diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out b/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
index e90289e4ab1..51d09b27267 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/expected/postgres_fdw.out
@@ -12927,6 +12927,43 @@ ANALYZE dtest_table;
 ANALYZE VERBOSE dtest_ftable;             -- should work
 INFO:  importing statistics for foreign table "public.dtest_ftable"
 INFO:  finished importing statistics for foreign table "public.dtest_ftable"
+-- dtest_ftable's stats should now exactly match dtest_table's
+-- compare values, should match
+SELECT relpages, reltuples FROM pg_class
+WHERE oid = 'public.dtest_table'::regclass
+EXCEPT
+SELECT relpages, reltuples FROM pg_class
+WHERE oid = 'public.dtest_ftable'::regclass;
+ relpages | reltuples 
+----------+-----------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- compare the rowcounts, should get 0 rows back
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_table'
+EXCEPT
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_ftable';
+ count 
+-------
+(0 rows)
+
+-- test only a few stats columns common to integer types
+SELECT attname, inherited, null_frac, avg_width, n_distinct,
+  most_common_vals::text as mcv, most_common_freqs,
+  histogram_bounds::text as hb, correlation
+FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_table'
+EXCEPT
+SELECT attname, inherited, null_frac, avg_width, n_distinct,
+  most_common_vals::text as mcv, most_common_freqs,
+  histogram_bounds::text as hb, correlation
+FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_ftable';
+ attname | inherited | null_frac | avg_width | n_distinct | mcv | most_common_freqs | hb | correlation 
+---------+-----------+-----------+-----------+------------+-----+-------------------+----+-------------
+(0 rows)
+
 -- cleanup
 DROP FOREIGN TABLE simport_ftable;
 DROP FOREIGN TABLE simport_fview;
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c b/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c
index 6dbae583ecc..b143e7369c0 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/postgres_fdw.c
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 #include "commands/vacuum.h"
 #include "executor/execAsync.h"
 #include "executor/instrument.h"
-#include "executor/spi.h"
 #include "foreign/fdwapi.h"
 #include "funcapi.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@
 #include "parser/parsetree.h"
 #include "postgres_fdw.h"
 #include "statistics/statistics.h"
+#include "statistics/stat_utils.h"
 #include "storage/latch.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/float.h"
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ typedef struct
 {
 	PGresult   *rel;
 	PGresult   *att;
-	int			server_version_num;
 } RemoteStatsResults;
 
 /* Column order in relation stats query */
@@ -367,136 +366,6 @@ enum AttStatsColumns
 	ATTSTATS_NUM_FIELDS,
 };
 
