diff --git a/lib/cartodb/utils/style/turbo-carto-adapter.js b/lib/cartodb/utils/style/turbo-carto-adapter.js
index fa754835..0c86d0c8 100644
--- a/lib/cartodb/utils/style/turbo-carto-adapter.js
+++ b/lib/cartodb/utils/style/turbo-carto-adapter.js
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
+var dot = require('dot');
+dot.templateSettings.strip = false;
 var queue = require('queue-async');
 var SubstitutionTokens = require('../substitution-tokens');
 
@@ -31,17 +33,49 @@ TurboCartoAdapter.prototype.getLayers = function (username, layers, callback) {
     });
 };
 
+var bboxTemplate = dot.template('(select ST_SetSRID(st_extent(the_geom_webmercator), 3857) from ({{=it._sql}}) __c)');
+var zoomTemplate = dot.template([
+    'GREATEST(',
+    'ceil(log(40075017000 / 256 / GREATEST(',
+    '  st_xmax({{=it._bbox}}) - st_xmin({{=it._bbox}}),',
+    '  st_ymax({{=it._bbox}}) - st_ymin({{=it._bbox}})',
+    '))/log(2)),',
+    '0',
+    ')'
+].join('\n'));
+var pixelSizeTemplate = dot.template('40075017 * cos(ST_Y(ST_Centroid({{=it._bbox}}))) / 2 ^ (({{=it._zoom}}) + 8)');
+var scaleDenominatorTemplate = dot.template('({{=it._pixelSize}} / 0.00028)::numeric');
+
+
 TurboCartoAdapter.prototype._parseCartoCss = function (username, layer, callback) {
     if (!shouldParseLayerCartocss(layer)) {
         return callback(null, layer);
     }
 
-    var sql = SubstitutionTokens.replace(layer.options.sql, {
+    var tokens = {
         bbox: 'ST_MakeEnvelope(-20037508.34,-20037508.34,20037508.34,20037508.34,3857)',
         scale_denominator: '500000001',
         pixel_width: '156412',
         pixel_height: '156412'
-    });
+    };
+
+    var layerSql = layer.options.sql;
+    var layerRawSql = layer.options.sql_raw;
+    if (SubstitutionTokens.hasTokens(layerSql) && layerRawSql) {
+        var bbox = bboxTemplate({ _sql: layerRawSql });
+        var zoom = zoomTemplate({ _bbox: bbox });
+        var pixelSize = pixelSizeTemplate({ _bbox: bbox, _zoom: zoom });
+        var scaleDenominator = scaleDenominatorTemplate({ _pixelSize: pixelSize });
+
+        tokens = {
+            bbox: bbox,
+            scale_denominator: scaleDenominator,
+            pixel_width: pixelSize,
+            pixel_height: pixelSize
+        };
+    }
+
+    var sql = SubstitutionTokens.replace(layerSql, tokens);
 
     this.turboCartoParser.process(username, layer.options.cartocss, sql, function (err, cartocss) {
         // Only return turbo-carto errors