diff --git a/pgtype/json.go b/pgtype/json.go
index f65fa492e..48b9f9771 100644
--- a/pgtype/json.go
+++ b/pgtype/json.go
@@ -143,10 +143,12 @@ func (c *JSONCodec) PlanScan(m *Map, oid uint32, format int16, target any) ScanP
 	case BytesScanner:
 		return scanPlanBinaryBytesToBytesScanner{}
 
+	}
+
 	// Cannot rely on sql.Scanner being handled later because scanPlanJSONToJSONUnmarshal will take precedence.
 	//
 	// https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/1418
-	case sql.Scanner:
+	if isSQLScanner(target) {
 		return &scanPlanSQLScanner{formatCode: format}
 	}
 
@@ -155,6 +157,20 @@ func (c *JSONCodec) PlanScan(m *Map, oid uint32, format int16, target any) ScanP
 	}
 }
 
+// we need to check if the target is a pointer to a sql.Scanner (or any of the pointer ref tree implements a sql.Scanner).
+//
+// https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/2146
+func isSQLScanner(v any) bool {
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+	for val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if _, ok := val.Interface().(sql.Scanner); ok {
+			return true
+		}
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 type scanPlanAnyToString struct{}
 
 func (scanPlanAnyToString) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
diff --git a/pgtype/json_test.go b/pgtype/json_test.go
index 3a8ddae5c..18ca5a8e4 100644
--- a/pgtype/json_test.go
+++ b/pgtype/json_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ func TestJSONCodec(t *testing.T) {
 
 		// Test driver.Valuer is used before json.Marshaler (https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/1805)
 		{Issue1805(7), new(Issue1805), isExpectedEq(Issue1805(7))},
+		// Test driver.Scanner is used before json.Unmarshaler (https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/2146)
+		{Issue2146(7), new(*Issue2146), isPtrExpectedEq(Issue2146(7))},
 	})
 
 	pgxtest.RunValueRoundTripTests(context.Background(), t, defaultConnTestRunner, pgxtest.KnownOIDQueryExecModes, "json", []pgxtest.ValueRoundTripTest{
@@ -109,6 +111,31 @@ func (i Issue1805) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("MarshalJSON called")
 }
 
+type Issue2146 int
+
+func (i *Issue2146) Scan(src any) error {
+	var source []byte
+	switch src.(type) {
+	case string:
+		source = []byte(src.(string))
+	case []byte:
+		source = src.([]byte)
+	default:
+		return errors.New("unknown source type")
+	}
+	var newI int
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(source, &newI); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	*i = Issue2146(newI + 1)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (i Issue2146) Value() (driver.Value, error) {
+	b, err := json.Marshal(int(i - 1))
+	return string(b), err
+}
+
 // https://github.com/jackc/pgx/issues/1273#issuecomment-1221414648
 func TestJSONCodecUnmarshalSQLNull(t *testing.T) {
 	defaultConnTestRunner.RunTest(context.Background(), t, func(ctx context.Context, t testing.TB, conn *pgx.Conn) {
diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype.go b/pgtype/pgtype.go
index e756dac03..f9d43edd7 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype.go
@@ -396,7 +396,12 @@ type scanPlanSQLScanner struct {
 }
 
 func (plan *scanPlanSQLScanner) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
-	scanner := dst.(sql.Scanner)
+	scanner := getSQLScanner(dst)
+
+	if scanner == nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot scan into %T", dst)
+	}
+
 	if src == nil {
 		// This is necessary because interface value []byte:nil does not equal nil:nil for the binary format path and the
 		// text format path would be converted to empty string.
@@ -408,6 +413,21 @@ func (plan *scanPlanSQLScanner) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
 	}
 }
 
+// we don't know if the target is a sql.Scanner or a pointer on a sql.Scanner, so we need to check recursively
+func getSQLScanner(target any) sql.Scanner {
+	val := reflect.ValueOf(target)
+	for val.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		if _, ok := val.Interface().(sql.Scanner); ok {
+			if val.IsNil() {
+				val.Set(reflect.New(val.Type().Elem()))
+			}
+			return val.Interface().(sql.Scanner)
+		}
+		val = val.Elem()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 type scanPlanString struct{}
 
 func (scanPlanString) Scan(src []byte, dst any) error {
diff --git a/pgtype/pgtype_test.go b/pgtype/pgtype_test.go
index e8613aee1..eb1369403 100644
--- a/pgtype/pgtype_test.go
+++ b/pgtype/pgtype_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
 	"os"
+	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"strconv"
 	"testing"
@@ -631,3 +632,10 @@ func isExpectedEq(a any) func(any) bool {
 		return a == v
 	}
 }
+
+func isPtrExpectedEq(a any) func(any) bool {
+	return func(v any) bool {
+		val := reflect.ValueOf(v)
+		return a == val.Elem().Interface()
+	}
+}