diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9b2f468..751ab8f 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -151,6 +151,13 @@ pub fn format_plpgsql(code: &str, style: Style) -> Result<String, FormatError> {
         .ok_or_else(|| FormatError::Parser("Failed to parse PL/pgSQL".into()))?;
     let root = tree.root_node();
     if root.has_error() {
+        // The body may not be PL/pgSQL at all — e.g. a LANGUAGE sql function
+        // body, which is a bare SQL statement (WITH … SELECT, etc.). Fall back
+        // to SQL formatting; if that parses cleanly, use it. Otherwise report
+        // the original PL/pgSQL syntax error.
+        if let Ok(sql) = format(trimmed, style) {
+            return Ok(sql);
+        }
         return Err(FormatError::Syntax(find_error_message(&root, trimmed)));
     }
     let fmt = Formatter::new(trimmed, style);
diff --git a/tests/plpgsql_test.rs b/tests/plpgsql_test.rs
index bd22e4a..6aaed63 100644
--- a/tests/plpgsql_test.rs
+++ b/tests/plpgsql_test.rs
@@ -72,3 +72,13 @@ fn for_over_query_keeps_query() {
     );
     assert!(result.contains("RETURN NEXT r;"), "\nGot:\n{result}");
 }
+
+// Regression: format_plpgsql falls back to SQL formatting when the body is not
+// PL/pgSQL (e.g. a LANGUAGE sql function body), rather than erroring.
+#[test]
+fn sql_body_fallback() {
+    let body = "WITH t AS (SELECT 1 AS n) SELECT n FROM t";
+    let result = format_plpgsql(body, Style::Aweber).unwrap();
+    assert!(result.contains("SELECT"), "\nGot:\n{result}");
+    assert!(result.trim_end().ends_with(';'), "\nGot:\n{result}");
+}