diff --git a/examples/README.md b/examples/README.md
index 225eff8..b98afa6 100644
--- a/examples/README.md
+++ b/examples/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ If something is missing, or you found a mistake in one of these examples, please
 - [default_format_setting.ts](default_format_setting.ts) - sending queries using `exec` method without a `FORMAT` clause; the default format will be set from the client settings.
 - [session_id_and_temporary_tables.ts](session_id_and_temporary_tables.ts) - creating a temporary table, which requires a session_id to be passed to the server.
 - [session_level_commands.ts](session_level_commands.ts) - using SET commands, memorized for the specific session_id.
+- [role.ts](role.ts) - using one or more roles without explicit `USE` commands or session IDs
 
 ## How to run
 
diff --git a/examples/role.ts b/examples/role.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ee4770
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/role.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+import type { ClickHouseError } from '@clickhouse/client'
+import { createClient } from '@clickhouse/client' // or '@clickhouse/client-web'
+
+/**
+ * An example of specifying a role using query parameters
+ * See https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/interfaces/http#setting-role-with-query-parameters
+ */
+void (async () => {
+  const format = 'JSON'
+  const username = 'role_user'
+  const password = 'role_user_password'
+  const table1 = 'table_1'
+  const table2 = 'table_2'
+
+  // Create 2 tables, a role for each table allowing SELECT, and a user with access to those roles
+  const defaultClient = createClient()
+  await createOrReplaceUser(username, password)
+  const table1Role = await createTableAndGrantAccess(table1, username)
+  const table2Role = await createTableAndGrantAccess(table2, username)
+  await defaultClient.close()
+
+  // Create a client using a role that only has permission to query table1
+  const client = createClient({
+    username,
+    password,
+    role: table1Role,
+  })
+
+  // Selecting from table1 is allowed using table1Role
+  let rs = await client.query({
+    query: `select count(*) from ${table1}`,
+    format,
+  })
+  console.log(
+    `Successfully queried from ${table1} using ${table1Role}. Result: `,
+    (await rs.json()).data,
+  )
+
+  // Selecting from table2 is not allowed using table1Role
+  await client
+    .query({ query: `select count(*) from ${table2}`, format })
+    .catch((e: ClickHouseError) => {
+      console.error(
+        `Failed to qeury from ${table2} due to error with type: ${e.type}. Message: ${e.message}`,
+      )
+    })
+
+  // Override the client's role to table2Role, allowing a query to table2
+  rs = await client.query({
+    query: `select count(*) from ${table2}`,
+    format,
+    role: table2Role,
+  })
+  console.log(
+    `Successfully queried from ${table2} using ${table2Role}. Result: `,
+    (await rs.json()).data,
+  )
+
+  // Selecting from table1 is no longer allowed, since table2Role is being used
+  await client
+    .query({
+      query: `select count(*) from ${table1}`,
+      format,
+      role: table2Role,
+    })
+    .catch((e: ClickHouseError) => {
+      console.error(
+        `Failed to qeury from ${table1} due to error with type: ${e.type}. Message: ${e.message}`,
+      )
+    })
+
+  // Multiple roles can be specified to allowed querying from either table
+  rs = await client.query({
+    query: `select count(*) from ${table1}`,
+    format,
+    role: [table1Role, table2Role],
+  })
+  console.log(
+    `Successfully queried from ${table1} using roles: [${table1Role}, ${table2Role}]. Result: `,
+    (await rs.json()).data,
+  )
+
+  rs = await client.query({
+    query: `select count(*) from ${table2}`,
+    format,
+    role: [table1Role, table2Role],
+  })
+  console.log(
+    `Successfully queried from ${table2} using roles: [${table1Role}, ${table2Role}]. Result: `,
+    (await rs.json()).data,
+  )
+
+  await client.close()
+
+  async function createOrReplaceUser(username: string, password: string) {
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `CREATE USER OR REPLACE ${username} IDENTIFIED WITH plaintext_password BY '${password}'`,
+    })
+  }
+
+  async function createTableAndGrantAccess(
+    tableName: string,
+    username: string,
+  ) {
+    const role = `${tableName}_role`
+
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `
+        CREATE OR REPLACE TABLE ${tableName}
+        (id UInt32, name String, sku Array(UInt32))
+        ENGINE MergeTree()
+        ORDER BY (id)
+      `,
+    })
+
+    await defaultClient.command({ query: `CREATE ROLE OR REPLACE ${role}` })
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `GRANT SELECT ON ${tableName} TO ${role}`,
+    })
+    await defaultClient.command({ query: `GRANT ${role} TO ${username}` })
+
+    return role
+  }
+})()
diff --git a/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/role.test.ts b/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/role.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73af05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/client-common/__tests__/integration/role.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,359 @@
