diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/schema_cast/mod.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/schema_cast/mod.rs
index 3ee892c..c237132 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/schema_cast/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/schema_cast/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use async_stream::stream;
 use datafusion::arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef;
+use datafusion::common::Statistics;
 use datafusion::error::{DataFusionError, Result};
 use datafusion::execution::{SendableRecordBatchStream, TaskContext};
 use datafusion::physical_plan::stream::RecordBatchStreamAdapter;
@@ -113,4 +114,8 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for SchemaCastScanExec {
             },
         )))
     }
+
+    fn partition_statistics(&self, partition: Option<usize>) -> Result<Statistics> {
+        self.input.partition_statistics(partition)
+    }
 }
diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs
index e45c6f6..79af1c1 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/executor.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use core::fmt;
 use datafusion::{
     arrow::datatypes::SchemaRef,
+    common::Statistics,
     error::Result,
     logical_expr::LogicalPlan,
     physical_plan::SendableRecordBatchStream,
@@ -43,6 +44,13 @@ pub trait SQLExecutor: Sync + Send {
     /// Execute a SQL query
     fn execute(&self, query: &str, schema: SchemaRef) -> Result<SendableRecordBatchStream>;
 
+    /// Returns statistics for this `SQLExecutor` node. If statistics are not available, it should
+    /// return [`Statistics::new_unknown`] (the default), not an error. See the `ExecutionPlan`
+    /// trait.
+    async fn statistics(&self, plan: &LogicalPlan) -> Result<Statistics> {
+        Ok(Statistics::new_unknown(plan.schema().as_arrow()))
+    }
+
     /// Returns the tables provided by the remote
     async fn table_names(&self) -> Result<Vec<String>>;
 
diff --git a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs
index 08da182..b783cbf 100644
--- a/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs
+++ b/datafusion-federation/src/sql/mod.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ use async_trait::async_trait;
 use datafusion::{
     arrow::datatypes::{Schema, SchemaRef},
     common::tree_node::{Transformed, TreeNode},
+    common::Statistics,
     error::{DataFusionError, Result},
     execution::{context::SessionState, TaskContext},
     logical_expr::{Extension, LogicalPlan},
@@ -140,9 +141,12 @@ impl FederationPlanner for SQLFederationPlanner {
         _session_state: &SessionState,
     ) -> Result<Arc<dyn ExecutionPlan>> {
         let schema = Arc::new(node.plan().schema().as_arrow().clone());
+        let plan = node.plan().clone();
+        let statistics = self.executor.statistics(&plan).await?;
         let input = Arc::new(VirtualExecutionPlan::new(
-            node.plan().clone(),
+            plan,
             Arc::clone(&self.executor),
+            statistics,
         ));
         let schema_cast_exec = schema_cast::SchemaCastScanExec::new(input, schema);
         Ok(Arc::new(schema_cast_exec))
@@ -154,10 +158,11 @@ struct VirtualExecutionPlan {
     plan: LogicalPlan,
     executor: Arc<dyn SQLExecutor>,
     props: PlanProperties,
+    statistics: Statistics,
 }
 
 impl VirtualExecutionPlan {
-    pub fn new(plan: LogicalPlan, executor: Arc<dyn SQLExecutor>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(plan: LogicalPlan, executor: Arc<dyn SQLExecutor>, statistics: Statistics) -> Self {
         let schema: Schema = plan.schema().as_ref().into();
         let props = PlanProperties::new(
             EquivalenceProperties::new(Arc::new(schema)),
@@ -169,6 +174,7 @@ impl VirtualExecutionPlan {
             plan,
             executor,
             props,
+            statistics,
         }
     }
 
@@ -343,6 +349,10 @@ impl ExecutionPlan for VirtualExecutionPlan {
     fn properties(&self) -> &PlanProperties {
         &self.props
     }
+
+    fn partition_statistics(&self, _partition: Option<usize>) -> Result<Statistics> {
+        Ok(self.statistics.clone())
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]