diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
index a5ec3218b8f1..c2fc89c8e5e6 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/SQLiteConnection.php
@@ -10,6 +10,23 @@
 
 class SQLiteConnection extends Connection
 {
+    /**
+     * Create a new database connection instance.
+     *
+     * @param  \PDO|\Closure     $pdo
+     * @param  string   $database
+     * @param  string   $tablePrefix
+     * @param  array    $config
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct($pdo, $database = '', $tablePrefix = '', array $config = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($pdo, $database, $tablePrefix, $config);
+
+        if ($this->getForeignKeyConstraintsSetting() == true) {
+            $this->getSchemaBuilder()->enableForeignKeyConstraints();
+        }
+    }
     /**
      * Get the default query grammar instance.
      *
@@ -63,4 +80,14 @@ protected function getDoctrineDriver()
     {
         return new DoctrineDriver;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the database connection foreign_key_constraints setting.
+     *
+     * @return boolean|null
+     */
+    protected function getForeignKeyConstraintsSetting()
+    {
+        return $this->getConfig('foreign_key_constraints');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/Database/DatabaseConnectionFactoryTest.php b/tests/Database/DatabaseConnectionFactoryTest.php
index e91276dc4fda..11e391a88851 100755
--- a/tests/Database/DatabaseConnectionFactoryTest.php
+++ b/tests/Database/DatabaseConnectionFactoryTest.php
@@ -102,4 +102,17 @@ public function testCustomConnectorsCanBeResolvedViaContainer()
 
         $this->assertEquals('connector', $factory->createConnector(['driver' => 'foo']));
     }
+
+    public function testSqliteForeignKeyConstraints()
+    {
+        $this->db->addConnection([
+            'driver' => 'sqlite',
+            'database' => ':memory:',
+            'foreign_key_constraints' => true,
+        ], 'constraints_set');
+
+        $this->assertEquals(0, $this->db->connection()->select('PRAGMA foreign_keys')[0]->foreign_keys);
+
+        $this->assertEquals(1, $this->db->connection('constraints_set')->select('PRAGMA foreign_keys')[0]->foreign_keys);
+    }
 }