diff --git a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/sqllab/SqlEditorLeftBar_spec.jsx b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/sqllab/SqlEditorLeftBar_spec.jsx
index b5f01873847a6..08fa24af8f89c 100644
--- a/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/sqllab/SqlEditorLeftBar_spec.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/spec/javascripts/sqllab/SqlEditorLeftBar_spec.jsx
@@ -41,14 +41,10 @@ describe('SqlEditorLeftBar', () => {
     expect(wrapper.find(TableElement)).toHaveLength(1);
   });
   describe('onDatabaseChange', () => {
-    it('should fetch tables', () => {
-      sinon.stub(wrapper.instance(), 'fetchTables');
+    it('should fetch schemas', () => {
       sinon.stub(wrapper.instance(), 'fetchSchemas');
       wrapper.instance().onDatabaseChange({ value: 1, label: 'main' });
-
-      expect(wrapper.instance().fetchTables.getCall(0).args[0]).toBe(1);
       expect(wrapper.instance().fetchSchemas.getCall(0).args[0]).toBe(1);
-      wrapper.instance().fetchTables.restore();
       wrapper.instance().fetchSchemas.restore();
     });
     it('should clear tableOptions', () => {
@@ -103,9 +99,9 @@ describe('SqlEditorLeftBar', () => {
         d.resolve(tables);
         return d.promise();
       });
-      wrapper.instance().fetchTables(1, 'main', 'birth_names');
+      wrapper.instance().fetchTables(1, 'main', 'true', 'birth_names');
 
-      expect(ajaxStub.getCall(0).args[0]).toBe('/superset/tables/1/main/birth_names/');
+      expect(ajaxStub.getCall(0).args[0]).toBe('/superset/tables/1/main/birth_names/true/');
       expect(wrapper.state().tableLength).toBe(3);
     });
     it('should handle error', () => {
diff --git a/superset/assets/src/SqlLab/components/SqlEditorLeftBar.jsx b/superset/assets/src/SqlLab/components/SqlEditorLeftBar.jsx
index d8db05cb3591a..e6e7f5dd26f86 100644
--- a/superset/assets/src/SqlLab/components/SqlEditorLeftBar.jsx
+++ b/superset/assets/src/SqlLab/components/SqlEditorLeftBar.jsx
@@ -40,13 +40,10 @@ class SqlEditorLeftBar extends React.PureComponent {
   }
   onDatabaseChange(db, force) {
     const val = db ? db.value : null;
-    this.setState({ schemaOptions: [] });
+    this.setState({ schemaOptions: [], tableOptions: [] });
     this.props.actions.queryEditorSetSchema(this.props.queryEditor, null);
     this.props.actions.queryEditorSetDb(this.props.queryEditor, val);
-    if (!(db)) {
-      this.setState({ tableOptions: [] });
-    } else {
-      this.fetchTables(val, this.props.queryEditor.schema);
+    if (db) {
       this.fetchSchemas(val, force || false);
     }
   }
@@ -69,11 +66,12 @@ class SqlEditorLeftBar extends React.PureComponent {
   resetState() {
     this.props.actions.resetState();
   }
-  fetchTables(dbId, schema, substr) {
+  fetchTables(dbId, schema, force, substr) {
     // This can be large so it shouldn't be put in the Redux store
+    const forceRefresh = force || false;
     if (dbId && schema) {
       this.setState({ tableLoading: true, tableOptions: [] });
-      const url = `/superset/tables/${dbId}/${schema}/${substr}/`;
+      const url = `/superset/tables/${dbId}/${schema}/${substr}/${forceRefresh}/`;
       $.get(url).done((data) => {
         const filterOptions = createFilterOptions({ options: data.options });
         this.setState({
@@ -110,10 +108,10 @@ class SqlEditorLeftBar extends React.PureComponent {
     }
     this.props.actions.addTable(this.props.queryEditor, tableName, schemaName);
   }
-  changeSchema(schemaOpt) {
+  changeSchema(schemaOpt, force) {
     const schema = (schemaOpt) ? schemaOpt.value : null;
     this.props.actions.queryEditorSetSchema(this.props.queryEditor, schema);
-    this.fetchTables(this.props.queryEditor.dbId, schema);
+    this.fetchTables(this.props.queryEditor.dbId, schema, force);
   }
   fetchSchemas(dbId, force) {
     const actualDbId = dbId || this.props.queryEditor.dbId;
@@ -196,7 +194,7 @@ class SqlEditorLeftBar extends React.PureComponent {
               <RefreshLabel
                 onClick={this.onDatabaseChange.bind(
                     this, { value: database.id }, true)}
-                tooltipContent="force refresh schema list"
+                tooltipContent={t('force refresh schema list')}
               />
             </div>
           </div>
@@ -214,30 +212,41 @@ class SqlEditorLeftBar extends React.PureComponent {
               </i>)
             </small>
           </ControlLabel>
-          {this.props.queryEditor.schema &&
-            <Select
-              name="select-table"
-              ref="selectTable"
-              isLoading={this.state.tableLoading}
-              placeholder={t('Select table or type table name')}
-              autosize={false}
-              onChange={this.changeTable.bind(this)}
-              filterOptions={this.state.filterOptions}
-              options={this.state.tableOptions}
-            />
-          }
-          {!this.props.queryEditor.schema &&
-            <Select
-              async
-              name="async-select-table"
-              ref="selectTable"
-              placeholder={tableSelectPlaceholder}
-              disabled={tableSelectDisabled}
-              autosize={false}
-              onChange={this.changeTable.bind(this)}
-              loadOptions={this.getTableNamesBySubStr.bind(this)}
-            />
-          }
+          <div className="row">
+            <div className="col-md-11 col-xs-11" style={{ paddingRight: '2px' }}>
+              {this.props.queryEditor.schema &&
+                <Select
+                  name="select-table"
+                  ref="selectTable"
+                  isLoading={this.state.tableLoading}
+                  placeholder={t('Select table or type table name')}
+                  autosize={false}
+                  onChange={this.changeTable.bind(this)}
+                  filterOptions={this.state.filterOptions}
+                  options={this.state.tableOptions}
+                />
+              }
+              {!this.props.queryEditor.schema &&
+                <Select
+                  async
+                  name="async-select-table"
+                  ref="selectTable"
+                  placeholder={tableSelectPlaceholder}
+                  disabled={tableSelectDisabled}
+                  autosize={false}
+                  onChange={this.changeTable.bind(this)}
+                  loadOptions={this.getTableNamesBySubStr.bind(this)}
+                />
+              }
+            </div>
+            <div className="col-md-1 col-xs-1" style={{ paddingTop: '8px', paddingLeft: '0px' }}>
+              <RefreshLabel
+                onClick={this.changeSchema.bind(
+                    this, { value: this.props.queryEditor.schema }, true)}
+                tooltipContent={t('force refresh table list')}
+              />
+            </div>
+          </div>
         </div>
         <hr />
         <div className="m-t-5">
diff --git a/superset/cache_util.py b/superset/cache_util.py
index 12bed2b18070f..843ffdb0e84a5 100644
--- a/superset/cache_util.py
+++ b/superset/cache_util.py
@@ -9,25 +9,17 @@ def view_cache_key(*unused_args, **unused_kwargs):
     return 'view/{}/{}'.format(request.path, args_hash)
 
