diff --git a/vertx-pg-client/README.adoc b/vertx-pg-client/README.adoc
index 2c586afb6..7010b4e27 100644
--- a/vertx-pg-client/README.adoc
+++ b/vertx-pg-client/README.adoc
@@ -221,6 +221,10 @@ The *Reactive Postgres Client* currently supports the following data types
 |`io.vertx.pgclient.data.Money[]`
 |✔
 
+|`CIDR`
+|`io.vertx.pgclient.data.Cidr`
+|✔
+
 |`PATH`
 |`i.r.p.data.Path`
 |✔
@@ -270,7 +274,7 @@ Note: PostgreSQL JSON and JSONB types are represented by the following Java type
 
 The following types
 
-_MONEY_, _BIT_, _VARBIT_, _MACADDR_, _CIDR_, _MACADDR8_,
+_MONEY_, _BIT_, _VARBIT_, _MACADDR_, _MACADDR8_,
 _XML_, _HSTORE_, _OID_,
 _VOID_
 
diff --git a/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/data/Cidr.java b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/data/Cidr.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac85bc0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/data/Cidr.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package io.vertx.pgclient.data;
+
+import java.net.Inet4Address;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+
+/**
+ * A PostgreSQL <a href="https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/datatype-net-types.html#DATATYPE-CIDR">classless internet domain routing</a>.
+ */
+public class Cidr {
+  private InetAddress address;
+  private Integer netmask;
+
+  public InetAddress getAddress(){
+    return address;
+  }
+  public Cidr setAddress(InetAddress address) {
+    if (address instanceof Inet4Address || address instanceof Inet6Address) {
+      this.address = address;
+    } else {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid IP address type");
+    }
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  public Integer getNetmask(){
+    return netmask;
+  }
+
+  public Cidr setNetmask(Integer netmask) {
+    if (netmask != null && ((getAddress() instanceof Inet4Address && (netmask < 0 || netmask > 32)) ||
+      (getAddress() instanceof Inet6Address && (netmask < 0 || netmask > 128)))) {
+      throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid netmask: " + netmask);
+    }
+    this.netmask = netmask;
+    return this;
+  }
+
+
+}
diff --git a/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataType.java b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataType.java
index 0ac278820..3c755d53c 100644
--- a/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataType.java
+++ b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataType.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import io.vertx.pgclient.data.Line;
 import io.vertx.pgclient.data.LineSegment;
 import io.vertx.pgclient.data.Money;
+import io.vertx.pgclient.data.Cidr;
 import io.vertx.sqlclient.Tuple;
 import io.vertx.sqlclient.data.Numeric;
 import io.vertx.pgclient.data.Interval;
@@ -97,7 +98,7 @@ public enum DataType {
   MACADDR(829, true, Object.class, JDBCType.OTHER),
   INET(869, true, Inet.class, JDBCType.OTHER),
   INET_ARRAY(1041, true, Inet[].class, JDBCType.OTHER),
-  CIDR(650, true, Object.class, JDBCType.OTHER),
+  CIDR(650, true, Cidr.class, JDBCType.OTHER),
   MACADDR8(774, true, Object[].class, JDBCType.OTHER),
   UUID(2950, true, UUID.class, JDBCType.OTHER, Tuple::getUUID),
   UUID_ARRAY(2951, true, UUID[].class, JDBCType.OTHER, Tuple::getArrayOfUUIDs),
diff --git a/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataTypeCodec.java b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataTypeCodec.java
index 975223562..d12b37f58 100644
--- a/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataTypeCodec.java
+++ b/vertx-pg-client/src/main/java/io/vertx/pgclient/impl/codec/DataTypeCodec.java
@@ -364,6 +364,9 @@ public static void encodeBinary(DataType id, Object value, ByteBuf buff) {
       case MONEY_ARRAY:
         binaryEncodeArray((Money[]) value, DataType.MONEY, buff);
         break;
+      case CIDR:
+        binaryEncodeCidr((Cidr) value, buff);
+        break;
       default:
         logger.debug("Data type " + id + " does not support binary encoding");
         defaultEncodeBinary(value, buff);
@@ -501,6 +504,8 @@ public static Object decodeBinary(DataType id, int index, int len, ByteBuf buff)
         return binaryDecodeMoney(index, len, buff);
       case MONEY_ARRAY:
