diff --git a/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatement.java b/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatement.java
index a3fb301..4496eac 100644
--- a/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatement.java
+++ b/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatement.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
 import java.sql.SQLXML;
 import java.sql.Time;
 import java.sql.Timestamp;
-import java.sql.Types;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -40,16 +39,16 @@
  * so there is no post-close execute that could expose a result set. sqlite-jdbc 3.53.4.0 instead
  * returns generated keys, and rejects {@code addBatch()} with a different message; see issue #87.
  *
- * <p>Parameter metadata is derived locally. The placeholder count comes from the SQL text, but the
- * parameter type, precision, and scale stay unknown because Hrana has no describe request. The
- * stream and {@link Blob}/{@link Clob} setters convert to a TEXT or BLOB value locally. An unset
- * parameter, including one released by {@link #clearParameters()}, binds SQL NULL.
+ * <p>The stream and {@link Blob}/{@link Clob} setters convert to a TEXT or BLOB value locally. An
+ * unset parameter, including one released by {@link #clearParameters()}, binds SQL NULL. Parameter
+ * metadata lives in {@link ParameterMetaDataView}.
  */
 public class LibsqlPreparedStatement extends LibsqlStatement implements PreparedStatement, ParameterMetaData {
 
     private final String sql;
     private final boolean returnsResultSet;
     private final int parameterCount;
+    private final ParameterMetaDataView parameterMetaData;
     // Sequential list indexed by JDBC parameter position; no map or boxing overhead.
     private final List<Value> parameters = new ArrayList<>();
 
@@ -58,6 +57,7 @@ public LibsqlPreparedStatement(LibsqlConnection connection, String sql) {
         this.sql = sql;
         this.returnsResultSet = returnsResultSet(sql);
         this.parameterCount = SqlTokenizer.placeholderCount(sql);
+        this.parameterMetaData = new ParameterMetaDataView(this, parameterCount);
     }
 
     private void setParam(int parameterIndex, Value value) throws SQLException {
@@ -363,73 +363,18 @@ public void setURL(int parameterIndex, URL x) throws SQLException {
         setString(parameterIndex, x != null ? x.toString() : null);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public ParameterMetaData getParameterMetaData() throws SQLException {
-        checkClosed();
-        return this;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getParameterCount() throws SQLException {
-        checkClosed();
-        return parameterCount;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int isNullable(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return ParameterMetaData.parameterNullableUnknown;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public boolean isSigned(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return true;
-    }
+    @Override public ParameterMetaData getParameterMetaData() throws SQLException { checkClosed(); return parameterMetaData; }
 
-    @Override
-    public int getPrecision(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getScale(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return 0;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getParameterType(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        // Hrana has no describe statement, so a parameter type is unknown until it is executed.
-        return Types.OTHER;
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getParameterTypeName(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return "OTHER";
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public String getParameterClassName(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return Object.class.getName();
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public int getParameterMode(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkParameterIndex(param);
-        return ParameterMetaData.parameterModeIn;
-    }
-
-    private void checkParameterIndex(int param) throws SQLException {
-        checkClosed();
-        if (param < 1 || param > parameterCount) {
-            throw new SQLException("Parameter index out of range: " + param);
-        }
-    }
+    // ParameterMetaData stays on the statement for instanceof compatibility; the view holds the checks.
+    @Override public int getParameterCount() throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getParameterCount(); }
+    @Override public int isNullable(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.isNullable(param); }
+    @Override public boolean isSigned(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.isSigned(param); }
+    @Override public int getPrecision(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getPrecision(param); }
+    @Override public int getScale(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getScale(param); }
+    @Override public int getParameterType(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getParameterType(param); }
+    @Override public String getParameterTypeName(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getParameterTypeName(param); }
+    @Override public String getParameterClassName(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getParameterClassName(param); }
+    @Override public int getParameterMode(int param) throws SQLException { return parameterMetaData.getParameterMode(param); }
 