 
-def default_timeout(*unused_args, **unused_kwargs):
-    return 5 * 60
-
-
-def default_enable_cache(*unused_args, **unused_kwargs):
-    return True
+def memoized_func(key=view_cache_key, use_tables_cache=False):
+    """Use this decorator to cache functions that have predefined first arg.
 
+    enable_cache is treated as True by default,
+    except enable_cache = False is passed to the decorated function.
 
-def memoized_func(timeout=default_timeout,
-                  key=view_cache_key,
-                  enable_cache=default_enable_cache,
-                  use_tables_cache=False):
-    """Use this decorator to cache functions that have predefined first arg.
+    force means whether to force refresh the cache and is treated as False by default,
+    except force = True is passed to the decorated function.
 
-    If enable_cache() is False,
-        the function will never be cached.
-    If enable_cache() is True,
-        cache is adopted and will timeout in timeout() seconds.
-        If force is True, cache will be refreshed.
+    timeout of cache is set to 600 seconds by default,
+    except cache_timeout = {timeout in seconds} is passed to the decorated function.
 
     memoized_func uses simple_cache and stored the data in memory.
     Key is a callable function that takes function arguments and
@@ -42,15 +34,16 @@ def wrap(f):
 
         if selected_cache:
             def wrapped_f(cls, *args, **kwargs):
-                if not enable_cache(*args, **kwargs):
+                if not kwargs.get('enable_cache', True):
                     return f(cls, *args, **kwargs)
 
                 cache_key = key(*args, **kwargs)
                 o = selected_cache.get(cache_key)
-                if not kwargs['force'] and o is not None:
+                if not kwargs.get('force') and o is not None:
                     return o
                 o = f(cls, *args, **kwargs)
-                selected_cache.set(cache_key, o, timeout=timeout(*args, **kwargs))
+                selected_cache.set(cache_key, o,
+                                   timeout=kwargs.get('cache_timeout', 600))
                 return o
         else:
             # noop
diff --git a/superset/db_engine_specs.py b/superset/db_engine_specs.py
index 172cf9cc86831..20d57d6976612 100644
--- a/superset/db_engine_specs.py
+++ b/superset/db_engine_specs.py
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ def convert_dttm(cls, target_type, dttm):
 
