diff --git a/lib/client.js b/lib/client.js
index 3815dc79..35d97b0a 100644
--- a/lib/client.js
+++ b/lib/client.js
@@ -105,14 +105,14 @@ var Query = function(config) {
 sys.inherits(Query, EventEmitter);
 var p = Query.prototype;
 
-p.isBoundCommand = function() {
+p.requiresPreparation = function() {
   return (this.values || 0).length > 0 || this.name || this.rows;
 };
 
 p.submit = function(connection) {
   var self = this;
-  if(this.isBoundCommand()) {
-    throw new Error('Bound command not supported yet! :(');
+  if(this.requiresPreparation()) {
+    this.prepare(connection);
   } else {
     connection.query(this.text);
   }
@@ -132,6 +132,52 @@ p.submit = function(connection) {
   });
 };
 
+p.prepare = function(connection) {
+  var self = this;
+
+  connection.parse({
+    text: self.text,
+    name: self.name,
+    types: self.types
+  });
+  connection.flush();
+
+  var onParseComplete = function() {
+    connection.bind({
+      portal: self.name,
+      statement: self.name,
+      values: self.values
+    });
+    connection.flush();
+  };
+
+  connection.once('parseComplete', onParseComplete);
+
+  var onBindComplete = function() {
+    connection.describe({
+      type: 'P',
+      name: self.name || ""
+    });
+    //http://developer.postgresql.org/pgdocs/postgres/protocol-flow.html#PROTOCOL-FLOW-EXT-QUERY
+    //TODO get ourselves a rowDescription for result type coercion
+    connection.execute({
+      portal: self.name,
+      rows: self.rows
+    });
+    connection.flush();
+  };
+
+  connection.once('bindComplete', onBindComplete);
+
+  //TODO support EmptyQueryResponse, ErrorResponse, and PortalSuspended
+  var onCommandComplete =  function() {
+    connection.sync();
+  };
+  connection.once('commandComplete', onCommandComplete);
+
+};
+
+
 p.onRowDescription = function(msg) {
   var typeIds = msg.fields.map(function(field) {
     return field.dataTypeID;
diff --git a/lib/connection.js b/lib/connection.js
index 9a17f166..ef390c46 100644
--- a/lib/connection.js
+++ b/lib/connection.js
@@ -165,7 +165,9 @@ p.end = function() {
 };
 
 p.describe = function(msg) {
-  this.send('D',Buffer(msg.type+msg.name+'\0'));
+  var str = msg.type + (msg.name || "" ) + '\0';
+  var buffer = Buffer(str, this.encoding);
+  this.send('D', buffer);
 };
 
 //parsing methods
diff --git a/test/integration/client/prepared-statement-tests.js b/test/integration/client/prepared-statement-tests.js
index e69de29b..7d48869f 100644
--- a/test/integration/client/prepared-statement-tests.js
+++ b/test/integration/client/prepared-statement-tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+var helper = require(__dirname +'/test-helper');
+
+test("simple prepared statement", function(){
+  var client = helper.client();
+  client.connection.on('message', function(msg) {
+    console.log(msg.name);
+  });
+  var query = client.query({
+    text: 'select age from person where name = $1',
+    values: ['Brian']
+  });
+
+  assert.raises(query, 'row', function(row) {
+    assert.equal(row.fields[0], 20);
+  });
+
+  assert.raises(query, 'end', function() {
+    client.end();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js b/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js
index 1bb77ec9..7451f297 100644
--- a/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js
+++ b/test/unit/connection/outbound-sending-tests.js
@@ -158,8 +158,14 @@ test('sends end command', function() {
 
 test('sends describe command',function() {
   test('describe statement', function() {
-    con.describe({type: 's', name: 'bang'});
-    var expected = new BufferList().addChar('s').addCString('bang').join(true, 'D')
+    con.describe({type: 'S', name: 'bang'});
+    var expected = new BufferList().addChar('S').addCString('bang').join(true, 'D')
+    assert.recieved(stream, expected);
+  });
+
+  test("describe unnamed portal", function() {
+    con.describe({type: 'P'});
+    var expected = new BufferList().addChar('P').addCString("").join(true, "D");
     assert.recieved(stream, expected);
   });
 });