-/* Relation stats import query */
-static const char *relimport_sql =
-"SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_relation_stats(\n"
-"\t'version', $1,\n"
-"\t'schemaname', $2,\n"
-"\t'relname', $3,\n"
-"\t'relpages', $4::integer,\n"
-"\t'reltuples', $5::real)";
-
-/* Argument order in relation stats import query */
-enum RelImportSqlArgs
-{
-	RELIMPORT_SQL_VERSION = 0,
-	RELIMPORT_SQL_SCHEMANAME,
-	RELIMPORT_SQL_RELNAME,
-	RELIMPORT_SQL_RELPAGES,
-	RELIMPORT_SQL_RELTUPLES,
-	RELIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS
-};
-
-/* Argument types in relation stats import query */
-static const Oid relimport_argtypes[RELIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS] =
-{
-	INT4OID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID,
-	TEXTOID,
-};
-
-/* Attribute stats import query */
-static const char *attimport_sql =
-"SELECT pg_catalog.pg_restore_attribute_stats(\n"
-"\t'version', $1,\n"
-"\t'schemaname', $2,\n"
-"\t'relname', $3,\n"
-"\t'attnum', $4,\n"
-"\t'inherited', false::boolean,\n"
-"\t'null_frac', $5::real,\n"
-"\t'avg_width', $6::integer,\n"
-"\t'n_distinct', $7::real,\n"
-"\t'most_common_vals', $8,\n"
-"\t'most_common_freqs', $9::real[],\n"
-"\t'histogram_bounds', $10,\n"
-"\t'correlation', $11::real,\n"
-"\t'most_common_elems', $12,\n"
-"\t'most_common_elem_freqs', $13::real[],\n"
-"\t'elem_count_histogram', $14::real[],\n"
-"\t'range_length_histogram', $15,\n"
-"\t'range_empty_frac', $16::real,\n"
-"\t'range_bounds_histogram', $17)";
-
-/* Argument order in attribute stats import query */
-enum AttImportSqlArgs
-{
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_VERSION = 0,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_SCHEMANAME,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_RELNAME,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_ATTNUM,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_NULL_FRAC,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_AVG_WIDTH,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_N_DISTINCT,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_VALS,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_FREQS,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_CORRELATION,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_ELEMS,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM,
-	ATTIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS
-};
-
-/* Argument types in attribute stats import query */
-static const Oid attimport_argtypes[ATTIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS] =
-{
-	INT4OID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID, INT2OID,
-	TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID,
-	TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID,
-	TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID,
-	TEXTOID,
-};
-
-/*
- * The mapping of attribute stats query columns to the positional arguments in
- * the prepared pg_restore_attribute_stats() statement.
- */
-typedef struct
-{
-	enum AttStatsColumns res_field;
-	enum AttImportSqlArgs arg_num;
-} AttrResultArgMap;
-
-#define NUM_MAPPED_ATTIMPORT_ARGS 13
-
-static const AttrResultArgMap attr_result_arg_map[NUM_MAPPED_ATTIMPORT_ARGS] =
-{
-	{ATTSTATS_NULL_FRAC, ATTIMPORT_SQL_NULL_FRAC},
-	{ATTSTATS_AVG_WIDTH, ATTIMPORT_SQL_AVG_WIDTH},
-	{ATTSTATS_N_DISTINCT, ATTIMPORT_SQL_N_DISTINCT},
-	{ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_VALS, ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_VALS},
-	{ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_FREQS, ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_FREQS},
-	{ATTSTATS_HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS, ATTIMPORT_SQL_HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS},
-	{ATTSTATS_CORRELATION, ATTIMPORT_SQL_CORRELATION},
-	{ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_ELEMS, ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_ELEMS},
-	{ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS, ATTIMPORT_SQL_MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS},
-	{ATTSTATS_ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM, ATTIMPORT_SQL_ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM},
-	{ATTSTATS_RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM, ATTIMPORT_SQL_RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM},
-	{ATTSTATS_RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC, ATTIMPORT_SQL_RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC},
-	{ATTSTATS_RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM, ATTIMPORT_SQL_RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM},
-};
-
-/* Attribute stats clear query */
-static const char *attclear_sql =
-"SELECT pg_catalog.pg_clear_attribute_stats($1, $2, $3, false)";
-
-/* Argument order in attribute stats clear query */
-enum AttClearSqlArgs
-{
-	ATTCLEAR_SQL_SCHEMANAME = 0,
-	ATTCLEAR_SQL_RELNAME,
-	ATTCLEAR_SQL_ATTNAME,
-	ATTCLEAR_SQL_NUM_FIELDS
-};
-
-/* Argument types in attribute stats clear query */
-static const Oid attclear_argtypes[ATTCLEAR_SQL_NUM_FIELDS] =
-{
-	TEXTOID, TEXTOID, TEXTOID,
-};
-
 /*
  * SQL functions
  */
@@ -714,14 +583,13 @@ static bool match_attrmap(PGresult *res,
 						  const char *remote_relname,
 						  int attrcnt,
 						  RemoteAttributeMapping *remattrmap);
-static bool import_fetched_statistics(const char *schemaname,
+static bool import_fetched_statistics(Relation relation,
+									  const char *schemaname,
 									  const char *relname,
 									  int attrcnt,
 									  const RemoteAttributeMapping *remattrmap,
 									  RemoteStatsResults *remstats);
-static void map_field_to_arg(PGresult *res, int row, int field,
-							 int arg, Datum *values, char *nulls);
-static bool import_spi_query_ok(void);
+static char *get_opt_value(PGresult *res, int row, int col);
 static void produce_tuple_asynchronously(AsyncRequest *areq, bool fetch);
 static void fetch_more_data_begin(AsyncRequest *areq);
 static void complete_pending_request(AsyncRequest *areq);
@@ -5661,7 +5529,7 @@ postgresImportForeignStatistics(Relation relation, List *va_cols, int elevel)
 								 &attrcnt, &remattrmap, &remstats);
 
 	if (ok)
-		ok = import_fetched_statistics(schemaname, relname,
+		ok = import_fetched_statistics(relation, schemaname, relname,
 									   attrcnt, remattrmap, &remstats);
 
 	if (ok)
@@ -5725,7 +5593,7 @@ fetch_remote_statistics(Relation relation,
 	 */
 	user = GetUserMapping(GetUserId(), table->serverid);
 	conn = GetConnection(user, false, NULL);
-	remstats->server_version_num = server_version_num = PQserverVersion(conn);
+	server_version_num = PQserverVersion(conn);
 
