diff --git a/benchmark_test.go b/benchmark_test.go
index f7755b1..7852971 100644
--- a/benchmark_test.go
+++ b/benchmark_test.go
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// +build integration
+// +build all integration
 
 package gocqlx_test
 
diff --git a/example_test.go b/example_test.go
index 15c0f08..9aede55 100644
--- a/example_test.go
+++ b/example_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ package gocqlx_test
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gocql/gocql"
 	"github.com/scylladb/gocqlx"
@@ -134,6 +135,17 @@ func TestExample(t *testing.T) {
 			mustExec(q.Query)
 		}
 
+		// Insert with TTL
+		{
+			q := Query(qb.Insert("gocqlx_test.person").Columns("first_name", "last_name", "email").TTL().ToCql())
+			if err := q.BindStructMap(p, map[string]interface{}{
+				"_ttl": qb.TTL(86400 * time.Second),
+			}); err != nil {
+				t.Fatal("bind:", err)
+			}
+			mustExec(q.Query)
+		}
+
 		// Update
 		{
 			p.Email = append(p.Email, "patricia1.citzen@gocqlx_test.com")
diff --git a/queryx.go b/queryx.go
index d7e7da0..f26392e 100644
--- a/queryx.go
+++ b/queryx.go
@@ -91,9 +91,10 @@ func Query(q *gocql.Query, names []string) Queryx {
 	}
 }
 
-// BindStruct binds query named parameters using mapper.
+// BindStruct binds query named parameters to values from arg using mapper. If
+// value cannot be found error is reported.
 func (q Queryx) BindStruct(arg interface{}) error {
-	arglist, err := bindStructArgs(q.Names, arg, q.Mapper)
+	arglist, err := bindStructArgs(q.Names, arg, nil, q.Mapper)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -103,22 +104,41 @@ func (q Queryx) BindStruct(arg interface{}) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func bindStructArgs(names []string, arg interface{}, m *reflectx.Mapper) ([]interface{}, error) {
+// BindStructMap binds query named parameters to values from arg0 and arg1
+// using a mapper. If value cannot be found in arg0 it's looked up in arg1
+// before reporting an error.
+func (q Queryx) BindStructMap(arg0 interface{}, arg1 map[string]interface{}) error {
+	arglist, err := bindStructArgs(q.Names, arg0, arg1, q.Mapper)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	q.Bind(arglist...)
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func bindStructArgs(names []string, arg0 interface{}, arg1 map[string]interface{}, m *reflectx.Mapper) ([]interface{}, error) {
 	arglist := make([]interface{}, 0, len(names))
 
 	// grab the indirected value of arg
-	v := reflect.ValueOf(arg)
-	for v = reflect.ValueOf(arg); v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr; {
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(arg0)
+	for v = reflect.ValueOf(arg0); v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr; {
 		v = v.Elem()
 	}
 
 	fields := m.TraversalsByName(v.Type(), names)
 	for i, t := range fields {
-		if len(t) == 0 {
-			return arglist, fmt.Errorf("could not find name %s in %#v", names[i], arg)
+		if len(t) != 0 {
+			val := reflectx.FieldByIndexesReadOnly(v, t)
+			arglist = append(arglist, val.Interface())
+		} else {
+			val, ok := arg1[names[i]]
+			if !ok {
+				return arglist, fmt.Errorf("could not find name %s in %#v and %#v", names[i], arg0, arg1)
+			}
+			arglist = append(arglist, val)
 		}
-		val := reflectx.FieldByIndexesReadOnly(v, t)
-		arglist = append(arglist, val.Interface())
 	}
 
 	return arglist, nil
diff --git a/queryx_test.go b/queryx_test.go
index 2c74f85..df0f212 100644
--- a/queryx_test.go
+++ b/queryx_test.go
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ func TestBindStruct(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("simple", func(t *testing.T) {
 		names := []string{"name", "age", "first", "last"}
-		args, err := bindStructArgs(names, v, DefaultMapper)
+		args, err := bindStructArgs(names, v, nil, DefaultMapper)
 		if err != nil {
 			t.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -94,8 +94,34 @@ func TestBindStruct(t *testing.T) {
 	})
 
 	t.Run("error", func(t *testing.T) {
-		names := []string{"name", "first", "not_found"}
-		_, err := bindStructArgs(names, v, DefaultMapper)
+		names := []string{"name", "age", "first", "not_found"}
+		_, err := bindStructArgs(names, v, nil, DefaultMapper)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected error")
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("fallback", func(t *testing.T) {
+		names := []string{"name", "age", "first", "not_found"}
+		m := map[string]interface{}{
+			"not_found": "last",
+		}
+		args, err := bindStructArgs(names, v, m, DefaultMapper)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(args, []interface{}{"name", 30, "first", "last"}); diff != "" {
+			t.Error("args mismatch", diff)
+		}
+	})
+
+	t.Run("fallback error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		names := []string{"name", "age", "first", "not_found", "really_not_found"}
+		m := map[string]interface{}{
+			"not_found": "last",
+		}
+		_, err := bindStructArgs(names, v, m, DefaultMapper)
 		if err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("unexpected error")
 		}