diff --git a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresdataitems.cpp b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresdataitems.cpp
index 44c985499a7..6d95a5264b0 100644
--- a/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresdataitems.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/postgres/qgspostgresdataitems.cpp
@@ -338,11 +338,20 @@ QString QgsPGLayerItem::createUri()
 
   QgsDataSourceUri uri( QgsPostgresConn::connUri( connItem->name() ).connectionInfo( false ) );
 
-  QStringList defPk( QgsSettings().value(
-                       QStringLiteral( "/PostgreSQL/connections/%1/keys/%2/%3" ).arg( connItem->name(), mLayerProperty.schemaName, mLayerProperty.tableName ),
+  const QgsSettings &settings = QgsSettings();
+  QString basekey = QStringLiteral( "/PostgreSQL/connections/%1" ).arg( connItem->name() );
+
+  QStringList defPk( settings.value(
+                       QStringLiteral( "%1/keys/%2/%3" ).arg( basekey, mLayerProperty.schemaName, mLayerProperty.tableName ),
                        QVariant( !mLayerProperty.pkCols.isEmpty() ? QStringList( mLayerProperty.pkCols.at( 0 ) ) : QStringList() )
                      ).toStringList() );
 
+  bool useEstimatedMetadata( settings.value(
+                               QStringLiteral( "%1/estimatedMetadata" ).arg( basekey ),
+                               false
+                             ).toBool() );
+  uri.setUseEstimatedMetadata( useEstimatedMetadata );
+
   QStringList cols;
   for ( const auto &col : defPk )
   {
@@ -353,6 +362,7 @@ QString QgsPGLayerItem::createUri()
   uri.setWkbType( mLayerProperty.types.at( 0 ) );
   if ( uri.wkbType() != QgsWkbTypes::NoGeometry && mLayerProperty.srids.at( 0 ) != std::numeric_limits<int>::min() )
     uri.setSrid( QString::number( mLayerProperty.srids.at( 0 ) ) );
+
   QgsDebugMsg( QStringLiteral( "layer uri: %1" ).arg( uri.uri( false ) ) );
   return uri.uri( false );
 }