diff --git a/lib/sql.js b/lib/sql.js
index a89c069..91a8b29 100644
--- a/lib/sql.js
+++ b/lib/sql.js
@@ -397,7 +397,21 @@ SQLConnector.prototype.execute = function(sql, params, options, callback) {
       self.execute(sql, params, options, callback);
     });
   }
-  this.executeSQL(sql, params, options, callback);
+  var context = {
+    req: {
+      sql: sql,
+      params: params
+    },
+    options: options
+  };
+  this.notifyObserversAround('execute', context, function(context, done) {
+    self.executeSQL(sql, params, options, function(err, info, extra) {
+      if (!err && info != null) {
+        context.res = info;
+      }
+      done(err, info, extra);
+    });
+  }, callback);
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/sql.test.js b/test/sql.test.js
index 1a00d52..0488134 100644
--- a/test/sql.test.js
+++ b/test/sql.test.js
@@ -9,13 +9,14 @@ var ds = new juggler.DataSource({
   debug: true
 });
 var connector;
+var Customer;
 
 describe('sql connector', function() {
   before(function() {
     connector = ds.connector;
     connector._tables = {};
     connector._models = {};
-    ds.createModel('customer',
+    Customer = ds.createModel('customer',
       {
         name: {
           id: true,
@@ -307,4 +308,23 @@ describe('sql connector', function() {
       connector.execute('SELECT * FROM `CUSTOMER`', [], {}, 'xyz');
     }).to.throw('callback must be a function');
   });
+
+  it('should invoke hooks', function(done) {
+    var events = [];
+    connector.observe('before execute', function(ctx, next) {
+      expect(ctx.req.sql).be.a('string');
+      expect(ctx.req.params).be.a('array');
+      events.push('before execute');
+      next();
+    });
+    connector.observe('after execute', function(ctx, next) {
+      expect(ctx.res).be.an('array');
+      events.push('after execute');
+      next();
+    });
+    Customer.find(function(err, results) {
+      expect(events).to.eql(['before execute', 'after execute']);
+      done(err, results);
+    });
+  });
 });