diff --git a/internal/dinosql/rewrite.go b/internal/dinosql/rewrite.go
index 95b5c457a8..775f1c50e8 100644
--- a/internal/dinosql/rewrite.go
+++ b/internal/dinosql/rewrite.go
@@ -9,17 +9,21 @@ import (
 )
 
 // Given an AST node, return the string representation of names
-func flatten(root nodes.Node) string {
+func flatten(root nodes.Node) (string, bool) {
 	sw := &stringWalker{}
 	ast.Walk(sw, root)
-	return sw.String
+	return sw.String, sw.IsConst
 }
 
 type stringWalker struct {
 	String string
+	IsConst bool
 }
 
 func (s *stringWalker) Visit(node nodes.Node) ast.Visitor {
+	if _, ok := node.(nodes.A_Const); ok {
+		s.IsConst = true
+	}
 	if n, ok := node.(nodes.String); ok {
 		s.String += n.Str
 	}
@@ -61,7 +65,7 @@ func rewriteNamedParameters(raw nodes.RawStmt) (nodes.RawStmt, map[int]string, [
 
 		case isNamedParamFunc(node):
 			fun := node.(nodes.FuncCall)
-			param := flatten(fun.Args)
+			param, isConst := flatten(fun.Args)
 			if num, ok := args[param]; ok {
 				cr.Replace(nodes.ParamRef{
 					Number:   num,
@@ -76,9 +80,15 @@ func rewriteNamedParameters(raw nodes.RawStmt) (nodes.RawStmt, map[int]string, [
 				})
 			}
 			// TODO: This code assumes that sqlc.arg(name) is on a single line
+			var old string
+			if isConst {
+				old = fmt.Sprintf("sqlc.arg('%s')", param)
+			} else {
+				old = fmt.Sprintf("sqlc.arg(%s)", param)
+			}
 			edits = append(edits, edit{
 				Location: fun.Location - raw.StmtLocation,
-				Old:      fmt.Sprintf("sqlc.arg(%s)", param),
+				Old:      old,
 				New:      fmt.Sprintf("$%d", args[param]),
 			})
 			return false
@@ -86,7 +96,7 @@ func rewriteNamedParameters(raw nodes.RawStmt) (nodes.RawStmt, map[int]string, [
 		case isNamedParamSignCast(node):
 			expr := node.(nodes.A_Expr)
 			cast := expr.Rexpr.(nodes.TypeCast)
-			param := flatten(cast.Arg)
+			param, _ := flatten(cast.Arg)
 			if num, ok := args[param]; ok {
 				cast.Arg = nodes.ParamRef{
 					Number:   num,
@@ -112,7 +122,7 @@ func rewriteNamedParameters(raw nodes.RawStmt) (nodes.RawStmt, map[int]string, [
 
 		case isNamedParamSign(node):
 			expr := node.(nodes.A_Expr)
-			param := flatten(expr.Rexpr)
+			param, _ := flatten(expr.Rexpr)
 			if num, ok := args[param]; ok {
 				cr.Replace(nodes.ParamRef{
 					Number:   num,
diff --git a/internal/endtoend/testdata/named_param/query.sql b/internal/endtoend/testdata/named_param/query.sql
index 76c4e1a4d4..0d4488d0e0 100644
--- a/internal/endtoend/testdata/named_param/query.sql
+++ b/internal/endtoend/testdata/named_param/query.sql
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 CREATE TABLE foo (name text not null, bio text not null);
 
 -- name: FuncParams :many
-SELECT name FROM foo WHERE name = sqlc.arg(slug) AND sqlc.arg(filter)::bool;
+SELECT name FROM foo WHERE name = sqlc.arg('slug') AND sqlc.arg(filter)::bool;
 
 -- name: AtParams :many
 SELECT name FROM foo WHERE name = @slug AND @filter::bool;
diff --git a/placeholder.go b/placeholder.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d38639dfc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/placeholder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package sqlc
+// This is a dummy file that allows SQLC to be "installed" as a module and locked using
+// go.mod and then run using "go run github.com/kyleconroy/sqlc"
+
+type Placeholder struct{}