diff --git a/core/dbt/compilation.py b/core/dbt/compilation.py
index 7163b669001..61e0f77a3f4 100644
--- a/core/dbt/compilation.py
+++ b/core/dbt/compilation.py
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 from dbt.events.format import pluralize
 import dbt.tracking
 
+from .language_provider import IbisProvider
+
 graph_file_name = "graph.gpickle"
 
 
@@ -369,7 +371,23 @@ def _compile_node(
         )
         compiled_node = _compiled_type_for(node).from_dict(data)
 
-        if compiled_node.language == ModelLanguage.python:
+        compiled_node.was_ibis = False
+        if compiled_node.language == ModelLanguage.ibis:
+
+            provider = IbisProvider()
+            context = self._create_node_context(compiled_node, manifest, extra_context)
+            sql = provider.compile(node.raw_code, context)
+
+            # lol
+            compiled_node.compiled_code = sql
+            compiled_node.language = ModelLanguage.sql
+
+            # efficiency hack?
+            # doesn't seem to help much, if at all
+            compiled_node.was_ibis = True
+
+        elif compiled_node.language == ModelLanguage.python:
+
             # TODO could we also 'minify' this code at all? just aesthetic, not functional
 
             # quoating seems like something very specific to sql so far
@@ -390,12 +408,13 @@ def _compile_node(
             self.config.quoting = original_quoting
 
         else:
-            context = self._create_node_context(compiled_node, manifest, extra_context)
-            compiled_node.compiled_code = jinja.get_rendered(
-                node.raw_code,
-                context,
-                node,
-            )
+            if not compiled_node.was_ibis:
+                context = self._create_node_context(compiled_node, manifest, extra_context)
+                compiled_node.compiled_code = jinja.get_rendered(
+                    node.raw_code,
+                    context,
+                    node,
+                )
 
         compiled_node.relation_name = self._get_relation_name(node)
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/contracts/files.py b/core/dbt/contracts/files.py
index 93f12a1411e..25fed0d56a6 100644
--- a/core/dbt/contracts/files.py
+++ b/core/dbt/contracts/files.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ class ParseFileType(StrEnum):
     Documentation = "docs"
     Schema = "schema"
     Hook = "hook"  # not a real filetype, from dbt_project.yml
+    language: str = "sql"
 
 
 parse_file_type_to_parser = {
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ class SourceFile(BaseSourceFile):
     docs: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     macros: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
     env_vars: List[str] = field(default_factory=list)
+    language: str = "sql"
 
