diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index 4af7636..479efaf 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ Installing with [[https://framagit.org/steckerhalter/quelpa][Quelpa]] is easy:
 
 The functionality provided may be grouped by:
 
-+  *Interactive commands:* ~org-ql-search~, ~org-ql-view~.
++  *Interactive commands:* ~org-ql-search~, ~org-ql-view~, =org-ql-sparse-tree=.
 +  *Non-interactive functions and macros:*
      -  ~org-ql~ (macro)
      -  ~org-ql-select~ (function)
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ Alternatively, they may be grouped by:
      -  ~org-ql-view~ (command)
      -  ~org-ql-block~ (agenda function)
      -  ~org-ql-agenda~ (macro)
++  *Showing a tree in a buffer:*
+     -  =org-ql-sparse-tree= (command)
 +  *Returning a list of matches or acting on them:*
      -  ~org-ql~ (macro)
      -  ~org-ql-select~ (function)
@@ -183,6 +185,12 @@ Choose and display a view stored in ~org-ql-views~.
 
 Show items in ~FILES~ from last ~DAYS~ days with timestamps of ~TYPE~.  ~TYPE~ may be ~ts~, ~ts-active~, ~ts-inactive~, ~clocked~, ~closed~, ~deadline~, ~planning~, or ~scheduled~.  =FILES= defaults to those returned by the function =org-agenda-files=.
 
+*** org-ql-sparse-tree =(query &key keep-previous (buffer (current-buffer)))=
+
+Show a sparse tree for ~QUERY~ in ~BUFFER~ and return number of results.  The tree will show the lines where the query matches, and any other context defined in ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
+
+~QUERY~ is an ~org-ql~ query sexp (quoted, since this is a function).  ~BUFFER~ defaults to the current buffer.  When ~KEEP-PREVIOUS~ is non-nil (interactively, with prefix), the outline is not reset to the overview state before finding matches, which allows stacking calls to this command.  Runs ~org-occur-hook~ after making the sparse tree.
+
 ** Queries
 
 A query is a lisp form which may contain arbitrary lisp forms, as well as certain built-in predicates.  It is byte-compiled into a predicate function which is tested with point on each heading in an Org buffer; when it returns non-nil, the heading matches the query.
@@ -443,7 +451,8 @@ Expands into a call to ~org-ql-select~ with the same arguments.  For convenience
 
 ** 0.3-pre
 
-Nothing new yet.
+*Added*
++  Command =org-ql-sparse-tree=, like =org-sparse-tree= for =org-ql= queries.  (Thanks to [[https://github.com/akirak][Akira Komamura]].)
 
 ** 0.2
 :PROPERTIES:
diff --git a/org-ql-agenda.el b/org-ql-agenda.el
index fa75f6d..1ed586a 100644
--- a/org-ql-agenda.el
+++ b/org-ql-agenda.el
@@ -320,6 +320,43 @@ TYPE may be `ts', `ts-active', `ts-inactive', `clocked', or
       :sort '(date priority todo)
       :groups groups)))
 
+;;;###autoload
+(cl-defun org-ql-sparse-tree (query &key keep-previous (buffer (current-buffer)))
+  "Show a sparse tree for QUERY in BUFFER and return number of results.
+The tree will show the lines where the query matches, and any
+other context defined in `org-show-context-detail', which see.
+
+QUERY is an `org-ql' query sexp (quoted, since this is a
+function).  BUFFER defaults to the current buffer.
+
+When KEEP-PREVIOUS is non-nil (interactively, with prefix), the
+outline is not reset to the overview state before finding
+matches, which allows stacking calls to this command.
+
+Runs `org-occur-hook' after making the sparse tree."
+  ;; Code based on `org-occur'.
+  ;; TODO: Use `helm-org-ql' plain-text query processing.
+  (interactive (list (read-minibuffer "Query: ")
+                     :keep-previous current-prefix-arg))
+  (with-current-buffer buffer
+    (unless keep-previous
+      ;; We don't do highlighting, because queries aren't regexps, but
+      ;; we remove existing `org-occur' highlights, just in case.
+      (org-remove-occur-highlights nil nil t)
+      (org-overview))
+    (let ((num-results 0))
+      (org-ql-select buffer query
+        :action (lambda ()
+                  (org-show-context 'occur-tree)
+                  (cl-incf num-results)))
+      (unless org-sparse-tree-open-archived-trees
+        (org-hide-archived-subtrees (point-min) (point-max)))
+      (run-hooks 'org-occur-hook)
+      (unless (get-buffer-window buffer)
+        (pop-to-buffer buffer))
+      (message "%d matches" num-results)
+      num-results)))
+
 ;;;; Functions
 
 (cl-defun org-ql-agenda--agenda (buffers-files query &key entries strings sort buffer narrow super-groups title)