diff --git a/conn_preparex_test.go b/conn_preparex_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd3cc15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conn_preparex_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+package sqlx
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/secondwindoss/sqlx/reflectx"
+)
+
+// A Stmt prepared on a Conn inherits the Conn's Mapper and unsafe flag
+// (upstream #975).
+func TestConnPreparexKeepsMapperAndUnsafe(t *testing.T) {
+	RunWithSchema(defaultSchema, t, func(db *DB, t *testing.T, now string) {
+		loadDefaultFixture(db, t)
+		ctx := context.Background()
+
+		conn, err := db.Unsafe().Connx(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer conn.Close()
+		if !conn.unsafe {
+			t.Fatal("precondition: conn from db.Unsafe() should be unsafe")
+		}
+		stmt, err := conn.PreparexContext(ctx, conn.Rebind("SELECT * FROM person WHERE first_name=?"))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer stmt.Close()
+		if stmt.unsafe != conn.unsafe {
+			t.Errorf("unsafe: Stmt.unsafe=%v, want %v (conn.unsafe)", stmt.unsafe, conn.unsafe)
+		}
+		var partial struct {
+			FirstName string `db:"first_name"`
+		}
+		if err := stmt.Get(&partial, "Jason"); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("unsafe: Get into partial struct through conn-prepared Stmt: %v", err)
+		}
+
+		conn2, err := db.Connx(ctx)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer conn2.Close()
+		conn2.Mapper = reflectx.NewMapperFunc("json", strings.ToLower)
+		stmt2, err := conn2.PreparexContext(ctx, conn2.Rebind("SELECT first_name, last_name FROM person WHERE first_name=?"))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer stmt2.Close()
+		if stmt2.Mapper != conn2.Mapper {
+			t.Errorf("mapper: Stmt.Mapper was not taken from Conn.Mapper")
+		}
+		var p struct {
+			FirstName string `json:"first_name"`
+			LastName  string `json:"last_name"`
+		}
+		if err := stmt2.Get(&p, "Jason"); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("mapper: Get with json-tag mapper set on Conn: %v", err)
+		}
+	})
+}
diff --git a/sqlx.go b/sqlx.go
index 7435e48..78c3456 100644
--- a/sqlx.go
+++ b/sqlx.go
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ func isUnsafe(i interface{}) bool {
 		return v.unsafe
 	case *Tx:
 		return v.unsafe
+	case Conn:
+		return v.unsafe
+	case *Conn:
+		return v.unsafe
 	case sql.Rows, *sql.Rows:
 		return false
 	default:
@@ -153,6 +157,10 @@ func mapperFor(i interface{}) *reflectx.Mapper {
 		return i.Mapper
 	case *Tx:
 		return i.Mapper
+	case Conn:
+		return i.Mapper
+	case *Conn:
+		return i.Mapper
 	default:
 		return mapper()
 	}