diff --git a/src/main/scala/minisql/Meta.scala b/src/main/scala/minisql/Meta.scala
index d7c5464..7f302ce 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/minisql/Meta.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/minisql/Meta.scala
@@ -16,3 +16,16 @@ object UpdateMeta {
 
   inline def unsafe[E](inline ex: List[String]): UpdateMeta[E] = ex
 }
+
+opaque type InsertMeta[E] <: List[String] = List[String]
+
+object InsertMeta {
+
+  inline def noExclude[E]: InsertMeta[E] = unsafe(Nil)
+
+  inline def apply[E](using m: Mirror.ProductOf[E])(
+    inline exclude: List[Tuple.Union[m.MirroredElemLabels] & String]
+  ): InsertMeta[E] = unsafe(exclude)
+
+  inline def unsafe[E](inline ex: List[String]): InsertMeta[E] = ex
+}
diff --git a/src/main/scala/minisql/Quoted.scala b/src/main/scala/minisql/Quoted.scala
index 0f16d93..37fd684 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/minisql/Quoted.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/minisql/Quoted.scala
@@ -165,8 +165,14 @@ object EntityQuery {
       transform(e)(f)(Filter.apply)
     }
 
-    inline def insert(v: E): Insert[E] = {
-      ast.Insert(e, transformCaseClassToAssignments[E](v, Nil))
+    inline def insert(
+      v: E
+    )(using inline m: InsertMeta[E] = InsertMeta.noExclude[E]): Insert[E] = {
+      ast.Insert(e, transformCaseClassToAssignments[E](v, m))
+    }
+
+    inline def insert(inline ass: (E => (Any, Any))*): Insert[Long] = {
+      ast.Insert(e, parseFuncAssign(ass))
     }
 
     inline def update(
diff --git a/src/test/scala/minisql/context/sql/MirrorSqlContextSuite.scala b/src/test/scala/minisql/context/sql/MirrorSqlContextSuite.scala
index ee320c3..4781e91 100644
--- a/src/test/scala/minisql/context/sql/MirrorSqlContextSuite.scala
+++ b/src/test/scala/minisql/context/sql/MirrorSqlContextSuite.scala
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ class MirrorSqlContextSuite extends munit.FunSuite {
     )
   }
 
-  test("Insert") {
+  test("Insert - basic") {
     val v: Foo = Foo(0L, "foo", 1)
 
     val o = testContext.io(Foos.insert(v))
@@ -40,6 +40,47 @@ class MirrorSqlContextSuite extends munit.FunSuite {
     )
   }
 
+  test("Insert - with excluded fields") {
+    inline given InsertMeta[Foo] = InsertMeta[Foo](List("age"))
+
+    val v: Foo = Foo(0L, "foo", 1)
+
+    val o = testContext.io(Foos.insert(v))
+    assertEquals(
+      o.sql,
+      "INSERT INTO foo (id,name) VALUES (?, ?)"
+    )
+  }
+
+  test("Insert - with explicit assignments") {
+    val name = "test"
+    val age  = 42
+
+    val o = testContext.io(
+      Foos.insert(
+        f => f.name -> lift(name),
+        f => f.age -> lift(age)
+      )
+    )
+    assertEquals(
+      o.sql,
+      "INSERT INTO foo (name,age) VALUES (?, ?)"
+    )
+  }
+
+  test("Insert - with mixed explicit and excluded") {
+    given InsertMeta[Foo] = InsertMeta[Foo](List("id"))
+    val name              = "test"
+
+    val o = testContext.io(
+      Foos.insert(f => f.name -> lift(name))
+    )
+    assertEquals(
+      o.sql,
+      "INSERT INTO foo (name) VALUES (?)"
+    )
+  }
+
   test("InsertReturningGenerated") {
 
     val o = testContext.io(Foos.insert(foo0).returningGenerated(_.id))