diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index 92c6a24..8269e0b 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,52 @@
     return retval;
 }
 
+/* Function author: Paul Kippes <kippesp@gmail.com>
+ * Class method of Connection to call the Python function _iterdump
+ * of the sqlite3 module.
+ */
+static PyObject *
+pysqlite_connection_iterdump(pysqlite_Connection* self, PyObject* args)
+{
+    PyObject* retval = NULL;
+    PyObject* module = NULL;
+    PyObject* module_dict;
+    PyObject* pyfn_iterdump;
+
+    if (!pysqlite_check_connection(self)) {
+        goto finally;
+    }
+
+    module = PyImport_ImportModule(MODULE_NAME ".dump");
+    if (!module) {
+        goto finally;
+    }
+
+    module_dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
+    if (!module_dict) {
+        goto finally;
+    }
+
+    pyfn_iterdump = PyDict_GetItemString(module_dict, "_iterdump");
+    if (!pyfn_iterdump) {
+        PyErr_SetString(pysqlite_OperationalError, "Failed to obtain _iterdump() reference");
+        goto finally;
+    }
+
+    args = PyTuple_New(1);
+    if (!args) {
+        goto finally;
+    }
+    Py_INCREF(self);
+    PyTuple_SetItem(args, 0, (PyObject*)self);
+    retval = PyObject_CallObject(pyfn_iterdump, args);
+
+finally:
+    Py_XDECREF(args);
+    Py_XDECREF(module);
+    return retval;
+}
+
 static PyObject *
 pysqlite_connection_create_collation(pysqlite_Connection* self, PyObject* args)
 {
@@ -1344,6 +1390,8 @@
         PyDoc_STR("Creates a collation function. Non-standard.")},
     {"interrupt", (PyCFunction)pysqlite_connection_interrupt, METH_NOARGS,
         PyDoc_STR("Abort any pending database operation. Non-standard.")},
+    {"iterdump", (PyCFunction)pysqlite_connection_iterdump, METH_NOARGS,
+        PyDoc_STR("Returns iterator to the dump of the database in an SQL text format.")},
     {"__enter__", (PyCFunction)pysqlite_connection_enter, METH_NOARGS,
         PyDoc_STR("For context manager. Non-standard.")},
     {"__exit__", (PyCFunction)pysqlite_connection_exit, METH_VARARGS,