diff --git a/src/dialect.rs b/src/dialect.rs
index 9af842f8..e46ba5f6 100644
--- a/src/dialect.rs
+++ b/src/dialect.rs
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ impl Dialect for GenericSqlDialect {
             "BYTEA",
             "TRUE",
             "FALSE",
+            "COPY",
+            "STDIN",
         ];
     }
 
diff --git a/src/sqlast.rs b/src/sqlast.rs
index 1e645262..7ceec2fd 100644
--- a/src/sqlast.rs
+++ b/src/sqlast.rs
@@ -85,6 +85,14 @@ pub enum ASTNode {
         /// VALUES (vector of rows to insert)
         values: Vec<Vec<ASTNode>>,
     },
+    SQLCopy{
+        /// TABLE
+        table_name: String,
+        /// COLUMNS
+        columns: Vec<String>,
+        /// VALUES a vector of values to be copied
+        values: Vec<SQLValue>,
+    },
     /// UPDATE
     SQLUpdate {
         /// TABLE
@@ -113,6 +121,23 @@ pub enum ASTNode {
     },
 }
 
+/// SQL values such as int, double, string timestamp
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum SQLValue{
+    /// Literal signed long
+    SQLLiteralLong(i64),
+    /// Literal floating point value
+    SQLLiteralDouble(f64),
+    /// Literal string
+    SQLLiteralString(String),
+    /// Boolean value true or false,
+    SQLBoolean(bool),
+    /// NULL value in insert statements,
+    SQLNullValue,
+    /// Timestamp
+    SQLLiteralTimestamp(String),
+}
+
 /// SQL assignment `foo = expr` as used in SQLUpdate
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
 pub struct SQLAssigment {
diff --git a/src/sqlparser.rs b/src/sqlparser.rs
index ae7e55cc..e6188f47 100644
--- a/src/sqlparser.rs
+++ b/src/sqlparser.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ impl Parser {
                         "CREATE" => Ok(self.parse_create()?),
                         "DELETE" => Ok(self.parse_delete()?),
                         "INSERT" => Ok(self.parse_insert()?),
+                        "COPY"  => Ok(self.parse_copy()?),
                         "TRUE" => Ok(ASTNode::SQLBoolean(true)),
                         "FALSE" => Ok(ASTNode::SQLBoolean(false)),
                         "NULL" => Ok(ASTNode::SQLNullValue),
@@ -450,6 +451,70 @@ impl Parser {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Parse a copy statement
+    pub fn parse_copy(&mut self) -> Result<ASTNode, ParserError> {
+        let table_name = self.parse_tablename()?;
+        let columns = if self.consume_token(&Token::LParen)?{
+            let column_names = self.parse_column_names()?;
+            self.consume_token(&Token::RParen)?;
+            column_names
+        }else{
+            vec![]
+        };
+        self.parse_keyword("FROM");
+        self.parse_keyword("STDIN");
+        self.consume_token(&Token::SemiColon);
+        let values = self.parse_tsv()?;
+        Ok(ASTNode::SQLCopy{table_name, columns, values})
+    }
+
+    /// Parse a tab separated values in
+    /// COPY payload
+    fn parse_tsv(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<SQLValue>, ParserError>{
+        let mut values: Vec<SQLValue> = vec![];
+        loop {
+            if let Ok(true) = self.consume_token(&Token::Backslash){
+                if let Ok(true) = self.consume_token(&Token::Period) {
+                    break;
+                }else{
+                    //TODO: handle escape of values in characters
+                }
+            }else{
+                values.push(self.parse_sql_value()?);
+            }
+        }
+        Ok(values)
+
+    }
+
+    fn parse_sql_value(&mut self) -> Result<SQLValue, ParserError> {
+        match self.next_token() {
+            Some(t) => {
+                match t {
+                    Token::Keyword(k) => match k.to_uppercase().as_ref() {
+                        "TRUE" => Ok(SQLValue::SQLBoolean(true)),
+                        "FALSE" => Ok(SQLValue::SQLBoolean(false)),
+                        "NULL" => Ok(SQLValue::SQLNullValue),
+                        _ => return parser_err!(format!("No value parser for keyword {}", k)),
+                    },
+                    //TODO: parse the timestamp here
+                    Token::Number(ref n) if n.contains(".") => match n.parse::<f64>() {
+                        Ok(n) => Ok(SQLValue::SQLLiteralDouble(n)),
+                        Err(e) => parser_err!(format!("Could not parse '{}' as i64: {}", n, e)),
+                    },
+                    Token::Number(ref n) => match n.parse::<i64>() {
+                        Ok(n) => Ok(SQLValue::SQLLiteralLong(n)),
+                        Err(e) => parser_err!(format!("Could not parse '{}' as i64: {}", n, e)),
+                    },
+                    Token::Identifier(id) => Ok(SQLValue::SQLLiteralString(id.to_string())),
+                    Token::String(ref s) => Ok(SQLValue::SQLLiteralString(s.to_string())),
+                    other => parser_err!(format!("Unsupported value: {:?}", self.peek_token())),
+                }
+            }
+            None => parser_err!("Expecting a value, but found EOF"),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Parse a literal integer/long
     pub fn parse_literal_int(&mut self) -> Result<i64, ParserError> {
         match self.next_token() {
@@ -1299,6 +1364,31 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_copy_example(){
+        let sql = String::from("
+        COPY public.actor (actor_id, first_name, last_name, last_update) FROM stdin;
+        1	PENELOPE	GUINESS	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        2	NICK	WAHLBERG	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        3	ED	CHASE	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        4	JENNIFER	DAVIS	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        5	JOHNNY	LOLLOBRIGIDA	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        6	BETTE	NICHOLSON	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        7	GRACE	MOSTEL	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        8	MATTHEW	JOHANSSON	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        9	JOE	SWANK	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        10	CHRISTIAN	GABLE	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        11	ZERO	CAGE	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        12	KARL	BERRY	2006-02-15 09:34:33
+        \\.
+        ");
+        let mut parser = parser(&sql);
+        let ast = parser.parse();
+        println!("ast: {:?}", ast);
+        assert!(ast.is_ok());
+        panic!();
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn parse_scalar_function_in_projection() {
         let sql = String::from("SELECT sqrt(id) FROM foo");
diff --git a/src/sqltokenizer.rs b/src/sqltokenizer.rs
index 28435d0f..00c8f950 100644
--- a/src/sqltokenizer.rs
+++ b/src/sqltokenizer.rs
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ pub enum Token {
     Colon,
     /// DoubleColon `::` (used for casting in postgresql)
     DoubleColon,
+    /// SemiColon `;` used as separator for COPY and payload
+    SemiColon,
+    /// Backslash `\` used in terminating the COPY payload with `\.`
+    Backslash,
     /// Left bracket `[`
     LBracket,
     /// Right bracket `]`
@@ -265,6 +269,8 @@ impl<'a> Tokenizer<'a> {
                         None => Ok(Some(Token::Colon)),
                     }
                 }
+                ';' => self.consume_and_return(chars, Token::SemiColon),
+                '\\' => self.consume_and_return(chars, Token::Backslash),
                 // brakets
                 '[' => self.consume_and_return(chars, Token::LBracket),
                 ']' => self.consume_and_return(chars, Token::RBracket),