diff --git a/pkg/ql/flavours.go b/pkg/ql/flavours.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c645170bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ql/flavours.go
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+package ql
+
+type (
+	Encoder interface {
+		// CaseInsensitiveLike translates "like" or "not like" op to case-insensitive version
+		// supported by the db
+		CaseInsensitiveLike(neg bool) string
+	}
+)
+
+var (
+	// QueryEncoder
+	// This is a temp solution to enable multi-db support in the ql package
+	// that is not aware of the SQL flavour
+	//
+	// We can get away with this kind of solution right now because we are currently
+	// only supporting one single db at the time.
+	//
+	// This will change in the future and so will the pkg/ql logic
+	QueryEncoder Encoder
+)
diff --git a/pkg/ql/squirrel.go b/pkg/ql/squirrel.go
index f20e49c71..8a09fdf5d 100644
--- a/pkg/ql/squirrel.go
+++ b/pkg/ql/squirrel.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func (n Operator) ToSql() (string, []interface{}, error) {
 	switch n.Kind {
 	case "LIKE", "NOT LIKE":
 		// Make sure we are doing case insensitive search
-		op = "COLLATE utf8_general_ci " + n.Kind
+		op = QueryEncoder.CaseInsensitiveLike(n.Kind == "NOT LIKE")
 	}
 
 	return " " + op + " ", nil, nil
diff --git a/store/mysql/encoder.go b/store/mysql/encoder.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..562ae0c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/store/mysql/encoder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package mysql
+
+import "github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/ql"
+
+type (
+	// QueryEncoder provides query parts encoding rules for MySQL
+	// see ql.QueryEncoder for mor info
+	QueryEncoder struct{}
+)
+
+var _ ql.Encoder = &QueryEncoder{}
+
+func (QueryEncoder) CaseInsensitiveLike(neg bool) string {
+	if neg {
+		return "COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT LIKE"
+	} else {
+		return "COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci LIKE"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/store/mysql/mysql.go b/store/mysql/mysql.go
index f617bef18..2100d1e6a 100644
--- a/store/mysql/mysql.go
+++ b/store/mysql/mysql.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
+	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/ql"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/rdbms"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/rdbms/instrumentation"
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, dsn string) (store.Storer, error) {
 	// for details
 	s.DB().ExecContext(ctx, "SET SESSION sql_mode = 'ANSI'")
 
+	ql.QueryEncoder = &QueryEncoder{}
+
 	return s, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/store/postgres/encoder.go b/store/postgres/encoder.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3d37c346
--- /dev/null
+++ b/store/postgres/encoder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package postgres
+
+import "github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/ql"
+
+type (
+	// QueryEncoder provides query parts encoding rules for Postgres
+	// see ql.QueryEncoder for mor info
+	QueryEncoder struct{}
+)
+
+var _ ql.Encoder = &QueryEncoder{}
+
+func (QueryEncoder) CaseInsensitiveLike(neg bool) string {
+	if neg {
+		return "NOT ILIKE"
+	} else {
+		return "ILIKE"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/store/postgres/postgres.go b/store/postgres/postgres.go
index b29d1082c..09e585fe9 100644
--- a/store/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/store/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
+	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/ql"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/rdbms"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/rdbms/instrumentation"
@@ -47,6 +48,8 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, dsn string) (store.Storer, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	ql.QueryEncoder = &QueryEncoder{}
+
 	return s, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/store/sqlite3/encoder.go b/store/sqlite3/encoder.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..46228e68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/store/sqlite3/encoder.go
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package sqlite3
+
+import "github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/ql"
+
+type (
+	// QueryEncoder provides query parts encoding rules for SQLite
+	// see ql.QueryEncoder for mor info
+	QueryEncoder struct{}
+)
+
+var _ ql.Encoder = &QueryEncoder{}
+
+func (QueryEncoder) CaseInsensitiveLike(neg bool) string {
+	if neg {
+		return "COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci NOT LIKE"
+	} else {
+		return "COLLATE utf8_unicode_ci LIKE"
+	}
+}
diff --git a/store/sqlite3/sqlite3.go b/store/sqlite3/sqlite3.go
index 96eda8fc3..275ee50f5 100644
--- a/store/sqlite3/sqlite3.go
+++ b/store/sqlite3/sqlite3.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/Masterminds/squirrel"
+	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/pkg/ql"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/rdbms"
 	"github.com/cortezaproject/corteza-server/store/rdbms/instrumentation"
@@ -51,6 +52,8 @@ func Connect(ctx context.Context, dsn string) (store.Storer, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	ql.QueryEncoder = &QueryEncoder{}
+
 	return s, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/store/tests/compose_records_test.go b/store/tests/compose_records_test.go
index 6f5479bf6..186a12c94 100644
--- a/store/tests/compose_records_test.go
+++ b/store/tests/compose_records_test.go
@@ -340,6 +340,16 @@ func testComposeRecords(t *testing.T, s store.ComposeRecords) {
 			req.NoError(err)
 			req.Len(set, 1)
 		})
+
+		t.Run("with like op", func(t *testing.T) {
+			var (
+				req = require.New(t)
+				f   = types.RecordFilter{Query: `str3 LIKE '%“2020%'`}
+
+				_, _, err = s.SearchComposeRecords(ctx, mod, f)
+			)
+			req.NoError(err)
+		})
 	})
 
 	t.Run("paging and sorting", func(t *testing.T) {