         return binaryDecodeArray(MONEY_ARRAY_FACTORY, DataType.MONEY, index, len, buff);
+      case CIDR:
+        return binaryDecodeCidr(index, len, buff);
       default:
         logger.debug("Data type " + id + " does not support binary decoding");
         return defaultDecodeBinary(index, len, buff);
@@ -641,6 +646,8 @@ public static Object decodeText(DataType id, int index, int len, ByteBuf buff) {
         return textDecodeMoney(index, len, buff);
       case MONEY_ARRAY:
         return textDecodeArray(MONEY_ARRAY_FACTORY, DataType.MONEY, index, len, buff);
+      case CIDR:
+        return textDecodeCidr(index, len, buff);
       default:
         return defaultDecodeText(index, len, buff);
     }
@@ -1713,4 +1720,85 @@ private static <T> void textEncodeArray(T[] values, DataType type, ByteBuf buff)
     }
     buff.writeByte('}');
   }
+
+  private static Cidr binaryDecodeCidr(int index, int len, ByteBuf buff){
+    byte family = buff.getByte(index);
+    byte netmask = buff.getByte(index+1);
+    Integer val;
+    int size = buff.getByte(index+3);
+    byte[] data = new byte[size];
+    buff.getBytes(index+4,data);
+    InetAddress address;
+
+    switch (family){
+      case 2:
+      case 3:
+        // IPV4 and IPV6
+        try {
+          address = InetAddress.getByAddress(data);
+        }catch (UnknownHostException e){
+          throw new DecoderException(e);
+        }
+        break;
+      default:
+        throw new DecoderException("Invalid IP family: " + family);
+    }
+    val = Byte.toUnsignedInt(netmask);
+    return new Cidr().setAddress(address).setNetmask(val);
+  }
+
+  private static void binaryEncodeCidr(Cidr value, ByteBuf buff) {
+    InetAddress address = value.getAddress();
+    byte family;
+    byte[] data;
+    int netmask;
+
+    if (address instanceof Inet6Address) {
+      family = 3;
+      Inet6Address inet6Address = (Inet6Address) address;
+      data = inet6Address.getAddress();
+      netmask = (value.getNetmask() == null) ? 128 : value.getNetmask();
+    } else if (address instanceof Inet4Address) {
+      family = 2;
+      Inet4Address inet4Address = (Inet4Address) address;
+      data = inet4Address.getAddress();
+      netmask = (value.getNetmask() == null) ? 32 : value.getNetmask();
+    } else {
+      throw new DecoderException("Invalid inet address");
+    }
+
+    buff.writeByte(family);
+    buff.writeByte(netmask);
+    buff.writeByte(0); // INET
+    buff.writeByte(data.length);
+    buff.writeBytes(data);
+  }
+
+  private static Cidr textDecodeCidr(int index, int len, ByteBuf buff) {
+    Cidr cidr = new Cidr();
+    int sepIdx = buff.indexOf(index, index + len, (byte) '/');
+    String s;
+
+    if (sepIdx == -1) {
+      s = textdecodeTEXT(index, len, buff);
+    } else {
+      s = textdecodeTEXT(index, sepIdx - index, buff);
+      String t = textdecodeTEXT(sepIdx + 1, len - (sepIdx + 1 - index), buff);
+      try {
+        int netmask = Integer.parseInt(t);
+        cidr.setNetmask(netmask);
+      } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+        throw new DecoderException(e);
+      }
+    }
+
+    try {
+      InetAddress v = InetAddress.getByName(s);
+      cidr.setAddress(v);
+    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+      throw new DecoderException(e);
+    }
+
+    return cidr;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/vertx-pg-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/pgclient/data/CidrCodecTest.java b/vertx-pg-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/pgclient/data/CidrCodecTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c35c69309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vertx-pg-client/src/test/java/io/vertx/pgclient/data/CidrCodecTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+package io.vertx.pgclient.data;
+
+import io.vertx.ext.unit.TestContext;
+import io.vertx.pgclient.PgConnection;
+import io.vertx.sqlclient.*;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.net.Inet4Address;
+import java.net.Inet6Address;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.util.function.BiFunction;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThrows;
+
+public class CidrCodecTest extends DataTypeTestBase{
+
+  @Test
+  public void testValidIPv4() throws Exception {
