diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index e74227a..c1b8fd7 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -20,3 +20,5 @@ repos:
     rev: v1.6.1
     hooks:
       - id: mypy
+        additional_dependencies:
+          - types-requests
diff --git a/netsuite/__init__.py b/netsuite/__init__.py
index 8c4c9e0..5c702c4 100644
--- a/netsuite/__init__.py
+++ b/netsuite/__init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from . import constants  # noqa
 from .client import *  # noqa
 from .config import *  # noqa
+from .odbc import *  # noqa
 from .rest_api import *  # noqa
 from .restlet import *  # noqa
 from .soap_api import *  # noqa
diff --git a/netsuite/config.py b/netsuite/config.py
index 437f1ed..31f4508 100644
--- a/netsuite/config.py
+++ b/netsuite/config.py
@@ -18,14 +18,9 @@ class TokenAuth(BaseModel):
 
 
 class UsernamePasswordAuth(BaseModel):
-    """
-    This is a very old authentication method that is not recommended for use.
-
-    However, it's the only way to access the netsuite.com (NOT netsuite2.com) data source via ODBC.
-    """
-
     username: str
     password: str
+    role: str | int
 
 
 class Config(BaseModel):
@@ -36,13 +31,17 @@ class Config(BaseModel):
 
     log_level: t.Optional[str] = None
 
-    # TODO ODBC is not yet fully supported, but this is the first step
     odbc_data_source: t.Literal["NetSuite.com", "NetSuite2.com"] = "NetSuite.com"
+    odbc_driver: str = "{NetSuite Drivers 64bit}"
 
     @property
     def is_token_auth(self) -> bool:
         return isinstance(self.auth, TokenAuth)
 
+    @property
+    def is_password_auth(self) -> bool:
+        return isinstance(self.auth, UsernamePasswordAuth)
+
     @property
     def is_sandbox(self) -> bool:
         return re.search(r"_SB[\d]+$", self.account) is not None
@@ -86,6 +85,8 @@ def from_env(cls):
         - `NETSUITE_TOKEN_SECRET`: The token secret for OAuth.
         - `NETSUITE_USERNAME`: The username for login auth (only for odbc).
         - `NETSUITE_PASSWORD`: The password for login auth (only for odbc).
+        - `NETSUITE_ODBC_DRIVER`: ODBC Driver for SuiteConnect
+        - `NETSUITE_ODBC_DATA_SOURCE`: Netsuite Server Data Source Name (NetSuite2.com)
         - `NETSUITE_LOG_LEVEL`: log level for NetSuite debugging
 
         Returns a dictionary of available config options.
@@ -100,6 +101,9 @@ def from_env(cls):
             "token_secret",
             "username",
             "password",
+            "role",
+            "odbc_driver",
+            "odbc_data_source",
             "log_level",
         ]
         prefix = "NETSUITE_"
diff --git a/netsuite/odbc.py b/netsuite/odbc.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2aa25db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/netsuite/odbc.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+import typing
+from functools import cached_property
+
+import pyodbc
+
+from .config import Config
+
+
+class NetSuiteODBC:
+    def __init__(self, config: Config):
+        if not config.is_password_auth:
+            raise RuntimeError(
+                "Only username/password auth is supported for ODBC connections."
+            )
+
+        self._config = config
+
+    @cached_property
+    def hostname(self) -> str:
+        return f"{self._config.account_slugified}.connect.api.netsuite.com"
+
+    @cached_property
+    def _connection_string(self) -> str:
+        return (
+            f"DRIVER={self._config.odbc_driver};"
+            f"Host={self.hostname};"
+            "Port=1708;"
+            "Encrypted=1;"
+            "AllowSinglePacketLogout=1;"
+            "Truststore=system;"
+            f"ServerDataSource={self._config.odbc_data_source};"
+            f"UID={self._config.auth.username};"
+            f"PWD={self._config.auth.password};"
+            "CustomProperties="
+            f"AccountID={self._config.account};"
+            f"RoleID={self._config.auth.role}"
+        )
+
+    def connect(self) -> pyodbc.Connection:
+        """
+        Connects to the ODBC database and returns the connection object
+
+        :return: pyodbc.Connection
+        """
+        return pyodbc.connect(self._connection_string)
+
+    def execute(self, sql: str) -> pyodbc.Cursor:
+        """
+        Executes the SQL statement and returns the pyodbc cursor object
+
+        :param sql:
+        :return: pyodbc.Cursor
+        """
+        with self.connect() as connection:
+            cursor = connection.cursor()
+            return cursor.execute(sql)
+
+    def query(self, sql: str) -> list[dict[str, typing.Any]]:
+        """
+        Executes the SQL statement and returns the results as a list of dicts
+        :param sql:
+        :return: list[dict[str, any]]
+        """
+        with self.connect() as connection:
+            cursor = connection.cursor()
+            response = cursor.execute(sql)
+            headers = [col[0] for col in response.description]
+            results = [
+                dict(zip(headers, row)) for i, row in enumerate(response.fetchall())
+            ]
+            return results
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a73f9f4..a74eeaa 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-[tool.poetry]
+[project]
 name = "netsuite"
-version = "0.12.0"
+version = "0.13.0"
 description = "Make async requests to NetSuite SuiteTalk SOAP/REST Web Services and Restlets"
-authors = ["Jacob Magnusson <m@jacobian.se>", "Mike Bianco <mike@mikebian.co>"]
+authors = [
+    { name = "Jacob Magnusson", email = "m@jacobian.se" },
+    { name = "Mike Bianco", email = "mike@mikebian.co" }
+]
 license = "MIT"
 readme = "README.md"
 homepage = "https://jacobsvante.github.io/netsuite/"
@@ -39,9 +42,9 @@ soap_api = ["zeep"]
 cli = ["ipython"]
 orjson = ["orjson"]
 # TODO doesn't --all-extras solve this for us?
-all = ["zeep", "ipython", "orjson", "odbc"]
+all = ["zeep", "ipython", "orjson", "pyodbc"]
 
-[tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
+[tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
 black = "~24"
 flake8 = "~7"
 isort = "~6"
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 9f5c10e..4bdc6c9 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ def dummy_config_with_production_account(dummy_config):
 @pytest.fixture
 def dummy_username_password_config():
     return Config(
-        account="123456_SB1", auth={"username": "username", "password": "password"}
+        account="123456_SB1",
+        auth={"username": "username", "password": "password", "role": 3},
     )
diff --git a/tests/test_odbc.py b/tests/test_odbc.py
index a6879bd..e2ca5a4 100644
--- a/tests/test_odbc.py
+++ b/tests/test_odbc.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # TODO need more expanded tests here
+from netsuite import NetSuiteODBC
 
 
 def test_tba(dummy_config):
@@ -22,4 +23,13 @@ def test_username_auth(dummy_username_password_config):
     config = dummy_username_password_config
 
     assert config.auth.username == "username"
+    assert type(config.auth.role) in [int, str]
+    assert config.odbc_data_source in ["NetSuite.com", "NetSuite2.com"]
+    assert config.odbc_driver == "{NetSuite Drivers 64bit}"
     assert not config.is_token_auth
+
+
+def test_correct_config_auth_method(dummy_username_password_config):
+    config = dummy_username_password_config
+    ns = NetSuiteODBC(config)
+    assert ns.hostname == "123456-sb1.connect.api.netsuite.com"