diff --git a/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.cpp b/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.cpp
diff --git a/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.h b/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialiteprovider.h
@@ -409,6 +409,14 @@ class QgsSpatiaLiteProvider: public QgsVectorDataProvider
     bool getQueryGeometryDetails();
     bool getSridDetails();
     bool getTableSummary();
+#ifdef SPATIALITE_RECENT_VERSION
+  // only if libspatialite version is >= 4.0.0
+    bool checkLayerTypeAbstractInterface( gaiaVectorLayerPtr lyr );
+    bool getGeometryDetailsAbstractInterface( gaiaVectorLayerPtr lyr );
+    bool getTableSummaryAbstractInterface( gaiaVectorLayerPtr lyr );
+    void loadFieldsAbstractInterface( gaiaVectorLayerPtr lyr );
+    void getViewSpatialIndexName();
+#endif
     bool prepareStatement( sqlite3_stmt *&stmt,
                            const QgsAttributeList &fetchAttributes,
                            bool fetchGeometry,

diff --git a/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialitesourceselect.cpp b/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialitesourceselect.cpp
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect( QWidget * parent, Qt::WFla
   btnSave->hide();
   btnLoad->hide();
 
+  mStatsButton = new QPushButton( tr( "&Update statistics" ) );
+  connect( mStatsButton, SIGNAL( clicked() ), this, SLOT( updateStatistics() ) );
+  mStatsButton->setEnabled( false );
+
   mAddButton = new QPushButton( tr( "&Add" ) );
   connect( mAddButton, SIGNAL( clicked() ), this, SLOT( addClicked() ) );
   mAddButton->setEnabled( false );
@@ -69,6 +73,7 @@ QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect( QWidget * parent, Qt::WFla
   {
     buttonBox->addButton( mAddButton, QDialogButtonBox::ActionRole );
     buttonBox->addButton( mBuildQueryButton, QDialogButtonBox::ActionRole );
+    buttonBox->addButton( mStatsButton, QDialogButtonBox::ActionRole );
   }
 
   populateConnectionList();
@@ -132,6 +137,35 @@ void QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::buildQuery()
   setSql( mTablesTreeView->currentIndex() );
 }
 
+void QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::updateStatistics()
+{
+  QString subKey = cmbConnections->currentText();
+  int idx = subKey.indexOf( "@" );
+  if ( idx > 0 )
+    subKey.truncate( idx );
+
+  QString msg = tr( "Do you confirm updating the Internal Statistics for DB: %1 ?\n\n"
+                    "This could take a long time (depending on the DB size),\n"
+                    "but implies better performances in the afterwhile" ).arg( subKey );
+  QMessageBox::StandardButton result =
+    QMessageBox::information( this, tr( "Confirm Update Statistics" ), msg, QMessageBox::Ok | QMessageBox::Cancel );
+  if ( result != QMessageBox::Ok )
+    return;
+
+  // trying to connect to SpatiaLite DB
+  QgsSpatiaLiteConnection conn( subKey );
+  if ( conn.updateStatistics() == true )
+  {
+    QMessageBox::information( this, tr( "Update Statistics" ),
+                                     tr( "Internal Statistics succesfully updated for: %1" ).arg( subKey ) );
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    QMessageBox::critical( this, tr( "Update Statistics" ),
+                                 tr( "Error while updating Internal Statistics for: %1" ).arg( subKey ) );
+  }
+}
+
 void QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::on_cbxAllowGeometrylessTables_stateChanged( int )
 {
   on_btnConnect_clicked();
@@ -423,7 +457,10 @@ void QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect::on_btnConnect_clicked()
   }
 
   if ( cmbConnections->count() > 0 )
+  {
     mAddButton->setEnabled( true );
+    mStatsButton->setEnabled( true );
+  }
 
   mTablesTreeView->sortByColumn( 0, Qt::AscendingOrder );
 

diff --git a/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialitesourceselect.h b/src/providers/spatialite/qgsspatialitesourceselect.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ class QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect: public QDialog, private Ui::QgsDbSourceSelectBa
     void on_btnConnect_clicked();
     void buildQuery();
     void addClicked();
+    void updateStatistics();
     //! Opens the create connection dialog to build a new connection
     void on_btnNew_clicked();
     //! Deletes the selected connection
@@ -128,6 +129,7 @@ class QgsSpatiaLiteSourceSelect: public QDialog, private Ui::QgsDbSourceSelectBa
     QString layerURI( const QModelIndex &index );
     QPushButton *mBuildQueryButton;
     QPushButton *mAddButton;
+    QPushButton *mStatsButton;
 };
 
 #endif // QGSSPATIALITESOURCESELECT_H