diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 77d8b29c82..5c6ea5e56e 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C More\sdetailed\scompile-time\stesting\sbefore\sattempting\sto\suse\satomic\sload\nintrinsics.\s\sSee\n[forum:/forumpost/fc0237a39b30ac0a|forum\spost\sfc0237a39b30ac0a].
-D 2021-01-09T18:24:33.207
+C New\sCLI\scommand:\s\s".stats\svmstep"\senables\sthe\sdisplay\sof\sthe\svirtual-machine\nstep\scount\sonly,\safter\seach\scommand.\s\sUseful\sfor\soptimization\sproblems.
+D 2021-01-09T19:10:04.989
 F .fossil-settings/empty-dirs dbb81e8fc0401ac46a1491ab34a7f2c7c0452f2f06b54ebb845d024ca8283ef1
 F .fossil-settings/ignore-glob 35175cdfcf539b2318cb04a9901442804be81cd677d8b889fcc9149c21f239ea
 F LICENSE.md df5091916dbb40e6e9686186587125e1b2ff51f022cc334e886c19a0e9982724
@@ -541,7 +541,7 @@ F src/random.c 80f5d666f23feb3e6665a6ce04c7197212a88384
 F src/resolve.c 1948a92ca9eab776632816b97e57c61d933474a78aad4f4ef835c916a83dbb1c
 F src/rowset.c ba9515a922af32abe1f7d39406b9d35730ed65efab9443dc5702693b60854c92
 F src/select.c 85c7cec9a4a983416d4bd023b2c4fbbeb608ae8dfb069781f80c8ed08b0c7a7c
-F src/shell.c.in 6dd0d9260220f807d6d1b8e57dd6e163fe55bd0e97fa416c8c139162e3416134
+F src/shell.c.in 79bceb990e4bac23a09bb8dd65783ea4867b8bfca9242b5a82b884043e65109a
 F src/sqlite.h.in 0af968a1fa3c717261e1df0ed105fa7bddb4d82de7e0adb3eab49e6aa81b4de7
 F src/sqlite3.rc 5121c9e10c3964d5755191c80dd1180c122fc3a8
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 61b38c073d5e1e96a3d45271b257aef27d0d13da2bea5347692ae579475cd95e
@@ -1352,10 +1352,10 @@ F test/sharedA.test 49d87ec54ab640fbbc3786ee3c01de94aaa482a3a9f834ad3fe92770eb69
 F test/sharedB.test 16cc7178e20965d75278f410943109b77b2e645e
 F test/shared_err.test 32634e404a3317eeb94abc7a099c556a346fdb8fb3858dbe222a4cbb8926a939
 F test/sharedlock.test 5ede3c37439067c43b0198f580fd374ebf15d304
-F test/shell1.test 0ba53c72545de142e1b76fa793ee33293134aa02abb9b50b35398670481ea661
+F test/shell1.test 56a7358a2a05e850e9e4aa24629db9c8975e8038dbe8debd2d95be22a5f03612
 F test/shell2.test e242a9912f44f4c23c3d1d802a83e934e84c853b
 F test/shell3.test ac8c2b744014c3e9a0e26bfd829ab65f00923dc1a91ffd044863e9423cc91494
-F test/shell4.test 1c6aef11daaa2d6830acaba3ac9cbec93fbc1c3d5530743a637f39b3987d08ce
+F test/shell4.test 3ed6c4b42fd695efcbc25d69ef759dbb15855ca8e52ba6c5ee076f8b435f48be
 F test/shell5.test 84a30b55722a95a5b72989e691c469a999ca7591e7aa00b7fabc783ea5c9a6fe
 F test/shell6.test 1ceb51b2678c472ba6cf1e5da96679ce8347889fe2c3bf93a0e0fa73f00b00d3
 F test/shell7.test 115132f66d0463417f408562cc2cf534f6bbc6d83a6d50f0072a9eb171bae97f
@@ -1895,7 +1895,7 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 24baab9a9faab50c26d7167821031cd66aaf784baefbc0f92354ae54ac43a714
-R f436034378e7ad8864e7bea1bcf5d189
+P 5204c2c4a7b73a64764b0d2d1d7c53709bb64e0d2685a829c7bf31af13bab5e7
+R 08e016b91a617b99baf0add20ffab4d1
 U drh
-Z fd75732825704368b80a067191a5a63f
+Z 8b24dd36b9adf4430f5fd36c021c9d5f
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 32386517ea..ad74ba7a76 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-5204c2c4a7b73a64764b0d2d1d7c53709bb64e0d2685a829c7bf31af13bab5e7
\ No newline at end of file
+49dfce469e6a17111b349e53578479daf783064200bf0eec5bf8a91d3553b19f
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/shell.c.in b/src/shell.c.in
index 80bc261fcc..806ca2102b 100644
--- a/src/shell.c.in
+++ b/src/shell.c.in
@@ -1085,12 +1085,12 @@ struct ShellState {
   u8 autoEQP;            /* Run EXPLAIN QUERY PLAN prior to seach SQL stmt */
   u8 autoEQPtest;        /* autoEQP is in test mode */
   u8 autoEQPtrace;       /* autoEQP is in trace mode */
-  u8 statsOn;            /* True to display memory stats before each finalize */
   u8 scanstatsOn;        /* True to display scan stats before each finalize */
   u8 openMode;           /* SHELL_OPEN_NORMAL, _APPENDVFS, or _ZIPFILE */
   u8 doXdgOpen;          /* Invoke start/open/xdg-open in output_reset() */
   u8 nEqpLevel;          /* Depth of the EQP output graph */
   u8 eTraceType;         /* SHELL_TRACE_* value for type of trace */
+  unsigned statsOn;      /* True to display memory stats before each finalize */
   unsigned mEqpLines;    /* Mask of veritical lines in the EQP output graph */
   int outCount;          /* Revert to stdout when reaching zero */
   int cnt;               /* Number of records displayed so far */
@@ -2591,7 +2591,7 @@ static int display_stats(
   if( pArg==0 || pArg->out==0 ) return 0;
   out = pArg->out;
 
