diff --git a/doc/us/manual.html b/doc/us/manual.html
index d93c4c9..7754314 100644
--- a/doc/us/manual.html
+++ b/doc/us/manual.html
@@ -219,8 +219,10 @@ <h4>Methods</h4>
 	the operation could not be performed or when it is not implemented.</dd>
 	
 	
-	<dt><a name="conn_execute"></a><strong><code>conn:execute(statement)</code></strong></dt>
-	<dd>Executes the given SQL <code>statement</code>.<br/>
+	<dt><a name="conn_execute"></a><strong><code>conn:execute(statement[,...])</code></strong></dt>
+	<dd>Executes the given SQL <code>statement</code>. As in traditional prepared statements,
+	additional parameters can be used to avoid SQL injections. Although this is only
+	supported by sqlite3, postgres and mysql drivers.<br/>
 	Returns: a <a href="#cursor_object">cursor object</a>
 	if there are results, or the number of rows affected by the command otherwise.</dd>
 	
diff --git a/src/ls_mysql.c b/src/ls_mysql.c
index 1e01c3d..48d959d 100644
--- a/src/ls_mysql.c
+++ b/src/ls_mysql.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <stdbool.h>
 
 #ifdef WIN32
 #include <winsock2.h>
@@ -71,13 +72,25 @@ typedef struct {
 } conn_data;
 
 typedef struct {
-	short      closed;
-	int        conn;               /* reference to connection */
-	int        numcols;            /* number of columns */
-	int        colnames, coltypes; /* reference to column information tables */
-	MYSQL_RES *my_res;
+	short          closed;
+	int            conn;               /* reference to connection */
+	int            numcols;            /* number of columns */
+	int            colnames, coltypes; /* reference to column information tables */
+	MYSQL_RES     *my_res;
+	MYSQL_STMT    *stmt;
+	MYSQL_BIND    *params;             /* bound to result columns */
+	unsigned long *real_lengths;       /* params[i].length will point to these real_lengths */
+	bool          *nulls;              /* buffer for is_null */
+	bool          *errors;             /* buffer for error */
 } cur_data;
 
+typedef union {
+	double        number;
+	size_t        size;
+	long long int longlong;
+	char          c;
+} column_data;
+
 LUASQL_API int luaopen_luasql_mysql (lua_State *L);
 
 
@@ -117,11 +130,22 @@ static cur_data *getcursor (lua_State *L) {
 /*
 ** Push the value of #i field of #tuple row.
 */
-static void pushvalue (lua_State *L, void *row, long int len) {
-	if (row == NULL)
-		lua_pushnil (L);
-	else
-		lua_pushlstring (L, row, len);
+static void pushvalue (lua_State *L, cur_data *cur, int i) {
+	if (cur->nulls[i]) {
+		lua_pushnil(L);
+		cur->nulls[i] = 0;
+	} else {
+		/* error flags are set whenever lengths differ, but we resize only when real lengths are bigger */
+		if (cur->errors[i]) {
+			if (cur->real_lengths[i] > cur->params[i].buffer_length) {
+				cur->params[i].buffer = realloc(cur->params[i].buffer, cur->real_lengths[i]);
+				cur->params[i].buffer_length = cur->real_lengths[i];
+			}
+			mysql_stmt_fetch_column(cur->stmt, &cur->params[i], i, 0);
+			cur->errors[i] = 0;
+		}
+		lua_pushlstring(L, cur->params[i].buffer, cur->real_lengths[i]);
+	}
 }
 
 
@@ -185,38 +209,40 @@ static void create_colinfo (lua_State *L, cur_data *cur) {
 ** Closes the cursos and nullify all structure fields.
 */
 static void cur_nullify (lua_State *L, cur_data *cur) {
+	int i;
 	/* Nullify structure fields. */
 	cur->closed = 1;
 	mysql_free_result(cur->my_res);
+	mysql_stmt_close(cur->stmt);
+	for (i = 0; i < cur->numcols; i++) {
+		free(cur->params[i].buffer);
+		cur->params[i].buffer = NULL;
+	}
 	luaL_unref (L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, cur->conn);
 	luaL_unref (L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, cur->colnames);
 	luaL_unref (L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX, cur->coltypes);
 }
 
