diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6883f4892..87d6c6d2e 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ exports.createConnection = function(config) {
   return new Connection({config: new ConnectionConfig(config)});
 };
 
+exports.createQuery = Connection.createQuery;
+
 exports.Types    = Types;
 exports.escape   = SqlString.escape;
 exports.escapeId = SqlString.escapeId;
diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index 755cac686..544aaf74f 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ var Net              = require('net');
 var ConnectionConfig = require('./ConnectionConfig');
 var Protocol         = require('./protocol/Protocol');
 var SqlString        = require('./protocol/SqlString');
+var Query            = require('./protocol/sequences/Query');
 var EventEmitter     = require('events').EventEmitter;
 var Util             = require('util');
 
@@ -17,6 +18,30 @@ function Connection(options) {
   this._connectCalled = false;
 }
 
+Connection.createQuery = function(sql, values, cb) {
+  if (sql instanceof Query) {
+    return sql;
+  }
+
+  var options = {};
+
+  if (typeof sql === 'object') {
+    // query(options, cb)
+    options = sql;
+    cb      = values;
+  } else if (typeof values === 'function') {
+    // query(sql, cb)
+    cb             = values;
+    options.sql    = sql;
+    options.values = undefined;
+  } else {
+    // query(sql, values, cb)
+    options.sql    = sql;
+    options.values = values;
+  }
+  return new Query(options, cb);
+};
+
 Connection.prototype.connect = function(cb) {
   if (!this._connectCalled) {
     this._connectCalled = true;
@@ -61,33 +86,16 @@ Connection.prototype.changeUser = function(options, cb){
 Connection.prototype.query = function(sql, values, cb) {
   this._implyConnect();
 
-  var options = {};
-
-  if (typeof sql === 'object') {
-    // query(options, cb)
-    options = sql;
-    cb      = values;
-    values  = options.values;
+  var query = Connection.createQuery(sql, values, cb);
 
-    delete options.values;
-  } else if (typeof values === 'function') {
-    // query(sql, cb)
-    cb          = values;
-    options.sql = sql;
-    values      = undefined;
-  } else {
-    // query(sql, values, cb)
-    options.sql    = sql;
-    options.values = values;
+  if (!(typeof sql == 'object' && 'typeCast' in sql)) {
+    query.typeCast = this.config.typeCast;
   }
 
-  options.sql = this.format(options.sql, values || []);
-
-  if (!('typeCast' in options)) {
-    options.typeCast = this.config.typeCast;
-  }
+  query.sql = this.format(query.sql, query.values || []);
+  delete query.values;
 
-  return this._protocol.query(options, cb);
+  return this._protocol._enqueue(query);
 };
 
 Connection.prototype.ping = function(cb) {
diff --git a/lib/protocol/sequences/Query.js b/lib/protocol/sequences/Query.js
index 6ff7d6c6b..ba79c7bc0 100644
--- a/lib/protocol/sequences/Query.js
+++ b/lib/protocol/sequences/Query.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function Query(options, callback) {
   Sequence.call(this, callback);
 
   this.sql = options.sql;
+  this.values = options.values;
   this.typeCast = (options.typeCast === undefined)
     ? true
     : options.typeCast;