diff --git a/diesel/src/pg/expression/functions.rs b/diesel/src/pg/expression/functions.rs
index 9e349534b5f4..5eb92d4046f8 100644
--- a/diesel/src/pg/expression/functions.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/pg/expression/functions.rs
@@ -1500,3 +1500,49 @@ define_sql_function! {
     /// ```
     fn to_json<E: MaybeNullableValue<Json>>(e: E) -> E::Out;
 }
+
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres_backend")]
+define_sql_function! {
+    /// Converts any SQL value to jsonb
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # include!("../../doctest_setup.rs");
+    /// #
+    /// # fn main() {
+    /// #     #[cfg(feature = "serde_json")]
+    /// #     run_test().unwrap();
+    /// # }
+    /// #
+    /// # #[cfg(feature = "serde_json")]
+    /// # fn run_test() -> QueryResult<()> {
+    /// #     use diesel::dsl::to_jsonb;
+    /// #     use serde_json::{json, Value};
+    /// #     use diesel::sql_types::{Integer, Array, Jsonb, Text, Nullable};
+    /// #     let connection = &mut establish_connection();
+    /// let result = diesel::select(to_jsonb::<Integer, _>(1))
+    ///     .get_result::<Value>(connection)?;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(json!(1), result);
+    ///
+    /// let result = diesel::select(to_jsonb::<Array<Text>, _>(vec!["abc", "def"]))
+    ///     .get_result::<Value>(connection)?;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(json!(["abc", "def"]), result);
+    ///
+    /// let result = diesel::select(to_jsonb::<Array<Nullable<Text>>, _>(Vec::<String>::new()))
+    ///     .get_result::<Value>(connection)?;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(json!([]), result);
+    ///
+    /// let result = diesel::select(to_jsonb::<Nullable<Text>, _>(None::<String>))
+    ///     .get_result::<Option<Value>>(connection)?;
+    ///
+    /// assert!(result.is_none());
+    ///
+    /// #     Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn to_jsonb<E: MaybeNullableValue<Jsonb>>(e: E) -> E::Out;
+}
diff --git a/diesel/src/pg/expression/helper_types.rs b/diesel/src/pg/expression/helper_types.rs
index 9e26a0f9329e..fd199cc4d026 100644
--- a/diesel/src/pg/expression/helper_types.rs
+++ b/diesel/src/pg/expression/helper_types.rs
@@ -471,3 +471,8 @@ pub type array_shuffle<A> = super::functions::array_shuffle<SqlTypeOf<A>, A>;
 #[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
 #[cfg(feature = "postgres_backend")]
 pub type to_json<E> = super::functions::to_json<SqlTypeOf<E>, E>;
+
+/// Return type of [`to_jsonb(element)`](super::functions::to_jsonb())
+#[allow(non_camel_case_types)]
+#[cfg(feature = "postgres_backend")]
+pub type to_jsonb<E> = super::functions::to_jsonb<SqlTypeOf<E>, E>;
diff --git a/diesel_derives/tests/auto_type.rs b/diesel_derives/tests/auto_type.rs
index c7d0e2a96761..170af4a6265a 100644
--- a/diesel_derives/tests/auto_type.rs
+++ b/diesel_derives/tests/auto_type.rs
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ fn postgres_functions() -> _ {
         array_ndims(pg_extras::array),
         array_shuffle(pg_extras::array),
         to_json(pg_extras::id),
+        to_jsonb(pg_extras::id),
     )
 }