diff --git a/pgcopy/copy.py b/pgcopy/copy.py
index 7b81e7e..9261133 100644
--- a/pgcopy/copy.py
+++ b/pgcopy/copy.py
@@ -115,6 +115,42 @@ def uuid_formatter(guid):
     return "i2Q", (16, (guid.int >> 64) & MAX_INT64, guid.int & MAX_INT64)
 
 
+def tsvector_position_parser(position):
+    try:
+        return int(position)
+    except ValueError:
+        # No extra validation, just imagine that we have a weight
+        weight = position[-1].upper()
+
+        # 68 is 'D', it goes increasingly by step of 0x40 from 'D' to 'A'
+        offset = 0x4000 * (68 - ord(weight))
+        
+        return int(position[:-1]) + offset
+        
+
+
+def tsvector_formatter(vector):
+    """
+    See https://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=blob;f=src/backend/utils/adt/tsvector.c;h=650be842f28febbd7c54d17955895bc3e4f108db;hb=HEAD#l397
+    """
+    fmt = ["I"] # Number of lexemes
+    data = [len(vector)]
+
+    for lexeme, positions in vector:
+        # Lexeme as null-terminated (so length + 1)
+        # Number of positions (1 short)
+        # For each position: value (n shorts)
+        fmt.append('%ss%sH' % (len(lexeme) + 1, len(positions) + 1))
+        data.extend([
+            lexeme,
+            len(positions),
+            *[tsvector_position_parser(position) for position in positions]
+        ])
+    fmt = "".join(fmt)
+    size = struct.calcsize(">" + fmt)
+    return "I" + fmt, (size, *data)
+    
+
 type_formatters = {
     "bool": simple_formatter("?"),
     "int2": simple_formatter("h"),
@@ -134,6 +170,7 @@ def uuid_formatter(guid):
     "timestamptz": timestamp,
     "numeric": numeric,
     "uuid": uuid_formatter,
+    "tsvector": tsvector_formatter,
 }
 
 
@@ -202,16 +239,23 @@ def _maxsize(v):
 def encode(att, encoding, formatter):
     is_text_type = att.type_name in ("varchar", "text", "json")
     is_enum_type = att.type_category == "E"
-    if not (is_text_type or is_enum_type):
-        return formatter
-
-    def _encode(v):
-        try:
-            encf = v.encode
-        except AttributeError:
+    if att.type_name == "tsvector":
+        def _encode(v):
+            try:
+                v = [(lexeme.encode(encoding), position) for (lexeme, position) in v]
+            except AttributeError:
+                pass
             return formatter(v)
-        else:
-            return formatter(encf(encoding))
+    elif not (is_text_type or is_enum_type):
+        return formatter
+    else:
+        def _encode(v):
+            try:
+                encf = v.encode
+            except AttributeError:
+                return formatter(v)
+            else:
+                return formatter(encf(encoding))
 
     return _encode