diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 3ed9e32e0..2f62208ae 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export(package_name)
 export(random_table_name)
 export(s4_methods)
 export(set_default_context)
+export(sql_union)
 export(test_all)
 export(test_compliance)
 export(test_connection)
diff --git a/R/spec-meta-get-row-count.R b/R/spec-meta-get-row-count.R
index 426cdb2ad..4e70691c6 100644
--- a/R/spec-meta-get-row-count.R
+++ b/R/spec-meta-get-row-count.R
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ spec_meta_get_row_count <- list(
   },
   #
   row_count_query_limited = function(ctx, con) {
-    query <- union(.ctx = ctx, trivial_query(), "SELECT 2", "SELECT 3")
+    query <- sql_union(.ctx = ctx, trivial_query(), "SELECT 2", "SELECT 3")
     res <- local_result(dbSendQuery(con, query))
     rc1 <- dbGetRowCount(res)
     expect_equal(rc1, 0L)
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ spec_meta_get_row_count <- list(
   #
   row_count_query_empty = function(ctx, con) {
     #' For queries with an empty result set,
-    query <- union(
+    query <- sql_union(
       .ctx = ctx, "SELECT * FROM (SELECT 1 as a) a WHERE (0 = 1)"
     )
     res <- local_result(dbSendQuery(con, query))
diff --git a/R/spec-result-fetch.R b/R/spec-result-fetch.R
index d04830244..8699f7bbe 100644
--- a/R/spec-result-fetch.R
+++ b/R/spec-result-fetch.R
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ spec_result_fetch <- list(
 
   fetch_multi_row_multi_column = function(ctx, con) {
     #' or more columns by default returns the entire result.
-    query <- union(
+    query <- sql_union(
       .ctx = ctx, paste("SELECT", 1:5 + 0.5, "AS a,", 4:0 + 0.5, "AS b"), .order_by = "a"
     )
 
diff --git a/R/spec-result-get-query.R b/R/spec-result-get-query.R
index b8ecab917..510976af3 100644
--- a/R/spec-result-get-query.R
+++ b/R/spec-result-get-query.R
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ spec_result_get_query <- list(
 
   get_query_multi_row_multi_column = function(ctx, con) {
     #' or more columns returns the entire result.
-    query <- union(
+    query <- sql_union(
       .ctx = ctx, paste("SELECT", 1:5 + 0.5, "AS a,", 4:0 + 0.5, "AS b"), .order_by = "a"
     )
 
diff --git a/R/spec-result-roundtrip.R b/R/spec-result-roundtrip.R
index 384b5b973..7868d6392 100644
--- a/R/spec-result-roundtrip.R
+++ b/R/spec-result-roundtrip.R
@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ test_select <- function(con, ..., .dots = NULL, .add_null = "none",
       query <- rev(query)
     }
     query <- paste0(query, ", ", 1:2, " as id")
-    query <- union(.ctx = .ctx, query)
+    query <- sql_union(.ctx = .ctx, query)
   }
 
   rows <- check_df(dbGetQuery(con, query))
diff --git a/R/spec-result.R b/R/spec-result.R
index 697a0c0cd..2236f447d 100644
--- a/R/spec-result.R
+++ b/R/spec-result.R
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ spec_result <- c(
 
 # Helpers -----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-union <- function(..., .order_by = NULL, .ctx) {
+#' @export
+sql_union <- function(..., .order_by = NULL, .ctx) {
   query <- .ctx$tweaks$union(c(...))
 
   if (!missing(.order_by)) {
@@ -34,7 +35,7 @@ trivial_query <- function(n = 1L, column = "a", .order_by = NULL, .ctx = NULL) {
   if (length(column) == n) {
     query <- paste0("SELECT ", paste0(value, " AS ", column, collapse = ", "))
   } else {
-    query <- union(
+    query <- sql_union(
       paste0("SELECT ", value, " AS ", column),
       .order_by = .order_by,
       .ctx = .ctx
diff --git a/R/use.R b/R/use.R
index c5ca253ff..761a7b3ec 100644
--- a/R/use.R
+++ b/R/use.R
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ use_dbitest <- function(path) {
     "get_placeholder_funs",
     "has_utf8_or_ascii_encoding",
     #
+    "sql_union",
     "trivial_query",
     "trivial_df",
     "trivial_values",