diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Param.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Param.java
index 5c499374c8..ad9d48298a 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Param.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Param.java
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
  */
 package org.jooq;
 
+import org.jooq.conf.ParamType;
 import org.jooq.exception.DataTypeException;
 import org.jooq.impl.DSL;
 import org.jooq.tools.Convert;
@@ -119,4 +120,9 @@ public interface Param<T> extends Field<T> {
      * A flag on the bind value to force it to be inlined in rendered SQL
      */
     boolean isInline();
+
+    /**
+     * The parameter type.
+     */
+    ParamType getParamType();
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractParam.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractParam.java
index 5e4c32abfb..9edacc31c6 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractParam.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractParam.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ package org.jooq.impl;
 
 import static org.jooq.Clause.FIELD;
 import static org.jooq.Clause.FIELD_VALUE;
+import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INDEXED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.INLINED;
+import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED;
 import static org.jooq.conf.ParamType.NAMED_OR_INLINED;
 
 // ...
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ import org.jooq.Context;
 import org.jooq.DataType;
 import org.jooq.Param;
 import org.jooq.UDTRecord;
+import org.jooq.conf.ParamType;
 import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
 
 /**
@@ -157,4 +160,14 @@ abstract class AbstractParam<T> extends AbstractField<T> implements Param<T> {
             || (context.paramType() == INLINED)
             || (context.paramType() == NAMED_OR_INLINED && StringUtils.isBlank(paramName));
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public final ParamType getParamType() {
+        return inline
+             ? INLINED
+             : StringUtils.isBlank(paramName)
+             ? INDEXED
+             : NAMED
+             ;
+    }
 }