diff --git a/clickhouse_test.go b/clickhouse_test.go
index 6492459..0965365 100644
--- a/clickhouse_test.go
+++ b/clickhouse_test.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -51,7 +52,11 @@ func TestClickhouseLocal(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			query, err := Compile(pqlInput)
+			compileOptions, testOptions, err := test.options()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
+			query, err := compileOptions.Compile(pqlInput)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal("Compile:", err)
 			}
@@ -68,6 +73,7 @@ func TestClickhouseLocal(t *testing.T) {
 				stmt := fmt.Sprintf("CREATE TABLE \"%s\" AS file(%s, %s);", tab.name, fnameBuf, formatBuf)
 				args = append(args, "--query", stmt)
 			}
+			args = appendClickhouseParameterArgs(args, testOptions.parameterValues)
 			args = append(args, "--query", query)
 
 			c := exec.Command(clickhouseExe, args...)
@@ -160,3 +166,26 @@ func findLocalTables(dir string) ([]localTable, error) {
 	}
 	return result, nil
 }
+
+func appendClickhouseParameterArgs(dst []string, params map[string]string) []string {
+	if len(params) == 0 {
+		return dst
+	}
+
+	keys := make([]string, 0, len(params))
+	for k := range params {
+		keys = append(keys, k)
+	}
+	slices.Sort(keys)
+
+	sb := new(strings.Builder)
+	for _, k := range keys {
+		sb.WriteString("SET param_")
+		sb.WriteString(k)
+		sb.WriteString(" = ")
+		quoteSQLString(sb, params[k])
+		sb.WriteString(";")
+	}
+	dst = append(dst, "--query", sb.String())
+	return dst
+}
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index bdece98..445cd73 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ go 1.21.6
 require (
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.6.0
 	github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0
+	github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20221223112325-20486734a56a
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a
 	golang.org/x/term v0.17.0
 	zombiezen.com/go/bass v0.0.0-20230823162859-0399f01327dd
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index f567900..1e103e9 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0 h1:7aJaZx1B85qltLMc546zn58BxxfZdR/W22ej9CFoEf0=
 github.com/spf13/cobra v1.8.0/go.mod h1:WXLWApfZ71AjXPya3WOlMsY9yMs7YeiHhFVlvLyhcho=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5 h1:iy+VFUOCP1a+8yFto/drg2CJ5u0yRoB7fZw3DKv/JXA=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.5/go.mod h1:McXfInJRrz4CZXVZOBLb0bTZqETkiAhM9Iw0y3An2Bg=
+github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20221223112325-20486734a56a h1:SJy1Pu0eH1C29XwJucQo73FrleVK6t4kYz4NVhp34Yw=
+github.com/tailscale/hujson v0.0.0-20221223112325-20486734a56a/go.mod h1:DFSS3NAGHthKo1gTlmEcSBiZrRJXi28rLNd/1udP1c8=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a h1:HinSgX1tJRX3KsL//Gxynpw5CTOAIPhgL4W8PNiIpVE=
 golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20240213143201-ec583247a57a/go.mod h1:CxmFvTBINI24O/j8iY7H1xHzx2i4OsyguNBmN/uPtqc=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.17.0 h1:25cE3gD+tdBA7lp7QfhuV+rJiE9YXTcS3VG1SqssI/Y=
diff --git a/golden_test.go b/golden_test.go
index 6881e42..349cd30 100644
--- a/golden_test.go
+++ b/golden_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package pql
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+	"github.com/tailscale/hujson"
 )
 
 var recordGoldens = flag.Bool("record", false, "output golden files")
@@ -34,8 +36,12 @@ func TestGoldens(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
+			compileOptions, _, err := test.options()
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Fatal(err)
+			}
 
-			got, err := Compile(input)
+			got, err := compileOptions.Compile(input)
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Error("Compile(...):", err)
 			}
@@ -112,6 +118,47 @@ func (test goldenTest) input() (string, error) {
 	return string(input), err
 }
 
