diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
index 113f78e2ae..aa4bec49d0 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/AbstractContext.java
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ import org.jooq.BindContext;
 import org.jooq.Clause;
 import org.jooq.Configuration;
 import org.jooq.Context;
+import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.QueryPart;
 import org.jooq.QueryPartInternal;
 import org.jooq.RenderContext;
@@ -288,6 +289,11 @@ abstract class AbstractContext<C extends Context<C>> extends AbstractScope imple
             return AbstractContext.this.configuration();
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public final DSLContext dsl() {
+            return AbstractContext.this.dsl();
+        }
+
         @Override
         public final Settings settings() {
             return Tools.settings(configuration());
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRecordContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRecordContext.java
index 60716f6b8d..5a9e55abb7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRecordContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRecordContext.java
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import org.jooq.Configuration;
+import org.jooq.DSLContext;
 import org.jooq.ExecuteType;
 import org.jooq.Record;
 import org.jooq.RecordContext;
@@ -86,6 +87,11 @@ class DefaultRecordContext implements RecordContext {
         return configuration;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public final DSLContext dsl() {
+        return configuration.dsl();
+    }
+
     @Override
     public final Settings settings() {
         return Tools.settings(configuration());
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
index cbef04e40c..5e96b915a7 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultRenderContext.java
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ import org.jooq.conf.RenderNameStyle;
 import org.jooq.conf.Settings;
 import org.jooq.exception.ControlFlowSignal;
 import org.jooq.exception.DataAccessException;
+import org.jooq.impl.Tools.DataKey;
 import org.jooq.tools.JooqLogger;
 import org.jooq.tools.StringUtils;
 
@@ -154,7 +155,9 @@ class DefaultRenderContext extends AbstractContext<RenderContext> implements Ren
 
     @Override
     public final String render() {
-        return sql.toString();
+        String prepend = (String) data(DataKey.DATA_PREPEND_SQL);
+        String result = sql.toString();
+        return prepend == null ? result : prepend + result;
     }
 
     @Override