diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 853a3e5c1..c2d1490e8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SqlPad
 
-A Node.js web app for writing and running SQL queries and visualizing the results. Supports Postgres, MySQL, and SQL Server.
+A Node.js web app for writing and running SQL queries and visualizing the results. Supports Postgres, MySQL, SQL Server and Vertica.
 
 ![SqlPad Query Editor](screenshots/query-editor.png)
 
diff --git a/lib/run-query.js b/lib/run-query.js
index ae1f9dedb..33466452f 100644
--- a/lib/run-query.js
+++ b/lib/run-query.js
@@ -84,4 +84,25 @@ clients.sqlserver = function (query, connection, callback) {
             }); 
         }
     });
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
+
+clients.vertica = function (query, connection, callback) {
+
+    var connectionUrl = "postgres://" + connection.username
+                      + ":" + connection.password
+                      + "@" + connection.host
+                      + "/" + connection.database;
+
+    var client = new pg.Client(connectionUrl);
+    client.connect(function (err) {
+        if (err) {
+            callback(err);
+            client.end();
+        } else {
+            client.query(query, function(err, result) {
+                callback(err, result);
+                client.end();
+            });
+        }
+    });
+}
diff --git a/routes/schema-info.js b/routes/schema-info.js
index e985e592f..30606e294 100644
--- a/routes/schema-info.js
+++ b/routes/schema-info.js
@@ -12,11 +12,23 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
                 connection.username = decipher(connection.username);
                 connection.password = decipher(connection.password);
                 
-                var tableAndColumnSql = "SELECT t.table_type, t.table_schema, t.table_name, c.column_name, c.data_type, c.is_nullable "
-                                    + " FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables t "
-                                    + " JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns c ON t.table_schema = c.table_schema AND t.table_name = c.table_name "
-                                    + " WHERE t.table_schema NOT IN ('information_schema', 'pg_catalog') "
-                                    + " ORDER BY t.table_type, t.table_schema, t.table_name, c.ordinal_position ";
+                if (connection.driver !== "vertica") {
+
+                    var tableAndColumnSql = "SELECT t.table_type, t.table_schema, t.table_name, c.column_name, c.data_type, c.is_nullable "
+                                        + " FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.tables t "
+                                        + " JOIN INFORMATION_SCHEMA.columns c ON t.table_schema = c.table_schema AND t.table_name = c.table_name "
+                                        + " WHERE t.table_schema NOT IN ('information_schema', 'pg_catalog') "
+                                        + " ORDER BY t.table_type, t.table_schema, t.table_name, c.ordinal_position";
+                } else {
+                    var tableAndColumnSql = "SELECT (CASE vat.table_type WHEN 'TABLE' THEN 'BASE TABLE' ELSE 'TABLE' END) AS table_type, "
+                                        + " vt.table_schema, vt.table_name, vc.column_name, vc.data_type, "
+                                        + " (CASE vc.is_nullable WHEN 't' THEN 'YES' ELSE 'NO' END)  as is_nullable "
+                                        + " FROM V_CATALOG.TABLES vt "
+                                        + " JOIN V_CATALOG.ALL_TABLES vat ON vt.table_id = vat.table_id "
+                                        + " JOIN V_CATALOG.COLUMNS vc ON vt.table_schema = vc.table_schema AND vt.table_name = vc.table_name "
+                                        + " WHERE vt.table_schema NOT IN ('V_CATALOG') AND vat.table_type = 'TABLE' "
+                                        + " ORDER BY vat.table_type, vt.table_schema, vt.table_name, vc.ordinal_position";
+                }
                                     
                 var tree = {};
                 
@@ -62,4 +74,4 @@ module.exports = function (app) {
             
         });
     });
-};
\ No newline at end of file
+};
diff --git a/views/connection.ejs b/views/connection.ejs
index 970d10966..959f6d185 100644
--- a/views/connection.ejs
+++ b/views/connection.ejs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
               <option value="mysql"     <%= (connection.driver === 'mysql' ? 'selected' : '') %> >MySQL</option>
               <option value="postgres"  <%= (connection.driver === 'postgres' ? 'selected' : '') %>>Postgres</option>
               <option value="sqlserver" <%= (connection.driver === 'sqlserver' ? 'selected' : '') %>>SQL Server</option>
+              <option value="vertica"   <%= (connection.driver === 'vertica' ? 'selected' : '') %>>Vertica</option>
             </select>
           </div>
         </div>
@@ -74,4 +75,4 @@
     
     
     
-<% include footer %>
\ No newline at end of file
+<% include footer %>