     @classmethod
     def big_seed(cls, path: FilePath) -> "SourceFile":
diff --git a/core/dbt/dbt_ibis/_dbt_ibis.py b/core/dbt/dbt_ibis/_dbt_ibis.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e00eeb3cca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/dbt/dbt_ibis/_dbt_ibis.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+"""
+adapted from https://github.com/dbt-labs/dbt-core/pull/5982/files
+"""
+import ibis
+
+
+def compile(code: str, context):
+
+    conn_params = {
+        "account": context["target"]["account"],
+        "user": context["target"]["user"],
+        "role": context["target"]["role"],
+        "warehouse": context["target"]["warehouse"],
+        "database": context["target"]["database"],
+        "schema": context["target"]["schema"],
+        "authenticator": "externalbrowser",
+    }
+    
+    s = ibis.connect(
+        f"snowflake://{conn_params['user']}:_@{conn_params['account']}/{conn_params['database']}/{conn_params['schema']}?warehouse={conn_params['warehouse']}&role={conn_params['role']}&authenticator={conn_params['authenticator']}",
+    )
+
+    # the dirtiest code I've ever written?
+    # run the ibis code and compile the `model` variable
+    exec(code)
+    compiled = str(eval(f"ibis.{context['target']['type']}.compile(model)"))
+
+    return compiled
diff --git a/core/dbt/graph/selector_spec.py b/core/dbt/graph/selector_spec.py
index 991ae7fcb89..425f3807aac 100644
--- a/core/dbt/graph/selector_spec.py
+++ b/core/dbt/graph/selector_spec.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ def __post_init__(self):
     def default_method(cls, value: str) -> MethodName:
         if _probably_path(value):
             return MethodName.Path
-        elif value.lower().endswith((".sql", ".py", ".csv")):
+        elif value.lower().endswith((".sql", ".py", ".csv", ".ibis")):
             return MethodName.File
         else:
             return MethodName.FQN
diff --git a/core/dbt/language_provider.py b/core/dbt/language_provider.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ccae2a6869b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/dbt/language_provider.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+class LanguageProvider:
+
+    # def compile(self, code: str) -> ParsedNode:
+    def compile(self, code: str) -> str:
+        """
+        Compile a given block into a ParsedNode.
+        """
+        raise NotImplementedError("compile")
+
+
+class IbisProvider(LanguageProvider):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        # TODO: Uncomment when dbt-ibis is released
+        # if not dbt_ibis:
+        #     raise ImportError(
+        #         "dbt_ibis is required and not found; try running `pip install dbt-ibis`"
+        #     )
+        pass
+
+    def compile(self, code: str, context) -> str:
+        from .dbt_ibis import _dbt_ibis as dbt_ibis
+
+        return dbt_ibis.compile(code, context)
diff --git a/core/dbt/node_types.py b/core/dbt/node_types.py
index a6fa5ff4f84..46dd194014a 100644
--- a/core/dbt/node_types.py
+++ b/core/dbt/node_types.py
@@ -68,3 +68,4 @@ class RunHookType(StrEnum):
 class ModelLanguage(StrEnum):
     python = "python"
     sql = "sql"
+    ibis = "ibis"
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/base.py b/core/dbt/parser/base.py
index b6d349803f6..1e4a646701a 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/base.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/base.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def _mangle_hooks(self, config):
                 config[key] = [hooks.get_hook_dict(h) for h in config[key]]
 
     def _create_error_node(
-        self, name: str, path: str, original_file_path: str, raw_code: str, language: str = "sql"
+        self, name: str, path: str, original_file_path: str, raw_code: str, language: str
     ) -> UnparsedNode:
         """If we hit an error before we've actually parsed a node, provide some
         level of useful information by attaching this to the exception.
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@ def _create_parsetime_node(
         """
         if name is None:
             name = block.name
-        if block.path.relative_path.endswith(".py"):
+        if block.path.relative_path.endswith(".ibis"):
+            language = ModelLanguage.ibis
+        elif block.path.relative_path.endswith(".py"):
             language = ModelLanguage.python
         else:
             # this is not ideal but we have a lot of tests to adjust if don't do it
@@ -223,6 +225,7 @@ def _create_parsetime_node(
                 path=path,
                 original_file_path=block.path.original_file_path,
                 raw_code=block.contents,
+                language=language,
             )
             raise ParsingException(msg, node=node)
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/models.py b/core/dbt/parser/models.py
index aaf6a0d016e..91c50af0c7c 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/models.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/models.py
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 from dbt.dataclass_schema import ValidationError
 from dbt.exceptions import ParsingException, validator_error_message, UndefinedMacroException
 
-
 dbt_function_key_words = set(["ref", "source", "config", "get"])
 dbt_function_full_names = set(["dbt.ref", "dbt.source", "dbt.config", "dbt.config.get"])
 
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py b/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py
index ccb6b1b0790..0f9c2ce3702 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/read_files.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def read_files(project, files, parser_files, saved_files):
         project,
         files,
         project.model_paths,
-        [".sql", ".py"],
+        [".sql", ".py", ".ibis"],
         ParseFileType.Model,
         saved_files,
         dbt_ignore_spec,
diff --git a/core/dbt/parser/schemas.py b/core/dbt/parser/schemas.py
index 21521c85e53..fd8d87fc546 100644
--- a/core/dbt/parser/schemas.py
+++ b/core/dbt/parser/schemas.py
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ def get_hashable_md(data: Union[str, int, float, List, Dict]) -> Union[str, List
                 path=path,
                 original_file_path=target.original_file_path,
                 raw_code=raw_code,
+                language="sql",
             )
             raise ParsingException(msg, node=node) from exc