 	/* Fetch relation stats. */
 	remstats->rel = relstats = fetch_relstats(conn, relation);
@@ -6128,58 +5996,31 @@ match_attrmap(PGresult *res,
  * Import fetched statistics into the local statistics tables.
  */
 static bool
-import_fetched_statistics(const char *schemaname,
+import_fetched_statistics(Relation relation,
+						  const char *schemaname,
 						  const char *relname,
 						  int attrcnt,
 						  const RemoteAttributeMapping *remattrmap,
 						  RemoteStatsResults *remstats)
 {
-	SPIPlanPtr	attimport_plan = NULL;
-	SPIPlanPtr	attclear_plan = NULL;
-	Datum		values[ATTIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS];
-	char		nulls[ATTIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS];
-	int			spirc;
-	bool		ok = false;
-
-	/* Assign all the invariant parameters common to relation/attribute stats */
-	values[ATTIMPORT_SQL_VERSION] = Int32GetDatum(remstats->server_version_num);
-	nulls[ATTIMPORT_SQL_VERSION] = ' ';
-
-	values[ATTIMPORT_SQL_SCHEMANAME] = CStringGetTextDatum(schemaname);
-	nulls[ATTIMPORT_SQL_SCHEMANAME] = ' ';
-
-	values[ATTIMPORT_SQL_RELNAME] = CStringGetTextDatum(relname);
-	nulls[ATTIMPORT_SQL_RELNAME] = ' ';
-
-	SPI_connect();
+	PGresult   *res;
+	NullableDatum args[ATTSTATS_NUM_FIELDS - 1];
 
 	/*
 	 * We import attribute statistics first, if any, because those are more
 	 * prone to errors.  This avoids making a modification of pg_class that
 	 * will just get rolled back by a failed attribute import.
 	 */
-	if (remstats->att != NULL)
+	res = remstats->att;
+	if (res != NULL)
 	{
-		Assert(PQnfields(remstats->att) == ATTSTATS_NUM_FIELDS);
-		Assert(PQntuples(remstats->att) >= 1);
-
-		attimport_plan = SPI_prepare(attimport_sql, ATTIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS,
-									 (Oid *) attimport_argtypes);
-		if (attimport_plan == NULL)
-			elog(ERROR, "failed to prepare attimport_sql query");
-
-		attclear_plan = SPI_prepare(attclear_sql, ATTCLEAR_SQL_NUM_FIELDS,
-									(Oid *) attclear_argtypes);
-		if (attclear_plan == NULL)
-			elog(ERROR, "failed to prepare attclear_sql query");
-
-		nulls[ATTIMPORT_SQL_ATTNUM] = ' ';
+		Assert(PQnfields(res) == ATTSTATS_NUM_FIELDS);
+		Assert(PQntuples(res) >= 1);
 
 		for (int mapidx = 0; mapidx < attrcnt; mapidx++)
 		{
 			int			row = remattrmap[mapidx].res_index;
-			Datum	   *values2 = values + 1;
-			char	   *nulls2 = nulls + 1;
+			AttrNumber	attnum = remattrmap[mapidx].local_attnum;
 
 			/* All mappings should have been assigned a result set row. */
 			Assert(row >= 0);
@@ -6191,128 +6032,90 @@ import_fetched_statistics(const char *schemaname,
 
