diff --git a/src/clauses/index.ts b/src/clauses/index.ts
index fc7de614..f0a4dfe4 100644
--- a/src/clauses/index.ts
+++ b/src/clauses/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { Dictionary, Many } from 'lodash';
 import { NodePattern } from './node-pattern';
 import { RelationDirection, RelationPattern } from './relation-pattern';
+import { PathNamePattern } from './path-name-pattern';
 import { PathLength } from '../utils';
 
 export { Create } from './create';
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ export { Unwind } from './unwind';
 export { Delete } from './delete';
 export { Set } from './set';
 export { RelationPattern } from './relation-pattern';
+export { PathNamePattern } from './path-name-pattern';
 export { Match } from './match';
 export { Remove } from './remove';
 export { Return } from './return';
@@ -185,3 +187,18 @@ export function relation(
 ) {
   return new RelationPattern(dir, name, labels, conditions, length);
 }
+
+/**
+ * Creates a named path pattern like `p=` for creating named paths.
+ *
+ * For more details on node patterns see the cypher
+ * [docs]{@link
+ *   https://neo4j.com/docs/cypher-manual/current/clauses/match/#named-paths}
+ *
+ * @param {string} name
+ */
+export function pathName(
+    name: string,
+) {
+  return new PathNamePattern(name);
+}
diff --git a/src/clauses/path-name-pattern.spec.ts b/src/clauses/path-name-pattern.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cbe1473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clauses/path-name-pattern.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { PathNamePattern } from './path-name-pattern';
+import { expect } from 'chai';
+
+describe('PathNamePattern', () => {
+
+  it('should accept just a name', () => {
+    const pattern = new PathNamePattern('p');
+    expect(pattern.getLabelsString()).to.equal('');
+    expect(pattern.getNameString()).to.equal('p');
+    expect(pattern.build()).to.equal('p=');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/clauses/path-name-pattern.ts b/src/clauses/path-name-pattern.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..296034f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clauses/path-name-pattern.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { trim } from 'lodash';
+import { Pattern } from './pattern';
+
+export class PathNamePattern extends Pattern {
+  constructor(
+      name: string,
+  ) {
+    super(name);
+  }
+
+  build() {
+    let query = this.getNameString();
+    query += '=';
+    return `${trim(query)}`;
+  }
+}