diff --git a/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/registry.py b/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/registry.py
index 307172b4970f..ff13c63ee2a1 100644
--- a/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/registry.py
+++ b/ibis/backends/base/sql/alchemy/registry.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 import sqlalchemy as sa
 from sqlalchemy.ext.compiler import compiles
+from sqlalchemy.sql.elements import RANGE_CURRENT, RANGE_UNBOUNDED
 from sqlalchemy.sql.functions import FunctionElement, GenericFunction
 
 import ibis.common.exceptions as com
@@ -308,17 +309,89 @@ def _endswith(t, op):
     return t.translate(op.arg).endswith(t.translate(op.end))
 
 
-def _translate_window_boundary(boundary):
+def _reinterpret_range_bound(bound):
+    if bound is None:
+        return RANGE_UNBOUNDED
+
+    try:
+        lower = int(bound)
+    except ValueError as err:
+        sa.util.raise_(
+            sa.exc.ArgumentError(
+                "Integer, None or expression expected for range value"
+            ),
+            replace_context=err,
+        )
+    except TypeError:
+        return bound
+    else:
+        return RANGE_CURRENT if lower == 0 else lower
+
+
+def _interpret_range(self, range_):
+    if not isinstance(range_, tuple) or len(range_) != 2:
+        raise sa.exc.ArgumentError("2-tuple expected for range/rows")
+
+    lower = _reinterpret_range_bound(range_[0])
+    upper = _reinterpret_range_bound(range_[1])
+    return lower, upper
+
+
+# monkeypatch to allow expressions in range and rows bounds
+sa.sql.elements.Over._interpret_range = _interpret_range
+
+
+def _translate_window_boundary(t, boundary):
     if boundary is None:
         return None
 
-    if isinstance(boundary.value, ops.Literal):
-        if boundary.preceding:
-            return -boundary.value.value
-        else:
-            return boundary.value.value
+    value = t.translate(boundary.value)
+    return value if boundary.preceding else value
+
+
+def _compile_bounds(compiler, range_, kind, **kw):
+    left_, right_ = range_
+
+    if left_ is RANGE_UNBOUNDED:
+        left = "UNBOUNDED PRECEDING"
+    elif left_ is RANGE_CURRENT:
+        left = "CURRENT ROW"
+    else:
+        left = f"{compiler.process(left_, **kw)} PRECEDING"
+
+    if right_ is RANGE_UNBOUNDED:
+        right = "UNBOUNDED FOLLOWING"
+    elif right_ is RANGE_CURRENT:
+        right = "CURRENT ROW"
+    else:
+        right = f"{compiler.process(right_, **kw)} FOLLOWING"
+
+    return f"{kind} BETWEEN {left} AND {right}"
+
+
+@compiles(sa.sql.elements.Over)
+def compile_over(over, compiler, **kw):
+    text = compiler.process(over.element, **kw)
+    if over.range_:
+        range_ = _compile_bounds(compiler, over.range_, kind="RANGE", **kw)
+    elif over.rows:
+        range_ = _compile_bounds(compiler, over.rows, kind="ROWS", **kw)
+    else:
+        range_ = None
+
+    args = [
+        f"{word} BY {compiler.process(clause, **kw)}"
+        for word, clause in (
+            ("PARTITION", over.partition_by),
+            ("ORDER", over.order_by),
+        )
+        if clause is not None and len(clause)
+    ]
+
+    if range_ is not None:
+        args.append(range_)
 
-    raise com.TranslationError("Window boundaries must be literal values")
+    return f"{text} OVER ({' '.join(args)})"
 
 
 def _window_function(t, window):
@@ -351,8 +424,8 @@ def _window_function(t, window):
         # some functions on some backends don't support frame clauses
         additional_params = {}
     else:
-        start = _translate_window_boundary(window.frame.start)
-        end = _translate_window_boundary(window.frame.end)
+        start = _translate_window_boundary(t, window.frame.start)
+        end = _translate_window_boundary(t, window.frame.end)
         additional_params = {how: (start, end)}
 
     result = sa.over(