diff --git a/lib/rasti/db/collection.rb b/lib/rasti/db/collection.rb
index 36f5028..fbf61a0 100644
--- a/lib/rasti/db/collection.rb
+++ b/lib/rasti/db/collection.rb
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ def relations
           @relations ||= {}
         end
 
+        def queries
+          @queries ||= {}
+        end
+
         def implicit_collection_name
           underscore(demodulize(name)).to_sym
         end
@@ -62,6 +66,14 @@ def many_to_many(name, options={})
           relations[name] = Relations::ManyToMany.new name, self, options
         end
 
+        def query(name, &block)
+          queries[name] = block
+          
+          define_method name do |*args|
+            Query.new(self.class, dataset, schema).instance_exec *args, &block
+          end
+        end
+
       end
 
       def initialize(db, schema=nil)
diff --git a/lib/rasti/db/query.rb b/lib/rasti/db/query.rb
index b213921..cf369b0 100644
--- a/lib/rasti/db/query.rb
+++ b/lib/rasti/db/query.rb
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@ def to_s
 
       private
 
+      def method_missing(method, *args, &block)
+        if collection_class.queries.key?(method)
+          instance_exec *args, &collection_class.queries[method]
+        else
+          super
+        end
+      end
+
+      def respond_to_missing?(method, include_private=false)
+        collection_class.queries.key?(method) || super
+      end
+
       attr_reader :collection_class, :dataset, :schema
 
     end
diff --git a/spec/collection_spec.rb b/spec/collection_spec.rb
index 6c511aa..6eef560 100644
--- a/spec/collection_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/collection_spec.rb
@@ -188,6 +188,29 @@
       models.must_equal [2,1].map { |i| User.new(id: i, name: "User #{i}") }
     end
 
+    describe 'Named queries' do
+
+      before do
+        1.upto(2) { |i| db[:users].insert name: "User #{i}" }
+        1.upto(3) { |i| db[:posts].insert user_id: 1, title: "Post #{i}", body: '...' }
+        4.upto(5) { |i| db[:posts].insert user_id: 2, title: "Post #{i}", body: '...' }
+      end
+
+      it 'Global' do
+        posts.created_by(1).map(&:id).must_equal [1,2,3]
+        posts.created_by(2).map(&:id).must_equal [4,5]
+      end
+
+      it 'Chained' do
+        posts.created_by(1).entitled('Post 1').map(&:id).must_equal [1]
+      end
+
+      it 'Chained into query' do
+        posts.query { created_by(2).entitled('Post 4').map(&:id) }.must_equal [4]
+      end
+
+    end
+
     it 'Graph' do
       1.upto(3) do |i|
         db[:users].insert name: "User #{i}"
diff --git a/spec/minitest_helper.rb b/spec/minitest_helper.rb
index d7e1ba7..7cb5fc3 100644
--- a/spec/minitest_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/minitest_helper.rb
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ class Posts < Rasti::DB::Collection
   many_to_one :user
   many_to_many :categories
   one_to_many :comments
+
+  query(:created_by) { |user_id| where user_id: user_id }
+  query(:entitled)   { |title| where title: title }
 end
 
 class Comments < Rasti::DB::Collection
diff --git a/spec/query_spec.rb b/spec/query_spec.rb
index 5df69b4..22c784c 100644
--- a/spec/query_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/query_spec.rb
@@ -80,4 +80,18 @@
     users_query.where(id: [1,2,3]).order(:name).to_s.must_equal '#<Rasti::DB::Query: "SELECT * FROM `users` WHERE (`id` IN (1, 2, 3)) ORDER BY `name`">'
   end
 
+  describe 'Named queries' do
+
+    it 'Respond to' do
+      posts_query.must_respond_to :created_by
+      posts_query.wont_respond_to :by_user
+    end
+
+    it 'Safe method missing' do
+      posts_query.created_by(1).first.must_equal Post.new(db[:posts][user_id: 1])
+      proc { posts_query.by_user(1) }.must_raise NoMethodError
+    end
+
+  end
+
 end
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