diff --git a/include/ircd/m/event.h b/include/ircd/m/event.h
index dc8f4edd5..c5d02fe9c 100644
--- a/include/ircd/m/event.h
+++ b/include/ircd/m/event.h
@@ -232,6 +232,11 @@ struct ircd::m::event::fetch
 	friend const_buffer get(std::nothrow_t, const id &, const string_view &key, const mutable_buffer &out);
 	friend const_buffer get(const idx &, const string_view &key, const mutable_buffer &out);
 	friend const_buffer get(const id &, const string_view &key, const mutable_buffer &out);
+
+	friend void prefetch(const idx &, const string_view &key);
+	friend void prefetch(const idx &, const opts & = default_opts);
+	friend void prefetch(const id &, const string_view &key);
+	friend void prefetch(const id &, const opts & = default_opts);
 };
 
 struct ircd::m::event::fetch::opts
diff --git a/ircd/m/event.cc b/ircd/m/event.cc
index 403c46468..43accf377 100644
--- a/ircd/m/event.cc
+++ b/ircd/m/event.cc
@@ -1369,6 +1369,51 @@ decltype(ircd::m::event::fetch::default_opts)
 ircd::m::event::fetch::default_opts
 {};
 
+void
+ircd::m::prefetch(const event::id &event_id,
+                  const event::fetch::opts &opts)
+{
+	prefetch(index(event_id), opts);
+}
+
+void
+ircd::m::prefetch(const event::id &event_id,
+                  const string_view &key)
+{
+	prefetch(index(event_id), key);
+}
+
+void
+ircd::m::prefetch(const event::idx &event_idx,
+                  const event::fetch::opts &opts)
+{
+	const vector_view<const string_view> cols
+	{
+		opts.keys
+	};
+
+	for(const auto &col : cols)
+		if(col)
+			prefetch(event_idx, col);
+}
+
+void
+ircd::m::prefetch(const event::idx &event_idx,
+                  const string_view &key)
+{
+	const auto &column_idx
+	{
+		json::indexof<event>(key)
+	};
+
+	auto &column
+	{
+		dbs::event_column.at(column_idx)
+	};
+
+	db::prefetch(column, byte_view<string_view>{event_idx});
+}
+
 ircd::const_buffer
 ircd::m::get(const event::id &event_id,
              const string_view &key,