diff --git a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
index 1889313dd59..f9c4dfb2a50 100644
--- a/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
+++ b/src/wallet/sqlite.cpp
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ void SQLiteDatabase::Open()
 
 bool SQLiteDatabase::Rewrite(const char* skip)
 {
-    return false;
+    // Rewrite the database using the VACUUM command: https://sqlite.org/lang_vacuum.html
+    int ret = sqlite3_exec(m_db, "VACUUM", nullptr, nullptr, nullptr);
+    return ret == SQLITE_OK;
 }
 
 bool SQLiteDatabase::Backup(const std::string& dest) const