diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85bcb1f..75c3b7f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 /deps
 erl_crash.dump
 *.ez
+.elixir_ls
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9d7643d..2704f74 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -247,6 +247,39 @@ To have it clear:
 * SqlDust will return a tuple of **two** elements when NOT having passed variables
 * SqlDust will return a tuple of **three** elements when having passed variables
 
+### Lateral Joins
+
+Postgres 9.3 introduced lateral joins; a very convenient way to compare and filter your query based on other information in the database.  
+A lateral subquery gets executed once and it's result is available for the outer query to compare to.  
+
+[Read more here](https://www.postgresql.org/docs/9.4/static/queries-table-expressions.html)  
+
+```elixir
+sub_query = 
+City
+  |> select("date_started")
+  |> where("id = 5")
+
+City
+  |> select("id, name")
+  |> join_lateral("first_city", sub_query)
+  |> where("date_started > first_city.date_started")
+  |> to_sql
+  |> elem(0)
+  |> IO.puts
+
+"""
+SELECT `c`.`id`, `c`.`name`, `c`.`date_started`,
+FROM `cities` `c`
+LEFT JOIN LATERAL ( 
+  SELECT `c`.`date_started`
+  FROM `cities` `c`
+  WHERE (`c`.`id` = 1)
+) AS first_city ON TRUE 
+WHERE (`c`.`date_started` > first_city."date_started")
+"""
+```
+
 ## Testing
 
 Run the following command for testing:
diff --git a/lib/sql_dust.ex b/lib/sql_dust.ex
index f4eca6e..c446147 100644
--- a/lib/sql_dust.ex
+++ b/lib/sql_dust.ex
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ defmodule SqlDust do
   import SqlDust.JoinUtils
   alias SqlDust.MapUtils
 
-  defstruct [:select, :from, :join_on, :where, :group_by, :order_by, :limit, :offset, :unique, :schema, :variables, :adapter]
+  defstruct [:select, :from, :join_on, :join_lateral, :where, :group_by, :order_by, :limit, :offset, :unique, :schema, :variables, :adapter]
 
   @moduledoc """
     SqlDust is a module that generates SQL queries as intuitively as possible.
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ defmodule SqlDust do
       |> Enum.map(fn(path) -> derive_joins(path, options) end)
       |> List.flatten
 
+    joins = joins ++ derive_lateral_joins(options)
+
     Map.put options, :joins, joins
   end
 
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ defmodule SqlDust do
 
     {having, where} =
       where
-      |> Enum.partition(fn([sql | _]) ->
+      |> Enum.split_with(fn([sql | _]) ->
         sql = sanitize_sql(sql)
         Enum.any?(options.aliases, fn(sql_alias) ->
           String.match?(sql, ~r/(^|[^\.\w])#{sql_alias}([^\.\w]|$)/)
diff --git a/lib/sql_dust/utils/compose_utils.ex b/lib/sql_dust/utils/compose_utils.ex
index 92d5967..0b8b71a 100644
--- a/lib/sql_dust/utils/compose_utils.ex
+++ b/lib/sql_dust/utils/compose_utils.ex
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ defmodule SqlDust.ComposeUtils do
       def join_on(statements)          do join_on(options(), statements) end
       def join_on(options, statements) do append(options, :join_on, statements, false) end
 
+      def join_lateral(name, sub_dust) do join_lateral(options(), name, sub_dust) end
+      def join_lateral(options, name, sub_dust) do append(options, :join_lateral, {name, sub_dust}, false) end
+
       def where(statements)            do where(options(), statements) end
       def where(options, statements)   do append(options, :where, statements, false) end
 
@@ -65,9 +68,21 @@ defmodule SqlDust.ComposeUtils do
 
         from = options.from
         schema = options.schema
-        options = Map.take(options, [:select, :join_on, :where, :group_by, :order_by, :limit, :offset, :unique, :variables, :adapter])
+        options = Map.take(options, [:select, :join_on, :join_lateral, :where, :group_by, :order_by, :limit, :offset, :unique, :variables, :adapter])
                   |> Enum.reduce(%{from: options.from}, fn
                     ({_key,  nil}, map) -> map
+                    ({:join_lateral, joins}, map) ->
+                      Map.put(map, :join_lateral,
+                      Enum.map(joins, fn
+
+                        {name, %SqlDust{} = sub_dust} ->
+                          {name, to_sql(sub_dust) |> elem(0)}
+
+                        {name, sub_query} ->
+                          {name, sub_query}
+
+                        end
+                      ))
                     ({key, value}, map) -> Map.put(map, key, value)
                   end)
 
diff --git a/lib/sql_dust/utils/join_utils.ex b/lib/sql_dust/utils/join_utils.ex
index e9d93a1..238c619 100644
--- a/lib/sql_dust/utils/join_utils.ex
+++ b/lib/sql_dust/utils/join_utils.ex
@@ -120,6 +120,17 @@ defmodule SqlDust.JoinUtils do
       end)
   end
 
