diff --git a/redis/src/types.rs b/redis/src/types.rs
index b74d657ae..5f99602b8 100644
--- a/redis/src/types.rs
+++ b/redis/src/types.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
 use std::convert::From;
 use std::default::Default;
 use std::error;
+use std::ffi::{CString, NulError};
 use std::fmt;
 use std::hash::{BuildHasher, Hash};
 use std::io;
@@ -265,6 +266,18 @@ impl From<Utf8Error> for RedisError {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<NulError> for RedisError {
+    fn from(err: NulError) -> RedisError {
+        RedisError {
+            repr: ErrorRepr::WithDescriptionAndDetail(
+                ErrorKind::TypeError,
+                "Value contains interior nul terminator",
+                err.to_string(),
+            ),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "tls")]
 impl From<native_tls::Error> for RedisError {
     fn from(err: native_tls::Error) -> RedisError {
@@ -1147,6 +1160,17 @@ impl FromRedisValue for bool {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromRedisValue for CString {
+    fn from_redis_value(v: &Value) -> RedisResult<CString> {
+        match *v {
+            Value::Data(ref bytes) => Ok(CString::new(bytes.clone())?),
+            Value::Okay => Ok(CString::new("OK")?),
+            Value::Status(ref val) => Ok(CString::new(val.as_bytes())?),
+            _ => invalid_type_error!(v, "Response type not CString compatible."),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl FromRedisValue for String {
     fn from_redis_value(v: &Value) -> RedisResult<String> {
         match *v {