+    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.1");
+    Cidr cidr = new Cidr();
+    cidr.setAddress(address);
+    cidr.setNetmask(24);
+    assertEquals(address, cidr.getAddress());
+    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(24), cidr.getNetmask());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testValidIPv6() throws Exception {
+    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("fe80::f03c:91ff:feae:e944");
+    Cidr cidr = new Cidr();
+    cidr.setAddress(address);
+    cidr.setNetmask(64);
+    assertEquals(address, cidr.getAddress());
+    assertEquals(Integer.valueOf(64), cidr.getNetmask());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInvalidNetmaskIPv4() throws Exception {
+    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("192.168.1.1");
+    Cidr cidr = new Cidr();
+    cidr.setAddress(address);
+    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> cidr.setNetmask(33));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testInvalidNetmaskIPv6() throws Exception {
+    InetAddress address = InetAddress.getByName("fe80::f03c:91ff:feae:e944");
+    Cidr cidr = new Cidr();
+    cidr.setAddress(address);
+    assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> cidr.setNetmask(129));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBinaryDecodeCIDR(TestContext ctx) throws Exception {
+    testDecodeCIDR(ctx, SqlClient::preparedQuery);
+  }
+
+  private void testDecodeCIDR(TestContext ctx, BiFunction<SqlClient, String, Query<RowSet<Row>>> a) throws Exception {
+    InetAddress addr1 = Inet4Address.getByName("128.0.0.0");
+    InetAddress addr2 = Inet6Address.getByName("2001:0db8:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000");
+    PgConnection.connect(vertx, options).onComplete(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess(conn -> {
+      a.apply(conn, "SELECT " +
+          "'128.0.0.0'::CIDR," +
+          "'128.0.0.0/4'::CIDR," +
+          "'2001:0db8:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000'::CIDR," +
+          "'2001:0db8:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000/56'::CIDR")
+        .execute()
+        .onComplete(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess(rows -> {
+          ctx.assertEquals(1, rows.size());
+          Row row = rows.iterator().next();
+          Cidr v1 = (Cidr) row.getValue(0);
+          Cidr v2 = (Cidr) row.getValue(1);
+          Cidr v3 = (Cidr) row.getValue(2);
+          Cidr v4 = (Cidr) row.getValue(3);
+          ctx.assertEquals(addr1, v1.getAddress());
+          ctx.assertEquals(32,v1.getNetmask());
+          ctx.assertEquals(addr1, v2.getAddress());
+          ctx.assertEquals(4, v2.getNetmask());
+          ctx.assertEquals(addr2, v3.getAddress());
+          ctx.assertEquals(128, v3.getNetmask());
+          ctx.assertEquals(addr2, v4.getAddress());
+          ctx.assertEquals(56, v4.getNetmask());
+        }));
+    }));
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testBinaryEncodeCIDR(TestContext ctx) throws Exception {
+    InetAddress addr1 = Inet4Address.getByName("128.0.0.0");
+    InetAddress addr2 = Inet6Address.getByName("2001:0db8:1234:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000");
+    PgConnection.connect(vertx, options).onComplete(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess(conn -> {
+      conn
+        .preparedQuery("SELECT ($1::CIDR)::VARCHAR, ($2::CIDR)::VARCHAR, ($3::CIDR)::VARCHAR, ($4::CIDR)::VARCHAR")
+        .execute(Tuple.of(
+          new Cidr().setAddress(addr1),
+          new Cidr().setAddress(addr1).setNetmask(4),
+          new Cidr().setAddress(addr2),
+          new Cidr().setAddress(addr2).setNetmask(56)
+        ))
+        .onComplete(ctx.asyncAssertSuccess(rows -> {
+          ctx.assertEquals(1, rows.size());
+          Row row = rows.iterator().next();
+          String v1 = row.getString(0);
+          String v2 = row.getString(1);
+          String v3 = row.getString(2);
+          String v4 = row.getString(3);
+          ctx.assertEquals("128.0.0.0/32", v1);
+          ctx.assertEquals("128.0.0.0/4", v2);
+          ctx.assertEquals("2001:db8:1234::/128", v3);
+          ctx.assertEquals("2001:db8:1234::/56", v4);
+        }));
+    }));
+  }
+
+}