diff --git a/aiodatalite/commons.py b/aiodatalite/commons.py
index 26eac90..440104a 100644
--- a/aiodatalite/commons.py
+++ b/aiodatalite/commons.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import sqlite3
 from dataclasses import MISSING, Field
 from pickle import HIGHEST_PROTOCOL, dumps, loads
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional
@@ -103,6 +104,28 @@ def _get_default(
         return " DEFAULT ?"
 
 
+def _get_creation_data(
+    class_: type,
+    type_overload: Dict[Optional[type], str],
+    type_converter,
+):
+    fields: List[Field] = [
+        class_.__dataclass_fields__[key] for key in class_.__dataclass_fields__.keys()
+    ]
+    fields.sort(key=lambda field: field.name)  # Since dictionaries *may* be unsorted.
+
+    def_params = list()
+
+    sql_fields = ", ".join(
+        f"{field.name} {type_converter(field.type, type_overload)}"
+        f"{_get_default(field.default, type_overload, def_params)}"
+        for field in fields
+    )
+
+    sql_fields = "obj_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " + sql_fields
+    return sql_fields, def_params
+
+
 # noinspection PyDefaultArgument
 async def _tweaked_create_table(
     class_: type,
@@ -129,27 +152,46 @@ async def _create_table(
     with a custom table, this is that custom table.
     :return: None.
     """
-    # noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
-    fields: List[Field] = [
-        class_.__dataclass_fields__[key] for key in class_.__dataclass_fields__.keys()
-    ]
-    fields.sort(key=lambda field: field.name)  # Since dictionaries *may* be unsorted.
-
-    def_params = list()
-
-    sql_fields = ", ".join(
-        f"{field.name} {type_converter(field.type, type_overload)}"
-        f"{_get_default(field.default, type_overload, def_params)}"
-        for field in fields
+    sql_fields, def_params = _get_creation_data(
+        class_, type_overload, type_converter=type_converter
     )
-
-    sql_fields = "obj_id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY AUTOINCREMENT, " + sql_fields
+    print(sql_fields)
+    print(def_params)
     await cursor.execute(
         f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {class_.__name__.lower()} ({sql_fields});",
         def_params if def_params else None,
     )
 
 
+# noinspection PyDefaultArgument
+def _sync_create_table(
+    class_: type,
+    cursor: sqlite3.Cursor,
+    type_overload: Dict[Optional[type], str] = type_table,
+    type_converter=_convert_type,
+) -> None:
+    sql_fields, def_params = _get_creation_data(
+        class_, type_overload, type_converter=type_converter
+    )
+    print(sql_fields)
+    print(def_params)
+    cursor.execute(
+        f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS {class_.__name__.lower()} ({sql_fields});",
+        def_params if def_params else (),
+    )
+
+
+# noinspection PyDefaultArgument
+def _tweaked_sync_create_table(
+    class_: type,
+    cursor: sqlite3.Cursor,
+    type_overload: Dict[Optional[type], str] = type_table,
+) -> None:
+    _sync_create_table(
+        class_, cursor, type_overload, type_converter=_tweaked_convert_type
+    )
+
+
 def _tweaked_dump_value(self, value):
     if type(value) in self.types_table:
         return value
diff --git a/aiodatalite/datalite_decorator.py b/aiodatalite/datalite_decorator.py
index 00585d0..3ec20e8 100644
--- a/aiodatalite/datalite_decorator.py
+++ b/aiodatalite/datalite_decorator.py
@@ -2,13 +2,21 @@
 Defines the Datalite decorator that can be used to convert a dataclass to
 a class bound to an sqlite3 database.
 """
+import sqlite3
 from dataclasses import asdict, fields
 from typing import Callable, Dict, Optional
 
 import aiosqlite
 from aiosqlite import IntegrityError
 
-from .commons import _create_table, _tweaked_create_table, _tweaked_dump, type_table
+from .commons import (
+    _create_table,
+    _sync_create_table,
+    _tweaked_create_table,
+    _tweaked_dump,
+    _tweaked_sync_create_table,
+    type_table,
+)
 from .constraints import ConstraintFailedError
 
 
@@ -132,6 +140,7 @@ def datalite(
     db_path: str,
     type_overload: Optional[Dict[Optional[type], str]] = None,
     tweaked: bool = True,
+    automarkup: bool = False,
 ) -> Callable:
     """Bind a dataclass to a sqlite3 database. This adds new methods to the class, such as
     `create_entry()`, `remove_entry()` and `update_entry()`.
@@ -139,6 +148,7 @@ def datalite(
     :param db_path: Path of the database to be bound.
     :param type_overload: Type overload dictionary.
     :param tweaked: Whether to use pickle type tweaks
+    :param automarkup: Whether to use automarkup (synchronously)
     :return: The new dataclass.
     """
 
@@ -151,6 +161,14 @@ def datalite(
         setattr(dataclass_, "types_table", types_table)
         setattr(dataclass_, "tweaked", tweaked)
 
+        if automarkup:
+            with sqlite3.connect(db_path) as con:
+                cur: sqlite3.Cursor = con.cursor()
+                if tweaked:
+                    _tweaked_sync_create_table(dataclass_, cur, types_table)
+                else:
+                    _sync_create_table(dataclass_, cur, types_table)
+
         if tweaked:
             dataclass_.markup_table = _markup_table(_tweaked_create_table)
             dataclass_.create_entry = _tweaked_create_entry