diff --git a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/it/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/RDDSpec.scala b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/it/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/RDDSpec.scala
index 9629e6534..2a29f2c30 100644
--- a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/it/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/RDDSpec.scala
+++ b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/it/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/RDDSpec.scala
@@ -505,6 +505,12 @@ class RDDSpec extends SparkCassandraITFlatSpecBase {
     results should have length keys.count(_ >= 5)
   }
 
+  it should " support functional where clauses" in {
+    val someCass = sc.parallelize(keys).map(x => new KVRow(x)).joinWithCassandraTable(ks, tableName).where("group = ?", (k : KVRow) => Seq(k.key * 100))
+    val results = someCass.collect.map(_._2)
+    results should have length keys.size
+  }
+
   it should " throw an exception if using a where on a column that is specified by the join" in {
     val exc = intercept[IllegalArgumentException] {
       val someCass = sc.parallelize(keys).map(x => (x, x * 100L))
diff --git a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/java/com/datastax/spark/connector/japi/RDDJavaFunctions.java b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/java/com/datastax/spark/connector/japi/RDDJavaFunctions.java
index 3fe5472d4..5d3478c5f 100644
--- a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/java/com/datastax/spark/connector/japi/RDDJavaFunctions.java
+++ b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/java/com/datastax/spark/connector/japi/RDDJavaFunctions.java
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ public <R> CassandraJavaPairRDD<T, R> joinWithCassandraTable(
         Option<ClusteringOrder> clusteringOrder = Option.empty();
         Option<Object> limit = Option.empty();
         CqlWhereClause whereClause = CqlWhereClause.empty();
+        FCqlWhereClause<T> fwhereClause = FCqlWhereClause.empty();
         ReadConf readConf = ReadConf.fromSparkConf(rdd.conf());
 
         CassandraJoinRDD<T, R> joinRDD = new CassandraJoinRDD<>(
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ public <R> CassandraJavaPairRDD<T, R> joinWithCassandraTable(
                 selectedColumns,
                 joinColumns,
                 whereClause,
+                fwhereClause,
                 limit,
                 clusteringOrder,
                 readConf,
diff --git a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/AbstractCassandraJoin.scala b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/AbstractCassandraJoin.scala
index d83ea06b9..09036de5b 100644
--- a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/AbstractCassandraJoin.scala
+++ b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/AbstractCassandraJoin.scala
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ private[rdd] trait AbstractCassandraJoin[L, R] {
 
   val left: RDD[L]
   val joinColumns: ColumnSelector
+  val fwhere : FCqlWhereClause[L]
   val manualRowWriter: Option[RowWriter[L]]
   implicit val rowWriterFactory: RowWriterFactory[L]
 
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ private[rdd] trait AbstractCassandraJoin[L, R] {
   //We need to make sure we get selectedColumnRefs before serialization so that our RowReader is
   //built
   lazy val singleKeyCqlQuery: (String) = {
-    val whereClauses = where.predicates.flatMap(CqlWhereParser.parse)
+    val whereClauses = where.predicates.flatMap(CqlWhereParser.parse) ++ fwhere.predicates.flatMap(CqlWhereParser.parse)
     val joinColumns = joinColumnNames.map(_.columnName)
     val joinColumnPredicates = whereClauses.collect {
       case EqPredicate(c, _) if joinColumns.contains(c) => c
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ private[rdd] trait AbstractCassandraJoin[L, R] {
     val joinWhere = joinColumnNames.map(_.columnName).map(name => s"${quote(name)} = :$name")
     val limitClause = limit.map(limit => s"LIMIT $limit").getOrElse("")
     val orderBy = clusteringOrder.map(_.toCql(tableDef)).getOrElse("")
-    val filter = (where.predicates ++ joinWhere).mkString(" AND ")
+    val filter = (where.predicates ++ fwhere.predicates ++ joinWhere).mkString(" AND ")
     val quotedKeyspaceName = quote(keyspaceName)
     val quotedTableName = quote(tableName)
     val query =
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ private[rdd] trait AbstractCassandraJoin[L, R] {
   private def boundStatementBuilder(session: Session): BoundStatementBuilder[L] = {
     val protocolVersion = session.getCluster.getConfiguration.getProtocolOptions.getProtocolVersion
     val stmt = session.prepare(singleKeyCqlQuery).setConsistencyLevel(consistencyLevel)
-    new BoundStatementBuilder[L](rowWriter, stmt, where.values, protocolVersion = protocolVersion)
+    new BoundStatementBuilder[L](rowWriter, stmt, where.values, fwhere, protocolVersion = protocolVersion)
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraJoinRDD.scala b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraJoinRDD.scala
index d5fa91f5a..7589ba176 100644
--- a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraJoinRDD.scala
+++ b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraJoinRDD.scala
@@ -10,6 +10,16 @@ import org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD
 
