2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/django/core/management/commands/sqldropindexes.py b/django/core/management/commands/sqldropindexes.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fce77211fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/django/core/management/commands/sqldropindexes.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from optparse import make_option
+
+from django.core.management.base import AppCommand
+from django.core.management.sql import sql_destroy_indexes
+from django.db import connections, DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS
+
+class Command(AppCommand):
+    help = "Prints the DROP INDEX SQL statements for the given model module name(s)."
+
+    option_list = AppCommand.option_list + (
+        make_option('--database', action='store', dest='database',
+            default=DEFAULT_DB_ALIAS, help='Nominates a database to print the '
+                'SQL for.  Defaults to the "default" database.'),
+
+    )
+
+    output_transaction = True
+
+    def handle_app(self, app, **options):
+        return '\n'.join(sql_destroy_indexes(app, self.style, connections[options.get('database')]))
+
diff --git a/django/core/management/sql.py b/django/core/management/sql.py
index 66df43e971..ac60ed470c 100644
--- a/django/core/management/sql.py
+++ b/django/core/management/sql.py
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ def sql_indexes(app, style, connection):
         output.extend(connection.creation.sql_indexes_for_model(model, style))
     return output
 
+def sql_destroy_indexes(app, style, connection):
+    "Returns a list of the DROP INDEX SQL statements for all models in the given app."
+    output = []
+    for model in models.get_models(app):
+        output.extend(connection.creation.sql_destroy_indexes_for_model(model, style))
+    return output
+
 
 def sql_all(app, style, connection):
     "Returns a list of CREATE TABLE SQL, initial-data inserts, and CREATE INDEX SQL for the given module."