diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 65c517c..dc40dcc 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ end
 statement = Ilios::Cassandra.session.prepare(<<~CQL)
   SELECT * FROM ilios.example
 CQL
+statement.idempotent = true
 statement.page_size = 25
 result = Ilios::Cassandra.session.execute(statement)
 result.each do |row|
diff --git a/ext/ilios/statement.c b/ext/ilios/statement.c
index 36fa539..d5685ce 100644
--- a/ext/ilios/statement.c
+++ b/ext/ilios/statement.c
@@ -187,6 +187,23 @@ static VALUE statement_page_size(VALUE self, VALUE page_size)
     return self;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sets whether the statement is idempotent. Idempotent statements are able to be
+ * automatically retried after timeouts/errors and can be speculatively executed.
+ * The default is +false+.
+ *
+ * @param idempotent [Boolean] Whether the statement is idempotent.
+ * @return [Cassandra::Statement] self.
+ */
+static VALUE statement_idempotent(VALUE self, VALUE idempotent)
+{
+    CassandraStatement *cassandra_statement;
+
+    GET_STATEMENT(self, cassandra_statement);
+    cass_statement_set_is_idempotent(cassandra_statement->statement, RTEST(idempotent) ? cass_true : cass_false);
+    return self;
+}
+
 static void statement_mark(void *ptr)
 {
     CassandraStatement *cassandra_statement = (CassandraStatement *)ptr;
@@ -225,4 +242,5 @@ void Init_statement(void)
 
     rb_define_method(cStatement, "bind", statement_bind, 1);
     rb_define_method(cStatement, "page_size=", statement_page_size, 1);
+    rb_define_method(cStatement, "idempotent=", statement_idempotent, 1);
 }
diff --git a/sig/ilios.rbs b/sig/ilios.rbs
index 8f98333..bb8adec 100644
--- a/sig/ilios.rbs
+++ b/sig/ilios.rbs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ module Ilios
     class Statement
       def bind: (Hash[Symbol, untyped] | Hash[String, untyped]) -> self
       def page_size: (Integer) -> self
+      def idempotent: (true | false) -> self
     end
 
     class Future
diff --git a/test/test_statement.rb b/test/test_statement.rb
index f788fd0..a6a2610 100644
--- a/test/test_statement.rb
+++ b/test/test_statement.rb
@@ -270,6 +270,10 @@ def test_page_size
     assert_equal(5, results.to_a.size)
   end
 
+  def test_idempotent
+    assert_kind_of(Ilios::Cassandra::Statement, @insert_statement.idempotent = true)
+  end
+
   private
 
   def insert_and_get_results