diff --git a/R/db_joins.R b/R/db_joins.R
index 0d207903..03a214ed 100644
--- a/R/db_joins.R
+++ b/R/db_joins.R
@@ -175,8 +175,10 @@ inner_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   # Check arguments
   assert_data_like(x)
   assert_data_like(y)
-  checkmate::assert_character(by, null.ok = TRUE)
-
+  checkmate::assert(
+    checkmate::check_character(by, null.ok = TRUE),
+    checkmate::check_class(by, "dplyr_join_by", null.ok = TRUE)
+  )
   .dots <- list(...)
 
   if (!"na_by" %in% names(.dots)) {
@@ -209,7 +211,10 @@ left_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   # Check arguments
   assert_data_like(x)
   assert_data_like(y)
-  checkmate::assert_character(by, null.ok = TRUE)
+  checkmate::assert(
+    checkmate::check_character(by, null.ok = TRUE),
+    checkmate::check_class(by, "dplyr_join_by", null.ok = TRUE)
+  )
 
   .dots <- list(...)
 
@@ -244,7 +249,10 @@ right_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   # Check arguments
   assert_data_like(x)
   assert_data_like(y)
-  checkmate::assert_character(by, null.ok = TRUE)
+  checkmate::assert(
+    checkmate::check_character(by, null.ok = TRUE),
+    checkmate::check_class(by, "dplyr_join_by", null.ok = TRUE)
+  )
 
   .dots <- list(...)
 
@@ -280,7 +288,10 @@ full_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   # Check arguments
   assert_data_like(x)
   assert_data_like(y)
-  checkmate::assert_character(by, null.ok = TRUE)
+  checkmate::assert(
+    checkmate::check_character(by, null.ok = TRUE),
+    checkmate::check_class(by, "dplyr_join_by", null.ok = TRUE)
+  )
 
   .dots <- list(...)
 
@@ -304,7 +315,10 @@ semi_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   # Check arguments
   assert_data_like(x)
   assert_data_like(y)
-  checkmate::assert_character(by, null.ok = TRUE)
+  checkmate::assert(
+    checkmate::check_character(by, null.ok = TRUE),
+    checkmate::check_class(by, "dplyr_join_by", null.ok = TRUE)
+  )
 
   .dots <- list(...)
 
@@ -324,7 +338,10 @@ anti_join.tbl_sql <- function(x, y, by = NULL, ...) {
   # Check arguments
   assert_data_like(x)
   assert_data_like(y)
-  checkmate::assert_character(by, null.ok = TRUE)
+  checkmate::assert(
+    checkmate::check_character(by, null.ok = TRUE),
+    checkmate::check_class(by, "dplyr_join_by", null.ok = TRUE)
+  )
 
   .dots <- list(...)
 
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-db_joins.R b/tests/testthat/test-db_joins.R
index 320c7c25..a7c95885 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-db_joins.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-db_joins.R
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-test_that("*_join() works", {
+test_that("*_join() works with character `by` and `na_by`", {
   for (conn in get_test_conns()) {
 
     # Define two test datasets
@@ -115,3 +115,32 @@ test_that("*_join() works", {
     connection_clean_up(conn)
   }
 })
+
+
+test_that("*_join() works with `dplyr::join_by()`", {
+  for (conn in get_test_conns()) {
+
+    # Define two test datasets
+    x <- get_table(conn, "__mtcars") |>
+      dplyr::select(name, mpg, cyl, hp, vs, am, gear, carb)
+
+    y <- get_table(conn, "__mtcars") |>
+      dplyr::select(name, drat, wt, qsec)
+
+
+    # Test the implemented joins
+    q  <- dplyr::left_join(x, y, by = dplyr::join_by(x$name == y$name)) |> dplyr::collect()
+    qr <- dplyr::left_join(dplyr::collect(x), dplyr::collect(y), by = dplyr::join_by(x$name == y$name))
+    expect_equal(q, qr)
+
+    q  <- dplyr::right_join(x, y, by = dplyr::join_by(x$name == y$name)) |> dplyr::collect()
+    qr <- dplyr::right_join(dplyr::collect(x), dplyr::collect(y), by = dplyr::join_by(x$name == y$name))
+    expect_equal(q, qr)
+
+    q  <- dplyr::inner_join(x, y, by = dplyr::join_by(x$name == y$name)) |> dplyr::collect()
+    qr <- dplyr::inner_join(dplyr::collect(x), dplyr::collect(y), by = dplyr::join_by(x$name == y$name))
+    expect_equal(q, qr)
+
+    connection_clean_up(conn)
+  }
+})