diff --git a/.changeset/database-client-sql-template.md b/.changeset/database-client-sql-template.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@bunny.net/database-client": patch
+---
+
+Add `db.sql` for building statements from template literals
diff --git a/packages/database-client/README.md b/packages/database-client/README.md
index 919657b3..d97c20a0 100644
--- a/packages/database-client/README.md
+++ b/packages/database-client/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,20 @@ const alice = await byId.bind(1).first();
 const bob = await byId.bind(2).first();
 ```
 
+### ``db.sql`...` ``
+
+A template literal that binds every interpolated value, so the shortest way to write a query is also the parameterized one:
+
+```ts
+const note = await db.sql`SELECT * FROM notes WHERE id = ${id}`.first();
+```
+
+Each `${...}` becomes a `?` placeholder and its value is bound, never spliced into the SQL string. It returns a `Statement`, so everything under [Executing](#executing) applies unchanged.
+
+Values follow the same rules as `bind()`, with one difference: an interpolated object throws instead of being read as named parameters, since inside a template it is far more likely to be a mistake.
+
+Only values can be parameterized, which is a SQLite limit rather than a client one. Build the statement with `prepare()` when a table or column name has to vary.
+
 ### `statement.bind(...values)`
 
 Binds parameters and returns a new statement. Accepts `null`, `boolean`, `number`, `bigint`, `string`, and `Uint8Array`.
diff --git a/packages/database-client/src/client.test.ts b/packages/database-client/src/client.test.ts
index 645b0879..c8b9f4a4 100644
--- a/packages/database-client/src/client.test.ts
+++ b/packages/database-client/src/client.test.ts
@@ -342,6 +342,44 @@ describe("statement", () => {
   });
 });
 
+describe("sql template", () => {
+  test("interpolations become positional placeholders", () => {
+    const stmt = connect({ url: URL_ })
+      .sql`SELECT * FROM t WHERE a = ${1} AND b = ${"x"}`;
+
+    expect(stmt.wire.sql).toBe("SELECT * FROM t WHERE a = ? AND b = ?");
+    expect(stmt.wire.args).toEqual([
+      { type: "integer", value: "1" },
+      { type: "text", value: "x" },
+    ]);
+    expect(stmt.wire.named_args).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("a template with nothing interpolated is left alone", () => {
+    const stmt = connect({ url: URL_ }).sql`SELECT 1 AS a`;
+
+    expect(stmt.wire.sql).toBe("SELECT 1 AS a");
+    expect(stmt.wire.args).toEqual([]);
+  });
+
+  test("an interpolated object is rejected rather than read as named parameters", () => {
+    const db = connect({ url: URL_ });
+
+    expect(() => db.sql`SELECT ${{ a: 1 }}`).toThrow(/cannot bind value/);
+  });
+
+  test("executes like any other statement", async () => {
+    const fake = fakeFetch([okExecute(["id"], [[7]])]);
+    const db = connect({ url: URL_, fetch: fake.fetch });
+
+    expect(await db.sql`SELECT id FROM t WHERE id = ${7}`.first("id")).toBe(7);
+
+    const stmt = (fake.captures[0] as Capture).body.requests[0]?.stmt;
+    expect(stmt?.sql).toBe("SELECT id FROM t WHERE id = ?");
+    expect(stmt?.args).toEqual([{ type: "integer", value: "7" }]);
+  });
+});
+
 describe("batch", () => {
   function okBatch(count: number) {
     const step = {
diff --git a/packages/database-client/src/client.ts b/packages/database-client/src/client.ts
index 4444defa..f882ace1 100644
--- a/packages/database-client/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/database-client/src/client.ts
@@ -196,6 +196,18 @@ export class Database {
     });
   }
 
+  /** Build a statement from a template literal, binding every interpolated value positionally. */
+  sql(strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: unknown[]): Statement {
+    // Binding here rather than through bind() keeps an interpolated object a rejected value instead of named parameters.
+    return new Statement({
+      sql: strings.join("?"),
+      args: values.map(encodeValue),
+      namedArgs: [],
+      transport: this.#transport,
+      signal: this.#signal,
+    });
+  }
+
   /** Run every statement in one transaction. All succeed or none are applied. */
   async batch<T = Row>(
     statements: Statement[],