diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/Cargo.toml b/crates/dagger-sdk/Cargo.toml
index e089ce4..791e7bf 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,5 +10,9 @@ description = "A dagger sdk for rust, written in rust"
 
 [dependencies]
 dagger-core = { path = "../dagger-core" }
+eyre = "0.6.8"
 
 genco = "0.17.3"
+pretty_assertions = "1.3.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.152", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.92"
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/lib.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/lib.rs
index daf205e..8b79c72 100644
--- a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 pub mod gen;
+mod querybuilder;
 
 pub fn add(left: usize, right: usize) -> usize {
     left + right
diff --git a/crates/dagger-sdk/src/querybuilder.rs b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/querybuilder.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..852e6df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/dagger-sdk/src/querybuilder.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+use std::{
+    any::Any,
+    collections::HashMap,
+    ops::Add,
+    rc::Rc,
+    sync::{Arc, Once},
+};
+
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+pub fn query() -> Selection {
+    Selection {
+        name: None,
+        alias: None,
+        args: None,
+        prev: None,
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct Selection {
+    name: Option<String>,
+    alias: Option<String>,
+    args: Option<HashMap<String, String>>,
+
+    prev: Option<Arc<Selection>>,
+}
+
+impl Selection {
+    pub fn select_with_alias(&self, alias: &str, name: &str) -> Selection {
+        Self {
+            name: Some(name.to_string()),
+            alias: Some(alias.to_string()),
+            args: None,
+            prev: Some(Arc::new(self.clone())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn select(&self, name: &str) -> Selection {
+        Self {
+            name: Some(name.to_string()),
+            alias: None,
+            args: None,
+            prev: Some(Arc::new(self.clone())),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn arg<S>(&self, name: &str, value: S) -> eyre::Result<Selection>
+    where
+        S: Serialize,
+    {
+        let mut s = self.clone();
+
+        let val = serde_json::to_string(&value)?;
+
+        match s.args.as_mut() {
+            Some(args) => {
+                let _ = args.insert(name.to_string(), val);
+            }
+            None => {
+                let mut hm = HashMap::new();
+                let _ = hm.insert(name.to_string(), val);
+                s.args = Some(hm);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(s)
+    }
+
+    pub fn build(&self) -> eyre::Result<String> {
+        let mut fields = vec!["query".to_string()];
+
+        for sel in self.path() {
+            if let Some(mut query) = sel.name.map(|q| q.clone()) {
+                if let Some(args) = sel.args {
+                    let actualargs = args
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|(name, arg)| format!("{name}:{arg}"))
+                        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+                    query = query.add(&format!("({})", actualargs.join(", ")));
+                }
+
+                if let Some(alias) = sel.alias {
+                    query = format!("{}:{}", alias, query);
+                }
+
+                fields.push(query);
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(fields.join("{") + &"}".repeat(fields.len() - 1))
+    }
+
+    fn path(&self) -> Vec<Selection> {
+        let mut selections: Vec<Selection> = vec![];
+        let mut cur = self;
+
+        while cur.prev.is_some() {
+            selections.push(cur.clone());
+
+            if let Some(prev) = cur.prev.as_ref() {
+                cur = prev;
+            }
+        }
+
+        selections.reverse();
+        selections
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use pretty_assertions::assert_eq;
+
+    use super::query;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_query() {
+        let root = query()
+            .select("core")
+            .select("image")
+            .arg("ref", "alpine")
+            .unwrap()
+            .select("file")
+            .arg("path", "/etc/alpine-release")
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let query = root.build().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            query,
+            r#"query{core{image(ref:"alpine"){file(path:"/etc/alpine-release")}}}"#.to_string()
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_query_alias() {
+        let root = query()
+            .select("core")
+            .select("image")
+            .arg("ref", "alpine")
+            .unwrap()
+            .select_with_alias("foo", "file")
+            .arg("path", "/etc/alpine-release")
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let query = root.build().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            query,
+            r#"query{core{image(ref:"alpine"){foo:file(path:"/etc/alpine-release")}}}"#.to_string()
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_arg_collision() {
+        let root = query()
+            .select("a")
+            .arg("arg", "one")
+            .unwrap()
+            .select("b")
+            .arg("arg", "two")
+            .unwrap();
+
+        let query = root.build().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(query, r#"query{a(arg:"one"){b(arg:"two")}}"#.to_string())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_vec_arg() {
+        let input = vec!["some-string"];
+
+        let root = query().select("a").arg("arg", input).unwrap();
+        let query = root.build().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(query, r#"query{a(arg:["some-string"])}"#.to_string())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_ref_slice_arg() {
+        let input = &["some-string"];
+
+        let root = query().select("a").arg("arg", input).unwrap();
+        let query = root.build().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(query, r#"query{a(arg:["some-string"])}"#.to_string())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_stringb_arg() {
+        let input = "some-string".to_string();
+
+        let root = query().select("a").arg("arg", input).unwrap();
+        let query = root.build().unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(query, r#"query{a(arg:"some-string")}"#.to_string())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_field_immutability() {
+        let root = query().select("test");
+
+        let a = root.select("a").build().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(a, r#"query{test{a}}"#.to_string());
+
+        let b = root.select("b").build().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(b, r#"query{test{b}}"#.to_string());
+    }
+}