diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/range.rs b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/range.rs
index 5290fd55df..66ad305bfc 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/range.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/range.rs
@@ -474,6 +474,13 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+pub fn decode_as_string<T: Display>(value: PgValueRef<'_>) -> Result<String, BoxDynError>
+where
+    T: Type<Postgres> + for<'a> Decode<'a, Postgres>,
+{
+    Ok(<PgRange<T> as Decode<'_, Postgres>>::decode(value)?.to_string())
+}
+
 fn parse_bound<T>(ch: char, value: Option<T>) -> Result<Bound<T>, BoxDynError> {
     Ok(if let Some(value) = value {
         match ch {
diff --git a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/str.rs b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/str.rs
index d6a36ecb7b..689a7fecd6 100644
--- a/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/str.rs
+++ b/sqlx-core/src/postgres/types/str.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ impl Type<Postgres> for str {
             PgTypeInfo::BPCHAR,
             PgTypeInfo::VARCHAR,
             PgTypeInfo::INTERVAL,
+            PgTypeInfo::INT4_RANGE,
+            PgTypeInfo::NUM_RANGE,
+            PgTypeInfo::TS_RANGE,
+            PgTypeInfo::TSTZ_RANGE,
+            PgTypeInfo::DATE_RANGE,
+            PgTypeInfo::INT8_RANGE,
             PgTypeInfo::MONEY,
             PgTypeInfo::UNKNOWN,
         ]
@@ -115,6 +121,18 @@ impl Decode<'_, Postgres> for String {
     fn decode(value: PgValueRef<'_>) -> Result<Self, BoxDynError> {
         match *value.type_info {
             PgType::Interval => super::interval::decode_as_string(value),
+            PgType::Int4Range => super::range::decode_as_string::<i32>(value),
+            #[cfg(feature = "bigdecimal")]
+            PgType::NumRange => super::range::decode_as_string::<bigdecimal::BigDecimal>(value),
+            #[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+            PgType::TsRange => super::range::decode_as_string::<chrono::NaiveDateTime>(value),
+            #[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+            PgType::TstzRange => {
+                super::range::decode_as_string::<chrono::DateTime<chrono::Utc>>(value)
+            }
+            #[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+            PgType::DateRange => super::range::decode_as_string::<chrono::NaiveDate>(value),
+            PgType::Int8Range => super::range::decode_as_string::<i64>(value),
             _ => Ok(value.as_str()?.to_owned()),
         }
     }
diff --git a/tests/postgres/types.rs b/tests/postgres/types.rs
index bbc66b969d..33a0c5d4a5 100644
--- a/tests/postgres/types.rs
+++ b/tests/postgres/types.rs
@@ -561,6 +561,15 @@ test_decode_type!(interval_string<String>(Postgres,
     "'00:01:00'::INTERVAL * 60" == "01:00:00"
 ));
 
+#[cfg(feature = "bigdecimal")]
+#[cfg(feature = "chrono")]
+test_decode_type!(range_string<String>(Postgres,
+    "'(1,2)'::int4range" == "(1,2)",
+    "'(1,2)'::numrange" == "(1,2)",
+    "'[\"2025-01-01T00:00:00+01:00\", \"2025-01-02T00:00:00+00:00\")'::tstzrange" == "[\"2025-01-01T00:00:00+01:00\", \"2025-01-02T00:00:00+00:00\")",
+    "'(1,2)'::int8range" == "(1,2)",
+));
+
 test_prepared_type!(money<PgMoney>(Postgres, "123.45::money" == PgMoney(12345)));
 
 test_prepared_type!(money_vec<Vec<PgMoney>>(Postgres,