2 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
index 804316209c..0bcffba680 100644
--- a/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/select_manager.rb
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ module Arel
       self
     end
 
+    def outer_join relation
+      join(relation, Nodes::OuterJoin)
+    end
+
     def having *exprs
       @ctx.having = Nodes::Having.new(collapse(exprs, @ctx.having))
       self
diff --git a/lib/arel/table.rb b/lib/arel/table.rb
index 16ae83c284..3866637bd2 100644
--- a/lib/arel/table.rb
+++ b/lib/arel/table.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ primary_key (#{caller.first}) is deprecated and will be removed in Arel 4.0.0
       from(self).join(relation, klass)
     end
 
+    def outer_join relation
+      join(relation, Nodes::OuterJoin)
+    end
+
     def group *columns
       from(self).group(*columns)
     end