diff --git a/named.go b/named.go
index 6ac447771..8e4d64ab3 100644
--- a/named.go
+++ b/named.go
@@ -337,20 +337,73 @@ func compileNamedQuery(qs []byte, bindType int) (query string, names []string, e
 	currentVar := 1
 	name := make([]byte, 0, 10)
 
+	// emitName closes out the named parameter we've been building up in name
+	// and writes the appropriate bindvar into rebound. Used both when the
+	// terminating non-name byte is part of the regular text (the original
+	// else-if-inName branch below) and when a Postgres "::" cast is glued
+	// directly to a named parameter such as :boundary::jsonb (see #983).
+	emitName := func() {
+		names = append(names, string(name))
+		switch bindType {
+		case NAMED:
+			rebound = append(rebound, ':')
+			rebound = append(rebound, name...)
+		case QUESTION, UNKNOWN:
+			rebound = append(rebound, '?')
+		case DOLLAR:
+			rebound = append(rebound, '$')
+			for _, b := range strconv.Itoa(currentVar) {
+				rebound = append(rebound, byte(b))
+			}
+			currentVar++
+		case AT:
+			rebound = append(rebound, '@', 'p')
+			for _, b := range strconv.Itoa(currentVar) {
+				rebound = append(rebound, byte(b))
+			}
+			currentVar++
+		}
+	}
+
+	skipNext := false
 	for i, b := range qs {
+		if skipNext {
+			skipNext = false
+			continue
+		}
 		// a ':' while we're in a name is an error
 		if b == ':' {
 			// if this is the second ':' in a '::' escape sequence, append a ':'
-			if inName && i > 0 && qs[i-1] == ':' {
+			if inName && i > 0 && qs[i-1] == ':' && len(name) == 0 {
 				rebound = append(rebound, ':')
 				inName = false
 				continue
-			} else if inName {
+			}
+			// A ':' arriving in the middle of a built-up name means we hit
+			// something like :boundary::jsonb. End the current name first.
+			// If the next byte is also ':', this is a PostgreSQL cast and
+			// the whole "::" should pass through to the output (see #983).
+			// Otherwise treat the trailing colon as literal text.
+			if inName && len(name) > 0 {
+				emitName()
+				if i < last && qs[i+1] == ':' {
+					rebound = append(rebound, ':', ':')
+					inName = false
+					skipNext = true
+					name = name[:0]
+					continue
+				}
+				rebound = append(rebound, ':')
+				inName = false
+				name = name[:0]
+				continue
+			}
+			if inName {
 				err = errors.New("unexpected `:` while reading named param at " + strconv.Itoa(i))
 				return query, names, err
 			}
 			inName = true
-			name = []byte{}
+			name = name[:0]
 		} else if inName && i > 0 && b == '=' && len(name) == 0 {
 			rebound = append(rebound, ':', '=')
 			inName = false
@@ -367,29 +420,7 @@ func compileNamedQuery(qs []byte, bindType int) (query string, names []string, e
 			if i == last && unicode.IsOneOf(allowedBindRunes, rune(b)) {
 				name = append(name, b)
 			}
-			// add the string representation to the names list
-			names = append(names, string(name))
-			// add a proper bindvar for the bindType
-			switch bindType {
-			// oracle only supports named type bind vars even for positional
-			case NAMED:
-				rebound = append(rebound, ':')
-				rebound = append(rebound, name...)
-			case QUESTION, UNKNOWN:
-				rebound = append(rebound, '?')
-			case DOLLAR:
-				rebound = append(rebound, '$')
-				for _, b := range strconv.Itoa(currentVar) {
-					rebound = append(rebound, byte(b))
-				}
-				currentVar++
-			case AT:
-				rebound = append(rebound, '@', 'p')
-				for _, b := range strconv.Itoa(currentVar) {
-					rebound = append(rebound, byte(b))
-				}
-				currentVar++
-			}
+			emitName()
 			// add this byte to string unless it was not part of the name
 			if i != last {
 				rebound = append(rebound, b)
diff --git a/named_test.go b/named_test.go
index 0ee5b85fa..e727ddd06 100644
--- a/named_test.go
+++ b/named_test.go
@@ -53,6 +53,17 @@ func TestCompileQuery(t *testing.T) {
 			T: `SELECT @name := "name", @p1, @p2, @p3`,
 			V: []string{"age", "first", "last"},
 		},
+		// Postgres :: cast directly attached to a named parameter
+		// (see github.com/jmoiron/sqlx#983). The "::" must pass through
+		// to the rebound query instead of returning "unexpected ':'".
+		{
+			Q: `SELECT :boundary::jsonb, :id::text`,
+			R: `SELECT ?::jsonb, ?::text`,
+			D: `SELECT $1::jsonb, $2::text`,
+			N: `SELECT :boundary::jsonb, :id::text`,
+			T: `SELECT @p1::jsonb, @p2::text`,
+			V: []string{"boundary", "id"},
+		},
 		/* This unicode awareness test sadly fails, because of our byte-wise worldview.
 		 * We could certainly iterate by Rune instead, though it's a great deal slower,
 		 * it's probably the RightWay(tm)