diff --git a/spanner/spansql/parser.go b/spanner/spansql/parser.go
index f540fa04800..3f766d8740c 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/parser.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/parser.go
@@ -2913,6 +2913,13 @@ func (p *parser) parseLit() (Expr, *parseError) {
 		// TODO: Check IsKeyWord(tok.value), and return a good error?
 	}
 
+	// Handle conditional expressions.
+	switch {
+	case tok.caseEqual("CASE"):
+		p.back()
+		return p.parseCaseExpr()
+	}
+
 	// Handle typed literals.
 	switch {
 	case tok.caseEqual("ARRAY") || tok.value == "[":
@@ -2950,6 +2957,72 @@ func (p *parser) parseLit() (Expr, *parseError) {
 	return pe, nil
 }
 
+func (p *parser) parseCaseExpr() (Case, *parseError) {
+	if err := p.expect("CASE"); err != nil {
+		return Case{}, err
+	}
+
+	var expr Expr
+	if !p.sniff("WHEN") {
+		var err *parseError
+		expr, err = p.parseExpr()
+		if err != nil {
+			return Case{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	when, err := p.parseWhenClause()
+	if err != nil {
+		return Case{}, err
+	}
+	whens := []WhenClause{when}
+	for p.sniff("WHEN") {
+		when, err := p.parseWhenClause()
+		if err != nil {
+			return Case{}, err
+		}
+		whens = append(whens, when)
+	}
+
+	var elseResult Expr
+	if p.sniff("ELSE") {
+		p.eat("ELSE")
+		var err *parseError
+		elseResult, err = p.parseExpr()
+		if err != nil {
+			return Case{}, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if err := p.expect("END"); err != nil {
+		return Case{}, err
+	}
+
+	return Case{
+		Expr:        expr,
+		WhenClauses: whens,
+		ElseResult:  elseResult,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func (p *parser) parseWhenClause() (WhenClause, *parseError) {
+	if err := p.expect("WHEN"); err != nil {
+		return WhenClause{}, err
+	}
+	cond, err := p.parseExpr()
+	if err != nil {
+		return WhenClause{}, err
+	}
+	if err := p.expect("THEN"); err != nil {
+		return WhenClause{}, err
+	}
+	result, err := p.parseExpr()
+	if err != nil {
+		return WhenClause{}, err
+	}
+	return WhenClause{Cond: cond, Result: result}, nil
+}
+
 func (p *parser) parseArrayLit() (Array, *parseError) {
 	// ARRAY keyword is optional.
 	// TODO: If it is present, consume any <T> after it.
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go b/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go
index c9289c4b207..0c5a5644cf6 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/parser_test.go
@@ -343,6 +343,26 @@ func TestParseExpr(t *testing.T) {
 		{`EXTRACT(DATE FROM TIMESTAMP AT TIME ZONE "America/Los_Angeles")`, Func{Name: "EXTRACT", Args: []Expr{ExtractExpr{Part: "DATE", Type: Type{Base: Date}, Expr: AtTimeZoneExpr{Expr: ID("TIMESTAMP"), Zone: "America/Los_Angeles", Type: Type{Base: Timestamp}}}}}},
 		{`EXTRACT(DAY FROM DATE)`, Func{Name: "EXTRACT", Args: []Expr{ExtractExpr{Part: "DAY", Expr: ID("DATE"), Type: Type{Base: Int64}}}}},
 
+		// Conditional expressions
+		{`CASE X WHEN 1 THEN "X" WHEN 2 THEN "Y" ELSE NULL END`,
+			Case{
+				Expr: ID("X"),
+				WhenClauses: []WhenClause{
+					{Cond: IntegerLiteral(1), Result: StringLiteral("X")},
+					{Cond: IntegerLiteral(2), Result: StringLiteral("Y")},
+				},
+				ElseResult: Null,
+			},
+		},
+		{`CASE WHEN TRUE THEN "X" WHEN FALSE THEN "Y" END`,
+			Case{
+				WhenClauses: []WhenClause{
+					{Cond: True, Result: StringLiteral("X")},
+					{Cond: False, Result: StringLiteral("Y")},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+
 		// String literal:
 		// Accept double quote and single quote.
 		{`"hello"`, StringLiteral("hello")},
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/sql.go b/spanner/spansql/sql.go
index ef877369e6f..6d64c35e33e 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/sql.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/sql.go
@@ -671,6 +671,21 @@ func (p Param) addSQL(sb *strings.Builder) {
 	sb.WriteString(string(p))
 }
 
+func (c Case) SQL() string { return buildSQL(c) }
+func (c Case) addSQL(sb *strings.Builder) {
+	sb.WriteString("CASE ")
+	if c.Expr != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(sb, "%s ", c.Expr.SQL())
+	}
+	for _, w := range c.WhenClauses {
+		fmt.Fprintf(sb, "WHEN %s THEN %s ", w.Cond.SQL(), w.Result.SQL())
+	}
+	if c.ElseResult != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(sb, "ELSE %s ", c.ElseResult.SQL())
+	}
+	sb.WriteString("END")
+}
+
 func (b BoolLiteral) SQL() string { return buildSQL(b) }
 func (b BoolLiteral) addSQL(sb *strings.Builder) {
 	if b {
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go b/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go
index b442506c719..8791cfec9bc 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/sql_test.go
@@ -566,6 +566,38 @@ func TestSQL(t *testing.T) {
 			"SELECT A, B FROM Table1 INNER JOIN Table2 ON Table1.A = Table2.A INNER JOIN Table3 USING (X)",
 			reparseQuery,
 		},
+		{
+			Query{
+				Select: Select{
+					List: []Expr{
+						Case{
+							Expr: ID("X"),
+							WhenClauses: []WhenClause{
+								{Cond: IntegerLiteral(1), Result: StringLiteral("X")},
+								{Cond: IntegerLiteral(2), Result: StringLiteral("Y")},
+							},
+							ElseResult: Null,
+						}},
+				},
+			},
+			`SELECT CASE X WHEN 1 THEN "X" WHEN 2 THEN "Y" ELSE NULL END`,
+			reparseQuery,
+		},
+		{
+			Query{
+				Select: Select{
+					List: []Expr{
+						Case{
+							WhenClauses: []WhenClause{
+								{Cond: True, Result: StringLiteral("X")},
+								{Cond: False, Result: StringLiteral("Y")},
+							},
+						}},
+				},
+			},
+			`SELECT CASE WHEN TRUE THEN "X" WHEN FALSE THEN "Y" END`,
+			reparseQuery,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		sql := test.data.SQL()
diff --git a/spanner/spansql/types.go b/spanner/spansql/types.go
index 9d099cc3505..4a9e8f7e431 100644
--- a/spanner/spansql/types.go
+++ b/spanner/spansql/types.go
@@ -692,6 +692,20 @@ func (Param) isBoolExpr()       {} // possibly bool
 func (Param) isExpr()           {}
 func (Param) isLiteralOrParam() {}
 
+type Case struct {
+	Expr        Expr
+	WhenClauses []WhenClause
+	ElseResult  Expr
+}
+
+func (Case) isBoolExpr() {} // possibly bool
+func (Case) isExpr()     {}
+
+type WhenClause struct {
+	Cond   Expr
+	Result Expr
+}
+
 type BoolLiteral bool
 
 const (