diff --git a/src/overrides.rs b/src/overrides.rs
index 4c888f4..309f2f9 100644
--- a/src/overrides.rs
+++ b/src/overrides.rs
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ use syn::{Attribute, Meta, NestedMeta, Lit};
 
 pub struct Overrides {
     pub name: Option<String>,
+    pub transparent: bool,
 }
 
 impl Overrides {
     pub fn extract(attrs: &[Attribute]) -> Result<Overrides, String> {
         let mut overrides = Overrides {
             name: None,
+            transparent: false,
         };
 
         for attr in attrs {
@@ -39,11 +41,22 @@ impl Overrides {
 
                         overrides.name = Some(value);
                     },
-                    _ => return Err("expected a name-value meta item".to_owned()),
+                    NestedMeta::Meta(Meta::Word(ref meta)) => {
+                        if meta.as_ref() == "transparent" {
+                            overrides.transparent = true;
+                        } else {
+                            return Err(format!("unknown override `{}`", meta.as_ref()));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    _ => return Err("expected a name-value or word meta item".to_owned()),
                 }
             }
         }
 
+        if overrides.name.is_some() && overrides.transparent {
+            return Err("overrides `name` and `transparent` may not be used at the same time".to_owned())
+        }
+
         Ok(overrides)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tosql.rs b/src/tosql.rs
index 4ea89ab..c1abf4c 100644
--- a/src/tosql.rs
+++ b/src/tosql.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ pub fn expand_derive_tosql(input: DeriveInput) -> Result<Tokens, String> {
     let overrides = Overrides::extract(&input.attrs)?;
 
     let name = overrides.name.unwrap_or_else(|| input.ident.to_string());
+    let transparent = overrides.transparent;
 
     let (accepts_body, to_sql_body) = match input.data {
         Data::Enum(ref data) => {
@@ -18,8 +19,13 @@ pub fn expand_derive_tosql(input: DeriveInput) -> Result<Tokens, String> {
             (accepts::enum_body(&name, &variants), enum_body(&input.ident, &variants))
         }
         Data::Struct(DataStruct { fields: Fields::Unnamed(ref fields), .. }) if fields.unnamed.len() == 1 => {
-            let field = fields.unnamed.first().unwrap().into_value();
-            (domain_accepts_body(&name, &field), domain_body())
+            if transparent {
+                let field = fields.unnamed.first().unwrap().into_value();
+                (transparent_accepts_body(&field), transparent_body())
+            } else {
+                let field = fields.unnamed.first().unwrap().into_value();
+                (domain_accepts_body(&name, &field), domain_body())
+            }
         }
         Data::Struct(DataStruct { fields: Fields::Named(ref fields), .. }) => {
             let fields = fields.named.iter().map(Field::parse).collect::<Result<Vec<_>, _>>()?;
@@ -73,6 +79,20 @@ fn enum_body(ident: &Ident, variants: &[Variant]) -> Tokens {
     }
 }
 
+fn transparent_accepts_body(field: &syn::Field) -> Tokens {
+    let ty = &field.ty;
+
+    quote! {
+        <#ty as ::postgres::types::ToSql>::accepts(type_)
+    }
+}
+
+fn transparent_body() -> Tokens {
+    quote! {
+        ::postgres::types::ToSql::to_sql(&self.0, _type, buf)
+    }
+}
+
 fn domain_accepts_body(name: &str, field: &syn::Field) -> Tokens {
     let ty = &field.ty;
 
diff --git a/tests/wrapper.rs b/tests/wrapper.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f482e50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wrapper.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate postgres_derive;
+#[macro_use]
+extern crate postgres;
+
+use postgres::{Connection, TlsMode};
+use postgres::types::WrongType;
+
+mod util;
+
+#[test]
+fn transparent() {
+    #[derive(FromSql, ToSql, Debug, PartialEq)]
+    #[postgres(transparent)]
+    struct ResourceId(i32);
+
+    let conn = Connection::connect("postgres://postgres:password@localhost", TlsMode::None)
+        .unwrap();
+
+    util::test_type(
+        &conn,
+        "\"int4\"",
+        &[
+            (
+                ResourceId(123),
+                "123",
+            ),
+            (
+                ResourceId(-27),
+                "-27",
+            ),
+        ],
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn wrong_type() {
+    #[derive(FromSql, ToSql, Debug, PartialEq)]
+    #[postgres(transparent)]
+    struct ResourceId(i32);
+
+    let conn = Connection::connect("postgres://postgres:password@localhost", TlsMode::None)
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let err = conn.execute("SELECT $1::date", &[&ResourceId(0)])
+        .unwrap_err();
+    assert!(err.as_conversion().unwrap().is::<WrongType>());
+}
+