diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 1df5739..48a9614 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "SQLite"
 uuid = "0aa819cd-b072-5ff4-a722-6bc24af294d9"
 authors = ["Jacob Quinn <quinn.jacobd@gmail.com>", "JuliaData Contributors"]
-version = "1.6.0"
+version = "1.6.1"
 
 [deps]
 DBInterface = "a10d1c49-ce27-4219-8d33-6db1a4562965"
diff --git a/src/tables.jl b/src/tables.jl
index d643a80..633a487 100644
--- a/src/tables.jl
+++ b/src/tables.jl
@@ -77,7 +77,12 @@ end
     )
 end
 
-function getvalue(q::Query{strict}, col::Int, rownumber::Int, ::Type{T}) where {strict, T}
+function getvalue(
+    q::Query{strict},
+    col::Int,
+    rownumber::Int,
+    ::Type{T},
+) where {strict,T}
     rownumber == q.current_rownumber[] || wrongrow(rownumber)
     handle = _get_stmt_handle(q.stmt)
     t = C.sqlite3_column_type(handle, col - 1)
@@ -144,6 +149,11 @@ function DBInterface.execute(
     allowduplicates::Bool = false,
     strict::Bool = false,
 )
+    if isa(params, NamedTuple) &&
+       isempty(setdiff(keys(params), [:strict, :allowduplicates]))
+        strict = get(params, :strict, false)
+        allowduplicates = get(params, :allowduplicates, false)
+    end
     status = execute(stmt, params)
     handle = _get_stmt_handle(stmt)
     cols = C.sqlite3_column_count(handle)
@@ -298,7 +308,7 @@ function load!(
     st = nothing;
     temp::Bool = false,
     ifnotexists::Bool = false,
-    on_conflict::Union{String, Nothing} = nothing,
+    on_conflict::Union{String,Nothing} = nothing,
     replace::Bool = false,
     analyze::Bool = false,
 )
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 7c460c3..b676e5f 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -222,6 +222,21 @@ end
         end
     end
 
+    @testset "strict=true || isempty(query)" begin
+        setup_clean_test_db() do db
+            empty_query =
+                DBInterface.execute(db, "SELECT * FROM Employee LIMIT 0")
+            sch = Tables.schema(empty_query)
+            @test sch == Tables.Schema(empty_query.names, empty_query.types)
+            strict_query =
+                DBInterface.execute(db, "SELECT * FROM Employee"; strict = true)
+            @test strict_query isa SQLite.Query{true}
+            sch2 = Tables.schema(strict_query)
+            @test sch2 == Tables.Schema(strict_query.names, strict_query.types)
+            @test sch.names == sch2.names
+        end
+    end
+
     @testset "empty query has correct schema and return type" begin
         setup_clean_test_db() do db
             empty_scheme = DBInterface.execute(