diff --git a/ibis/mapd/api.py b/ibis/mapd/api.py
index ebb7486e6d8e..e42bb8ce355c 100644
--- a/ibis/mapd/api.py
+++ b/ibis/mapd/api.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from ibis.config import options
+from ibis.mapd.compiler import dialect, compiles, rewrites
 from ibis.mapd.client import MapDClient
-from ibis.mapd.compiler import dialect
 
 import ibis.common as com
 
diff --git a/ibis/mapd/client.py b/ibis/mapd/client.py
index 60ac8951dfec..0c615bd41a32 100644
--- a/ibis/mapd/client.py
+++ b/ibis/mapd/client.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from ibis.compat import parse_version
 from ibis.client import Database, Query, SQLClient
-from ibis.mapd import compiler as comp
+from ibis.mapd.compiler import MapDDialect, build_ast
 from ibis.util import log
 from pymapd.cursor import Cursor
 
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class MapDClient(SQLClient):
     """
     database_class = Database
     sync_query = MapDQuery
-    dialect = comp.MapDDialect
+    dialect = MapDDialect
 
     def __init__(
         self, uri: str=None, user: str=None, password: str=None,
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ def _build_ast(self, expr, context):
         :param context:
         :return:
         """
-        result = comp.build_ast(expr, context)
+        result = build_ast(expr, context)
         return result
 
     def _fully_qualified_name(self, name, database):
diff --git a/ibis/mapd/compiler.py b/ibis/mapd/compiler.py
index 01fb85e0f78e..55174593d076 100644
--- a/ibis/mapd/compiler.py
+++ b/ibis/mapd/compiler.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@
 import ibis.common as com
 import ibis.util as util
 import ibis.expr.operations as ops
-import ibis.sql.compiler as comp
+import ibis.sql.compiler as compiles
 
-from .operations import _operation_registry, _name_expr
+from .operations import (
+    _operation_registry, _name_expr, Sin
+)
 
 
 def build_ast(expr, context):
@@ -25,7 +27,7 @@ def to_sql(expr, context=None):
     return query.compile()
 
 
-class MapDSelectBuilder(comp.SelectBuilder):
+class MapDSelectBuilder(compiles.SelectBuilder):
     """
 
     """
@@ -37,14 +39,14 @@ def _convert_group_by(self, exprs):
         return exprs
 
 
-class MapDQueryBuilder(comp.QueryBuilder):
+class MapDQueryBuilder(compiles.QueryBuilder):
     """
 
     """
     select_builder = MapDSelectBuilder
 
 
-class MapDQueryContext(comp.QueryContext):
+class MapDQueryContext(compiles.QueryContext):
     """
 
     """
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ def _to_sql(self, expr, ctx):
         return to_sql(expr, context=ctx)
 
 
-class MapDSelect(comp.Select):
+class MapDSelect(compiles.Select):
     """
 
     """
@@ -102,7 +104,7 @@ def format_limit(self):
         return buf.getvalue()
 
 
-class MapDTableSetFormatter(comp.TableSetFormatter):
+class MapDTableSetFormatter(compiles.TableSetFormatter):
     """
 
     """
@@ -160,7 +162,7 @@ def _quote_identifier(self, name):
         return name
 
 
-class MapDExprTranslator(comp.ExprTranslator):
+class MapDExprTranslator(compiles.ExprTranslator):
     """
 
     """
@@ -170,8 +172,19 @@ class MapDExprTranslator(comp.ExprTranslator):
     def name(self, translated, name, force=True):
         return _name_expr(translated, name)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def compiles(cls, klass, f=None):
+        def decorator(f):
+            cls._registry[klass] = f
 
-class MapDDialect(comp.Dialect):
+        if f is None:
+            return decorator
+        else:
+            decorator(f)
+            return f
+
+
+class MapDDialect(compiles.Dialect):
     """
 
     """
@@ -183,7 +196,11 @@ class MapDDialect(comp.Dialect):
 rewrites = MapDExprTranslator.rewrites
 
 
-@rewrites(ops.FloorDivide)
-def _floor_divide(expr):
-    left, right = expr.op().args
-    return left.div(right).floor()
+@compiles(Sin)
+def compile_sin(translator, expr):
+    # pull out the arguments to the expression
+    arg, = expr.op().args
+
+    # compile the argument
+    compiled_arg = translator.translate(arg)
+    return 'sin(%s)' % compiled_arg
diff --git a/ibis/mapd/identifiers.py b/ibis/mapd/identifiers.py
index 9d12557c3924..25f479118e56 100644
--- a/ibis/mapd/identifiers.py
+++ b/ibis/mapd/identifiers.py
@@ -250,7 +250,11 @@
     'varchar',
 })
 
-_identifiers = _ddl | _dml | _data_type
+_ibis = frozenset({
+    'literal'
+})
+
+_identifiers = _ddl | _dml | _data_type | _ibis
 
 
 def quote_identifier(name, quotechar='"', force=False):
diff --git a/ibis/mapd/operations.py b/ibis/mapd/operations.py
index 11ba609a71d8..b3b0ba318b9e 100644
--- a/ibis/mapd/operations.py
+++ b/ibis/mapd/operations.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from six import StringIO
 from datetime import date, datetime
+from ibis.mapd.identifiers import quote_identifier
 
 import ibis.common as com
 import ibis.util as util
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@
 import ibis.expr.operations as ops
 import ibis.sql.transforms as transforms
 
-from ibis.mapd.identifiers import quote_identifier
+from ibis.expr.types import NumericValue
 
 
 def _cast(translator, expr):
@@ -551,6 +552,8 @@ class Cot(TrigonometryUnary):
 
 class Sin(TrigonometryUnary):
     """Returns the sine of x"""
+    def output_type(self):
+        return ops.dt.float64.scalar_type()
 
 
 class Tan(TrigonometryUnary):
@@ -726,7 +729,7 @@ class StringLengthBytes(ops.UnaryOp):
 }
 
 _agg_ops = {
-    # this function receive a x and e parameter
+    # TODO: this function receive a x and e parameter
     ApproxCountDistinct: agg('approx_count_cistinct'),
     ops.Count: agg('count'),
     ops.CountDistinct: agg('count'),  # this function receive a x parameter
@@ -770,3 +773,10 @@ class StringLengthBytes(ops.UnaryOp):
 _operation_registry.update(_date_ops)
 _operation_registry.update(_agg_ops)
 # _operation_registry.update(_unsupported_ops)
+
+
+def sin(numeric_value):
+    return Sin(numeric_value).to_expr()
+
+
+NumericValue.sin = sin