diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Configuration.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Configuration.java
index fa072183b9..3892e5c6c2 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Configuration.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/Configuration.java
@@ -164,6 +164,17 @@ import org.jooq.tools.StopWatchListener;
  */
 public interface Configuration extends Serializable {
 
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // Wrap this Configuration
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    /**
+     * Wrap this <code>Configuration</code> in a {@link DSLContext}, providing
+     * access to the configuration-contextual DSL to construct executable
+     * queries.
+     */
+    DSLContext dsl();
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // Custom data
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
index 191fa26aa6..ac83585372 100644
--- a/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
+++ b/jOOQ/src/main/java/org/jooq/impl/DefaultConfiguration.java
@@ -497,6 +497,15 @@ public class DefaultConfiguration implements Configuration {
             : new ConcurrentHashMap<Object, Object>();
     }
 
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+    // XXX: Wrap this Configuration
+    // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    @Override
+    public final DSLContext dsl() {
+        return DSL.using(this);
+    }
+
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------
     // XXX: Deriving configurations
     // -------------------------------------------------------------------------