diff --git a/src/cursor.rs b/src/cursor.rs
index 81dc441..4c23a4a 100644
--- a/src/cursor.rs
+++ b/src/cursor.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,43 @@ impl<T> RowBinaryCursor<T> {
     }
 }
 
+pub(crate) struct RowBinaryCursor2 {
+    raw: RawCursor,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>
+}
+
+impl RowBinaryCursor2 {
+    pub(crate) fn new(response: Response) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            raw: RawCursor::new(response),
+            buffer: vec![0; INITIAL_BUFFER_SIZE],
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) async fn next<'a, 'b: 'a, T>(&'a mut self) -> Result<Option<T>>
+        where
+            T: Deserialize<'b>,
+    {
+        let buffer = &mut self.buffer;
+
+        self.raw
+            .next(|pending| {
+                match rowbinary::deserialize_from(pending, &mut workaround_51132(buffer)[..]) {
+                    Ok(value) => ControlFlow::Yield(value),
+                    Err(Error::TooSmallBuffer(need)) => {
+                        let new_len = (buffer.len() + need)
+                            .checked_next_power_of_two()
+                            .expect("oom");
+                        buffer.resize(new_len, 0);
+                        ControlFlow::Retry
+                    }
+                    Err(err) => ControlFlow::Err(err),
+                }
+            })
+            .await
+    }
+}
+
 // === JsonCursor ===
 
 #[cfg(feature = "watch")]
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index 198f015..0ab2c13 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ use crate::{
     sql::{Bind, SqlBuilder},
     Client,
 };
+use crate::cursor::RowBinaryCursor2;
+use crate::sql::Part;
 
 const MAX_QUERY_LEN_TO_USE_GET: usize = 8192;
 
@@ -74,6 +76,26 @@ impl Query {
         Ok(RowCursor(RowBinaryCursor::new(response)))
     }
 
+    pub fn fetch_cells(mut self) -> Result<CellCursor> {
+        // ensure we don't need to bind any fields
+        match &self.sql {
+            SqlBuilder::InProgress { parts, size } => {
+                if parts.iter().find(|p| matches!(p, Part::Arg)).is_some() {
+                    return Err(Error::Custom("Cannot specify ?fields when calling fetch_rows".to_string()));
+                }
+            }
+            SqlBuilder::Failed(err) => {
+                return Err(Error::Custom(err.clone()))
+            }
+        }
+
+        self.sql.append(" FORMAT RowBinary");
+
+        let response = self.do_execute(true)?;
+
+        Ok(CellCursor(RowBinaryCursor2::new(response)))
+    }
+
     /// Executes the query and returns just a single row.
     ///
     /// Note that `T` must be owned.
@@ -187,3 +209,14 @@ impl<T> RowCursor<T> {
         self.0.next().await
     }
 }
+
+pub struct CellCursor(RowBinaryCursor2);
+
+impl CellCursor {
+    pub async fn next<'a, 'b: 'a, T>(&'a mut self) -> Result<Option<T>>
+    where
+        T: Deserialize<'b>,
+    {
+        self.0.next().await
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/it/query.rs b/tests/it/query.rs
index 4a8e4a9..f304642 100644
--- a/tests/it/query.rs
+++ b/tests/it/query.rs
@@ -87,6 +87,36 @@ async fn fetch_one_and_optional() {
     assert_eq!(got_string, "bar");
 }
 
+#[crate::named]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn fetch_cells() {
+    let client = prepare_database!();
+
+    client
+        .query("CREATE TABLE test(n String) ENGINE = MergeTree ORDER BY n")
+        .execute()
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let q = "SELECT n FROM test ORDER BY n";
+
+    #[derive(Serialize, Row)]
+    struct Row {
+        n: String,
+    }
+
+    let mut insert = client.insert("test").unwrap();
+    insert.write(&Row { n: "foo".into() }).await.unwrap();
+    insert.write(&Row { n: "bar".into() }).await.unwrap();
+    insert.end().await.unwrap();
+
+    let mut cell_cursor = client.query(q).fetch_cells().unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(cell_cursor.next::<String>().await.expect("Error getting cell"), Some("bar".into()));
+    assert_eq!(cell_cursor.next::<String>().await.expect("Error getting cell"), Some("foo".into()));
+    assert_eq!(cell_cursor.next::<String>().await.expect("Error getting cell"), None);
+}
+
 // See #19.
 #[crate::named]
 #[tokio::test]