diff --git a/src/common/datomish/query/functions.cljc b/src/common/datomish/query/functions.cljc
index 946e1fa2..75894054 100644
--- a/src/common/datomish/query/functions.cljc
+++ b/src/common/datomish/query/functions.cljc
@@ -269,10 +269,38 @@
 
         (raise-str "Can't handle entity" e)))))
 
+(defn apply-ground-clause [cc function]
+  (let [{:keys [args binding]} function]
+    (when-not (= (count args) 1)
+      (raise-str "Too many args to ground."))
+
+    (when-not (and (instance? BindScalar binding)
+                   (instance? Variable (:variable binding)))
+      (raise-str "ground only binds scalars."))
+
+    (let [var (:variable binding)
+          val (first args)
+          constant? (instance? Constant val)
+          external (when (instance? Variable val)
+                     (first (get (:external-bindings cc) (:symbol val))))]
+
+      (when-not (or constant? external)
+        (raise-str "ground argument must be constant or externally bound."))
+
+      (-> cc
+        ;; TODO: figure out if we can conclusively know the type of the var.
+        ; (assoc-in [:known-types (:symbol var)] nil)
+
+        (util/append-in [:bindings (:symbol var)]
+                        (if constant?
+                          (:value val)
+                          external))))))
+
 (def sql-functions
   ;; Future: versions of this that uses snippet() or matchinfo().
   {"fulltext" apply-fulltext-clause
-   "get-else" apply-get-else-clause})
+   "get-else" apply-get-else-clause
+   "ground"   apply-ground-clause})
 
 (defn apply-sql-function
   "Either returns an application of `function` to `cc`, or nil to
diff --git a/test/datomish/test/query.cljc b/test/datomish/test/query.cljc
index 4b6688b0..5c6f2ba0 100644
--- a/test/datomish/test/query.cljc
+++ b/test/datomish/test/query.cljc
@@ -598,6 +598,32 @@
                      [(get-else $ ?page :page/title "No title") ?title]]
                    conn)))))
 
+(deftest-db test-ground conn
+  (let [attrs (<? (<initialize-with-schema conn page-schema))]
+    (is (= {:select (list
+                      [:datoms0.e :page]
+                      [(sql/param :xyz) :foo]),
+            :modifiers [:distinct],
+            :from '([:datoms datoms0]),
+            :where (list :and [:= :datoms0.a (:page/url attrs)])}
+           (expand '[:find ?page ?foo :in
+                     $ ?xyz      ; Bound param.
+                     :where
+                     [(ground ?xyz) ?foo]
+                     [?page :page/url _]]
+                   conn)))
+    (is (= {:select (list
+                      [:datoms0.e :page]
+                      [452 :foo]),
+            :modifiers [:distinct],
+            :from '([:datoms datoms0]),
+            :where (list :and [:= :datoms0.a (:page/url attrs)])}
+           (expand '[:find ?page ?foo :in $
+                     :where
+                     [(ground 452) ?foo]
+                     [?page :page/url _]]
+                   conn)))))
+
 (deftest-db test-limit-order conn
   (let [attrs (<? (<initialize-with-schema conn aggregate-schema))
         context