diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 46d58973f856..e969ef78e247 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 **Features**:
 
+- Add a very early `sql.oracle` dialect. It currently only forces identifier
+  quoting to accommodate Oracle's case-folding rules; most other features fall
+  back to generic SQL. (@julien-pinchelimouroux, #5821)
+
 **Fixes**:
 
 **Documentation**:
diff --git a/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql.ex b/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql.ex
index 47d756c3375c..60d1c2694f4d 100644
--- a/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql.ex
+++ b/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql.ex
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ defmodule PRQL do
           | :clickhouse
           | :duckdb
           | :glaredb
+          | :oracle
           | :redshift
           | :sqlite
           | :snowflake
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ defmodule PRQL do
 
     * `:target` - Dialect used for generate SQL. Accepted values are
     `:generic`, `:mssql`, `:mysql`, `:postgres`, `:ansi`, `:bigquery`,
-    `:clickhouse`, `:duckdb`, `:glaredb`, `:redshift`, `:sqlite`, `:snowflake`
+    `:clickhouse`, `:duckdb`, `:glaredb`, `:oracle`, `:redshift`, `:sqlite`, `:snowflake`
 
     * `:format` - Formats the output, defaults to `true`
 
diff --git a/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql/native.ex b/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql/native.ex
index a3d18905b093..870c6e2f2d25 100644
--- a/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql/native.ex
+++ b/prqlc/bindings/elixir/lib/prql/native.ex
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ defmodule PRQL.Native.CompileOptions do
           | :bigquery
           | :clickhouse
           | :glaredb
+          | :oracle
           | :redshift
           | :sqlite
           | :snowflake
diff --git a/prqlc/bindings/elixir/native/prql/src/lib.rs b/prqlc/bindings/elixir/native/prql/src/lib.rs
index 24b105515ab3..4fe206785ade 100644
--- a/prqlc/bindings/elixir/native/prql/src/lib.rs
+++ b/prqlc/bindings/elixir/native/prql/src/lib.rs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ mod atoms {
       generic,
       mssql,
       mysql,
+      oracle,
       postgres,
       redshift,
       sqlite,
@@ -63,6 +64,8 @@ fn target_from_atom(a: Atom) -> prqlc::Target {
         MsSql
     } else if a == atoms::mysql() {
         MySql
+    } else if a == atoms::oracle() {
+        Oracle
     } else if a == atoms::postgres() {
         Postgres
     } else if a == atoms::redshift() {
diff --git a/prqlc/prqlc/src/cli/test.rs b/prqlc/prqlc/src/cli/test.rs
index 8d0b3f381a10..88f11b61f357 100644
--- a/prqlc/prqlc/src/cli/test.rs
+++ b/prqlc/prqlc/src/cli/test.rs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ fn get_targets() {
     sql.glaredb
     sql.mssql
     sql.mysql
+    sql.oracle
     sql.postgres
     sql.redshift
     sql.sqlite
diff --git a/prqlc/prqlc/src/sql/dialect.rs b/prqlc/prqlc/src/sql/dialect.rs
index 6255016c3758..7f3f17e8fa97 100644
--- a/prqlc/prqlc/src/sql/dialect.rs
+++ b/prqlc/prqlc/src/sql/dialect.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ pub enum Dialect {
     GlareDb,
     MsSql,
     MySql,
+    Oracle,
     Postgres,
     Redshift,
     SQLite,
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ impl Dialect {
             Dialect::Postgres => Box::new(PostgresDialect),
             Dialect::Redshift => Box::new(RedshiftDialect),
             Dialect::GlareDb => Box::new(GlareDbDialect),
+            Dialect::Oracle => Box::new(OracleDialect),
             Dialect::Ansi | Dialect::Generic => Box::new(GenericDialect),
         }
     }
@@ -126,9 +128,11 @@ impl Dialect {
             | Dialect::Generic
             | Dialect::GlareDb
             | Dialect::ClickHouse => SupportLevel::Supported,
-            Dialect::MsSql | Dialect::Ansi | Dialect::BigQuery | Dialect::Snowflake => {
-                SupportLevel::Unsupported
-            }
+            Dialect::MsSql
+            | Dialect::Ansi
+            | Dialect::BigQuery
+            | Dialect::Snowflake
+            | Dialect::Oracle => SupportLevel::Unsupported,
         }
     }
 
@@ -166,6 +170,8 @@ pub struct PostgresDialect;
 pub struct RedshiftDialect;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct GlareDbDialect;
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct OracleDialect;
 
 pub(super) enum ColumnExclude {
     Exclude,
@@ -736,6 +742,14 @@ impl DialectHandler for DuckDbDialect {
     }
 }
 
+impl DialectHandler for OracleDialect {
+    fn ident_quoting_style(&self) -> IdentQuotingStyle {
+        // Due to oraclesql identifier casing rules, identifiers are always quoted
+        // https://docs.oracle.com/en/database/oracle/oracle-database/26/sqlrf/Database-Object-Names-and-Qualifiers.html
+        IdentQuotingStyle::AlwaysQuoted
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use std::str::FromStr;
diff --git a/prqlc/prqlc/tests/integration/sql.rs b/prqlc/prqlc/tests/integration/sql.rs
index be2dcda4b037..d40bc4ff567d 100644
--- a/prqlc/prqlc/tests/integration/sql.rs
+++ b/prqlc/prqlc/tests/integration/sql.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,17 @@ FROM
   "employees"
 "#
 )]
+#[case::oracle(
+    sql::Dialect::Oracle,
+    r#"
+SELECT
+  "a",
+  "b",
+  "col space"
+FROM
+  "employees"
+"#
+)]
 fn test_quoting_style(#[case] dialect: sql::Dialect, #[case] expected_sql: &'static str) {
     let query = r#"
   from employees
diff --git a/web/book/src/project/target.md b/web/book/src/project/target.md
index 485499af92fa..43e6ad9033e7 100644
--- a/web/book/src/project/target.md
+++ b/web/book/src/project/target.md
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ additional dialects.
 - `sql.ansi`
 - `sql.bigquery`
 - `sql.snowflake`
+- `sql.oracle` — very early; currently only ensures identifiers are quoted to
+  accommodate Oracle's case-folding rules. Most other language features fall
+  back to generic SQL and may not execute correctly against Oracle.
 
 ## Priority of targets