+import type { ClickHouseClient } from '@clickhouse/client-common'
+import { createTestClient, TestEnv, whenOnEnv } from '@test/utils'
+import { getTestDatabaseName, guid } from '../utils'
+import { createSimpleTable } from '../fixtures/simple_table'
+import { assertJsonValues, jsonValues } from '../fixtures/test_data'
+
+describe('role settings', () => {
+  let defaultClient: ClickHouseClient
+  let client: ClickHouseClient
+
+  let database: string
+  let username: string
+  let password: string
+  let roleName1: string
+  let roleName2: string
+
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    defaultClient = createTestClient()
+    username = `clickhousejs__user_with_roles_${guid()}`
+    password = `CHJS_${guid()}`
+    roleName1 = `TEST_ROLE_${guid()}`
+    roleName2 = `TEST_ROLE_${guid()}`
+    database = getTestDatabaseName()
+
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `CREATE USER ${username} IDENTIFIED WITH sha256_password BY '${password}' DEFAULT DATABASE ${database}`,
+    })
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `CREATE ROLE IF NOT EXISTS ${roleName1}`,
+    })
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `CREATE ROLE IF NOT EXISTS ${roleName2}`,
+    })
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `GRANT ${roleName1}, ${roleName2} TO ${username}`,
+    })
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `GRANT INSERT ON ${database}.* TO ${roleName1}`,
+    })
+    await defaultClient.command({
+      query: `GRANT CREATE TABLE ON * TO ${roleName1}`,
+    })
+  })
+
+  afterEach(async () => {
+    await client.close()
+  })
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    await defaultClient.close()
+  })
+
+  describe('for queries', () => {
+    async function queryCurrentRoles(role?: string | Array<string>) {
+      const rs = await client.query({
+        query: 'select currentRoles() as roles',
+        format: 'JSONEachRow',
+        role,
+      })
+
+      const jsonResults = (await rs.json()) as { roles: string[] }[]
+      return jsonResults[0].roles
+    }
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should use a single role from the client configuration',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName1,
+        })
+
+        const actualRoles = await queryCurrentRoles()
+        expect(actualRoles).toEqual([roleName1])
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should use multiple roles from the client configuration',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: [roleName1, roleName2],
+        })
+
+        const actualRoles = await queryCurrentRoles()
+        expect(actualRoles.length).toBe(2)
+        expect(actualRoles).toContain(roleName1)
+        expect(actualRoles).toContain(roleName2)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should use single role from the query options',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: [roleName1, roleName2],
+        })
+
+        const actualRoles = await queryCurrentRoles(roleName2)
+        expect(actualRoles).toEqual([roleName2])
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should use multiple roles from the query options',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+        })
+
+        const actualRoles = await queryCurrentRoles([roleName1, roleName2])
+        expect(actualRoles.length).toBe(2)
+        expect(actualRoles).toContain(roleName1)
+        expect(actualRoles).toContain(roleName2)
+      },
+    )
+  })
+
+  describe('for inserts', () => {
+    let tableName: string
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      tableName = `insert_test_${guid()}`
+      await createSimpleTable(defaultClient, tableName)
+    })
+
+    async function tryInsert(role?: string | Array<string>) {
+      await client.insert({
+        table: tableName,
+        values: jsonValues,
+        format: 'JSONEachRow',
+        role,
+      })
+    }
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully insert when client specifies a role that is allowed to insert',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName1,
+        })
+
+        await tryInsert()
+        await assertJsonValues(defaultClient, tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully insert when client specifies multiple roles and at least one is allowed to insert',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: [roleName1, roleName2],
+        })
+
+        await tryInsert()
+        await assertJsonValues(defaultClient, tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should fail to insert when client specifies a role that is not allowed to insert',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName2,
+        })
+
+        await expectAsync(tryInsert()).toBeRejectedWith(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            message: jasmine.stringContaining('Not enough privileges'),
+            code: '497',
+            type: 'ACCESS_DENIED',
+          }),
+        )
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully insert when insert specifies a role that is allowed to insert',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName2,
+        })
+
+        await tryInsert(roleName1)