 			/*
 			 * First, clear existing attribute stats.
-			 *
-			 * We can re-use the values/nulls because the number of parameters
-			 * is less and the first two params are the same as the second and
-			 * third ones in attimport_sql.
 			 */
-			values2[ATTCLEAR_SQL_ATTNAME] =
-				CStringGetTextDatum(remattrmap[mapidx].local_attname);
-
-			spirc = SPI_execute_plan(attclear_plan, values2, nulls2, false, 1);
-			if (spirc != SPI_OK_SELECT)
-				elog(ERROR, "failed to execute attclear_sql query for column \"%s\" of foreign table \"%s.%s\"",
-					 remattrmap[mapidx].local_attname, schemaname, relname);
-
-			values[ATTIMPORT_SQL_ATTNUM] =
-				Int16GetDatum(remattrmap[mapidx].local_attnum);
-
-			/* Loop through all mappable columns to set remaining arguments */
-			for (int i = 0; i < NUM_MAPPED_ATTIMPORT_ARGS; i++)
-				map_field_to_arg(remstats->att, row,
-								 attr_result_arg_map[i].res_field,
-								 attr_result_arg_map[i].arg_num,
-								 values, nulls);
-
-			spirc = SPI_execute_plan(attimport_plan, values, nulls, false, 1);
-			if (spirc != SPI_OK_SELECT)
-				elog(ERROR, "failed to execute attimport_sql query for column \"%s\" of foreign table \"%s.%s\"",
-					 remattrmap[mapidx].local_attname, schemaname, relname);
-
-			if (!import_spi_query_ok())
+			delete_attribute_statistics(relation, attnum, false);
+
+			stats_set_float_arg(&args[0],
+								get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_NULL_FRAC));
+			stats_set_int32_arg(&args[1],
+								get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_AVG_WIDTH));
+			stats_set_float_arg(&args[2],
+								get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_N_DISTINCT));
+			stats_set_text_arg(&args[3],
+							   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_VALS));
+			stats_set_floatarr_arg(&args[4],
+								   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_FREQS));
+			stats_set_text_arg(&args[5],
+							   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS));
+			stats_set_float_arg(&args[6],
+								get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_CORRELATION));
+			stats_set_text_arg(&args[7],
+							   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_ELEMS));
+			stats_set_floatarr_arg(&args[8],
+								   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS));
+			stats_set_floatarr_arg(&args[9],
+								   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM));
+			stats_set_text_arg(&args[10],
+							   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM));
+			stats_set_float_arg(&args[11],
+								get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC));
+			stats_set_text_arg(&args[12],
+							   get_opt_value(res, row, ATTSTATS_RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM));
+
+			if (!import_attribute_statistics(relation, attnum, false,
+											 &args[0], &args[1], &args[2],
+											 &args[3], &args[4], &args[5],
+											 &args[6], &args[7], &args[8],
+											 &args[9], &args[10], &args[11],
+											 &args[12]))
 			{
 				ereport(WARNING,
 						errmsg("could not import statistics for foreign table \"%s.%s\" --- attribute statistics import failed for column \"%s\" of this foreign table",
 							   schemaname, relname,
 							   remattrmap[mapidx].local_attname));
-				goto import_cleanup;
+				return false;
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * Import relation stats.  We only perform this once, so there is no point
-	 * in preparing the statement.
-	 *
-	 * We can re-use the values/nulls because the number of parameters is less
-	 * and the first three params are the same as attimport_sql.
-	 */
-	Assert(remstats->rel != NULL);
-	Assert(PQnfields(remstats->rel) == RELSTATS_NUM_FIELDS);
-	Assert(PQntuples(remstats->rel) == 1);
-	map_field_to_arg(remstats->rel, 0, RELSTATS_RELPAGES,
-					 RELIMPORT_SQL_RELPAGES, values, nulls);
-	map_field_to_arg(remstats->rel, 0, RELSTATS_RELTUPLES,
-					 RELIMPORT_SQL_RELTUPLES, values, nulls);
-
-	spirc = SPI_execute_with_args(relimport_sql,
-								  RELIMPORT_SQL_NUM_FIELDS,
-								  (Oid *) relimport_argtypes,
-								  values, nulls, false, 1);
-	if (spirc != SPI_OK_SELECT)
-		elog(ERROR, "failed to execute relimport_sql query for foreign table \"%s.%s\"",
-			 schemaname, relname);
-
-	if (!import_spi_query_ok())
+	 * Import relation stats.
+	 */
+	res = remstats->rel;
+	Assert(res != NULL);
+	Assert(PQnfields(res) == RELSTATS_NUM_FIELDS);
+	Assert(PQntuples(res) == 1);
+
+	stats_set_uint32_arg(&args[0], get_opt_value(res, 0, RELSTATS_RELPAGES));
+	Assert(!args[0].isnull);
+	stats_set_float_arg(&args[1], get_opt_value(res, 0, RELSTATS_RELTUPLES));
+	Assert(!args[1].isnull);
+	args[2].value = (Datum) 0;
+	args[2].isnull = true;
+	args[3].value = (Datum) 0;
+	args[3].isnull = true;
+
+	if (!import_relation_statistics(relation,
+									&args[0], &args[1], &args[2], &args[3]))
 	{
 		ereport(WARNING,
 				errmsg("could not import statistics for foreign table \"%s.%s\" --- relation statistics import failed for this foreign table",
 					   schemaname, relname));
-		goto import_cleanup;
-	}
-
-	ok = true;
-
-import_cleanup:
-	if (attimport_plan)
-		SPI_freeplan(attimport_plan);
-	if (attclear_plan)
-		SPI_freeplan(attclear_plan);
-	SPI_finish();
-	return ok;
-}
-
-/*
- * Move a string value from a result set to a Text value of a Datum array.
- */
-static void
-map_field_to_arg(PGresult *res, int row, int field,
-				 int arg, Datum *values, char *nulls)
-{
-	if (PQgetisnull(res, row, field))
-	{
-		values[arg] = (Datum) 0;
-		nulls[arg] = 'n';
+		return false;
 	}
-	else
-	{
-		const char *s = PQgetvalue(res, row, field);
 
-		values[arg] = CStringGetTextDatum(s);
-		nulls[arg] = ' ';
-	}
+	return true;
 }
 
 /*
- * Check the 1x1 result set of a pg_restore_*_stats() command for success.
+ * Conenience routine to fetch
  */
-static bool
-import_spi_query_ok(void)
+static char *
+get_opt_value(PGresult *res, int row, int col)
 {
-	TupleDesc	tupdesc;
-	Datum		dat;
-	bool		isnull;
-
-	Assert(SPI_tuptable != NULL);
-	Assert(SPI_processed == 1);
-
-	tupdesc = SPI_tuptable->tupdesc;
-	Assert(tupdesc->natts == 1);
-	Assert(TupleDescAttr(tupdesc, 0)->atttypid == BOOLOID);
-	dat = SPI_getbinval(SPI_tuptable->vals[0], tupdesc, 1, &isnull);
-	Assert(!isnull);
-
-	return DatumGetBool(dat);
+	if (PQgetisnull(res, row, col))
+		return NULL;
+	return PQgetvalue(res, row, col);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql b/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
index dfc58beb0d2..0d0622b31ce 100644
--- a/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
+++ b/contrib/postgres_fdw/sql/postgres_fdw.sql
@@ -4584,6 +4584,34 @@ ANALYZE dtest_table;
 