-  if( pArg->pStmt && (pArg->statsOn & 2) ){
+  if( pArg->pStmt && pArg->statsOn==2 ){
     int nCol, i, x;
     sqlite3_stmt *pStmt = pArg->pStmt;
     char z[100];
@@ -2615,6 +2615,14 @@ static int display_stats(
     }
   }
 
+  if( pArg->statsOn==3 ){
+    if( pArg->pStmt ){
+      iCur = sqlite3_stmt_status(pArg->pStmt, SQLITE_STMTSTATUS_VM_STEP, bReset);
+      raw_printf(pArg->out, "VM-steps: %d\n", iCur);
+    }
+    return 0;
+  }
+
   displayStatLine(pArg, "Memory Used:",
      "%lld (max %lld) bytes", SQLITE_STATUS_MEMORY_USED, bReset);
   displayStatLine(pArg, "Number of Outstanding Allocations:",
@@ -4047,7 +4055,11 @@ static const char *(azHelp[]) = {
   ".shell CMD ARGS...       Run CMD ARGS... in a system shell",
 #endif
   ".show                    Show the current values for various settings",
-  ".stats ?on|off?          Show stats or turn stats on or off",
+  ".stats ?ARG?             Show stats or turn stats on or off",
+  "   off                      Turn off automatic stat display",
+  "   on                       Turn on automatic stat display",
+  "   stmt                     Show statement stats",
+  "   vmstep                   Show the virtual machine step count only",
 #ifndef SQLITE_NOHAVE_SYSTEM
   ".system CMD ARGS...      Run CMD ARGS... in a system shell",
 #endif
@@ -9724,6 +9736,7 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 
   if( c=='s' && strncmp(azArg[0], "show", n)==0 ){
     static const char *azBool[] = { "off", "on", "trigger", "full"};
+    const char *zOut;
     int i;
     if( nArg!=1 ){
       raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .show\n");
@@ -9748,7 +9761,13 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
     utf8_printf(p->out,"%12.12s: ", "rowseparator");
       output_c_string(p->out, p->rowSeparator);
       raw_printf(p->out, "\n");
-    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","stats", azBool[p->statsOn!=0]);
+    switch( p->statsOn ){
+      case 0:  zOut = "off";     break;
+      default: zOut = "on";      break;
+      case 2:  zOut = "stmt";    break;
+      case 3:  zOut = "vmstep";  break;
+    }
+    utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: %s\n","stats", zOut);
     utf8_printf(p->out, "%12.12s: ", "width");
     for (i=0;i<p->nWidth;i++) {
       raw_printf(p->out, "%d ", p->colWidth[i]);
@@ -9760,11 +9779,17 @@ static int do_meta_command(char *zLine, ShellState *p){
 
   if( c=='s' && strncmp(azArg[0], "stats", n)==0 ){
     if( nArg==2 ){
-      p->statsOn = (u8)booleanValue(azArg[1]);
+      if( strcmp(azArg[1],"stmt")==0 ){
+        p->statsOn = 2;
+      }else if( strcmp(azArg[1],"vmstep")==0 ){
+        p->statsOn = 3;
+      }else{
+        p->statsOn = (u8)booleanValue(azArg[1]);
+      }
     }else if( nArg==1 ){
       display_stats(p->db, p, 0);
     }else{
-      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .stats ?on|off?\n");
+      raw_printf(stderr, "Usage: .stats ?on|off|stmt|vmstep?\n");
       rc = 1;
     }
   }else
diff --git a/test/shell1.test b/test/shell1.test
index a62b0d1a80..330276120d 100644
--- a/test/shell1.test
+++ b/test/shell1.test
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ do_test shell1-3.23.2 {
 # .stats ON|OFF          Turn stats on or off
 #do_test shell1-3.23b.1 {
 #  catchcmd "test.db" ".stats"
-#} {1 {Usage: .stats on|off}}
+#} {1 {Usage: .stats on|off|stmt|vmstep}}
 do_test shell1-3.23b.2 {
   catchcmd "test.db" ".stats ON"
 } {0 {}}
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ do_test shell1-3.23b.3 {
 do_test shell1-3.23b.4 {
   # too many arguments
   catchcmd "test.db" ".stats OFF BAD"
-} {1 {Usage: .stats ?on|off?}}
+} {1 {Usage: .stats ?on|off|stmt|vmstep?}}
 
 # Ticket 7be932dfa60a8a6b3b26bcf7623ec46e0a403ddb 2018-06-07
 # Adverse interaction between .stats and .eqp
diff --git a/test/shell4.test b/test/shell4.test
index 386e51f6c7..9e3c58fbec 100644
--- a/test/shell4.test
+++ b/test/shell4.test
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ do_test shell4-1.3.3 {
 do_test shell4-1.3.4 {
   # too many arguments
   catchcmd "test.db" ".stats OFF BAD"
-} {1 {Usage: .stats ?on|off?}}
+} {1 {Usage: .stats ?on|off|stmt|vmstep?}}
 
 # NB. whitespace is important
 do_test shell4-1.4.1 {