+        await assertJsonValues(defaultClient, tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully insert when insert specifies multiple roles and at least one is allowed to insert',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName2,
+        })
+
+        await tryInsert([roleName1, roleName2])
+        await assertJsonValues(defaultClient, tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should fail to insert when insert specifies a role that is not allowed to insert',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName1,
+        })
+
+        await expectAsync(tryInsert(roleName2)).toBeRejectedWith(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            message: jasmine.stringContaining('Not enough privileges'),
+            code: '497',
+            type: 'ACCESS_DENIED',
+          }),
+        )
+      },
+    )
+  })
+
+  describe('for commands', () => {
+    let tableName: string
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+      tableName = `command_role_test_${guid()}`
+    })
+
+    async function tryCreateTable(role?: string | Array<string>) {
+      const query = `
+        CREATE TABLE ${tableName}
+        (id UInt64, name String, sku Array(UInt8), timestamp DateTime)
+        ENGINE = MergeTree()
+        ORDER BY (id)
+      `
+      await client.command({ query, role })
+    }
+
+    async function checkCreatedTable(tableName: string) {
+      const selectResult = await defaultClient.query({
+        query: `SELECT * from system.tables where name = '${tableName}'`,
+        format: 'JSON',
+      })
+
+      const { data, rows } = await selectResult.json<{ name: string }>()
+      expect(rows).toBe(1)
+      expect(data[0].name).toBe(tableName)
+    }
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully create a table when client specifies a role that is allowed to create tables',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName1,
+        })
+
+        await tryCreateTable()
+        await checkCreatedTable(tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully create table when client specifies multiple roles and at least one is allowed to create tables',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: [roleName1, roleName2],
+        })
+
+        await tryCreateTable()
+        await checkCreatedTable(tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should fail to create a table when client specifies a role that is not allowed to create tables',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName2,
+        })
+
+        await expectAsync(tryCreateTable()).toBeRejectedWith(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            message: jasmine.stringContaining('Not enough privileges'),
+            code: '497',
+            type: 'ACCESS_DENIED',
+          }),
+        )
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully create table when command specifies a role that is allowed to create tables',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName2,
+        })
+
+        await tryCreateTable(roleName1)
+        await checkCreatedTable(tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should successfully create table when command specifies multiple roles and at least one is allowed to create tables',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName2,
+        })
+
+        await tryCreateTable([roleName1, roleName2])
+        await checkCreatedTable(tableName)
+      },
+    )
+
+    whenOnEnv(TestEnv.LocalSingleNode).it(
+      'should fail to create table when command specifies a role that is not allowed to create tables',
+      async () => {
+        client = createTestClient({
+          username,
+          password,
+          role: roleName1,
+        })
+
+        await expectAsync(tryCreateTable(roleName2)).toBeRejectedWith(
+          jasmine.objectContaining({
+            message: jasmine.stringContaining('Not enough privileges'),
+            code: '497',
+            type: 'ACCESS_DENIED',
+          }),
+        )
+      },
+    )
+  })
+})
diff --git a/packages/client-common/__tests__/unit/to_search_params.test.ts b/packages/client-common/__tests__/unit/to_search_params.test.ts
index 3f6f43e..c893eee 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/__tests__/unit/to_search_params.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/__tests__/unit/to_search_params.test.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ describe('toSearchParams', () => {
         qaz: 'qux',
       },
       session_id: 'my-session-id',
+      role: ['my-role-1', 'my-role-2'],
       query_id: 'my-query-id',
       query,
     })!
@@ -89,10 +90,28 @@ describe('toSearchParams', () => {
       ['param_qaz', 'qux'],
       ['query', 'SELECT * FROM system.query_log'],
       ['query_id', 'my-query-id'],
+      ['role', 'my-role-1'],
+      ['role', 'my-role-2'],
       ['session_id', 'my-session-id'],
       ['wait_end_of_query', '1'],
     ])
   })
+
+  it('should set a single role', async () => {
+    const query = 'SELECT * FROM system.query_log'
+    const params = toSearchParams({
+      database: 'some_db',
+      query,
+      query_id: 'my-query-id',
+      role: 'single-role',
+    })!
+    const result = toSortedArray(params)
+    expect(result).toEqual([
+      ['database', 'some_db'],
+      ['query', 'SELECT * FROM system.query_log'],
+      ['role', 'single-role'],
+    ])
+  })
 })
 