-	
+
 /*
 ** Get another row of the given cursor.
 */
 static int cur_fetch (lua_State *L) {
 	cur_data *cur = getcursor (L);
-	MYSQL_RES *res = cur->my_res;
-	unsigned long *lengths;
-	MYSQL_ROW row = mysql_fetch_row(res);
-	if (row == NULL) {
-		cur_nullify (L, cur);
+	int r = mysql_stmt_fetch(cur->stmt);
+	if (r && r != MYSQL_DATA_TRUNCATED) {
+		cur_nullify(L, cur);
 		lua_pushnil(L);  /* no more results */
 		return 1;
 	}
-	lengths = mysql_fetch_lengths(res);
-
 	if (lua_istable (L, 2)) {
 		const char *opts = luaL_optstring (L, 3, "n");
 		if (strchr (opts, 'n') != NULL) {
 			/* Copy values to numerical indices */
 			int i;
 			for (i = 0; i < cur->numcols; i++) {
-				pushvalue (L, row[i], lengths[i]);
-				lua_rawseti (L, 2, i+1);
+				pushvalue(L, cur, i);
+				lua_rawseti(L, 2, i+1);
 			}
 		}
 		if (strchr (opts, 'a') != NULL) {
@@ -231,7 +257,7 @@ static int cur_fetch (lua_State *L) {
 				lua_rawgeti(L, -1, i+1); /* push the field name */
 
 				/* Actually push the value */
-				pushvalue (L, row[i], lengths[i]);
+				pushvalue (L, cur, i);
 				lua_rawset (L, 2);
 			}
 			/* lua_pop(L, 1);  Pops colnames table. Not needed */
@@ -243,7 +269,7 @@ static int cur_fetch (lua_State *L) {
 		int i;
 		luaL_checkstack (L, cur->numcols, LUASQL_PREFIX"too many columns");
 		for (i = 0; i < cur->numcols; i++)
-			pushvalue (L, row[i], lengths[i]);
+			pushvalue (L, cur, i);
 		return cur->numcols; /* return #numcols values */
 	}
 }
@@ -317,7 +343,7 @@ static int cur_getcoltypes (lua_State *L) {
 ** Push the number of rows.
 */
 static int cur_numrows (lua_State *L) {
-	lua_pushinteger (L, (lua_Number)mysql_num_rows (getcursor(L)->my_res));
+	lua_pushinteger (L, (lua_Number)mysql_stmt_num_rows (getcursor(L)->stmt));
 	return 1;
 }
 
@@ -325,9 +351,12 @@ static int cur_numrows (lua_State *L) {
 /*
 ** Create a new Cursor object and push it on top of the stack.
 */
-static int create_cursor (lua_State *L, int conn, MYSQL_RES *result, int cols) {
-	cur_data *cur = (cur_data *)lua_newuserdata(L, sizeof(cur_data));
+static int create_cursor (lua_State *L, int conn, MYSQL_STMT *stmt, MYSQL_RES *result, int cols) {
+	int i;
+	size_t memsize = sizeof (cur_data) + cols * (sizeof (MYSQL_BIND) + sizeof (unsigned long) + 2 * sizeof (bool));
+	cur_data *cur = (cur_data *)lua_newuserdata(L, memsize);
 	luasql_setmeta (L, LUASQL_CURSOR_MYSQL);
+	memset(cur, 0, memsize);
 
