diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
index 89d2aea50a..4fc7a7dfc5 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/DSLContext.java
@@ -8513,6 +8513,14 @@ public interface DSLContext extends Scope , AutoCloseable  {
     @Support({ DERBY, H2, HSQLDB, MARIADB, MYSQL, POSTGRES })
     RowCountQuery setSchema(Schema schema);
 
+    /**
+     * Set a vendor specific flag to a new value.
+     *
+     * @see DSL#set(Name, Param)
+     */
+    @Support({ MYSQL })
+    RowCountQuery set(Name name, Param<?> param);
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX DDL Statements
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index 1ecc80996b..7901a61edd 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -6588,6 +6588,16 @@ public class DSL {
         return dsl().setSchema(schema);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set a vendor specific flag to a new value.
+     *
+     * @see DSLContext#set(Name, Param)
+     */
+    @Support({ MYSQL })
+    public static RowCountQuery set(Name name, Param<?> param) {
+        return dsl().set(name, param);
+    }
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX DDL Statements
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
index 9320f0ccbb..f913962c58 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultDSLContext.java
@@ -2898,6 +2898,11 @@ public class DefaultDSLContext extends AbstractScope implements DSLContext, Seri
         return new SetSchema(configuration(), schema);
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public RowCountQuery set(Name name, Param<?> param) {
+        return new SetCommand(configuration(), name, param);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public CommentOnIsStep commentOnTable(String tableName) {
         return commentOnTable(name(tableName));
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index 2532c0e1df..7ae443b971 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -2028,9 +2028,7 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
             // TODO: [#9780] Are there any possible syntaxes and data types?
             parseIf(ctx, '=');
             Object value = parseSignedIntegerIf(ctx);
-
-            // TODO: [#9781] Create public DSL API for this
-            return new SetCommand(ctx.dsl.configuration(), name, value != null ? inline(value) : inline(parseStringLiteral(ctx)));
+            return ctx.dsl.set(name, value != null ? inline(value) : inline(parseStringLiteral(ctx)));
         }
 
         // There are many SET commands in programs like sqlplus, which we'll simply ignore
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SetCommand.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SetCommand.java
index 2f25d16622..37830b5e02 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SetCommand.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/SetCommand.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ import org.jooq.Param;
  *
  * @author Lukas Eder
  */
-final class SetCommand extends AbstractQuery {
+final class SetCommand extends AbstractRowCountQuery {
 
     /**
      * Generated UID