diff --git a/spanner/spansql/parser.go b/spanner/spansql/parser.go
index 0f6f571c4bd..8b245aeaf82 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/parser.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/parser.go
@@ -3038,6 +3038,9 @@ func (p *parser) parseLit() (Expr, *parseError) {
 	case tok.caseEqual("CASE"):
 		p.back()
 		return p.parseCaseExpr()
+	case tok.caseEqual("COALESCE"):
+		p.back()
+		return p.parseCoalesceExpr()
 	case tok.caseEqual("IF"):
 		p.back()
 		return p.parseIfExpr()
@@ -3157,6 +3160,17 @@ func (p *parser) parseWhenClause() (WhenClause, *parseError) {
 	return WhenClause{Cond: cond, Result: result}, nil
 }
 
+func (p *parser) parseCoalesceExpr() (Coalesce, *parseError) {
+	if err := p.expect("COALESCE"); err != nil {
+		return Coalesce{}, err
+	}
+	exprList, err := p.parseParenExprList()
+	if err != nil {
+		return Coalesce{}, err
+	}
+	return Coalesce{ExprList: exprList}, nil
+}
+
 func (p *parser) parseIfExpr() (If, *parseError) {
 	if err := p.expect("IF", "("); err != nil {
 		return If{}, err
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go b/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go
index bcc27eceae4..69d8d08a4f7 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go
@@ -433,6 +433,9 @@ func TestParseExpr(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			},
 		},
+		{`COALESCE(NULL, "B", "C")`,
+			Coalesce{ExprList: []Expr{Null, StringLiteral("B"), StringLiteral("C")}},
+		},
 		{`IF(A < B, TRUE, FALSE)`,
 			If{
 				Expr:       ComparisonOp{LHS: ID("A"), Op: Lt, RHS: ID("B")},
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/sql.go b/spanner/spansql/sql.go
index f9587ae8d55..2afda836e79 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/sql.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/sql.go
@@ -733,6 +733,18 @@ func (c Case) addSQL(sb *strings.Builder) {
 	sb.WriteString("END")
 }
 
+func (c Coalesce) SQL() string { return buildSQL(c) }
+func (c Coalesce) addSQL(sb *strings.Builder) {
+	sb.WriteString("COALESCE(")
+	for i, expr := range c.ExprList {
+		if i > 0 {
+			sb.WriteString(", ")
+		}
+		expr.addSQL(sb)
+	}
+	sb.WriteString(")")
+}
+
 func (i If) SQL() string { return buildSQL(i) }
 func (i If) addSQL(sb *strings.Builder) {
 	sb.WriteString("IF(")
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go b/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go
index f68f33754ef..8a0ae827ac9 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go
@@ -699,6 +699,23 @@ func TestSQL(t *testing.T) {
 			`SELECT NULLIF(10, 0)`,
 			reparseQuery,
 		},
+		{
+			Query{
+				Select: Select{
+					List: []Expr{
+						Coalesce{
+							ExprList: []Expr{
+								StringLiteral("A"),
+								Null,
+								StringLiteral("C"),
+							},
+						},
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			`SELECT COALESCE("A", NULL, "C")`,
+			reparseQuery,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		sql := test.data.SQL()
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/types.go b/spanner/spansql/types.go
index 87c681c7d25..2469bccd750 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/types.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/types.go
@@ -743,6 +743,13 @@ type WhenClause struct {
 	Result Expr
 }
 
+type Coalesce struct {
+	ExprList []Expr
+}
+
+func (Coalesce) isBoolExpr() {} // possibly bool
+func (Coalesce) isExpr()     {}
+
 type If struct {
 	Expr       Expr
 	TrueResult Expr