 	/* fill in structure */
 	cur->closed = 0;
@@ -336,8 +365,28 @@ static int create_cursor (lua_State *L, int conn, MYSQL_RES *result, int cols) {
 	cur->colnames = LUA_NOREF;
 	cur->coltypes = LUA_NOREF;
 	cur->my_res = result;
+	cur->stmt = stmt;
 	lua_pushvalue (L, conn);
 	cur->conn = luaL_ref (L, LUA_REGISTRYINDEX);
+	cur->params = (MYSQL_BIND *)(sizeof (cur_data) + (char *)cur); /* after cur */
+	cur->real_lengths = (unsigned long *)(cols * sizeof (MYSQL_BIND) + (char *)cur->params);
+	cur->nulls = (bool*)(cols * sizeof (unsigned long) + (char *)cur->real_lengths);
+	cur->errors = (bool*)(cols * sizeof (bool) + (char *)cur->nulls);
+	for (i = 0; i < cols; i++) {
+		cur->params[i].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_STRING;
+		cur->params[i].buffer = malloc(0);
+		cur->params[i].buffer_length = 0;
+		cur->params[i].length = &cur->real_lengths[i];
+		/* old versions use my_bool, newer use bool. There's no simple way to detect it */
+		cur->params[i].is_null = (void*)&cur->nulls[i];
+		cur->params[i].error = (void*)&cur->errors[i];
+	}
+
+	if (mysql_stmt_bind_result(cur->stmt, cur->params)) {
+		int n = luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query (stmt_prepare). MySQL: ", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
+		cur_nullify(L, cur);
+		return n;
+	}
 
