diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
index 9b6160b52f..a7c6078d03 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DSL.java
@@ -6339,6 +6339,14 @@ public class DSL {
     // XXX Global Field and Function factory
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+    /**
+     * Transform a subquery into a correlated subquery.
+     */
+    @Support
+    public static <T> Field<T> field(Select<? extends Record1<T>> select) {
+        return select.<T>asField();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Initialise a {@link Case} statement.
      * <p>