diff --git a/esqueleto.cabal b/esqueleto.cabal
index 2d2c77a..ad008f6 100644
--- a/esqueleto.cabal
+++ b/esqueleto.cabal
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ library
     , aeson >=1.0
     , blaze-html
     , bytestring
+    , containers >=0.6
     , conduit >=1.3
     , monad-logger
     , persistent >=2.10.0 && <2.11
diff --git a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Internal.hs b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Internal.hs
index d6d165b..34fcab6 100644
--- a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Internal.hs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.Conduit as C
 import qualified Data.Conduit.List as CL
 import qualified Data.HashSet as HS
+import qualified Data.Map.Strict as Map
 import qualified Data.Text as T
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy as TL
 import qualified Data.Text.Lazy.Builder as TLB
@@ -2884,3 +2885,27 @@ insertSelect = void . insertSelectCount
 insertSelectCount :: (MonadIO m, PersistEntity a) =>
   SqlQuery (SqlExpr (Insertion a)) -> SqlWriteT m Int64
 insertSelectCount = rawEsqueleto INSERT_INTO . fmap EInsertFinal
+
+-- | Avoid N+1 queries and join entities into a map structure
+-- @
+-- getFoosAndNestedBarsFromParent :: ParentId -> (Map (Key Foo) (Foo, [Entity Bar]))
+-- getFoosAndNestedBarsFromParent parentId = 'fmap' associateJoin $ 'select' $
+-- 'from' $ \\(foo `'LeftOuterJoin`` bar) -> do
+--   'on' (bar '^.' BarFooId '==.' foo '^.' FooId)
+--   'where_' (foo '^.' FooParentId '==.' 'val' parentId)
+--   'pure' (foo, bar)
+-- @
+
+associateJoin
+  :: forall e1 e0
+   . Ord (Key e0)
+  => [(Entity e0, e1)]
+  -> Map.Map (Key e0) (e0, [e1])
+associateJoin = foldr f start
+  where
+    start = Map.empty
+    f (one, many) =
+      Map.insertWith
+        (\(oneOld, manyOld) (_, manyNew) -> (oneOld, manyNew ++ manyOld ))
+        (entityKey one)
+        (entityVal one, [many])
diff --git a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
index dfa4985..254362c 100644
--- a/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
+++ b/src/Database/Esqueleto/Internal/Language.hs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ module Database.Esqueleto.Internal.Language
              , subList_select, valList, justList
              , in_, notIn, exists, notExists
              , set, (=.), (+=.), (-=.), (*=.), (/=.)
-             , case_, toBaseId, (<#), (<&>)
+             , case_, toBaseId, (<#), (<&>), associateJoin
   ) where
 
 import Database.Esqueleto.Internal.PersistentImport