 import scala.reflect.ClassTag
 
+
+case class FCqlWhereClause[L](predicates: Seq[String], values: L => Seq[Any])  {
+  def apply(v1: L): CqlWhereClause = CqlWhereClause(predicates,values(v1))
+  def and(other: FCqlWhereClause[L]) = FCqlWhereClause(predicates ++ other.predicates, (l: L) => values(l) ++ other.values(l))
+}
+object FCqlWhereClause{
+  def empty[L] : FCqlWhereClause[L] = FCqlWhereClause[L](Nil,(l: L) => Nil)
+}
+
+
 /**
  * An [[org.apache.spark.rdd.RDD RDD]] that will do a selecting join between `left` RDD and the specified
  * Cassandra Table This will perform individual selects to retrieve the rows from Cassandra and will take
@@ -27,6 +37,7 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
     val columnNames: ColumnSelector = AllColumns,
     val joinColumns: ColumnSelector = PartitionKeyColumns,
     val where: CqlWhereClause = CqlWhereClause.empty,
+    val fwhere : FCqlWhereClause[L] = FCqlWhereClause.empty[L],
     val limit: Option[Long] = None,
     val clusteringOrder: Option[ClusteringOrder] = None,
     val readConf: ReadConf = ReadConf(),
@@ -50,7 +61,7 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
     case None => rowReaderFactory.rowReader(tableDef, columnNames.selectFrom(tableDef))
   }
 
-  override protected def copy(
+  protected def copy(
     columnNames: ColumnSelector = columnNames,
     where: CqlWhereClause = where,
     limit: Option[Long] = limit,
@@ -67,12 +78,36 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       columnNames = columnNames,
       joinColumns = joinColumns,
       where = where,
+      fwhere = fwhere,
+      limit = limit,
+      clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
+      readConf = readConf
+    )
+  }
+
+  // I was not able to do a proper copy because of the inheritance.
+  def setFWhere(
+    fwhere : FCqlWhereClause[L]
+  ): Self = {
+
+    new CassandraJoinRDD[L, R](
+      left = left,
+      keyspaceName = keyspaceName,
+      tableName = tableName,
+      connector = connector,
+      columnNames = columnNames,
+      joinColumns = joinColumns,
+      where = where,
+      fwhere = fwhere,
       limit = limit,
       clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
       readConf = readConf
     )
   }
 
+  def where(f : FCqlWhereClause[L]) : Self = setFWhere(fwhere = fwhere and f)
+  def where(clause : String, f : L => Seq[Any]) : Self = where(FCqlWhereClause(Seq(clause),f))
+
   override def cassandraCount(): Long = {
     columnNames match {
       case SomeColumns(_) =>
@@ -89,6 +124,7 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
         columnNames = SomeColumns(RowCountRef),
         joinColumns = joinColumns,
         where = where,
+        fwhere = fwhere,
         limit = limit,
         clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
         readConf = readConf
@@ -106,13 +142,14 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       columnNames = columnNames,
       joinColumns = joinColumns,
       where = where,
+      fwhere = fwhere,
       limit = limit,
       clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
       readConf = readConf
     )
   }
 
-  private[rdd] def fetchIterator(
+  override private[rdd] def fetchIterator(
     session: Session,
     bsb: BoundStatementBuilder[L],
     leftIterator: Iterator[L]
@@ -121,7 +158,6 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
     val rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(
       readConf.throughputJoinQueryPerSec, readConf.throughputJoinQueryPerSec
     )
-
     def pairWithRight(left: L): SettableFuture[Iterator[(L, R)]] = {
       val resultFuture = SettableFuture.create[Iterator[(L, R)]]
       val leftSide = Iterator.continually(left)
@@ -141,6 +177,7 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       resultFuture
     }
     val queryFutures = leftIterator.map(left => {
+
       rateLimiter.maybeSleep(1)
       pairWithRight(left)
     }).toList
@@ -162,6 +199,7 @@ class CassandraJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       columnNames,
       joinColumns,
       where,
+      fwhere,
       limit,
       clusteringOrder,
       readConf,
diff --git a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraLeftJoinRDD.scala b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraLeftJoinRDD.scala
index 63db6b91a..2887ff5e8 100644
--- a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraLeftJoinRDD.scala
+++ b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/rdd/CassandraLeftJoinRDD.scala
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ class CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
     val columnNames: ColumnSelector = AllColumns,
     val joinColumns: ColumnSelector = PartitionKeyColumns,
     val where: CqlWhereClause = CqlWhereClause.empty,
+    val fwhere : FCqlWhereClause[L] = FCqlWhereClause.empty[L],
     val limit: Option[Long] = None,
     val clusteringOrder: Option[ClusteringOrder] = None,
     val readConf: ReadConf = ReadConf(),
@@ -67,12 +68,36 @@ class CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       columnNames = columnNames,
       joinColumns = joinColumns,
       where = where,
+      fwhere = fwhere,
       limit = limit,
       clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
       readConf = readConf
     )
   }
 