     @classmethod
     @cache_util.memoized_func(
-        timeout=600,
         key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{}:{}'.format(args[0].id, args[1]),
         use_tables_cache=True)
     def fetch_result_sets(cls, db, datasource_type, force=False):
@@ -295,8 +294,6 @@ def patch(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     @cache_util.memoized_func(
-        enable_cache=lambda *args, **kwargs: kwargs.get('enable_cache', False),
-        timeout=lambda *args, **kwargs: kwargs.get('cache_timeout'),
         key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{}:schema_list'.format(kwargs.get('db_id')))
     def get_schema_names(cls, inspector, db_id,
                          enable_cache, cache_timeout, force=False):
@@ -312,9 +309,21 @@ def get_schema_names(cls, inspector, db_id,
         return inspector.get_schema_names()
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_table_names(cls, schema, inspector):
+    @cache_util.memoized_func(
+        key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{db_id}:schema:{schema}:table_list'.format(
+            db_id=kwargs.get('db_id'), schema=kwargs.get('schema')))
+    def get_table_names(cls, inspector, db_id, schema,
+                        enable_cache, cache_timeout, force=False):
         return sorted(inspector.get_table_names(schema))
 
+    @classmethod
+    @cache_util.memoized_func(
+        key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{db_id}:schema:{schema}:view_list'.format(
+            db_id=kwargs.get('db_id'), schema=kwargs.get('schema')))
+    def get_view_names(cls, inspector, db_id, schema,
+                       enable_cache, cache_timeout, force=False):
+        return sorted(inspector.get_view_names(schema))
+
     @classmethod
     def where_latest_partition(
             cls, table_name, schema, database, qry, columns=None):
@@ -438,7 +447,11 @@ class PostgresEngineSpec(PostgresBaseEngineSpec):
     engine = 'postgresql'
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_table_names(cls, schema, inspector):
+    @cache_util.memoized_func(
+        key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{db_id}:schema:{schema}:table_list'.format(
+            db_id=kwargs.get('db_id'), schema=kwargs.get('schema')))
+    def get_table_names(cls, inspector, db_id, schema,
+                        enable_cache, cache_timeout, force=False):
         """Need to consider foreign tables for PostgreSQL"""
         tables = inspector.get_table_names(schema)
         tables.extend(inspector.get_foreign_table_names(schema))
@@ -570,7 +583,6 @@ def epoch_to_dttm(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     @cache_util.memoized_func(
-        timeout=600,
         key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{}:{}'.format(args[0].id, args[1]),
         use_tables_cache=True)
     def fetch_result_sets(cls, db, datasource_type, force=False):
@@ -596,7 +608,11 @@ def convert_dttm(cls, target_type, dttm):
         return "'{}'".format(iso)
 
     @classmethod
-    def get_table_names(cls, schema, inspector):
+    @cache_util.memoized_func(
+        key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{db_id}:schema:{schema}:table_list'.format(
+            db_id=kwargs.get('db_id'), schema=kwargs.get('schema')))
+    def get_table_names(cls, inspector, db_id, schema,
+                        enable_cache, cache_timeout, force=False):
         """Need to disregard the schema for Sqlite"""
         return sorted(inspector.get_table_names())
 
@@ -721,7 +737,6 @@ def epoch_to_dttm(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     @cache_util.memoized_func(
-        timeout=600,
         key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{}:{}'.format(args[0].id, args[1]),
         use_tables_cache=True)
     def fetch_result_sets(cls, db, datasource_type, force=False):
@@ -1003,7 +1018,6 @@ def patch(cls):
 
     @classmethod
     @cache_util.memoized_func(
-        timeout=600,
         key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{}:{}'.format(args[0].id, args[1]),
         use_tables_cache=True)
     def fetch_result_sets(cls, db, datasource_type, force=False):
@@ -1461,8 +1475,6 @@ def convert_dttm(cls, target_type, dttm):
 
