diff --git a/driver/driver.go b/driver/driver.go
index 2522dcf3a..3ee13ce70 100644
--- a/driver/driver.go
+++ b/driver/driver.go
@@ -310,9 +310,12 @@ type BulkDocer interface {
 // Finder is an optional interface which may be implemented by a [DB]. It
 // provides access to the MongoDB-style query interface added in CouchDB 2.
 type Finder interface {
-	// Find executes a query using the new /_find interface. If query is a
-	// string, []byte, or [encoding/json.RawMessage], it should be treated as a
-	// raw JSON payload. Any other type should be marshaled to JSON.
+	// Find executes a query using the new /_find interface. query is always
+	// converted to a [encoding/json.RawMessage] value before passing it to the
+	// driver. The type remains `interface{}` for backward compatibility, but
+	// will change with Kivik 5.x. See [issue #1015] for details.
+	//
+	// [issue #1014]: https://github.com/go-kivik/kivik/issues/1015
 	Find(ctx context.Context, query interface{}, options Options) (Rows, error)
 	// CreateIndex creates an index if it doesn't already exist. If the index
 	// already exists, it should do nothing. ddoc and name may be empty, in
diff --git a/find.go b/find.go
index d418bdb62..ccbfdfa7f 100644
--- a/find.go
+++ b/find.go
@@ -14,31 +14,80 @@ package kivik
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4/driver"
+	"github.com/go-kivik/kivik/v4/int/errors"
 )
 
-// Find executes a query using the [_find interface]. The query must be
-// JSON-marshalable to a valid query.
+// Find executes a query using the [_find interface]. The query must be a
+// string, []byte, or [encoding/json.RawMessage] value, or JSON-marshalable to a
+// valid valid query. The options are merged with the query, and will overwrite
+// any values in the query.
+//
+// This arguments this method accepts will change in Kivik 5.x, to be more
+// consistent with the rest of the Kivik API. See [issue #1014] for details.
 //
 // [_find interface]: https://docs.couchdb.org/en/stable/api/database/find.html
+// [issue #1014]: https://github.com/go-kivik/kivik/issues/1014
 func (db *DB) Find(ctx context.Context, query interface{}, options ...Option) *ResultSet {
 	if db.err != nil {
 		return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(db.err)}
 	}
-	if finder, ok := db.driverDB.(driver.Finder); ok {
-		endQuery, err := db.startQuery()
-		if err != nil {
-			return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(err)}
-		}
-		rowsi, err := finder.Find(ctx, query, multiOptions(options))
+	finder, ok := db.driverDB.(driver.Finder)
+	if !ok {
+		return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(errFindNotImplemented)}
+	}
+
+	jsonQuery, err := toQuery(query, options...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(err)}
+	}
+
+	endQuery, err := db.startQuery()
+	if err != nil {
+		return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(err)}
+	}
+	rowsi, err := finder.Find(ctx, jsonQuery, multiOptions(options))
+	if err != nil {
+		endQuery()
+		return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(err)}
+	}
+	return newResultSet(ctx, endQuery, rowsi)
+}
+
+// toQuery combines query and options into a final JSON query to be sent to the
+// driver.
+func toQuery(query interface{}, options ...Option) (json.RawMessage, error) {
+	var queryJSON []byte
+	switch t := query.(type) {
+	case string:
+		queryJSON = []byte(t)
+	case []byte:
+		queryJSON = t
+	case json.RawMessage:
+		queryJSON = t
+	default:
+		var err error
+		queryJSON, err = json.Marshal(query)
 		if err != nil {
-			endQuery()
-			return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(err)}
+			return nil, &errors.Error{Status: http.StatusBadRequest, Err: err}
 		}
-		return newResultSet(ctx, endQuery, rowsi)
 	}
-	return &ResultSet{iter: errIterator(errFindNotImplemented)}
+	var queryObject map[string]interface{}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(queryJSON, &queryObject); err != nil {
+		return nil, &errors.Error{Status: http.StatusBadRequest, Err: err}
+	}
+
+	opts := map[string]interface{}{}
+	multiOptions(options).Apply(opts)
+
+	for k, v := range opts {
+		queryObject[k] = v
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(queryObject)
 }
 
 // CreateIndex creates an index if it doesn't already exist. ddoc and name may
diff --git a/find_test.go b/find_test.go
index 431097a56..1ebfcee00 100644
--- a/find_test.go
+++ b/find_test.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ package kivik
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 		name     string
 		db       *DB
 		query    interface{}
+		options  []Option
 		expected *ResultSet
 		status   int
 		err      string
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 				client: &Client{},
 				driverDB: &mock.Finder{
 					FindFunc: func(_ context.Context, query interface{}, _ driver.Options) (driver.Rows, error) {
-						expectedQuery := int(3)
+						expectedQuery := json.RawMessage(`{"limit":3,"selector":{"foo":"bar"},"skip":10}`)
 						if d := testy.DiffInterface(expectedQuery, query); d != nil {
 							return nil, fmt.Errorf("Unexpected query:\n%s", d)
 						}
@@ -71,7 +73,11 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 				},
 			},
-			query: int(3),
+			query: map[string]interface{}{"selector": map[string]interface{}{"foo": "bar"}},
+			options: []Option{
+				Param("limit", 3),
+				Param("skip", 10),
+			},
 			expected: &ResultSet{
 				iter: &iter{
 					feed: &rowsIterator{
@@ -105,7 +111,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			rs := test.db.Find(context.Background(), test.query)
+			rs := test.db.Find(context.Background(), test.query, test.options...)
 			err := rs.Err()
 			if d := internal.StatusErrorDiff(test.err, test.status, err); d != "" {
 				t.Error(d)
diff --git a/mockdb/db_test.go b/mockdb/db_test.go
index 2388bab9f..805682dee 100644
--- a/mockdb/db_test.go
+++ b/mockdb/db_test.go
@@ -487,7 +487,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		test: func(t *testing.T, c *kivik.Client) {
 			db := c.DB("foo")
-			rows := db.Find(context.TODO(), 321)
+			rows := db.Find(context.TODO(), map[string]interface{}{"selector": map[string]interface{}{"foo": "123"}})
 			if err := rows.Err(); !testy.ErrorMatchesRE("has query: 123", err) {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
 			}
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		test: func(t *testing.T, c *kivik.Client) {
 			db := c.DB("foo")
-			rows := db.Find(context.TODO(), 7)
+			rows := db.Find(context.TODO(), map[string]interface{}{})
 			if err := rows.Err(); !testy.ErrorMatches("", err) {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
 			}
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		test: func(t *testing.T, c *kivik.Client) {
 			db := c.DB("foo")
-			rows := db.Find(newCanceledContext(), 0)
+			rows := db.Find(newCanceledContext(), map[string]interface{}{})
 			if err := rows.Err(); !testy.ErrorMatches("context canceled", err) {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
 			}
@@ -561,7 +561,7 @@ func TestFind(t *testing.T) {
 		test: func(t *testing.T, c *kivik.Client) {
 			foo := c.DB("foo")
 			_ = c.DB("bar")
-			rows := foo.Find(context.TODO(), 1)
+			rows := foo.Find(context.TODO(), map[string]interface{}{})
 			if err := rows.Err(); !testy.ErrorMatchesRE(`Expected: call to DB\(bar`, err) {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected error: %s", err)
 			}