diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Name.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Name.java
index 3ab0a815d3..fc8810bb17 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Name.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Name.java
@@ -92,6 +92,11 @@ public interface Name extends QueryPart {
      */
     Name unqualifiedName();
 
+    /**
+     * Get the individual, unqualified name parts of this name.
+     */
+    Name[] parts();
+
     /**
      * The qualified name of this SQL identifier.
      */
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedName.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedName.java
index de71ecd4b6..b4642ee9d3 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedName.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/QualifiedName.java
@@ -182,4 +182,9 @@ final class QualifiedName extends AbstractName {
 
         return result;
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Name[] parts() {
+        return qualifiedName.clone();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/UnqualifiedName.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/UnqualifiedName.java
index cc532bee4a..fd27fe4973 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/UnqualifiedName.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/UnqualifiedName.java
@@ -103,4 +103,9 @@ final class UnqualifiedName extends AbstractName {
     public final String[] getName() {
         return new String[] { name };
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public final Name[] parts() {
+        return new Name[] { this };
+    }
 }