diff --git a/src/Lucid/Model/index.js b/src/Lucid/Model/index.js
index f277ecb9..e083acee 100644
--- a/src/Lucid/Model/index.js
+++ b/src/Lucid/Model/index.js
@@ -806,6 +806,32 @@ class Model {
   static pickInverse (limit = 1) {
     return this.query().orderBy(this.primaryKey, 'desc').limit(limit).fetch()
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an array of ids.
+   *
+   * Note: this method doesn't allow eagerloading relations
+   *
+   * @method ids
+   *
+   * @return {Array}
+   */
+  static ids () {
+    return this.query().ids()
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an array of ids.
+   *
+   * Note: this method doesn't allow eagerloading relations
+   *
+   * @method ids
+   *
+   * @return {Array}
+   */
+  static pair (lhs, rhs) {
+    return this.query().pair(lhs, rhs)
+  }
 }
 
 Model.hydrate()
diff --git a/src/Lucid/QueryBuilder/index.js b/src/Lucid/QueryBuilder/index.js
index 9b1b7978..69796816 100644
--- a/src/Lucid/QueryBuilder/index.js
+++ b/src/Lucid/QueryBuilder/index.js
@@ -163,6 +163,37 @@ class QueryBuilder {
     this.model.$hooks.after.exec('find', modelInstance)
     return modelInstance
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns an array of primaryKeys
+   *
+   * @method ids
+   *
+   * @return {Array}
+   */
+  async ids () {
+    const rows = this.query
+    return rows.map((row) => row[this.model.primaryKey])
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns a pair of lhs and rhs. This method will not
+   * eagerload relationships.
+   *
+   * @method pair
+   *
+   * @param  {String} lhs
+   * @param  {String} rhs
+   *
+   * @return {Object}
+   */
+  async pair (lhs, rhs) {
+    const collection = await this.fetch()
+    return _.transform(collection.rows, (result, row) => {
+      result[row.$attributes[lhs]] = row.$attributes[rhs]
+      return result
+    }, {})
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = QueryBuilder
diff --git a/test/unit/lucid.spec.js b/test/unit/lucid.spec.js
index f81aa132..26862c83 100644
--- a/test/unit/lucid.spec.js
+++ b/test/unit/lucid.spec.js
@@ -726,4 +726,37 @@ test.group('Model', (group) => {
     assert.equal(users.size(), 1)
     assert.equal(users.first().$attributes.username, 'nikk')
   })
+
+  test('return an array of ids from the database', async (assert) => {
+    class User extends Model {
+    }
+
+    User._bootIfNotBooted()
+
+    await ioc.use('Adonis/Src/Database').table('users').insert([{ username: 'virk' }, { username: 'nikk' }])
+    const userIds = await User.ids()
+    assert.deepEqual(userIds, [1, 2])
+  })
+
+  test('return an array of ids from the database', async (assert) => {
+    class User extends Model {
+    }
+
+    User._bootIfNotBooted()
+
+    await ioc.use('Adonis/Src/Database').table('users').insert([{ username: 'virk' }, { username: 'nikk' }])
+    const userIds = await User.ids()
+    assert.deepEqual(userIds, [1, 2])
+  })
+
+  test('return a pair of key/values from the database', async (assert) => {
+    class User extends Model {
+    }
+
+    User._bootIfNotBooted()
+
+    await ioc.use('Adonis/Src/Database').table('users').insert([{ username: 'virk' }, { username: 'nikk' }])
+    const users = await User.pair('id', 'username')
+    assert.deepEqual(users, { 1: 'virk', 2: 'nikk' })
+  })
 })