diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Parser.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Parser.java
index 6e279f2b39..efe75cc113 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Parser.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Parser.java
@@ -91,6 +91,27 @@ public interface Parser {
     @PlainSQL
     Query parseQuery(String sql, Object... bindings) throws ParserException;
 
+    /**
+     * Parse a SQL string to a procedural statement.
+     *
+     * @param sql The SQL string
+     * @throws ParserException If the SQL string could not be parsed.
+     */
+    @Support
+    @PlainSQL
+    Statement parseStatement(String sql) throws ParserException;
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a SQL string with bind variables to a procedural statement.
+     *
+     * @param sql The SQL string
+     * @param bindings The bind variables
+     * @throws ParserException If the SQL string could not be parsed.
+     */
+    @Support
+    @PlainSQL
+    Statement parseStatement(String sql, Object... bindings) throws ParserException;
+
     /**
      * Parse a SQL string to a result query.
      *
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
index a44e2a71d2..28463380e5 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/ParserImpl.java
@@ -532,6 +532,20 @@ final class ParserImpl implements Parser {
         return result;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final Statement parseStatement(String sql) {
+        return parseStatement(sql, new Object[0]);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Statement parseStatement(String sql, Object... bindings) {
+        ParserContext ctx = ctx(sql, bindings);
+        Statement result = parseStatement(ctx);
+        parseSemicolonAfterNonBlocks(ctx, result);
+        ctx.done("Unexpected content");
+        return result;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final ResultQuery<?> parseResultQuery(String sql) {
         return parseResultQuery(sql, new Object[0]);