diff --git a/mysql/src/main/scala/zio/sql/mysql/MysqlSqlModule.scala b/mysql/src/main/scala/zio/sql/mysql/MysqlSqlModule.scala
index 975f6830..fd8fd84f 100644
--- a/mysql/src/main/scala/zio/sql/mysql/MysqlSqlModule.scala
+++ b/mysql/src/main/scala/zio/sql/mysql/MysqlSqlModule.scala
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 package zio.sql.mysql
 
-import java.time._
-import java.sql.ResultSet
-import java.util.UUID
-import zio.sql.Sql
-import zio.sql.select._
 import zio.sql.expr._
 import zio.sql.ops.Operator.RelationalOp
+import zio.sql.select._
 import zio.sql.typetag._
+import zio.sql.{ Features, Sql }
+
+import java.sql.ResultSet
+import java.time._
+import java.util.UUID
 
 trait MysqlSqlModule extends Sql { self =>
 
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ trait MysqlSqlModule extends Sql { self =>
       def soundsLike[F2, A2 <: A1](that: Expr[F2, A2, B])(implicit ev: B <:< String): Expr[F1 with F2, A2, Boolean] =
         Expr.Relational(expr, that, RelationalOp.MySqlExtensions.SoundsLike)
     }
+
+    implicit class LiteralOps[B](line: B)(implicit literal: B => Expr[Features.Literal, Any, B]) {
+      def soundsLike[F, A](that: Expr[F, A, B])(implicit
+        ev: B <:< String
+      ): Expr[Features.Literal with F, A, Boolean] = literal(line).soundsLike(that)
+    }
   }
 
   object MysqlFunctionDef {
diff --git a/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala b/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala
index bcf4dad1..32ba491e 100644
--- a/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala
+++ b/mysql/src/test/scala/zio/sql/mysql/CustomFunctionDefSpec.scala
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package zio.sql.mysql
 import zio.Chunk
 import zio.schema._
 import zio.sql.Jdbc
-import zio.sql.expr.Expr.literal
 import zio.sql.table._
 import zio.test.Assertion._
 import zio.test._
@@ -124,7 +123,21 @@ object CustomFunctionDefSpec extends MysqlRunnableSpec with Jdbc {
       assertZIO(testResult.runHead.some)(equalTo(expected))
     },
     test("sounds like") {
-      val query = select(literal("Robert").soundsLike("Rupert"))
+      val query = select("Robert".soundsLike("Rupert"))
+
+      val testResult = execute(query)
+
+      assertZIO(testResult.runHead.some)(equalTo(true))
+    },
+    test("sounds like don't match") {
+      val query = select("Grisha".soundsLike("Berezin"))
+
+      val testResult = execute(query)
+
+      assertZIO(testResult.runHead.some)(equalTo(false))
+    },
+    test("sounds like don't match inverse") {
+      val query = select("Grisha".soundsLike("Berezin").isNotTrue)
 
       val testResult = execute(query)
 
@@ -139,6 +152,21 @@ object CustomFunctionDefSpec extends MysqlRunnableSpec with Jdbc {
         result == Chunk(UUID.fromString("d4f6c156-20ac-4d27-8ced-535bf4315ebc"))
       )
     },
+    test("sounds like on column inverse") {
+      val query = select(customerId).from(customers).where(fName.soundsLike(lName).isNotTrue)
+
+      for {
+        result <- execute(query).runCollect
+      } yield assertTrue(
+        result == Chunk(
+          UUID.fromString("60b01fc9-c902-4468-8d49-3c0f989def37"),
+          UUID.fromString("636ae137-5b1a-4c8c-b11f-c47c624d9cdc"),
+          UUID.fromString("784426a5-b90a-4759-afbb-571b7a0ba35e"),
+          UUID.fromString("df8215a2-d5fd-4c6c-9984-801a1b3a2a0b"),
+          UUID.fromString("f76c9ace-be07-4bf3-bd4c-4a9c62882e64")
+        )
+      )
+    },
     test("current_date") {
       val query = select(CurrentDate)