 	return 1;
 }
@@ -417,27 +466,103 @@ static int conn_execute (lua_State *L) {
 	conn_data *conn = getconnection (L);
 	size_t st_len;
 	const char *statement = luaL_checklstring (L, 2, &st_len);
-	if (mysql_real_query(conn->my_conn, statement, st_len)) 
-		/* error executing query */
-		return luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query. MySQL: ", mysql_error(conn->my_conn));
-	else
-	{
-		MYSQL_RES *res = mysql_store_result(conn->my_conn);
-		unsigned int num_cols = mysql_field_count(conn->my_conn);
-
-		if (res) { /* tuples returned */
-			return create_cursor (L, 1, res, num_cols);
-		}
-		else { /* mysql_use_result() returned nothing; should it have? */
-			if(num_cols == 0) { /* no tuples returned */
-            	/* query does not return data (it was not a SELECT) */
-				lua_pushinteger(L, mysql_affected_rows(conn->my_conn));
-				return 1;
-        	}
-			else /* mysql_use_result() should have returned data */
-				return luasql_failmsg(L, "error retrieving result. MySQL: ", mysql_error(conn->my_conn));
+	int i, nparams = lua_gettop(L);
+	MYSQL_STMT * stmt;
+	MYSQL_BIND * params;
+	column_data * params_data;
+	MYSQL_RES * res;
+	unsigned int num_cols;
+
+	stmt = mysql_stmt_init(conn->my_conn);
+	if (stmt == NULL)
+		return luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query (stmt_init). MySQL: ", mysql_error(conn->my_conn));
+	if (mysql_stmt_prepare(stmt, statement, st_len)) {
+		int n = luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query (stmt_prepare). MySQL: ", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return n;
+	}
+	if (nparams - 2 != mysql_stmt_param_count(stmt)) {
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return luasql_faildirect(L, "error executing query. Invalid parameter count");
+	}
+	params = calloc(sizeof (MYSQL_BIND), nparams - 2);
+	params_data = calloc(sizeof (column_data), nparams - 2);
+	for (i = 3; i <= nparams; i++) {
+		switch (lua_type(L, i)) {
+		case LUA_TNIL:
+			params[i-3].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_NULL;
+			break;
+		case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
+			params_data[i-3].c = lua_toboolean(L, i);
+			params[i-3].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_TINY;
+			params[i-3].buffer = &params_data[i-3].c;
+			params[i-3].buffer_length = sizeof (char);
+			break;
+		case LUA_TNUMBER:
+#ifdef LUA_INT_TYPE
+			if (lua_isinteger(L, i)) {
+				params_data[i-3].longlong = lua_tointeger(L, i);
+				params[i-3].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_LONGLONG;
+				params[i-3].buffer = &params_data[i-3].longlong;
+				params[i-3].buffer_length = sizeof (long long int);
+				break;
+			}
+#endif
+			params_data[i-3].number = lua_tonumber(L, i);
+			params[i-3].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_DOUBLE;
+			params[i-3].buffer = &params_data[i-3].number;
+			params[i-3].buffer_length = sizeof (double);
+			break;
+		case LUA_TSTRING:
+			params[i-3].buffer_type = MYSQL_TYPE_STRING;
+			params[i-3].buffer = (char*)lua_tolstring(L, i, &params_data[i-3].size);
+			params[i-3].buffer_length = params_data[i-3].size;
+			params[i-3].length = &params_data[i-3].size;
+			break;
+		default:
+			free(params);
+			free(params_data);
+			mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+			return luasql_faildirect(L, "error executing query. Invalid parameter type");
 		}
 	}
+	if (mysql_stmt_bind_param(stmt, params)) {
+		int n = luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query (stmt_bind_param). MySQL: ", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
+		free(params);
+		free(params_data);
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return n;
+	}
+	if (mysql_stmt_execute(stmt)) {
+		int n = luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query (stmt_execute). MySQL: ", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
+		free(params);
+		free(params_data);
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return n;
+	}
+	free(params);
+	free(params_data);
+	if (mysql_stmt_store_result(stmt)) {
+		int n = luasql_failmsg(L, "error executing query (stmt_store_result). MySQL: ", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return n;
+	}
+
+	res = mysql_stmt_result_metadata(stmt);
+	num_cols = mysql_stmt_field_count(stmt);
+	if (res) { /* tuples returned */
+		return create_cursor (L, 1, stmt, res, num_cols);
+	}
+
+	if(num_cols == 0) { /* no tuples returned */
+	/* query does not return data (it was not a SELECT) */
+		lua_pushinteger(L, mysql_stmt_affected_rows(stmt));
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return 1;
+	} else { /* mysql_use_result() should have returned data */
+		mysql_stmt_close(stmt);
+		return luasql_failmsg(L, "error retrieving result. MySQL: ", mysql_stmt_error(stmt));
+	}
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/ls_postgres.c b/src/ls_postgres.c
index dd97ea7..85162dc 100644
--- a/src/ls_postgres.c
+++ b/src/ls_postgres.c
@@ -414,7 +414,20 @@ static int conn_escape (lua_State *L) {
 static int conn_execute (lua_State *L) {
 	conn_data *conn = getconnection (L);
 	const char *statement = luaL_checkstring (L, 2);
-	PGresult *res = PQexec(conn->pg_conn, statement);
+	int nparams = lua_gettop(L);
+	PGresult *res;
+	if (nparams > 2) {
+		int i;
+		const char ** values = malloc(sizeof (char *) * (nparams - 2));
+		for (i = 3; i <= nparams; i++)
+			values[i - 3] = lua_tostring(L, i);
+		res = PQexecParams(conn->pg_conn, statement, nparams - 2, NULL, values, NULL, NULL, 0);
+		free(values);
+	}
+	else {
+		/* for multiple statements support */
+		res = PQexec(conn->pg_conn, statement);
+	}
 	if (res && PQresultStatus(res)==PGRES_COMMAND_OK) {
 		/* no tuples returned */
 		lua_pushnumber(L, atof(PQcmdTuples(res)));
diff --git a/src/ls_sqlite3.c b/src/ls_sqlite3.c
index 33672ca..a9b9f2b 100644
--- a/src/ls_sqlite3.c
+++ b/src/ls_sqlite3.c
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ static int conn_escape(lua_State *L)
 */
 static int conn_execute(lua_State *L)
 {
+  int i;
   conn_data *conn = getconnection(L);
   const char *statement = luaL_checkstring(L, 2);
   int res;
@@ -398,6 +399,52 @@ static int conn_execute(lua_State *L)
       return luasql_faildirect(L, errmsg);
     }
 
