diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py b/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py
index 07162fa1ac0..6a257ec9d5c 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/logic/action.py
@@ -651,3 +651,24 @@ def datastore_function_delete(context, data_dict):
     p.toolkit.check_access('datastore_function_delete', context, data_dict)
     backend = DatastoreBackend.get_active_backend()
     backend.drop_function(data_dict['name'], data_dict['if_exists'])
+
+
+@logic.validate(dsschema.datastore_analyze_schema)
+def datastore_analyze(context, data_dict):
+    '''Runs postgres's ANALYZE
+
+    :param resource_id: resource id for the table that will be analyzed
+    :type resource_id: string
+    '''
+    p.toolkit.check_access('datastore_analyze', context, data_dict)
+    backend = DatastoreBackend.get_active_backend()
+    connection = backend._get_write_engine().connect()
+
+    result = backend.analyze(context, data_dict)
+    #move to backend/postgres.py
+    sql = 'ANALYZE "{}"'.format(data_dict['resource_id'])
+    try:
+        results = connection.execute(sql)
+    except sqlalchemy.exc.DatabaseError as err:
+        raise p.toolkit.ValidationError({
+                u'records': [message.split(u') ', 1)[-1]]})
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py b/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py
index 06aad380f9b..5a20c20a728 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/logic/auth.py
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ def datastore_function_delete(context, data_dict):
 def datastore_run_triggers(context, data_dict):
     '''sysadmin-only: functions can be used to skip access checks'''
     return {'success': False}
+
+
+def datastore_analyze(context, data_dict):
+    return {'success': False}
diff --git a/ckanext/datastore/logic/schema.py b/ckanext/datastore/logic/schema.py
index 510c112f8aa..161ef8a9748 100644
--- a/ckanext/datastore/logic/schema.py
+++ b/ckanext/datastore/logic/schema.py
@@ -196,3 +196,9 @@ def datastore_function_delete_schema():
         'name': [unicode_only, not_empty],
         'if_exists': [default(False), boolean_validator],
     }
+
+
+def datastore_analyze_schema():
+    return {
+        'resource_id': [text_type, resource_id_exists],
+    }