 ANALYZE VERBOSE dtest_ftable;             -- should work
 
+-- dtest_ftable's stats should now exactly match dtest_table's
+-- compare values, should match
+SELECT relpages, reltuples FROM pg_class
+WHERE oid = 'public.dtest_table'::regclass
+EXCEPT
+SELECT relpages, reltuples FROM pg_class
+WHERE oid = 'public.dtest_ftable'::regclass;
+
+-- compare the rowcounts, should get 0 rows back
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_table'
+EXCEPT
+SELECT COUNT(*) FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_ftable';
+
+-- test only a few stats columns common to integer types
+SELECT attname, inherited, null_frac, avg_width, n_distinct,
+  most_common_vals::text as mcv, most_common_freqs,
+  histogram_bounds::text as hb, correlation
+FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_table'
+EXCEPT
+SELECT attname, inherited, null_frac, avg_width, n_distinct,
+  most_common_vals::text as mcv, most_common_freqs,
+  histogram_bounds::text as hb, correlation
+FROM pg_stats
+WHERE schemaname = 'public' AND tablename = 'dtest_ftable';
+
 -- cleanup
 DROP FOREIGN TABLE simport_ftable;
 DROP FOREIGN TABLE simport_fview;
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/attribute_stats.c b/src/backend/statistics/attribute_stats.c
index 1cc4d657231..7c3259861ee 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/attribute_stats.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/attribute_stats.c
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ static struct StatsArgInfo cleararginfo[] =
 };
 
 static bool attribute_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
+static bool attribute_statistics_update_internal(Oid reloid,
+												 const char *attname,
+												 AttrNumber attnum,
+												 bool inherited,
+												 FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
 static void upsert_pg_statistic(Relation starel, HeapTuple oldtup,
 								const Datum *values, const bool *nulls, const bool *replaces);
 static bool delete_pg_statistic(Oid reloid, AttrNumber attnum, bool stainherit);
@@ -136,38 +141,6 @@ attribute_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 	bool		inherited;
 	Oid			locked_table = InvalidOid;
 
-	Relation	starel;
-	HeapTuple	statup;
-
-	Oid			atttypid = InvalidOid;
-	int32		atttypmod;
-	char		atttyptype;
-	Oid			atttypcoll = InvalidOid;
-	Oid			eq_opr = InvalidOid;
-	Oid			lt_opr = InvalidOid;
-
-	Oid			elemtypid = InvalidOid;
-	Oid			elem_eq_opr = InvalidOid;
-
-	FmgrInfo	array_in_fn;
-
-	bool		do_mcv = !PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG) &&
-		!PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG);
-	bool		do_histogram = !PG_ARGISNULL(HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ARG);
-	bool		do_correlation = !PG_ARGISNULL(CORRELATION_ARG);
-	bool		do_mcelem = !PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ARG) &&
-		!PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ARG);
-	bool		do_dechist = !PG_ARGISNULL(ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ARG);
-	bool		do_bounds_histogram = !PG_ARGISNULL(RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM_ARG);
-	bool		do_range_length_histogram = !PG_ARGISNULL(RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM_ARG) &&
-		!PG_ARGISNULL(RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC_ARG);
-
-	Datum		values[Natts_pg_statistic] = {0};
-	bool		nulls[Natts_pg_statistic] = {0};
-	bool		replaces[Natts_pg_statistic] = {0};
-
-	bool		result = true;
-
 	stats_check_required_arg(fcinfo, attarginfo, ATTRELSCHEMA_ARG);
 	stats_check_required_arg(fcinfo, attarginfo, ATTRELNAME_ARG);
 
@@ -231,6 +204,47 @@ attribute_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 	stats_check_required_arg(fcinfo, attarginfo, INHERITED_ARG);
 	inherited = PG_GETARG_BOOL(INHERITED_ARG);
 