+  def derive_lateral_joins(%{join_lateral: joins}) when not is_nil(joins) do
+    joins
+      |> Enum.map(fn({name, sub_query}) ->
+        {:has_one, ["LEFT JOIN LATERAL (", sub_query, ") AS", name, "ON TRUE"] |> Enum.join(" ")}
+      end)
+  end
+
+  def derive_lateral_joins(_) do
+    []
+  end
+
   defp additional_join_conditions(path, %{join_on: join_on} = options) when is_bitstring(join_on) do
     additional_join_conditions(path, %{options | join_on: [join_on]})
   end
diff --git a/lib/sql_dust/utils/path_utils.ex b/lib/sql_dust/utils/path_utils.ex
index 64f34cf..9f8af2c 100644
--- a/lib/sql_dust/utils/path_utils.ex
+++ b/lib/sql_dust/utils/path_utils.ex
@@ -55,7 +55,27 @@ defmodule SqlDust.PathUtils do
 
     excluded = format_excluded_aliases(excluded, aliases, options)
 
-    {sql, aliases, excluded}
+    {sql, aliases, excluded ++ scan_and_format_lateral_fields(sql, options)}
+  end
+
+  defp scan_and_format_lateral_fields(sql, %{join_lateral: laterals}) when is_binary(sql) do
+    laterals
+    |> Enum.reduce([], fn {lateral_alias, _subquery}, acc ->
+      acc ++
+      (
+        "\\b#{lateral_alias}\\.(\\w+)"
+        |> Regex.compile()
+        |> elem(1)
+        |> Regex.scan(sql)
+        |> Enum.map(fn [full_path, field] ->
+          [Regex.compile(full_path) |> elem(1), "#{lateral_alias}.\"#{field}\""]
+        end)
+      )
+    end)
+  end
+
+  defp scan_and_format_lateral_fields(_, _) do
+    []
   end
 
   defp format_excluded_aliases(excluded, aliases, options) do
@@ -149,7 +169,6 @@ defmodule SqlDust.PathUtils do
   end
 
   defp do_dissect_path(path, options) do
-
     quotation_symbol = quotation_mark(options)
     split_on_dot_outside_quotation_mark = ~r/\.(?=(?:[^#{quotation_symbol}]*#{quotation_symbol}[^#{quotation_symbol}]*#{quotation_symbol})*[^#{quotation_symbol}]*$)/
     segments = String.split(path, split_on_dot_outside_quotation_mark)
diff --git a/test/sql_dust/lateral_join_test.exs b/test/sql_dust/lateral_join_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed2b842
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/sql_dust/lateral_join_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+defmodule SqlDust.LateralJoinTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+
+  import SqlDust.Query
+
+  test "laterl join returns join" do
+    sub_dust = select("id") |> from("account") |> where("id = 1")
+    query_dust = select("id") |> from("users") |> join_lateral("sub_table", sub_dust)
+
+    assert query_dust |> to_sql |> elem(0) == "SELECT `u`.`id`\nFROM `users` `u`\nLEFT JOIN LATERAL ( SELECT `a`.`id`\nFROM `account` `a`\nWHERE (`a`.`id` = 1)\n ) AS sub_table ON TRUE\n"
+  end
+
+
+  test "laterl join alias doesn't get ignored" do
+    sub_dust = select("id", "user_id") |> from("account") |> where("id = 1")
+    query_dust = select("id") |> from("users") |> join_lateral("sub_table", sub_dust) |> where("sub_table.user_id = id")
+
+    assert query_dust |> to_sql |> elem(0) == "SELECT `u`.`id`\nFROM `users` `u`\nLEFT JOIN LATERAL ( SELECT `a`.`user_id`\nFROM `account` `a`\nWHERE (`a`.`id` = 1)\n ) AS sub_table ON TRUE\nWHERE (sub_table.\"user_id\" = `u`.`id`)\n"
+  end
+end