diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/features.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/features.py
index 79517e8190..19235dea95 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/features.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/features.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@ from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 
 class DatabaseFeatures(BaseSpatialFeatures, SQLiteDatabaseFeatures):
     supports_3d_storage = True
-    # SpatiaLite can only count vertices in LineStrings
-    supports_num_points_poly = False
 
     @cached_property
     def supports_initspatialmetadata_in_one_transaction(self):
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py
index 9671cf2341..0b71f07b4e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/db/backends/spatialite/operations.py
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ class SpatiaLiteOperations(BaseSpatialOperations, DatabaseOperations):
     def function_names(self):
         return {
             'Length': 'ST_Length',
+            'NumPoints': 'ST_NPoints',
             'Reverse': 'ST_Reverse',
             'Scale': 'ScaleCoords',
             'Translate': 'ST_Translate',
diff --git a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt
index ca993542b8..1b7a0c39f5 100644
--- a/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/contrib/gis/functions.txt
@@ -392,7 +392,13 @@ or ``MULTI*`` field); otherwise returns ``None``.
 Oracle, SpatiaLite
 
 Accepts a single geographic field or expression and returns the number of points
-in the first linestring in the geometry field; otherwise returns ``None``.
+in a geometry.
+
+On MySQL, returns ``None`` for any non-``LINESTRING`` geometry.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 1.11
+
+    SpatiaLite support for non-``LINESTRING`` geometries was added.
 
 ``Perimeter``
 =============