 function toSortedArray(params: URLSearchParams): [string, string][] {
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/client.ts b/packages/client-common/src/client.ts
index d7039b0..83481b1 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/client.ts
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ export interface BaseQueryParams {
    *  If it is not set, {@link BaseClickHouseClientConfigOptions.session_id} will be used.
    *  @default undefined (no override) */
   session_id?: string
+  /** A specific list of roles to use for this query.
+   *  If it is not set, {@link BaseClickHouseClientConfigOptions.roles} will be used.
+   *  @default undefined (no override) */
+  role?: string | Array<string>
   /** When defined, overrides the credentials from the {@link BaseClickHouseClientConfigOptions.username}
    *  and {@link BaseClickHouseClientConfigOptions.password} settings for this particular request.
    *  @default undefined (no override) */
@@ -151,6 +155,7 @@ export class ClickHouseClient<Stream = unknown> {
   private readonly makeResultSet: MakeResultSet<Stream>
   private readonly valuesEncoder: ValuesEncoder<Stream>
   private readonly sessionId?: string
+  private readonly role?: string | Array<string>
   private readonly logWriter: LogWriter
 
   constructor(
@@ -168,6 +173,7 @@ export class ClickHouseClient<Stream = unknown> {
     this.logWriter = this.connectionParams.log_writer
     this.clientClickHouseSettings = this.connectionParams.clickhouse_settings
     this.sessionId = config.session_id
+    this.role = config.role
     this.connection = config.impl.make_connection(
       configWithURL,
       this.connectionParams,
@@ -205,6 +211,7 @@ export class ClickHouseClient<Stream = unknown> {
           message: 'Error while processing the ResultSet.',
           args: {
             session_id: queryParams.session_id,
+            role: queryParams.role,
             query,
             query_id,
           },
@@ -306,6 +313,7 @@ export class ClickHouseClient<Stream = unknown> {
       abort_signal: params.abort_signal,
       query_id: params.query_id,
       session_id: params.session_id ?? this.sessionId,
+      role: params.role ?? this.role,
       auth: params.auth,
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/config.ts b/packages/client-common/src/config.ts
index e29871e..b2bd013 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/config.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/config.ts
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export interface BaseClickHouseClientConfigOptions {
   /** ClickHouse Session id to attach to the outgoing requests.
    *  @default empty string (no session) */
   session_id?: string
+  /** ClickHouse role name(s) to attach to the outgoing requests.
+   *  @default undefined string (no roles) */
+  role?: string | Array<string>
   /** @deprecated since version 1.0.0. Use {@link http_headers} instead. <br/>
    *  Additional HTTP headers to attach to the outgoing requests.
    *  @default empty object */
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/connection.ts b/packages/client-common/src/connection.ts
index 821fe1b..19090d9 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/connection.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/connection.ts
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ export interface ConnBaseQueryParams {
   session_id?: string
   query_id?: string
   auth?: { username: string; password: string }
+  role?: string | Array<string>
 }
 
 export interface ConnInsertParams<Stream> extends ConnBaseQueryParams {
diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/utils/url.ts b/packages/client-common/src/utils/url.ts
index 0963aeb..690ee62 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/utils/url.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/utils/url.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ type ToSearchParamsOptions = {
   query?: string
   session_id?: string
   query_id: string
+  role?: string | Array<string>
 }
 
 // TODO validate max length of the resulting query
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ export function toSearchParams({
   clickhouse_settings,
   session_id,
   query_id,
+  role,
 }: ToSearchParamsOptions): URLSearchParams {
   const params = new URLSearchParams()
   params.set('query_id', query_id)
@@ -78,5 +80,15 @@ export function toSearchParams({
     params.set('session_id', session_id)
   }
 
+  if (role) {
+    if (typeof role === 'string') {
+      params.set('role', role)
+    } else if (Array.isArray(role)) {
+      for (const r of role) {
+        params.append('role', r)
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
   return params
 }
diff --git a/packages/client-node/src/connection/node_base_connection.ts b/packages/client-node/src/connection/node_base_connection.ts
index 5c4b1ec..d17dfc8 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/src/connection/node_base_connection.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/src/connection/node_base_connection.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export abstract class NodeBaseConnection
       session_id: params.session_id,
       clickhouse_settings,
       query_id,
+      role: params.role,
     })
     const { controller, controllerCleanup } = this.getAbortController(params)
     // allows to enforce the compression via the settings even if the client instance has it disabled
@@ -192,6 +193,7 @@ export abstract class NodeBaseConnection
       query_params: params.query_params,
       query: params.query,
       session_id: params.session_id,
+      role: params.role,
       query_id,
     })
     const { controller, controllerCleanup } = this.getAbortController(params)
@@ -382,6 +384,7 @@ export abstract class NodeBaseConnection
       database: this.params.database,
       query_params: params.query_params,
       session_id: params.session_id,
+      role: params.role,
       clickhouse_settings,
       query_id,
     }
diff --git a/packages/client-web/src/connection/web_connection.ts b/packages/client-web/src/connection/web_connection.ts
index 72c69ea..493d9e1 100644
--- a/packages/client-web/src/connection/web_connection.ts
+++ b/packages/client-web/src/connection/web_connection.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export class WebConnection implements Connection<ReadableStream> {
       clickhouse_settings,
       query_params: params.query_params,
       session_id: params.session_id,
+      role: params.role,
       query_id,
     })
     const response = await this.request({
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@ export class WebConnection implements Connection<ReadableStream> {
       query_params: params.query_params,
       query: params.query,
       session_id: params.session_id,
+      role: params.role,
       query_id,
     })
     const response = await this.request({
@@ -224,6 +226,7 @@ export class WebConnection implements Connection<ReadableStream> {
       clickhouse_settings: params.clickhouse_settings,
       query_params: params.query_params,
       session_id: params.session_id,
+      role: params.role,
       query_id,
     })
     const response = await this.request({