diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py b/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
index 42cc9c5dfe..dc26bb11d2 100644
--- a/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/inspectdb.py
@@ -213,8 +213,15 @@ class Command(NoArgsCommand):
             field_params['max_length'] = int(row[3])
 
         if field_type == 'DecimalField':
-            field_params['max_digits'] = row[4]
-            field_params['decimal_places'] = row[5]
+            if row[4] is None or row[5] is None:
+                field_notes.append(
+                    'max_digits and decimal_places have been guessed, as this '
+                    'database handles decimal fields as float')
+                field_params['max_digits'] = row[4] if row[4] is not None else 10
+                field_params['decimal_places'] = row[5] if row[5] is not None else 5
+            else:
+                field_params['max_digits'] = row[4]
+                field_params['decimal_places'] = row[5]
 
         return field_type, field_params, field_notes
 
diff --git a/tests/inspectdb/tests.py b/tests/inspectdb/tests.py
index 1544955476..39685484a2 100644
--- a/tests/inspectdb/tests.py
+++ b/tests/inspectdb/tests.py
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ class InspectDBTestCase(TestCase):
         assertFieldType('date_field', "models.DateField()")
         assertFieldType('date_time_field', "models.DateTimeField()")
         if connection.vendor == 'sqlite':
-            # Ticket #5014
-            assertFieldType('decimal_field', "models.DecimalField(max_digits=None, decimal_places=None)")
+            # Guessed arguments, see #5014
+            assertFieldType('decimal_field', "models.DecimalField(max_digits=10, decimal_places=5) "
+                "# max_digits and decimal_places have been guessed, as this database handles decimal fields as float")
         else:
             assertFieldType('decimal_field', "models.DecimalField(max_digits=6, decimal_places=1)")
         assertFieldType('email_field', "models.CharField(max_length=75)")