diff --git a/lib/native/result.js b/lib/native/result.js
index 485f36b46..9fd23f52c 100644
--- a/lib/native/result.js
+++ b/lib/native/result.js
@@ -19,3 +19,10 @@ NativeResult.prototype.addCommandComplete = function(pq) {
     });
   }
 };
+
+NativeResult.prototype.addRow = function(row) {
+  // This is empty to ensure pg code doesn't break when switching to pg-native
+  // pg-native loads all rows into the final result object by default.
+  // This is because libpg loads all rows into memory before passing the result
+  // to pg-native.
+};
diff --git a/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js b/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js
index f8ef1adad..c311193b7 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/simple-query-tests.js
@@ -36,6 +36,27 @@ test("simple query interface", function() {
   });
 });
 
+test("simple query interface using addRow", function() {
+
+  var client = helper.client();
+
+  var query = client.query("select name from person order by name");
+
+  client.on('drain', client.end.bind(client));
+
+  query.on('row', function(row, result) {
+    assert.ok(result);
+    result.addRow(row);
+  });
+
+  query.on('end', function(result) {
+    assert.lengthIs(result.rows, 26, "result returned wrong number of rows");
+    assert.lengthIs(result.rows, result.rowCount);
+    assert.equal(result.rows[0].name, "Aaron");
+    assert.equal(result.rows[25].name, "Zanzabar");
+  });
+});
+
 test("multiple simple queries", function() {
   var client = helper.client();
   client.query({ text: "create temp table bang(id serial, name varchar(5));insert into bang(name) VALUES('boom');"})