diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a6f644c..6292762 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ### Added
 
+* Support named and positional query bind values through `QueryRequest.params`.
 * Add an optional Ibis backend with native Parquet results through `Client.query_parquet`.
 * Surface errors received during NDJSON query streaming as `QueryError`.
 * Add `Client.upload` with typed upload modes and support for file streams.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7df9b34..6a0c3de 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -62,7 +62,10 @@ client = Client(username="your_username", password="your_password", verify=False
 from altertable_lakehouse.models import QueryRequest
 
 # Stream rows (good for large datasets)
-req = QueryRequest(statement="SELECT * FROM my_table")
+req = QueryRequest(
+    statement="SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE age >= $min_age",
+    params={"min_age": 25},
+)
 metadata, columns, row_iterator = client.query(req)
 print(metadata.values)
 print(columns)
diff --git a/src/altertable_lakehouse/models.py b/src/altertable_lakehouse/models.py
index 65c8deb..aefc03f 100644
--- a/src/altertable_lakehouse/models.py
+++ b/src/altertable_lakehouse/models.py
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ class QueryRequest(BaseModel):
     sanitize: Optional[bool] = None
     limit: Optional[int] = None
     offset: Optional[int] = None
+    params: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Union[str, int, float, bool, None]], List[Union[str, int, float, bool, None]]]] = None
     timezone: Optional[str] = None
     ephemeral: Optional[bool] = None
     visible: Optional[bool] = None
diff --git a/tests/test_client.py b/tests/test_client.py
index 6ba0549..d34387f 100644
--- a/tests/test_client.py
+++ b/tests/test_client.py
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ def test_query_all(client):
     assert isinstance(res.columns, list)
     assert isinstance(res.rows, list)
 
+
+def test_query_request_serializes_named_and_positional_bind_values():
+    named = models.QueryRequest(statement="SELECT $min_age", params={"min_age": 25})
+    positional = models.QueryRequest(statement="SELECT $1", params=[25])
+
+    assert named.model_dump(exclude_none=True)["params"] == {"min_age": 25}
+    assert positional.model_dump(exclude_none=True)["params"] == [25]
+
 def test_upsert_sends_primary_key_without_unsupported_mode(client):
     captured = {}