diff --git a/sqlite3.go b/sqlite3.go
index 3b80eeb..bef5627 100644
--- a/sqlite3.go
+++ b/sqlite3.go
@@ -644,6 +644,10 @@ func (c *SQLiteConn) Close() error {
 
 // Prepare the query string. Return a new statement.
 func (c *SQLiteConn) Prepare(query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
+	return c.prepare(context.Background(), query)
+}
+
+func (c *SQLiteConn) prepare(ctx context.Context, query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
 	pquery := C.CString(query)
 	defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(pquery))
 	var s *C.sqlite3_stmt
diff --git a/sqlite3_go18.go b/sqlite3_go18.go
index 28a1bbf..5832a92 100644
--- a/sqlite3_go18.go
+++ b/sqlite3_go18.go
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ func (c *SQLiteConn) ExecContext(ctx context.Context, query string, args []drive
 	return c.exec(ctx, query, list)
 }
 
+func (c *SQLiteConn) PrepareContext(ctx context.Context, query string) (driver.Stmt, error) {
+	return c.prepare(ctx, query)
+}
+
 func (s *SQLiteStmt) QueryContext(ctx context.Context, args []driver.NamedValue) (driver.Rows, error) {
 	list := make([]namedValue, len(args))
 	for i, nv := range args {