+	return attribute_statistics_update_internal(reloid, attname, attnum,
+												inherited, fcinfo);
+}
+
+static bool
+attribute_statistics_update_internal(Oid reloid,
+									 const char *attname, AttrNumber attnum,
+									 bool inherited, FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
+{
+	Relation	starel;
+	HeapTuple	statup;
+
+	Oid			atttypid = InvalidOid;
+	int32		atttypmod;
+	char		atttyptype;
+	Oid			atttypcoll = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			eq_opr = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			lt_opr = InvalidOid;
+
+	Oid			elemtypid = InvalidOid;
+	Oid			elem_eq_opr = InvalidOid;
+
+	FmgrInfo	array_in_fn;
+
+	bool		do_mcv = !PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG) &&
+		!PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG);
+	bool		do_histogram = !PG_ARGISNULL(HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ARG);
+	bool		do_correlation = !PG_ARGISNULL(CORRELATION_ARG);
+	bool		do_mcelem = !PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ARG) &&
+		!PG_ARGISNULL(MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ARG);
+	bool		do_dechist = !PG_ARGISNULL(ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ARG);
+	bool		do_bounds_histogram = !PG_ARGISNULL(RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM_ARG);
+	bool		do_range_length_histogram = !PG_ARGISNULL(RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM_ARG) &&
+		!PG_ARGISNULL(RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC_ARG);
+
+	Datum		values[Natts_pg_statistic] = {0};
+	bool		nulls[Natts_pg_statistic] = {0};
+	bool		replaces[Natts_pg_statistic] = {0};
+
+	bool		result = true;
+
 	/*
 	 * Check argument sanity. If some arguments are unusable, emit a WARNING
 	 * and set the corresponding argument to NULL in fcinfo.
@@ -688,3 +702,79 @@ pg_restore_attribute_stats(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	PG_RETURN_BOOL(result);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Import attribute statistics from NullableDatum inputs for all statitical
+ * values.
+ */
+bool
+import_attribute_statistics(Relation rel, AttrNumber attnum, bool inherited,
+							const NullableDatum *null_frac,
+							const NullableDatum *avg_width,
+							const NullableDatum *n_distinct,
+							const NullableDatum *most_common_vals,
+							const NullableDatum *most_common_freqs,
+							const NullableDatum *histogram_bounds,
+							const NullableDatum *correlation,
+							const NullableDatum *most_common_elems,
+							const NullableDatum *most_common_elem_freqs,
+							const NullableDatum *elem_count_histogram,
+							const NullableDatum *range_length_histogram,
+							const NullableDatum *range_empty_frac,
+							const NullableDatum *range_bounds_histogram)
+{
+	LOCAL_FCINFO(newfcinfo, NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ARGS);
+	Oid			reloid = RelationGetRelid(rel);
+	char	   *relname = RelationGetRelationName(rel);
+	char	   *attname  = get_attname(reloid, attnum, true);
+
+	InitFunctionCallInfoData(*newfcinfo, NULL, NUM_ATTRIBUTE_STATS_ARGS,
+							 InvalidOid, NULL, NULL);
+
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTRELSCHEMA_ARG].value =
+		CStringGetTextDatum(get_namespace_name(RelationGetNamespace(rel)));
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTRELSCHEMA_ARG].isnull = false;
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTRELNAME_ARG].value = CStringGetTextDatum(relname);
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTRELNAME_ARG].isnull = false;
+
+	/* annoyingly, get_attname doesn't check attisdropped */
+	if (attname == NULL ||
+		!SearchSysCacheExistsAttName(reloid, attname))
+		ereport(ERROR,
+				(errcode(ERRCODE_UNDEFINED_COLUMN),
+				 errmsg("column %d of relation \"%s\" does not exist",
+						attnum, relname)));
+
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTNAME_ARG].value = CStringGetTextDatum(attname);
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTNAME_ARG].isnull = false;
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTNUM_ARG].value = Int16GetDatum(attnum);
+	newfcinfo->args[ATTNUM_ARG].isnull = false;
+	newfcinfo->args[INHERITED_ARG].value = BoolGetDatum(inherited);
+	newfcinfo->args[INHERITED_ARG].isnull = false;
+
+	newfcinfo->args[NULL_FRAC_ARG] = *null_frac;
+	newfcinfo->args[AVG_WIDTH_ARG] = *avg_width;
+	newfcinfo->args[N_DISTINCT_ARG] = *n_distinct;
+	newfcinfo->args[MOST_COMMON_VALS_ARG] = *most_common_vals;
+	newfcinfo->args[MOST_COMMON_FREQS_ARG] = *most_common_freqs;
+	newfcinfo->args[HISTOGRAM_BOUNDS_ARG] = *histogram_bounds;
+	newfcinfo->args[CORRELATION_ARG] = *correlation;
+	newfcinfo->args[MOST_COMMON_ELEMS_ARG] = *most_common_elems;
+	newfcinfo->args[MOST_COMMON_ELEM_FREQS_ARG] = *most_common_elem_freqs;
+	newfcinfo->args[ELEM_COUNT_HISTOGRAM_ARG] = *elem_count_histogram;
+	newfcinfo->args[RANGE_LENGTH_HISTOGRAM_ARG] = *range_length_histogram;
+	newfcinfo->args[RANGE_EMPTY_FRAC_ARG] = *range_empty_frac;
+	newfcinfo->args[RANGE_BOUNDS_HISTOGRAM_ARG] = *range_bounds_histogram;
+
+	return attribute_statistics_update_internal(reloid, attname, attnum,
+												inherited, newfcinfo);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Delete attribute statistics.
+ */
+bool
+delete_attribute_statistics(Relation rel, AttrNumber attnum, bool inherited)
+{
+	return delete_pg_statistic(RelationGetRelid(rel), attnum, inherited);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/relation_stats.c b/src/backend/statistics/relation_stats.c
index d6631e9a9a4..1442fdfc589 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/relation_stats.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/relation_stats.c
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include "catalog/indexing.h"
 #include "catalog/namespace.h"
 #include "nodes/makefuncs.h"
+#include "statistics/statistics.h"
 #include "statistics/stat_utils.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
 #include "utils/fmgroids.h"
@@ -57,6 +58,8 @@ static struct StatsArgInfo relarginfo[] =
 };
 
