diff --git a/lib/query/method-constants.js b/lib/query/method-constants.js
index 2b939d5b3e..ab637c8931 100644
--- a/lib/query/method-constants.js
+++ b/lib/query/method-constants.js
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module.exports = [
   'column',
   'from',
   'fromJS',
+  'fromRaw',
   'into',
   'withSchema',
   'table',
diff --git a/lib/query/querybuilder.js b/lib/query/querybuilder.js
index 317379001c..ee05a4af1b 100644
--- a/lib/query/querybuilder.js
+++ b/lib/query/querybuilder.js
@@ -1266,6 +1266,11 @@ class Builder extends EventEmitter {
     return this;
   }
 
+  fromRaw(sql, bindings) {
+    const raw = sql.isRawInstance ? sql : this.client.raw(sql, bindings);
+    return this.from(raw);
+  }
+
   // Passes query to provided callback function, useful for e.g. composing
   // domain-specific helpers
   modify(callback) {
diff --git a/test/unit/query/builder.js b/test/unit/query/builder.js
index 99655e9500..abe7c34bed 100644
--- a/test/unit/query/builder.js
+++ b/test/unit/query/builder.js
@@ -8421,6 +8421,15 @@ describe('QueryBuilder', () => {
     );
   });
 
+  it('uses fromRaw api, #1767', () => {
+    testsql(qb().select('*').fromRaw('(select * from users where age > 18)'), {
+      mysql: 'select * from (select * from users where age > 18)',
+      mssql: 'select * from (select * from users where age > 18)',
+      pg: 'select * from (select * from users where age > 18)',
+      'pg-redshift': 'select * from (select * from users where age > 18)',
+    });
+  });
+
   it('has a modify method which accepts a function that can modify the query', () => {
     // arbitrary number of arguments can be passed to `.modify(queryBuilder, ...)`,
     // builder is bound to `this`
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index a726ed3fcf..bb32ecd972 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -491,6 +491,7 @@ export declare namespace Knex {
     column: Select<TRecord, TResult>;
     hintComment: HintComment<TRecord, TResult>;
     from: Table<TRecord, TResult>;
+    fromRaw: Table<TRecord, TResult>;
     into: Table<TRecord, TResult>;
     table: Table<TRecord, TResult>;
     distinct: Distinct<TRecord, TResult>;