diff --git a/drift/CHANGELOG.md b/drift/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f8ef99b..40970c79 100644
--- a/drift/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/drift/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   which tables are affected by the custom statement.
 - For `STRICT` tables in drift files declaring a `ANY` column, drift will now
   generate a mapping to the new `DriftAny` type.
+- Add `likeExp` to generate `LIKE` expression with any comparison expression.
 - Fix `UNIQUE` keys declared in drift files being written twice.
 - Fix `customConstraints` not appearing in dumped database schema files.
 - Work-around an issue causing complex migrations via `Migrator.alterTable` not to
diff --git a/drift/test/database/expressions/text_test.dart b/drift/test/database/expressions/text_test.dart
index 7e26f7dc..e9fc9e1c 100644
--- a/drift/test/database/expressions/text_test.dart
+++ b/drift/test/database/expressions/text_test.dart
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 import 'package:drift/drift.dart';
 import 'package:test/test.dart';
 
-import '../../generated/todos.dart';
 import '../../test_utils/test_utils.dart';
 
 void main() {
   const expression =
       CustomExpression<String>('col', precedence: Precedence.primary);
-  final db = TodoDb();
 
   test('generates like expressions', () {
-    final ctx = GenerationContext.fromDb(db);
-    expression.like('pattern').writeInto(ctx);
-
-    expect(ctx.sql, 'col LIKE ?');
-    expect(ctx.boundVariables, ['pattern']);
+    expect(expression.like('pattern'), generates('col LIKE ?', ['pattern']));
+    expect(expression.likeExp(expression), generates('col LIKE col'));
   });
 
   test('generates regexp expressions', () {