 static bool relation_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
+static bool relation_statistics_update_internal(Oid reloid,
+												FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
 
 /*
  * Internal function for modifying statistics for a relation.
@@ -64,25 +67,9 @@ static bool relation_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo);
 static bool
 relation_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 {
-	bool		result = true;
 	char	   *nspname;
 	char	   *relname;
 	Oid			reloid;
-	Relation	crel;
-	BlockNumber relpages = 0;
-	bool		update_relpages = false;
-	float		reltuples = 0;
-	bool		update_reltuples = false;
-	BlockNumber relallvisible = 0;
-	bool		update_relallvisible = false;
-	BlockNumber relallfrozen = 0;
-	bool		update_relallfrozen = false;
-	HeapTuple	ctup;
-	Form_pg_class pgcform;
-	int			replaces[4] = {0};
-	Datum		values[4] = {0};
-	bool		nulls[4] = {0};
-	int			nreplaces = 0;
 	Oid			locked_table = InvalidOid;
 
 	stats_check_required_arg(fcinfo, relarginfo, RELSCHEMA_ARG);
@@ -101,6 +88,29 @@ relation_statistics_update(FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
 									  ShareUpdateExclusiveLock, 0,
 									  RangeVarCallbackForStats, &locked_table);
 
+	return relation_statistics_update_internal(reloid, fcinfo);
+}
+
+static bool
+relation_statistics_update_internal(Oid reloid, FunctionCallInfo fcinfo)
+{
+	BlockNumber relpages = 0;
+	bool		update_relpages = false;
+	float		reltuples = 0;
+	bool		update_reltuples = false;
+	BlockNumber relallvisible = 0;
+	bool		update_relallvisible = false;
+	BlockNumber relallfrozen = 0;
+	bool		update_relallfrozen = false;
+	Relation	crel;
+	HeapTuple	ctup;
+	Form_pg_class pgcform;
+	int			replaces[4] = {0};
+	Datum		values[4] = {0};
+	bool		nulls[4] = {0};
+	int			nreplaces = 0;
+	bool		result = true;
+
 	if (!PG_ARGISNULL(RELPAGES_ARG))
 	{
 		relpages = PG_GETARG_UINT32(RELPAGES_ARG);
@@ -241,3 +251,35 @@ pg_restore_relation_stats(PG_FUNCTION_ARGS)
 
