diff --git a/broker/pgcql/pg_definition.go b/broker/pgcql/pg_definition.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3c276fb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/pgcql/pg_definition.go
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package pgcql
+
+import "github.com/indexdata/cql-go/cql"
+
+type PgDefinition struct {
+	fields map[string]Field
+}
+
+func (pg *PgDefinition) AddField(name string, field Field) Definition {
+	if pg.fields == nil {
+		pg.fields = make(map[string]Field)
+	}
+	pg.fields[name] = field
+	return pg
+}
+
+func (pg *PgDefinition) GetFieldType(name string) Field {
+	if field, ok := pg.fields[name]; ok {
+		return field
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (pg *PgDefinition) Parse(q cql.Query, queryArgumentIndex int) (Query, error) {
+	query := &PgQuery{}
+	err := query.parse(q, queryArgumentIndex, pg)
+	return query, err
+}
diff --git a/broker/pgcql/pg_field_string.go b/broker/pgcql/pg_field_string.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c47570b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/pgcql/pg_field_string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package pgcql
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/indexdata/cql-go/cql"
+)
+
+type FieldString struct {
+	column string
+}
+
+func (f *FieldString) GetColumn() string {
+	return f.column
+}
+
+func (f *FieldString) WithColumn(column string) Field {
+	f.column = column
+	return f
+}
+
+func (f *FieldString) Generate(sc cql.SearchClause, queryArgumentIndex int) (string, []interface{}, error) {
+	var operator string
+	switch sc.Relation {
+	case cql.EQ:
+		operator = "="
+	case cql.NE:
+		operator = "!="
+	default:
+		return "", nil, &PgError{message: "unsupported operator"}
+	}
+	return f.column + " " + operator + fmt.Sprintf(" $%d", queryArgumentIndex), []interface{}{sc.Term}, nil
+}
diff --git a/broker/pgcql/pg_query.go b/broker/pgcql/pg_query.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3b5b1388
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/pgcql/pg_query.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package pgcql
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/indexdata/cql-go/cql"
+)
+
+type PgQuery struct {
+	def                *PgDefinition
+	queryArgumentIndex int
+	arguments          []interface{}
+	sql                string
+}
+
+func (p *PgQuery) parse(q cql.Query, queryArgumentIndex int, def *PgDefinition) error {
+	p.def = def
+	p.arguments = make([]interface{}, 0)
+	p.queryArgumentIndex = queryArgumentIndex
+	if q.SortSpec != nil {
+		return &PgError{message: "sorting not supported"}
+	}
+	return p.parseClause(q.Clause, 0)
+}
+
+func (p *PgQuery) parseClause(sc cql.Clause, level int) error {
+	if sc.SearchClause != nil {
+		index := sc.SearchClause.Index
+		fieldType := p.def.GetFieldType(index)
+		if fieldType == nil {
+			return &PgError{message: fmt.Sprintf("unknown field %s", index)}
+		}
+		sql, args, err := fieldType.Generate(*sc.SearchClause, p.queryArgumentIndex)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		p.sql += sql
+		if args != nil {
+			p.queryArgumentIndex += len(args)
+			p.arguments = append(p.arguments, args...)
+		}
+		return nil
+	} else if sc.BoolClause != nil {
+		if level > 0 {
+			p.sql += "("
+		}
+		err := p.parseClause(sc.BoolClause.Left, level+1)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if sc.BoolClause.Operator == cql.AND {
+			p.sql += " AND "
+		} else if sc.BoolClause.Operator == cql.OR {
+			p.sql += " OR "
+		} else if sc.BoolClause.Operator == cql.NOT {
+			p.sql += " AND NOT "
+		} else {
+			return &PgError{message: fmt.Sprintf("unsupported operator %s", sc.BoolClause.Operator)}
+		}
+		err = p.parseClause(sc.BoolClause.Right, level+1)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if level > 0 {
+			p.sql += ")"
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+	return &PgError{message: "unsupported clause type"}
+}
+
+func (p *PgQuery) GetWhereClause() string {
+	return p.sql
+}
+
+func (p *PgQuery) GetQueryArguments() []interface{} {
+	return p.arguments
+}
+
+func (p *PgQuery) GetOrderByClause() string {
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (p *PgQuery) GetOrderByFields() string {
+	return ""
+}
diff --git a/broker/pgcql/pgcql.go b/broker/pgcql/pgcql.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a33bd064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/pgcql/pgcql.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package pgcql