     @classmethod
     @cache_util.memoized_func(
-        enable_cache=lambda *args, **kwargs: kwargs.get('enable_cache', False),
-        timeout=lambda *args, **kwargs: kwargs.get('cache_timeout'),
         key=lambda *args, **kwargs: 'db:{}:schema_list'.format(kwargs.get('db_id')))
     def get_schema_names(cls, inspector, db_id,
                          enable_cache, cache_timeout, force=False):
diff --git a/superset/models/core.py b/superset/models/core.py
index 7e1aaf4d4e2b1..2bc0206ef5db2 100644
--- a/superset/models/core.py
+++ b/superset/models/core.py
@@ -847,8 +847,18 @@ def all_table_names(self, schema=None, force=False):
             tables_dict = self.db_engine_spec.fetch_result_sets(
                 self, 'table', force=force)
             return tables_dict.get('', [])
-        return sorted(
-            self.db_engine_spec.get_table_names(schema, self.inspector))
+
+        extra = self.get_extra()
+        medatada_cache_timeout = extra.get('metadata_cache_timeout', {})
+        table_cache_timeout = medatada_cache_timeout.get('table_cache_timeout')
+        enable_cache = 'table_cache_timeout' in medatada_cache_timeout
+        return sorted(self.db_engine_spec.get_table_names(
+            inspector=self.inspector,
+            db_id=self.id,
+            schema=schema,
+            enable_cache=enable_cache,
+            cache_timeout=table_cache_timeout,
+            force=force))
 
     def all_view_names(self, schema=None, force=False):
         if not schema:
@@ -859,7 +869,17 @@ def all_view_names(self, schema=None, force=False):
             return views_dict.get('', [])
         views = []
         try:
-            views = self.inspector.get_view_names(schema)
+            extra = self.get_extra()
+            medatada_cache_timeout = extra.get('metadata_cache_timeout', {})
+            table_cache_timeout = medatada_cache_timeout.get('table_cache_timeout')
+            enable_cache = 'table_cache_timeout' in medatada_cache_timeout
+            views = self.db_engine_spec.get_view_names(
+                inspector=self.inspector,
+                db_id=self.id,
+                schema=schema,
+                enable_cache=enable_cache,
+                cache_timeout=table_cache_timeout,
+                force=force)
         except Exception:
             pass
         return views
diff --git a/superset/views/core.py b/superset/views/core.py
index 43f581e68e602..f7806e83e50a9 100755
--- a/superset/views/core.py
+++ b/superset/views/core.py
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ class DatabaseView(SupersetModelView, DeleteMixin, YamlExportMixin):  # noqa
             '#sqlalchemy.schema.MetaData) call.<br/>'
             '2. The ``metadata_cache_timeout`` is a cache timeout setting '
             'in seconds for metadata fetch of this database. Specify it as '
-            '**"metadata_cache_timeout": {"schema_cache_timeout": 600}**. '
+            '**"metadata_cache_timeout": {"schema_cache_timeout": 600, '
+            '"table_cache_timeout": 600}**. '
             'If unset, cache will not be enabled for the functionality. '
             'A timeout of 0 indicates that the cache never expires.<br/>'
             '3. The ``schemas_allowed_for_csv_upload`` is a comma separated list '
@@ -1538,7 +1539,7 @@ def checkbox(self, model_view, id_, attr, value):
     @has_access_api
     @expose('/schemas/<db_id>/')
     @expose('/schemas/<db_id>/<force_refresh>/')
-    def schemas(self, db_id, force_refresh='true'):
+    def schemas(self, db_id, force_refresh='false'):
         db_id = int(db_id)
         force_refresh = force_refresh.lower() == 'true'
         database = (
@@ -1556,16 +1557,18 @@ def schemas(self, db_id, force_refresh='true'):
     @api
     @has_access_api
     @expose('/tables/<db_id>/<schema>/<substr>/')
-    def tables(self, db_id, schema, substr):
+    @expose('/tables/<db_id>/<schema>/<substr>/<force_refresh>/')
+    def tables(self, db_id, schema, substr, force_refresh='false'):
         """Endpoint to fetch the list of tables for given database"""
         db_id = int(db_id)
+        force_refresh = force_refresh.lower() == 'true'
         schema = utils.js_string_to_python(schema)
         substr = utils.js_string_to_python(substr)
         database = db.session.query(models.Database).filter_by(id=db_id).one()
         table_names = security_manager.accessible_by_user(
-            database, database.all_table_names(schema), schema)
+            database, database.all_table_names(schema, force_refresh), schema)
         view_names = security_manager.accessible_by_user(
-            database, database.all_view_names(schema), schema)
+            database, database.all_view_names(schema, force_refresh), schema)
 
         if substr:
             table_names = [tn for tn in table_names if substr in tn]