+  // I was not able to do a proper copy because of the inheritance.
+  def setFWhere(
+                 fwhere : FCqlWhereClause[L]
+               ): Self = {
+
+    new CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R](
+      left = left,
+      keyspaceName = keyspaceName,
+      tableName = tableName,
+      connector = connector,
+      columnNames = columnNames,
+      joinColumns = joinColumns,
+      where = where,
+      fwhere = fwhere,
+      limit = limit,
+      clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
+      readConf = readConf
+    )
+  }
+
+  def where(f : FCqlWhereClause[L]) : Self = setFWhere(fwhere = fwhere and f)
+  def where(clause : String, f : L => Seq[Any]) : Self = where(FCqlWhereClause(Seq(clause),f))
+
   override def cassandraCount(): Long = {
     columnNames match {
       case SomeColumns(_) =>
@@ -89,6 +114,7 @@ class CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
         columnNames = SomeColumns(RowCountRef),
         joinColumns = joinColumns,
         where = where,
+        fwhere = fwhere,
         limit = limit,
         clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
         readConf = readConf
@@ -106,6 +132,7 @@ class CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       columnNames = columnNames,
       joinColumns = joinColumns,
       where = where,
+      fwhere = fwhere,
       limit = limit,
       clusteringOrder = clusteringOrder,
       readConf = readConf
@@ -127,6 +154,7 @@ class CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
       columnNames,
       joinColumns,
       where,
+      fwhere,
       limit,
       clusteringOrder,
       readConf,
@@ -144,7 +172,6 @@ class CassandraLeftJoinRDD[L, R] private[connector](
     val rateLimiter = new RateLimiter(
       readConf.throughputJoinQueryPerSec, readConf.throughputJoinQueryPerSec
     )
-
     def pairWithRight(left: L): SettableFuture[Iterator[(L, Option[R])]] = {
       val resultFuture = SettableFuture.create[Iterator[(L, Option[R])]]
       val leftSide = Iterator.continually(left)
diff --git a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/BoundStatementBuilder.scala b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/BoundStatementBuilder.scala
index 77ad803b2..0d171a8cb 100644
--- a/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/BoundStatementBuilder.scala
+++ b/spark-cassandra-connector/src/main/scala/com/datastax/spark/connector/writer/BoundStatementBuilder.scala
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package com.datastax.spark.connector.writer
 
 import com.datastax.driver.core._
+import com.datastax.spark.connector.rdd.FCqlWhereClause
 import com.datastax.spark.connector.types.{ColumnType, Unset}
 import com.datastax.spark.connector.util.{CodecRegistryUtil, Logging}
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ private[connector] class BoundStatementBuilder[T](
     val rowWriter: RowWriter[T],
     val preparedStmt: PreparedStatement,
     val prefixVals: Seq[Any] = Seq.empty,
+    val dependentValues : FCqlWhereClause[T] = FCqlWhereClause.empty[T],
     val ignoreNulls: Boolean = false,
     val protocolVersion: ProtocolVersion) extends Logging {
 
@@ -91,11 +93,21 @@ private[connector] class BoundStatementBuilder[T](
     prefixConverter =  ColumnType.converterToCassandra(prefixType)
   } yield prefixConverter.convert(prefixVal)
 
+  private def variablesConverted(row : T): Seq[AnyRef] = {
+    val values = dependentValues.values(row)
+    for {
+      index <- 0 until values.length
+      value = values(index)
+      valueType = preparedStmt.getVariables.getType(prefixVals.length + index)
+      valueConverter =  ColumnType.converterToCassandra(valueType)
+    } yield valueConverter.convert(value)
+  }
+
   /** Creates `BoundStatement` from the given data item */
   def bind(row: T): RichBoundStatement = {
     val boundStatement = new RichBoundStatement(preparedStmt)
-    boundStatement.bind(prefixConverted: _*)
-
+    val variables = prefixConverted ++ variablesConverted(row)
+    boundStatement.bind(variables: _*)
     rowWriter.readColumnValues(row, buffer)
     var bytesCount = 0
     for (i <- 0 until columnNames.size) {