 	PG_RETURN_BOOL(result);
 }
+
+/*
+ * Import relation statistics from NullableDatum inputs for all statitical
+ * values.
+ */
+bool
+import_relation_statistics(Relation rel,
+						   const NullableDatum *relpages,
+						   const NullableDatum *reltuples,
+						   const NullableDatum *relallvisible,
+						   const NullableDatum *relallfrozen)
+{
+	LOCAL_FCINFO(newfcinfo, NUM_RELATION_STATS_ARGS);
+
+	InitFunctionCallInfoData(*newfcinfo, NULL, NUM_RELATION_STATS_ARGS,
+							 InvalidOid, NULL, NULL);
+
+	newfcinfo->args[RELSCHEMA_ARG].value =
+		CStringGetTextDatum(get_namespace_name(RelationGetNamespace(rel)));
+	newfcinfo->args[RELSCHEMA_ARG].isnull = false;
+	newfcinfo->args[RELNAME_ARG].value =
+		CStringGetTextDatum(RelationGetRelationName(rel));
+	newfcinfo->args[RELNAME_ARG].isnull = false;
+
+	newfcinfo->args[RELPAGES_ARG] = *relpages;
+	newfcinfo->args[RELTUPLES_ARG] = *reltuples;
+	newfcinfo->args[RELALLVISIBLE_ARG] = *relallvisible;
+	newfcinfo->args[RELALLFROZEN_ARG] = *relallfrozen;
+
+	return relation_statistics_update_internal(RelationGetRelid(rel),
+											   newfcinfo);
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/statistics/stat_utils.c b/src/backend/statistics/stat_utils.c
index a673e3c704b..0d906f5fa76 100644
--- a/src/backend/statistics/stat_utils.c
+++ b/src/backend/statistics/stat_utils.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 #include "utils/acl.h"
 #include "utils/array.h"
 #include "utils/builtins.h"
+#include "utils/float.h"
+#include "utils/fmgroids.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
 #include "utils/syscache.h"
@@ -753,3 +755,105 @@ statatt_init_empty_tuple(Oid reloid, int16 attnum, bool inherited,
 		nulls[Anum_pg_statistic_stacoll1 + slotnum - 1] = false;
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * Convenience routine for setting optional text arguments
+ */
+void
+stats_set_text_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s)
+{
+	if (s)
+	{
+		arg->value = CStringGetTextDatum(s);
+		arg->isnull = false;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		arg->value = (Datum) 0;
+		arg->isnull = true;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convenience routine for setting optional int32 arguments
+ */
+void
+stats_set_int32_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s)
+{
+	if (s)
+	{
+		int32		val = pg_strtoint32(s);
+
+		arg->value = Int32GetDatum(val);
+		arg->isnull = false;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		arg->value = (Datum) 0;
+		arg->isnull = true;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convenience routine for setting optional uint32 arguments
+ */
+void
+stats_set_uint32_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s)
+{
+	if (s)
+	{
+		uint32		val = uint32in_subr(s, NULL, "uint32", NULL);
+
+		arg->value = UInt32GetDatum(val);
+		arg->isnull = false;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		arg->value = (Datum) 0;
+		arg->isnull = true;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convenience routine for setting optional float arguments
+ */
+void
+stats_set_float_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s)
+{
+	if (s)
+	{
+		float4		val = float4in_internal((char *) s, NULL, "float", s, NULL);
+
+		arg->value = Float4GetDatum(val);
+		arg->isnull = false;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		arg->value = (Datum) 0;
+		arg->isnull = true;
+	}
+}
+
+/*
+ * Convenience routine for setting optional float[] arguments
+ */
+void
+stats_set_floatarr_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s)
+{
+	if (s)
+	{
+		FmgrInfo	flinfo;
+		Datum		val;
+
+		fmgr_info(F_ARRAY_IN, &flinfo);
+		val = InputFunctionCall(&flinfo, (char *) s, FLOAT4OID, -1);
+
+		arg->value = val;
+		arg->isnull = false;
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		arg->value = (Datum) 0;
+		arg->isnull = true;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/include/statistics/stat_utils.h b/src/include/statistics/stat_utils.h
index 74da7790579..17ca9f18c53 100644
--- a/src/include/statistics/stat_utils.h
+++ b/src/include/statistics/stat_utils.h
@@ -58,4 +58,10 @@ extern Datum statatt_build_stavalues(const char *staname, FmgrInfo *array_in, Da
 extern bool statatt_get_elem_type(Oid atttypid, char atttyptype,
 								  Oid *elemtypid, Oid *elem_eq_opr);
 
+extern void stats_set_text_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s);
+extern void stats_set_int32_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s);
+extern void stats_set_uint32_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s);
+extern void stats_set_float_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s);
+extern void stats_set_floatarr_arg(NullableDatum *arg, const char *s);
+
 #endif							/* STATS_UTILS_H */
diff --git a/src/include/statistics/statistics.h b/src/include/statistics/statistics.h
index 8f9b9d237fd..7224e7a4e32 100644
--- a/src/include/statistics/statistics.h
+++ b/src/include/statistics/statistics.h
@@ -128,4 +128,27 @@ extern StatisticExtInfo *choose_best_statistics(List *stats, char requiredkind,
 												int nclauses);
 extern HeapTuple statext_expressions_load(Oid stxoid, bool inh, int idx);
 
+extern bool import_relation_statistics(Relation rel,
+									   const NullableDatum *relpages,
+									   const NullableDatum *reltuples,
+									   const NullableDatum *relallvisible,
+									   const NullableDatum *relallfrozen);
+extern bool import_attribute_statistics(Relation rel,
+										AttrNumber attnum, bool inherited,
+										const NullableDatum *null_frac,
+										const NullableDatum *avg_width,
+										const NullableDatum *n_distinct,
+										const NullableDatum *most_common_vals,
+										const NullableDatum *most_common_freqs,
+										const NullableDatum *histogram_bounds,
+										const NullableDatum *correlation,
+										const NullableDatum *most_common_elems,
+										const NullableDatum *most_common_elem_freqs,
+										const NullableDatum *elem_count_histogram,
+										const NullableDatum *range_length_histogram,
+										const NullableDatum *range_empty_frac,
+										const NullableDatum *range_bounds_histogram);
+extern bool delete_attribute_statistics(Relation rel,
+										AttrNumber attnum, bool inherited);
+
 #endif							/* STATISTICS_H */