diff --git a/database_storage/database_storage.py b/database_storage/database_storage.py
index e70b4cb..cbc1286 100644
--- a/database_storage/database_storage.py
+++ b/database_storage/database_storage.py
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ def _open(self, name, mode='rb'):
         """
         assert mode == 'rb', "DatabaseStorage open mode must be 'rb'."
 
-        query = 'SELECT %(data_column)s FROM %(table)s ' + \
+        query = 'SELECT %(data_column)s, %(size_column)s FROM %(table)s ' + \
                 'WHERE %(name_column)s = %%s'
         query %= self.__dict__
         cursor = connection.cursor()
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ def _open(self, name, mode='rb'):
         inMemFile = StringIO.StringIO(base64.b64decode(row[0]))
         inMemFile.name = name
         inMemFile.mode = mode
+        inMemFile.size = row[1]
 
         return File(inMemFile)
 
diff --git a/database_storage/test/test_database_storage.py b/database_storage/test/test_database_storage.py
index 453bb55..623a072 100644
--- a/database_storage/test/test_database_storage.py
+++ b/database_storage/test/test_database_storage.py
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ def test_save_and_retrieve(self):
         storage._save(name, self._wrap_content(content))
         self.assertEqual(storage._open(name).read(), content)
 
+    def test_open_with_size(self):
+        name = 'foo.bin'
+        content = self._get_binary_data(10 * 1024)
+        storage = DatabaseStorage(DEFAULT_OPTIONS)
+        storage._save(name, self._wrap_content(content))
+        self.assertEqual(storage._open(name).size, 10 * 1024)
+
     def test_overwrite(self):
         "Overwrite a file with new content, verify it updates correctly."
         name = 'foo.bin'