diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0378b800c..2c02f58fa 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 module github.com/jackc/pgx/v5
 
-go 1.21
+go 1.23
 
 require (
 	github.com/jackc/pgpassfile v1.0.0
diff --git a/rows.go b/rows.go
index 268559ce6..81adef3bc 100644
--- a/rows.go
+++ b/rows.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"iter"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -666,6 +667,30 @@ func RowToAddrOfStructByNameLax[T any](row CollectableRow) (*T, error) {
 	return &value, err
 }
 
+// AllRowsScanned returns an iterator that reads and scans rows one-by-one. It automatically
+// closes the rows when done.
+//
+// If rows.Err() returns a non-nil error after all rows are read, it will trigger an extra
+// yield with a zero value and the error.
+func AllRowsScanned[T any](rows Rows, fn RowToFunc[T]) iter.Seq2[T, error] {
+	return func(yield func(T, error) bool) {
+		defer rows.Close()
+
+		for rows.Next() {
+			if !yield(fn(rows)) {
+				return
+			}
+		}
+
+		// we don't have another choice but to push one more time
+		// in order to propagate the error to user
+		if err := rows.Err(); err != nil {
+			var zero T
+			yield(zero, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 type namedStructRowScanner struct {
 	ptrToStruct any
 	lax         bool
diff --git a/rows_test.go b/rows_test.go
index 4cda957fc..a789f5a0f 100644
--- a/rows_test.go
+++ b/rows_test.go
@@ -993,3 +993,92 @@ insert into products (name, price) values
 	// Fries: $5
 	// Soft Drink: $3
 }
+
+func ExampleAllRowsScanned() {
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 120*time.Second)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	conn, err := pgx.Connect(ctx, os.Getenv("PGX_TEST_DATABASE"))
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Unable to establish connection: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if conn.PgConn().ParameterStatus("crdb_version") != "" {
+		// Skip test / example when running on CockroachDB. Since an example can't be skipped fake success instead.
+		fmt.Println(`Cheeseburger: $10
+Fries: $5
+Soft Drink: $3`)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Setup example schema and data.
+	_, err = conn.Exec(ctx, `
+create temporary table products (
+	id int primary key generated by default as identity,
+	name varchar(100) not null,
+	price int not null
+);
+
+insert into products (name, price) values
+	('Cheeseburger', 10),
+	('Double Cheeseburger', 14),
+	('Fries', 5),
+	('Soft Drink', 3);
+`)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Unable to setup example schema and data: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	type product struct {
+		ID    int32
+		Name  string
+		Type  string
+		Price int32
+	}
+
+	result := make([]product, 0, 3)
+
+	rows, _ := conn.Query(ctx, "select * from products where price < $1 order by price desc", 12)
+	for row, err := range pgx.AllRowsScanned[product](rows, pgx.RowToStructByNameLax) {
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("AllRowsScanned error: %v", err)
+			return
+		}
+
+		// our business logic here
+		result = append(result, row)
+	}
+
+	for _, p := range result {
+		fmt.Printf("%s: $%d\n", p.Name, p.Price)
+	}
+
+	// Output:
+	// Cheeseburger: $10
+	// Fries: $5
+	// Soft Drink: $3
+}
+
+func TestAllRowsScanned(t *testing.T) {
+	defaultConnTestRunner.RunTest(context.Background(), t, func(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, conn *pgx.Conn) {
+		type resultRow struct {
+			N int32 `db:"n"`
+		}
+
+		rows, _ := conn.Query(ctx, `select n from generate_series(0, 99) n`)
+
+		results := make([]resultRow, 0, 100)
+
+		for row, err := range pgx.AllRowsScanned[resultRow](rows, pgx.RowToStructByName) {
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+			results = append(results, row)
+		}
+
+		assert.Len(t, results, 100)
+		for i := range results {
+			assert.Equal(t, int32(i), results[i].N)
+		}
+	})
+}