     @Override
     public void setRowId(int parameterIndex, RowId x) throws SQLException {
diff --git a/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/ParameterMetaDataView.java b/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/ParameterMetaDataView.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c984c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libsql-jdbc/src/main/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/ParameterMetaDataView.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+package com.github.magnusp.libsql.jdbc;
+
+import java.sql.ParameterMetaData;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.sql.Types;
+
+/**
+ * Parameter metadata for a prepared statement over the Hrana transport.
+ *
+ * <p>The placeholder count is derived locally from the SQL text, but the parameter type, precision,
+ * and scale stay unknown because Hrana has no describe request. Every call checks the owning
+ * statement first, so metadata obtained before {@link LibsqlStatement#close()} still throws once
+ * the statement is closed.
+ */
+final class ParameterMetaDataView implements ParameterMetaData {
+
+    private final LibsqlStatement statement;
+    private final int parameterCount;
+
+    ParameterMetaDataView(LibsqlStatement statement, int parameterCount) {
+        this.statement = statement;
+        this.parameterCount = parameterCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getParameterCount() throws SQLException {
+        statement.checkClosed();
+        return parameterCount;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int isNullable(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return parameterNullableUnknown;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isSigned(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getPrecision(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getScale(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getParameterType(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        // Hrana has no describe statement, so a parameter type is unknown until it is executed.
+        return Types.OTHER;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getParameterTypeName(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return "OTHER";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getParameterClassName(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return Object.class.getName();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getParameterMode(int param) throws SQLException {
+        checkParameterIndex(param);
+        return parameterModeIn;
+    }
+
+    private void checkParameterIndex(int param) throws SQLException {
+        statement.checkClosed();
+        if (param < 1 || param > parameterCount) {
+            throw new SQLException("Parameter index out of range: " + param);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // The statement, not the view, owns the Wrapper surface, so unwrap still reaches the statement.
+
+    @Override
+    public <T> T unwrap(Class<T> iface) throws SQLException {
+        return statement.unwrap(iface);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isWrapperFor(Class<?> iface) throws SQLException {
+        return statement.isWrapperFor(iface);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatementTest.java b/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatementTest.java
index aba6cf0..8546e2c 100644
--- a/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatementTest.java
+++ b/libsql-jdbc/src/test/java/com/github/magnusp/libsql/jdbc/LibsqlPreparedStatementTest.java
@@ -283,6 +283,92 @@ void parameterTypesAreUnknownWithoutADescription() throws SQLException {
         }
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void getParameterMetaDataReturnsAViewWithThePlaceholderCount() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        try (LibsqlPreparedStatement statement = new LibsqlPreparedStatement(
+                connection, "select id from t where id = ? and name = ?")) {
+            ParameterMetaData meta = statement.getParameterMetaData();
+
+            assertThat(meta).isNotNull();
+            assertThat(meta.getParameterCount()).isEqualTo(2);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getParameterMetaDataAfterCloseThrows() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        LibsqlPreparedStatement statement =
+                new LibsqlPreparedStatement(connection, "select ?");
+        statement.close();
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(statement::getParameterMetaData)
+                .isInstanceOf(SQLException.class)
+                .hasMessage("Statement is closed");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void parameterMetadataViewTakenBeforeCloseStillThrowsAfterClose() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        LibsqlPreparedStatement statement =
+                new LibsqlPreparedStatement(connection, "select ?");
+        ParameterMetaData meta = statement.getParameterMetaData();
+        statement.close();
+
+        assertThatThrownBy(meta::getParameterCount)
+                .isInstanceOf(SQLException.class)
+                .hasMessage("Statement is closed");
+        assertThatThrownBy(() -> meta.getParameterType(1))
+                .isInstanceOf(SQLException.class)
+                .hasMessage("Statement is closed");
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void parameterMetadataRejectsAnOutOfRangeIndex() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        try (LibsqlPreparedStatement statement =
+                new LibsqlPreparedStatement(connection, "select ?")) {
+            ParameterMetaData meta = statement.getParameterMetaData();
+
+            assertThatThrownBy(() -> meta.getParameterType(0))
+                    .isInstanceOf(SQLException.class)
+                    .hasMessage("Parameter index out of range: 0");
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void preparedStatementRemainsAParameterMetaData() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        try (LibsqlPreparedStatement statement =
+                new LibsqlPreparedStatement(connection, "select ?")) {
+            assertThat(statement).isInstanceOf(ParameterMetaData.class);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void getParameterMetaDataReturnsTheSameCachedView() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        try (LibsqlPreparedStatement statement =
+                new LibsqlPreparedStatement(connection, "select ?")) {
+            ParameterMetaData first = statement.getParameterMetaData();
+            ParameterMetaData second = statement.getParameterMetaData();
+
+            assertThat(first).isSameAs(second);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void parameterMetadataUnwrapReachesTheStatement() throws SQLException {
+        RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);
+        try (LibsqlPreparedStatement statement =
+                new LibsqlPreparedStatement(connection, "select ?")) {
+            ParameterMetaData meta = statement.getParameterMetaData();
+
+            assertThat(meta.isWrapperFor(ParameterMetaData.class)).isTrue();
+            assertThat(meta.unwrap(ParameterMetaData.class)).isSameAs(statement);
+        }
+    }
+
     @Test
     void clearParametersBindsNullArguments() throws SQLException {
         RecordingConnection connection = new RecordingConnection(NO_ROWS);