Index: src/shell.c.in
==================================================================
--- src/shell.c.in
+++ src/shell.c.in
@@ -4771,20 +4771,31 @@
      { "number of views:",
        "SELECT count(*) FROM %s WHERE type='view'" },
      { "schema size:",
        "SELECT total(length(sql)) FROM %s" },
   };
-  int i;
+  int i, rc;
   unsigned iDataVersion;
   char *zSchemaTab;
   char *zDb = nArg>=2 ? azArg[1] : "main";
   sqlite3_stmt *pStmt = 0;
   unsigned char aHdr[100];
   open_db(p, 0);
   if( p->db==0 ) return 1;
-  sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db,"SELECT data FROM sqlite_dbpage(?1) WHERE pgno=1",
-                     -1, &pStmt, 0);
+  rc = sqlite3_prepare_v2(p->db,
+             "SELECT data FROM sqlite_dbpage(?1) WHERE pgno=1",
+             -1, &pStmt, 0);
+  if( rc ){
+    if( !sqlite3_compileoption_used("ENABLE_DBPAGE_VTAB") ){
+      utf8_printf(stderr, "the \".dbinfo\" command requires the "
+                          "-DSQLITE_ENABLE_DBPAGE_VTAB compile-time options\n");
+    }else{
+      utf8_printf(stderr, "error: %s\n", sqlite3_errmsg(p->db));
+    }
+    sqlite3_finalize(pStmt);
+    return 1;
+  }
   sqlite3_bind_text(pStmt, 1, zDb, -1, SQLITE_STATIC);
   if( sqlite3_step(pStmt)==SQLITE_ROW
    && sqlite3_column_bytes(pStmt,0)>100
   ){
     memcpy(aHdr, sqlite3_column_blob(pStmt,0), 100);