Index: src/build.c
==================================================================
--- src/build.c
+++ src/build.c
@@ -2636,10 +2636,11 @@
   /* Remove the table entry from SQLite's internal schema and modify
   ** the schema cookie.
   */
   if( IsVirtual(pTab) ){
     sqlite3VdbeAddOp4(v, OP_VDestroy, iDb, 0, 0, pTab->zName, 0);
+    sqlite3MayAbort(pParse);
   }
   sqlite3VdbeAddOp4(v, OP_DropTable, iDb, 0, 0, pTab->zName, 0);
   sqlite3ChangeCookie(pParse, iDb);
   sqliteViewResetAll(db, iDb);
 }

Index: src/vdbe.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbe.c
+++ src/vdbe.c
@@ -6847,10 +6847,11 @@
 */
 case OP_VDestroy: {
   db->nVDestroy++;
   rc = sqlite3VtabCallDestroy(db, pOp->p1, pOp->p4.z);
   db->nVDestroy--;
+  assert( p->errorAction==OE_Abort && p->usesStmtJournal );
   if( rc ) goto abort_due_to_error;
   break;
 }
 #endif /* SQLITE_OMIT_VIRTUALTABLE */
 

Index: src/vdbeaux.c
==================================================================
--- src/vdbeaux.c
+++ src/vdbeaux.c
@@ -601,10 +601,11 @@
   sIter.v = v;
 
   while( (pOp = opIterNext(&sIter))!=0 ){
     int opcode = pOp->opcode;
     if( opcode==OP_Destroy || opcode==OP_VUpdate || opcode==OP_VRename 
+     || opcode==OP_VDestroy
      || ((opcode==OP_Halt || opcode==OP_HaltIfNull) 
       && ((pOp->p1&0xff)==SQLITE_CONSTRAINT && pOp->p2==OE_Abort))
     ){
       hasAbort = 1;
       break;

ADDED   test/vtabdrop.test
Index: test/vtabdrop.test
==================================================================
--- /dev/null
+++ test/vtabdrop.test
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+# 2018 December 28
+#
+#    May you do good and not evil.
+#    May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.
+#    May you share freely, never taking more than you give.
+#
+#***********************************************************************
+#
+# The tests in this file test edge cases surrounding DROP TABLE on 
+# virtual tables.
+#
+
+set testdir [file dirname $argv0]
+source $testdir/tester.tcl
+
+ifcapable !vtab { finish_test ; return }
+source $testdir/fts3_common.tcl
+source $testdir/malloc_common.tcl
+
+set testprefix vtabdrop
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Test that if a DROP TABLE is executed against an rtree table, but the
+# xDestroy() call fails, the rtree table is not dropped, the sqlite_master
+# table is not modified and the internal schema remains intact.
+# 
+ifcapable rtree {
+  do_execsql_test 1.0 {
+    CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE rt USING rtree(id, x1, x2);
+    CREATE TABLE t1(x, y);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 2);
+  }
+  
+  do_test 1.1 {
+    execsql {
+      BEGIN;
+        INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(3, 4);
+    }
+    db eval { SELECT * FROM t1 } {
+      catchsql { DROP TABLE rt }
+    }
+    execsql COMMIT
+  } {}
+  
+  do_execsql_test 1.2 {
+    SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY 1;
+    SELECT * FROM t1;
+    SELECT * FROM rt;
+  } {rt rt_node rt_parent rt_rowid t1 1 2 3 4}
+  
+  db close
+  sqlite3 db test.db
+  
+  do_execsql_test 1.3 {
+    SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY 1;
+  } {rt rt_node rt_parent rt_rowid t1}
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Same as tests 1.*, except with fts5 instead of rtree.
+# 
+ifcapable fts5 {
+  reset_db
+  do_execsql_test 2.0 {
+    CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE ft USING fts5(x);
+    CREATE TABLE t1(x, y);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 2);
+  }
+  
+  do_test 2.1 {
+    execsql {
+      BEGIN;
+        INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(3, 4);
+    }
+    db eval { SELECT * FROM t1 } {
+      catchsql { DROP TABLE ft }
+    }
+    execsql COMMIT
+  } {}
+  
+  do_execsql_test 2.2 {
+    SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY 1;
+  } {ft ft_config ft_content ft_data ft_docsize ft_idx t1}
+  
+  db close
+  sqlite3 db test.db
+  
+  do_execsql_test 2.3 {
+    SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY 1;
+  } {ft ft_config ft_content ft_data ft_docsize ft_idx t1}
+}
+
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Same as tests 1.*, except with fts3 instead of rtree.
+# 
+ifcapable fts3 {
+  reset_db
+  do_execsql_test 2.0 {
+    CREATE VIRTUAL TABLE ft USING fts3(x);
+    CREATE TABLE t1(x, y);
+    INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 2);
+  }
+  
+  do_test 2.1 {
+    execsql {
+      BEGIN;
+        INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(3, 4);
+    }
+    db eval { SELECT * FROM t1 } {
+      catchsql { DROP TABLE ft }
+    }
+    execsql COMMIT
+  } {}
+  
+  do_execsql_test 2.2 {
+    SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY 1;
+  } {ft ft_content ft_segdir ft_segments sqlite_autoindex_ft_segdir_1 t1}
+  
+  db close
+  sqlite3 db test.db
+  
+  do_execsql_test 2.3 {
+    SELECT name FROM sqlite_master ORDER BY 1;
+  } {ft ft_content ft_segdir ft_segments sqlite_autoindex_ft_segdir_1 t1}
+}
+
+finish_test