diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrgeometrysimplifier.h b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrgeometrysimplifier.h
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/***************************************************************************
+    qgsogrgeometrysimplifier.h
+    ---------------------
+    begin                : December 2013
+    copyright            : (C) 2013 by Alvaro Huarte
+    email                : http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Alvaro_Huarte
+
+ ***************************************************************************
+ *                                                                         *
+ *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+ *   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by  *
+ *   the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or     *
+ *   (at your option) any later version.                                   *
+ *                                                                         *
+ ***************************************************************************/
+
+#ifndef QGSOGRGEOMETRYSIMPLIFIER_H
+#define QGSOGRGEOMETRYSIMPLIFIER_H
+
+#include "qgsmaptopixelgeometrysimplifier.h"
+#include <ogr_geometry.h>
+
+/**
+ * Abstract base class for simplify OGR-geometries using a specific algorithm
+ */
+class QgsOgrAbstractGeometrySimplifier
+{
+  public:
+    virtual ~QgsOgrAbstractGeometrySimplifier();
+
+    //! Simplifies the specified geometry
+    virtual bool simplifyGeometry( OGRGeometry* geometry ) = 0;
+};
+
+/**
+ * OGR Implementation of GeometrySimplifier using the Douglas-Peucker algorithm
+ *
+ * Simplifies a geometry, ensuring that the result is a valid geometry having the same dimension and number of components as the input.
+ * The simplification uses a maximum distance difference algorithm similar to the one used in the Douglas-Peucker algorithm.
+ */
+class QgsOgrTopologyPreservingSimplifier : public QgsOgrAbstractGeometrySimplifier, QgsTopologyPreservingSimplifier
+{
+  public:
+    QgsOgrTopologyPreservingSimplifier( double tolerance );
+    virtual ~QgsOgrTopologyPreservingSimplifier();
+
+    //! Simplifies the specified geometry
+    virtual bool simplifyGeometry( OGRGeometry* geometry );
+};
+
+/**
+ * OGR implementation of GeometrySimplifier using the "MapToPixel" algorithm
+ *
+ * Simplifies a geometry removing points within of the maximum distance difference that defines the MapToPixel info of a RenderContext request.
+ * This class enables simplify the geometries to be rendered in a MapCanvas target to speed up the vector drawing.
+ */
+class QgsOgrMapToPixelSimplifier : public QgsOgrAbstractGeometrySimplifier, QgsMapToPixelSimplifier
+{
+  public:
+    QgsOgrMapToPixelSimplifier( int simplifyFlags, double map2pixelTol );
+    virtual ~QgsOgrMapToPixelSimplifier();
+
+  private:
+    //! Point memory buffer for optimize the simplification process
+    OGRRawPoint* mPointBufferPtr;
+    //! Current Point memory buffer size
+    int mPointBufferCount;
+
+    //! Simplifies the OGR-geometry (Removing duplicated points) when is applied the specified map2pixel context
+    bool simplifyOgrGeometry( QGis::GeometryType geometryType, const QgsRectangle& envelope, double* xptr, int xStride, double* yptr, int yStride, int pointCount, int& pointSimplifiedCount );
+    //! Simplifies the OGR-geometry (Removing duplicated points) when is applied the specified map2pixel context
+    bool simplifyOgrGeometry( OGRGeometry* geometry, bool isaLinearRing );
+
+    //! Returns a point buffer of the specified size
+    OGRRawPoint* mallocPoints( int numPoints );
+
+  public:
+    //! Simplifies the specified geometry
+    virtual bool simplifyGeometry( OGRGeometry* geometry );
+};
+
+#endif // QGSOGRGEOMETRYSIMPLIFIER_H
diff --git a/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp b/src/providers/ogr/qgsogrprovider.cpp
@@ -1493,6 +1493,9 @@ int QgsOgrProvider::capabilities() const
         ability &= ~( AddAttributes | DeleteFeatures );
       }
     }
+
+    // supports geometry simplification on provider side
+    ability |= QgsVectorDataProvider::SimplifyGeometries;
   }
 
   return ability;