+  /* bind any additional arguments to the statement */
+  numcols = lua_gettop(L);
+  for (i = 3; i <= numcols; i++)
+    {
+      const char * buffer;
+      size_t size;
+      switch (lua_type(L, i)) {
+      case LUA_TNIL:
+        res = sqlite3_bind_null(vm, i - 2);
+        break;
+
+      case LUA_TBOOLEAN:
+      case LUA_TNUMBER:
+#ifdef LUA_INT_TYPE
+        if (lua_isnumber(L, i) && !lua_isinteger(L, i))
+          {
+            res = sqlite3_bind_double(vm, i - 2, lua_tonumber(L, i));
+          }
+        else
+          {
+            res = sqlite3_bind_int64(vm, i - 2, lua_tointeger(L, i));
+          }
+#else
+	res = sqlite3_bind_double(vm, i - 2, lua_tonumber(L, i));
+#endif
+        break;
+
+      case LUA_TSTRING:
+        buffer = lua_tolstring(L, i, &size);
+        res = sqlite3_bind_text(vm, i - 2, buffer, size, SQLITE_TRANSIENT);
+        break;
+
+      default:
+        sqlite3_finalize(vm);
+        return luaL_error(L, LUASQL_PREFIX"Invalid type for execute parameter %d", i - 2);
+      }
+
+      /* handle errors */
+      if (res != SQLITE_OK)
+        {
+          errmsg = sqlite3_errmsg(conn->sql_conn);
+          sqlite3_finalize(vm);
+          return luaL_error(L, LUASQL_PREFIX"Error binding parameter %d: %s", i - 2, errmsg);
+        }
+    }
+
   /* process first result to retrive query information and type */
   res = sqlite3_step(vm);
   numcols = sqlite3_column_count(vm);
diff --git a/src/luasql.c b/src/luasql.c
index ed1cae7..ecf463a 100644
--- a/src/luasql.c
+++ b/src/luasql.c
@@ -131,3 +131,35 @@ LUASQL_API void luasql_set_info (lua_State *L) {
 	lua_pushliteral (L, "LuaSQL 2.3.5 (for "LUA_VERSION")");
 	lua_settable (L, -3);
 }
+
+/*
+** Execute an SQL statement from a string.
+** Return a Cursor object if the statement is a query, otherwise
+** return the number of tuples affected by the statement.
+** It's nothing more than a C implementation of:
+**     function conn:execute(sql, ...)
+**         local stmt, msg = conn:prepare(sql)
+**         if stmt == nil then return nil, msg end
+**         return stmt:execute(...)
+**     end
+*/
+LUASQL_API int luasql_conn_execute (lua_State *L) {
+	// stack: conn sql ...
+	lua_getfield(L, 1, "prepare");
+	lua_pushvalue(L, 1);
+	lua_pushvalue(L, 2);
+	// stack: conn sql ... conn.prepare conn sql
+	lua_call(L, 2, 2);
+	// stack: conn sql ... stmt msg
+	if (lua_isnil(L, -2))
+		return 2;
+	lua_pop(L, 1);
+	lua_replace(L, 2);
+	// stack: conn stmt ...
+	lua_getfield(L, 2, "execute");
+	lua_replace(L, 1);
+	// stack: stmt.execute stmt ...
+	lua_call(L, lua_gettop(L)-1, LUA_MULTRET);
+	// stack: cur msg?
+	return lua_gettop(L);
+}
diff --git a/src/luasql.h b/src/luasql.h
index 345bf57..d7fe655 100644
--- a/src/luasql.h
+++ b/src/luasql.h
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ LUASQL_API int luasql_failmsg (lua_State *L, const char *err, const char *m);
 LUASQL_API int luasql_createmeta (lua_State *L, const char *name, const luaL_Reg *methods);
 LUASQL_API void luasql_setmeta (lua_State *L, const char *name);
 LUASQL_API void luasql_set_info (lua_State *L);
+LUASQL_API int luasql_conn_execute (lua_State *L);
 
 #if !defined LUA_VERSION_NUM || LUA_VERSION_NUM==501
 void luaL_setfuncs (lua_State *L, const luaL_Reg *l, int nup);