diff --git a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/expr/Expr.scala b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/expr/Expr.scala
index 178e58b20..c852bcf23 100644
--- a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/expr/Expr.scala
+++ b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/expr/Expr.scala
@@ -37,6 +37,11 @@ sealed trait Expr[-F, -A, +B] { self =>
   )(implicit ev: B <:< Boolean): Expr[F with F2, A1, Boolean] =
     Expr.Binary(self.widen[Boolean], that, BinaryOp.OrBool)
 
+  def soundsLike[F2, A1 <: A, B1 >: B](that: Expr[F2, A1, String])(implicit
+    ev: B <:< String
+  ): Expr[F with F2, A1, String] =
+    Expr.Binary(self.widen[String], that, BinaryOp.MySqlExtensions.SoundsLike)
+
   def ===[F2, A1 <: A, B1 >: B, B2](that: Expr[F2, A1, B2])(implicit
     ct: ComparableTypes[B1, B2]
   ): Expr[F with F2, A1, Boolean] =
diff --git a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/ops/Operator.scala b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/ops/Operator.scala
index 50cdd0031..f1e0d34dc 100644
--- a/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/ops/Operator.scala
+++ b/core/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/sql/ops/Operator.scala
@@ -52,7 +52,12 @@ object Operator {
     final case class OrBit[A: IsIntegral]()  extends BinaryOp[A] {
       def isIntegral: IsIntegral[A] = implicitly[IsIntegral[A]]
       override val symbol: String   = "|"
+    }
 
+    object MySqlExtensions {
+      case object SoundsLike extends BinaryOp[String] {
+        override val symbol: String = "sounds like"
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/mysql/src/test/resources/shop_schema.sql b/mysql/src/test/resources/shop_schema.sql
index 1ad8c80c9..40a323f66 100644
--- a/mysql/src/test/resources/shop_schema.sql
+++ b/mysql/src/test/resources/shop_schema.sql
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ values
     ('f76c9ace-be07-4bf3-bd4c-4a9c62882e64', 'Terrence', 'Noel', true, '1999-11-02'),
     ('784426a5-b90a-4759-afbb-571b7a0ba35e', 'Mila', 'Paterso', true, '1990-11-16'),
     ('df8215a2-d5fd-4c6c-9984-801a1b3a2a0b', 'Alana', 'Murray', true, '1995-11-12'),
-    ('636ae137-5b1a-4c8c-b11f-c47c624d9cdc', 'Jose', 'Wiggins', false, '1987-03-23');
+    ('636ae137-5b1a-4c8c-b11f-c47c624d9cdc', 'Jose', 'Wiggins', false, '1987-03-23'),
+    ('d4f6c156-20ac-4d27-8ced-535bf4315ebc', 'Robert', 'Rupert', false, '1998-06-11');
 
 insert into products
     (id, name, description, image_url)
diff --git a/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala b/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala
index 34f512f73..224f4eec6 100644
--- a/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala
+++ b/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 package zio.sql.mysql
 
-import zio.test._
-import zio.test.Assertion._
+import zio.Chunk
 import zio.schema._
-import java.time.{ LocalDate, LocalTime, ZoneId }
-import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 import zio.sql.Jdbc
-import java.util.UUID
 import zio.sql.table._
+import zio.test.Assertion._
+import zio.test._
+
+import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
+import java.time.{ LocalDate, LocalTime, ZoneId }
+import java.util.UUID
 
 object CustomFunctionDefSpec extends MysqlRunnableSpec with Jdbc {
 
@@ -119,6 +121,22 @@ object CustomFunctionDefSpec extends MysqlRunnableSpec with Jdbc {
 
       assertZIO(testResult.runHead.some)(equalTo(expected))
     },
+    test("sounds like") {
+      val query = select("Robert".soundsLike("Rupert"))
+
+      val testResult = execute(query)
+
+      assertZIO(testResult.runHead.some)(equalTo(true))
+    },
+    test("sounds like on column") {
+      val query = select(customerId).from(customers).where(fName.soundsLike(lName))
+
+      for {
+        result <- execute(query).runCollect
+      } yield assertTrue(
+        result == Chunk(UUID.fromString("d4f6c156-20ac-4d27-8ced-535bf4315ebc"))
+      )
+    },
     test("current_date") {
       val query = select(CurrentDate)