diff --git a/encoding.go b/encoding.go
index cd1d07e2..ef300a89 100644
--- a/encoding.go
+++ b/encoding.go
@@ -111,6 +111,39 @@ func MakeTypedEncoder(f interface{}) func(*Request) func(io.Writer) Encoder {
 	})
 }
 
+// MakeMultiEncoder takes pairs of arguments, where the first of the pair is a value that denotes a type and the second denotes an encoder.
+// The resulting encoder then uses the encoder of the pair with matching first element.
+// Example:
+//    e := MakeMultiEncoder(
+//    	"string", MakeTypedEncoder(func(req *Request, w io.Writer, str string) error {
+//    		// ...
+//    		return nil
+//    		},
+//    	cmdkit.Error{}, MakeTypedEncoder(func(req *Request, w io.Writer, err cmdkit.Error) error {
+//    		// ...
+//    		return nil
+//    	}))
+func MakeMultiEncoder(args ...interface{}) func(*Request) func(io.Writer) Encoder {
+	if len(args)%2 != 0 {
+		panic("MakeMultiEncoder must receive an even number of parameters")
+	}
+
+	types := make(map[reflect.Type]func(*Request) func(io.Writer) Encoder)
+
+	for i := 0; i < len(args); i += 2 {
+		types[reflect.TypeOf(args[i])] = args[i+1].(func(*Request) func(io.Writer) Encoder)
+	}
+
+	return MakeEncoder(func(req *Request, w io.Writer, i interface{}) error {
+		f, ok := types[reflect.TypeOf(i)]
+		if !ok {
+			return fmt.Errorf("unexpected type: %T", i)
+		}
+
+		return f(req)(w).Encode(i)
+	})
+}
+
 type genericEncoder struct {
 	f   func(*Request, io.Writer, interface{}) error
 	w   io.Writer
diff --git a/encoding_test.go b/encoding_test.go
index 51156e59..739a6d33 100644
--- a/encoding_test.go
+++ b/encoding_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ type fooTestObj struct {
 	Good bool
 }
 
+type barTestObj struct {
+	Bad bool
+}
+
 func TestMakeTypedEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 	expErr := fmt.Errorf("command fooTestObj failed")
 	f := MakeTypedEncoder(func(req *Request, w io.Writer, v *fooTestObj) error {
@@ -55,3 +59,45 @@ func TestMakeTypedEncoderArrays(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMakeMultiEncoder(t *testing.T) {
+	expErrFoo := fmt.Errorf("command fooTestObj failed")
+	expErrBar := fmt.Errorf("command barTestObj failed")
+
+	f := MakeMultiEncoder(
+		&fooTestObj{}, MakeTypedEncoder(func(req *Request, w io.Writer, v *fooTestObj) error {
+			if v.Good {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return expErrFoo
+		}),
+		&barTestObj{}, MakeTypedEncoder(func(req *Request, w io.Writer, v *barTestObj) error {
+			if !v.Bad {
+				return nil
+			}
+			return expErrBar
+		}))
+
+	req := &Request{}
+
+	encoderFunc := f(req)
+
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	encoder := encoderFunc(buf)
+
+	if err := encoder.Encode(&fooTestObj{true}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if err := encoder.Encode(&fooTestObj{false}); err != expErrFoo {
+		t.Fatal("expected: ", expErrFoo)
+	}
+
+	if err := encoder.Encode(&barTestObj{true}); err != expErrBar {
+		t.Fatal("expected: ", expErrBar)
+	}
+
+	if err := encoder.Encode(&barTestObj{false}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}