+type testOptions struct {
+	parameterValues map[string]string
+}
+
+func (test goldenTest) options() (*CompileOptions, *testOptions, error) {
+	type testParameter struct {
+		Value string `json:"value"`
+		SQL   string `json:"clickhouse"`
+	}
+
+	path := filepath.Join(test.dir, "options.jwcc")
+	input, err := os.ReadFile(path)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return nil, new(testOptions), nil
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, err
+	}
+	input, err = hujson.Standardize(input)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("parse %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	var parsed struct {
+		Parameters map[string]testParameter `json:"parameters"`
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(input, &parsed); err != nil {
+		return nil, nil, fmt.Errorf("parse %s: %v", path, err)
+	}
+	opts := &CompileOptions{
+		Parameters: make(map[string]string, len(parsed.Parameters)),
+	}
+	testOpts := &testOptions{
+		parameterValues: make(map[string]string, len(parsed.Parameters)),
+	}
+	for name, p := range parsed.Parameters {
+		opts.Parameters[name] = p.SQL
+		testOpts.parameterValues[name] = p.Value
+	}
+	return opts, testOpts, nil
+}
+
 func shouldIgnoreFilename(name string) bool {
 	return strings.HasPrefix(name, ".") || strings.HasPrefix(name, "_")
 }
diff --git a/pql.go b/pql.go
index aa0846c..d7add43 100644
--- a/pql.go
+++ b/pql.go
@@ -14,7 +14,24 @@ import (
 
 // Compile converts the given Pipeline Query Language statement
 // into the equivalent SQL.
+// This is equivalent to new(CompileOptions).Compile(source).
 func Compile(source string) (string, error) {
+	return ((*CompileOptions)(nil)).Compile(source)
+}
+
+// CompileOptions a set of optional parameters
+// that configure compilation.
+// nil is treated the same as the zero value.
+type CompileOptions struct {
+	// Parameters is a map of identifiers to SQL snippets to substitute in.
+	// For example, a "foo": "$1" entry would replace unquoted "foo" identifiers
+	// with "$1" in the resulting SQL.
+	Parameters map[string]string
+}
+
+// Compile converts the given Pipeline Query Language statement
+// into the equivalent SQL.
+func (opts *CompileOptions) Compile(source string) (string, error) {
 	expr, err := parser.Parse(source)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -31,6 +48,9 @@ func Compile(source string) (string, error) {
 	ctx := &exprContext{
 		source: source,
 	}
+	if opts != nil {
+		ctx.scope = opts.Parameters
+	}
 	if len(ctes) > 0 {
 		sb.WriteString("WITH ")
 		for i, sub := range ctes {
@@ -491,6 +511,7 @@ const (
 
 type exprContext struct {
 	source string
+	scope  map[string]string
 	mode   exprMode
 }
 
@@ -510,6 +531,10 @@ func writeExpression(ctx *exprContext, sb *strings.Builder, x parser.Expr) error
 		if len(x.Parts) == 1 {
 			part := x.Parts[0]
 			if !part.Quoted {
+				if sql, ok := ctx.scope[part.Name]; ok {
+					sb.WriteString(sql)
+					return nil
+				}
 				if sql, ok := builtinIdentifiers[part.Name]; ok {
 					sb.WriteString(sql)
 					return nil
diff --git a/testdata/Goldens/Params/input.pql b/testdata/Goldens/Params/input.pql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..40a5006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/Goldens/Params/input.pql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Tokens
+| where Kind == desiredKind
diff --git a/testdata/Goldens/Params/options.jwcc b/testdata/Goldens/Params/options.jwcc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42c172f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/Goldens/Params/options.jwcc
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "parameters": {
+    "desiredKind": {
+      "clickhouse": "{desiredKind: Int32}",
+      "value": "1",
+    },
+  },
+}
diff --git a/testdata/Goldens/Params/output.csv b/testdata/Goldens/Params/output.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..565e14f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/Goldens/Params/output.csv
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Kind,TokenConstant
+1,TokenIdentifier
diff --git a/testdata/Goldens/Params/output.sql b/testdata/Goldens/Params/output.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e8cff3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/Goldens/Params/output.sql
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+SELECT * FROM "Tokens" WHERE coalesce("Kind" = {desiredKind: Int32}, FALSE);