diff --git a/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py b/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
index 9133d08bba..1a4a80d632 100644
--- a/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
+++ b/django/core/db/backends/sqlite3.py
@@ -185,4 +185,36 @@ DATA_TYPES = {
     'USStateField':                 'varchar(2)',
 }
 
-DATA_TYPES_REVERSE = {}
+# Maps SQL types to Django Field types. Some of the SQL types have multiple
+# entries here because SQLite allows for anything and doesn't normalize the
+# field type; it uses whatever was given.
+BASE_DATA_TYPES_REVERSE = {
+    'bool': 'BooleanField',
+    'boolean': 'BooleanField',
+    'smallint': 'SmallIntegerField',
+    'smallinteger': 'SmallIntegerField',
+    'int': 'IntegerField',
+    'integer': 'IntegerField',
+    'text': 'TextField',
+    'char': 'CharField',
+    'date': 'DateField',
+    'datetime': 'DateTimeField',
+    'time': 'TimeField',
+}
+
+# This light wrapper "fakes" a dictionary interface, because some SQLite data
+# types include variables in them -- e.g. "varchar(30)" -- and can't be matched
+# as a simple dictionary lookup.
+class FlexibleFieldLookupDict:
+    def __getitem__(self, key):
+        key = key.lower()
+        try:
+            return BASE_DATA_TYPES_REVERSE[key]
+        except KeyError:
+            import re
+            m = re.search(r'^\s*(?:var)?char\s*\(\s*(\d+)\s*\)\s*$', key)
+            if m:
+                return ('CharField', {'maxlength': m.group(1)})
+            raise KeyError
+
+DATA_TYPES_REVERSE = FlexibleFieldLookupDict()
diff --git a/django/core/management.py b/django/core/management.py
index d14c97b568..d41392d93c 100644
--- a/django/core/management.py
+++ b/django/core/management.py
@@ -591,9 +591,19 @@ def inspectdb(db_name):
                     field_type_was_guessed = True
                 else:
                     field_type_was_guessed = False
+
+                # This is a hook for DATA_TYPES_REVERSE to return a tuple of
+                # (field_type, extra_params_dict).
+                if type(field_type) is tuple:
+                    field_type, extra_params = field_type
+                else:
+                    extra_params = {}
+
+                if field_type == 'CharField' and row[3]:
+                    extra_params['maxlength'] = row[3]
+
                 field_desc = '%s = meta.%s(' % (column_name, field_type)
-                if field_type == 'CharField':
-                    field_desc += 'maxlength=%s' % (row[3])
+                field_desc += ', '.join(['%s=%s' % (k, v) for k, v in extra_params.items()])
                 field_desc += ')'
                 if field_type_was_guessed:
                     field_desc += ' # This is a guess!'
diff --git a/docs/django-admin.txt b/docs/django-admin.txt
index 79cf4521ca..3f024b9f7f 100644
--- a/docs/django-admin.txt
+++ b/docs/django-admin.txt
@@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ customizations. In particular, you'll need to do this:
       doesn't yet introspect primary keys.
 
 ``inspectdb`` works with PostgreSQL, MySQL and SQLite. Foreign-key detection
-only works in PostgreSQL. In SQLite, it cannot detect column types; it'll
-use ``TextField`` for each column.
+only works in PostgreSQL.
 
 install [modelmodule modelmodule ...]
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