diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanServer.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanServer.java
index 45421246e..11c6ff5cd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanServer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/EbeanServer.java
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    *
    *   // Find order additionally fetching the customer, details and details.product name.
    *
-   *   String eql = "fetch customer fetch details fetch details.product (name) where id = :orderId ";
+   *   String ormQuery = "fetch customer fetch details fetch details.product (name) where id = :orderId ";
    *
-   *   Query<Order> query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, eql);
+   *   Query<Order> query = Ebean.createQuery(Order.class, ormQuery);
    *   query.setParameter("orderId", 2);
    *
    *   Order order = query.findUnique();
@@ -251,11 +251,11 @@ public interface EbeanServer {
    * }</pre>
    *
    * @param beanType The type of bean to fetch
-   * @param eql      The Ebean query
+   * @param ormQuery The Ebean ORM query
    * @param <T>      The type of the entity bean
    * @return The query with expressions defined as per the parsed query statement
    */
-  <T> Query<T> createQuery(Class<T> beanType, String eql);
+  <T> Query<T> createQuery(Class<T> beanType, String ormQuery);
 
   /**
    * Create a query for a type of entity bean.
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/ebean/Finder.java b/src/main/java/io/ebean/Finder.java
index 64255d507..5efe0d50e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/ebean/Finder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/ebean/Finder.java
@@ -163,4 +163,11 @@ public class Finder<I, T> {
   public Query<T> nativeSql(String nativeSql) {
     return db().findNative(type, nativeSql);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a query using the ORM query language.
+   */
+  public Query<T> query(String ormQuery) {
+    return db().createQuery(type, ormQuery);
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/finder/CustomerFinder.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/finder/CustomerFinder.java
index 6a326e278..83fede749 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/finder/CustomerFinder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/model/basic/finder/CustomerFinder.java
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ public class CustomerFinder extends Finder<Integer, Customer> {
     return query().where().eq("name", name).findUnique();
   }
 
+  public List<Customer> byNameStatus(String nameStartsWith, Customer.Status status) {
+
+    return query("where status = :status and name istartsWith :name order by name")
+      .setParameter("status", status)
+      .setParameter("name", nameStartsWith)
+      .findList();
+  }
+
   public List<String> namesStartingWith(String name) {
 
     return nativeSql("select name from o_customer where name like ? order by name")
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java b/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
index 38d0e4b41..6cfecf289 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/tests/query/finder/TestCustomerFinder.java
@@ -62,6 +62,17 @@ public class TestCustomerFinder extends BaseTestCase {
     assertThat(notThere).isNull();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void test_ormQuery() {
+
+    ResetBasicData.reset();
+
+    List<Customer> customers =
+      Customer.find.byNameStatus("R", Customer.Status.NEW);
+
+    assertThat(customers).isNotNull();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void test_nativeSingleAttribute() {