+
+import (
+	"github.com/indexdata/cql-go/cql"
+)
+
+type PgError struct {
+	message string
+}
+
+func (e *PgError) Error() string {
+	return e.message
+}
+
+type Field interface {
+	GetColumn() string
+	WithColumn(column string) Field
+	Generate(sc cql.SearchClause, queryArgumentIndex int) (string, []interface{}, error)
+}
+
+type Definition interface {
+	AddField(name string, field Field) Definition
+	GetFieldType(name string) Field
+	Parse(q cql.Query, queryArgumentIndex int) (Query, error)
+}
+
+type Query interface {
+	GetWhereClause() string
+	GetQueryArguments() []interface{}
+	GetOrderByClause() string
+	GetOrderByFields() string
+}
diff --git a/broker/pgcql/pgcql_test.go b/broker/pgcql/pgcql_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6e45a5a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/broker/pgcql/pgcql_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package pgcql
+
+import (
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/indexdata/cql-go/cql"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestBadSearchClause(t *testing.T) {
+	def := &PgDefinition{}
+
+	assert.Nil(t, def.GetFieldType("foo"))
+
+	q := cql.Query{}
+	_, err := def.Parse(q, 1)
+	assert.Error(t, err, "Expected error for empty query")
+	assert.Equal(t, "unsupported clause type", err.Error())
+}
+
+func TestParsing(t *testing.T) {
+	def := &PgDefinition{}
+	title := &FieldString{}
+	title.WithColumn("Title")
+	assert.Equal(t, title.GetColumn(), "Title", "GetColumn() should return the column name")
+
+	author := &FieldString{}
+	author.WithColumn("Author")
+
+	serverChoice := &FieldString{}
+	serverChoice.WithColumn("T")
+
+	def.AddField("title", title).AddField("author", author).AddField("cql.serverChoice", serverChoice)
+
+	for _, testcase := range []struct {
+		query        string
+		expected     string
+		expectedArgs []interface{}
+	}{
+		{"abc", "T = $1", []interface{}{"abc"}},
+		{"au=2", "-unknown field au", nil},
+		{"title>2", "-unsupported operator", nil},
+		{"title=2", "Title = $1", []interface{}{"2"}},
+		{"title<>2", "Title != $1", []interface{}{"2"}},
+		{"a or b and c", "(T = $1 OR T = $2) AND T = $3", []interface{}{"a", "b", "c"}},
+		{"title = abc", "Title = $1", []interface{}{"abc"}},
+		{"author = \"test\"", "Author = $1", []interface{}{"test"}},
+		{"title = a AND author = b c", "Title = $1 AND Author = $2", []interface{}{"a", "b c"}},
+		{"title = 'a' OR author = 'b'", "Title = $1 OR Author = $2", []interface{}{"'a'", "'b'"}},
+		{"title = a NOT author = b", "Title = $1 AND NOT Author = $2", []interface{}{"a", "b"}},
+		{"a prox b", "-unsupported operator prox", []interface{}{}},
+		{"a sortby title", "-sorting not supported", []interface{}{}},
+		{"au=2 or a", "-unknown field au", nil},
+		{"a or au=2", "-unknown field au", nil},
+	} {
+		var parser cql.Parser
+		q, err := parser.Parse(testcase.query)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%s: CQL parse error: %v", testcase.query, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		pgQuery, err := def.Parse(q, 1)
+
+		expectedError := strings.HasPrefix(testcase.expected, "-")
+
+		if err != nil {
+			if expectedError {
+				if strings.TrimPrefix(testcase.expected, "-") != err.Error() {
+					t.Errorf("%s: Expected error %s, got %s", testcase.query, strings.TrimPrefix(testcase.expected, "-"), err)
+				}
+			} else {
+				t.Errorf("%s: Failed to parse: %v", testcase.query, err)
+			}
+			continue
+		}
+		if expectedError {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected error, but got OK", testcase.query)
+			continue
+		}
+		if pgQuery.GetWhereClause() != testcase.expected {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected %s, got %s", testcase.query, testcase.expected, pgQuery.GetWhereClause())
+		}
+		if !reflect.DeepEqual(pgQuery.GetQueryArguments(), testcase.expectedArgs) {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected arguments %v, got %v", testcase.query, testcase.expectedArgs, pgQuery.GetQueryArguments())
+		}
+		if pgQuery.GetOrderByClause() != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected empty order by clause, got %s", testcase.query, pgQuery.GetOrderByClause())
+		}
+		if pgQuery.GetOrderByFields() != "" {
+			t.Errorf("%s: Expected empty order by fields, got %s", testcase.query, pgQuery.GetOrderByFields())
+		}
+	}
+}