diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 2f8df79c..1ffbbc35 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ Changes for crate
 Unreleased
 ==========
 
+- SQLAlchemy: Add support for ``gen_random_text_uuid()``
+
 
 2023/03/02 0.30.1
 =================
diff --git a/examples/column_autogenerate_uuid.py b/examples/column_autogenerate_uuid.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..540bc367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/column_autogenerate_uuid.py
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+"""
+Introduction
+============
+
+CrateDB's `gen_random_text_uuid()` can be used like this to
+auto-generate primary key values::
+
+    crash <<EOL
+        DROP TABLE IF EXISTS testdrive;
+        CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS "doc"."testdrive" (
+          "x" TEXT DEFAULT gen_random_text_uuid() NOT NULL,
+          "y" INT
+        );
+        INSERT INTO testdrive (y) VALUES (42);
+        INSERT INTO testdrive (y) VALUES (42);
+        REFRESH TABLE testdrive;
+        SELECT * FROM testdrive;
+    EOL
+
+Setup
+=====
+::
+
+    pip install 'crate[sqlalchemy]' 'psycopg[binary]' 'sqlalchemy>=2'
+
+Usage
+=====
+::
+
+    # Use PostgreSQL.
+    docker run --rm -it --publish=5432:5432 --env "POSTGRES_HOST_AUTH_METHOD=trust" postgres:15
+    python examples/column_autogenerate_uuid.py postgresql
+
+    # Use CrateDB.
+    docker run --rm -it --publish=4200:4200 --publish=6432:5432 crate
+    python examples/column_autogenerate_uuid.py cratedb
+
+Objective
+=========
+
+The second example currently croaks. Improve `CrateDDLCompiler` to make it work.
+
+Proposal
+========
+
+Support SQLAlchemy column definitions like that::
+
+    sa.Column("x", sa.String, primary_key=True, crate_autogenerate_uuid=True)
+
+> Support custom column DDL within the generation of CREATE TABLE statements,
+> by using the compiler extension documented in Custom SQL Constructs and
+> Compilation Extension to extend CreateColumn.
+>
+> -- https://docs.sqlalchemy.org/en/20/core/ddl.html#sqlalchemy.schema.CreateColumn
+
+"""
+import re
+import sys
+from functools import lru_cache
+
+import sqlalchemy as sa
+
+
+class AutoIncrementExample:
+    def __init__(self, dsn: str):
+        self.dsn = dsn
+
+    @property
+    @lru_cache
+    def engine(self):
+        return sa.create_engine(self.dsn, echo=True)
+
+    @property
+    @lru_cache
+    def table(self):
+        metadata = sa.MetaData()
+        if self.is_postgresql:
+            # PostgreSQL can handle auto-incremented primary keys of type INTEGER or LONG.
+            return sa.Table(
+                "testdrive",
+                metadata,
+                sa.Column("x", sa.Integer, primary_key=True, autoincrement=True),
+                sa.Column("y", sa.Integer),
+            )
+        elif self.is_cratedb:
+            # CrateDB can automatically generate primary keys of type TEXT
+            # using the `gen_random_text_uuid()` function.
+            # Does _not_ work with PostgreSQL.
+            return sa.Table(
+                "testdrive",
+                metadata,
+                sa.Column("x", sa.String, primary_key=True, crate_autogenerate_uuid=True),
+                sa.Column("y", sa.Integer),
+            )
+        else:
+            raise ValueError("Unknown database type")
+
+    @property
+    def is_postgresql(self):
+        return self.match_dsn("postgresql")
+
+    @property
+    def is_cratedb(self):
+        return self.match_dsn("crate")
+
+    def match_dsn(self, prefix: str):
+        return re.match(rf"^{prefix}(?:\+\w+?)?://", self.dsn)
+
+    def create(self):
+        self.table.drop(bind=self.engine, checkfirst=True)
+        self.table.create(bind=self.engine)
+
+    def insert(self):
+        stmt = self.table.insert().values(y=42)
+        with self.engine.begin() as session:
+            session.execute(stmt)
+            session.execute(stmt)
+
+    def read(self):
+        with self.engine.begin() as session:
+            if self.is_cratedb:
+                session.execute(sa.text("REFRESH TABLE testdrive;"))
+            result = session.execute(sa.text("SELECT * FROM testdrive;"))
+            print("result:", result.fetchall())
+
+    def reflect(self):
+        meta = sa.MetaData()
+        reflected_table = sa.Table("testdrive", meta, autoload_with=self.engine)
+        print(reflected_table)
+        print(reflected_table.columns)
+        print(reflected_table.constraints)
+        print(reflected_table.primary_key)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+
+    kind = sys.argv[1]
+    if kind == "cratedb":
+        DSN = "crate://localhost:4200"
+    elif kind == "postgresql":
+        DSN = "postgresql+psycopg://postgres@localhost:5432"
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("Unknown kind")
+
+    ex = AutoIncrementExample(DSN)
+    ex.create()
+    ex.insert()
+    ex.read()
+    # ex.reflect()

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