = conn.prepare("COPY people FROM STDIN").unwrap();
+    /// stmt.copy_in(&[], &mut "1\tjohn\n2\tjane\n".as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    /// ```
+    pub fn copy_in<R: Read>(&self, params: &[&ToSql], r: &mut R) -> Result<u64> {
+        try!(self.inner_execute("", 0, params));
+        let mut conn = self.conn.conn.borrow_mut();
+
+        match try!(conn.read_message()) {
+            CopyInResponse { .. } => {}
+            _ => {
+                loop {
+                    match try!(conn.read_message()) {
+                        ReadyForQuery { .. } => {
+                            return Err(Error::IoError(std_io::Error::new(
+                                        std_io::ErrorKind::InvalidInput,
+                                        "called `copy_in` on a non-`COPY FROM STDIN` statement")));
+                        }
+                        _ => {}
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        let mut buf = vec![];
+        loop {
+            match std::io::copy(&mut r.take(16 * 1024), &mut buf) {
+                Ok(0) => break,
+                Ok(len) => {
+                    try_desync!(conn, conn.stream.write_message(
+                            &CopyData {
+                                data: &buf[..len as usize],
+                            }));
+                    buf.clear();
+                }
+                Err(err) => {
+                    // FIXME better to return the error directly
+                    try_desync!(conn, conn.stream.write_message(
+                            &CopyFail {
+                                message: &err.to_string(),
+                            }));
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        try!(conn.write_messages(&[CopyDone, Sync]));
+
+        let num = match try!(conn.read_message()) {
+            CommandComplete { tag } => util::parse_update_count(tag),
+            ErrorResponse { fields } => {
+                try!(conn.wait_for_ready());
+                return DbError::new(fields);
+            }
+            _ => {
+                conn.desynchronized = true;
+                return Err(Error::IoError(bad_response()));
+            }
+        };
+
+        try!(conn.wait_for_ready());
+        Ok(num)
+    }
+
     /// Consumes the statement, clearing it from the Postgres session.
     ///
     /// If this statement was created via the `prepare_cached` method, `finish`
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 08176f81..e4094fa0 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -765,6 +765,19 @@ fn test_batch_execute_copy_from_err() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_copy() {
+    let conn = or_panic!(Connection::connect("postgres://postgres@localhost", &SslMode::None));
+    or_panic!(conn.execute("CREATE TEMPORARY TABLE foo (id INT)", &[]));
+    let stmt = or_panic!(conn.prepare("COPY foo (id) FROM STDIN"));
+    let mut data = &b"1\n2\n3\n5\n8\n"[..];
+    assert_eq!(5, or_panic!(stmt.copy_in(&[], &mut data)));
+    let stmt = or_panic!(conn.prepare("SELECT id FROM foo ORDER BY id"));
+    assert_eq!(vec![1i32, 2, 3, 5, 8],
+               stmt.query(&[]).unwrap().iter().map(|r| r.get(0)).collect::<Vec<i32>>());
+}
+
+
 #[test]
 // Just make sure the impls don't infinite loop
 fn test_generic_connection() {