diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 44425d09..5ae3b050 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -879,6 +879,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "files"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-std",
+ "dotenv",
+ "sqlx",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "filetime"
 version = "0.2.17"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index dd26ec28..b36bc198 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ members = [
     "sqlx-cli",
     "sqlx-bench",
     "examples/mysql/todos",
+    "examples/postgres/files",
     "examples/postgres/json",
     "examples/postgres/listen",
     "examples/postgres/todos",
diff --git a/examples/postgres/files/Cargo.toml b/examples/postgres/files/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9f5493dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/postgres/files/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[package]
+name = "files"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+# See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0"
+async-std = { version = "1.8.0", features = [ "attributes" ] }
+sqlx = { path = "../../../", features = ["postgres", "offline", "runtime-async-std-native-tls"] }
+dotenv = "0.15.0"
diff --git a/examples/postgres/files/README.md b/examples/postgres/files/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7481ede4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/postgres/files/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# Query files Example
+
+## Description
+
+This example demonstrates storing external files to use for querying data.
+Encapsulating your SQL queries can be helpful in several ways, assisting with intellisense,
+etc.
+
+
+## Setup
+
+1. Declare the database URL
+
+    ```
+    export DATABASE_URL="postgres://postgres:password@localhost/files"
+    ```
+
+2. Create the database.
+
+    ```
+    $ sqlx db create
+    ```
+
+3. Run sql migrations
+
+    ```
+    $ sqlx migrate run
+    ```
+
+## Usage
+
+Run the project
+
+```
+cargo run files
+```
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diff --git a/examples/postgres/files/migrations/20220712221654_files.sql b/examples/postgres/files/migrations/20220712221654_files.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8cf23e43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/postgres/files/migrations/20220712221654_files.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users
+(
+    id       BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    username TEXT NOT NULL
+);
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS posts
+(
+    id      BIGSERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
+    title   TEXT NOT NULL,
+    body    TEXT NOT NULL,
+    user_id BIGINT NOT NULL
+        REFERENCES users (id) ON DELETE CASCADE
+);
diff --git a/examples/postgres/files/queries/insert_seed_data.sql b/examples/postgres/files/queries/insert_seed_data.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ba99797
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/postgres/files/queries/insert_seed_data.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+-- seed some data to work with
+WITH inserted_users_cte AS (
+    INSERT INTO users (username)
+        VALUES ('user1'),
+               ('user2')
+        RETURNING id as "user_id"
+)
+INSERT INTO posts (title, body, user_id)
+VALUES ('user1 post1 title', 'user1 post1 body', (SELECT user_id FROM inserted_users_cte FETCH FIRST ROW ONLY)),
+       ('user1 post2 title', 'user1 post2 body', (SELECT user_id FROM inserted_users_cte FETCH FIRST ROW ONLY)),
+       ('user2 post1 title', 'user2 post2 body', (SELECT user_id FROM inserted_users_cte OFFSET 1 LIMIT 1));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/postgres/files/queries/list_all_posts.sql b/examples/postgres/files/queries/list_all_posts.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c432ffdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/postgres/files/queries/list_all_posts.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+SELECT p.id as "post_id",
+       p.title,
+       p.body,
+       u.id as "author_id",
+       u.username as "author_username"
+FROM users u
+         JOIN posts p on u.id = p.user_id;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/examples/postgres/files/src/main.rs b/examples/postgres/files/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c6a5d55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/postgres/files/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use sqlx::{query_file, query_file_as, query_file_unchecked, FromRow, PgPool};
+use std::fmt::{Display, Formatter};
+
+#[derive(FromRow)]
+struct PostWithAuthorQuery {
+    pub post_id: i64,
+    pub title: String,
+    pub body: String,
+    pub author_id: i64,
+    pub author_username: String,
+}
+
+impl Display for PostWithAuthorQuery {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            r#"
+            post_id: {},
+            title: {},
+            body: {},
+            author_id: {},
+            author_username: {}
+        "#,
+            self.post_id, self.title, self.body, self.author_id, self.author_username
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_std::main]
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    let pool = PgPool::connect(&dotenv::var("DATABASE_URL")?).await?;
+
+    // we can use a tranditional wrapper around the `query!()` macro using files
+    query_file!("queries/insert_seed_data.sql")
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await?;
+
+    // we can also use `query_file_as!()` similarly to `query_as!()` to map our database models
+    let posts_with_authors = query_file_as!(PostWithAuthorQuery, "queries/list_all_posts.sql")
+        .fetch_all(&pool)
+        .await?;
+
+    for post_with_author in posts_with_authors {
+        println!("{}", post_with_author);
+    }
+
+    Ok(())
+}