diff --git a/buildheader/make_tdb.cc b/buildheader/make_tdb.cc
index 32a82150256..930f5906145 100644
--- a/buildheader/make_tdb.cc
+++ b/buildheader/make_tdb.cc
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ static void print_db_env_struct (void) {
 			     "int (*txn_xa_recover)                       (DB_ENV*, TOKU_XA_XID list[/*count*/], long count, /*out*/ long *retp, uint32_t flags)",
 			     "int (*get_txn_from_xid)                 (DB_ENV*, /*in*/ TOKU_XA_XID *, /*out*/ DB_TXN **)",
 			     "int (*get_cursor_for_directory)            (DB_ENV*, /*in*/ DB_TXN *, /*out*/ DBC **)",
+			     "int (*get_cursor_for_persistent_environment) (DB_ENV*, /*in*/ DB_TXN *, /*out*/ DBC **)",
                              NULL};
 
 	sort_and_dump_fields("db_env", true, extra);
diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index f15323b4cbb..25972616994 100644
--- a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -513,6 +513,8 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING OR BUILD_SRC_TESTS)
     endif ()
   endforeach(src)
 
+  configure_file(run_with_env.sh . COPYONLY)
+
   ## for some reason this rule doesn't run with the makefile and it crashes with this rule, so I'm disabling this special case
   #declare_custom_tests(test_thread_stack.tdb)
   #add_custom_command(OUTPUT run_test_thread_stack.sh
diff --git a/src/tests/dump-env.cc b/src/tests/dump-env.cc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fb87e2e2e35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/dump-env.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/* -*- mode: C++; c-basic-offset: 4; indent-tabs-mode: nil -*- */
+// vim: ft=cpp:expandtab:ts=8:sw=4:softtabstop=4:
+#ident "$Id: cursor-more-than-a-leaf-provdel.cc 49851 2012-11-12 00:43:22Z esmet $"
+#ident "Copyright (c) 2007 Tokutek Inc.  All rights reserved."
+#include "test.h"
+#include <db.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+static DB_ENV *env;
+static DB *db;
+DB_TXN *txn;
+
+const int num_insert = 25000;
+
+static void
+setup (void) {
+    int r;
+    r=toku_os_mkdir(ENVDIR, S_IRWXU+S_IRWXG+S_IRWXO);
+    if (r != 0) {
+        CKERR2(errno, EEXIST);
+    }
+
+    r=db_env_create(&env, 0); CKERR(r);
+#ifdef TOKUDB
+    r=env->set_redzone(env, 0); CKERR(r);
+    r=env->set_default_bt_compare(env, int_dbt_cmp); CKERR(r);
+#endif
+    env->set_errfile(env, stderr);
+#ifdef USE_BDB
+    r=env->set_lk_max_objects(env, 2*num_insert); CKERR(r);
+#endif
+    
+    r=env->open(env, ENVDIR, DB_INIT_LOCK|DB_INIT_LOG|DB_INIT_MPOOL|DB_INIT_TXN|DB_CREATE|DB_PRIVATE, S_IRWXU+S_IRWXG+S_IRWXO); CKERR(r);
+    r=db_create(&db, env, 0); CKERR(r);
+
+    r=env->txn_begin(env, 0, &txn, 0); assert(r==0);
+#ifdef USE_BDB
+    r=db->set_bt_compare(db, int_dbt_cmp); CKERR(r);
+#endif
+    r=db->open(db, txn, "foo.db", 0, DB_BTREE, DB_CREATE, S_IRWXU+S_IRWXG+S_IRWXO); CKERR(r);
+    r=txn->commit(txn, 0);    assert(r==0);
+}
+
+static void
+test_shutdown (void) {
+    int r;
+    r= db->close(db, 0); CKERR(r);
+    r= env->close(env, 0); CKERR(r);
+}
+
+static void
+doit(void) {
+    int r;
+
+    DBC *dbc;
+    r=env->txn_begin(env, 0, &txn, 0); CKERR(r);
+    r = env->get_cursor_for_persistent_environment(env, txn, &dbc); CKERR(r);
+    DBT key;
+    DBT val;
+    dbt_init_realloc(&key);
+    dbt_init_realloc(&val);
+
+    while ((r = dbc->c_get(dbc, &key, &val, DB_NEXT)) == 0) {
+        if (verbose) {
+            printf("ENTRY\n\tKEY [%.*s]",
+                    key.size,
+                    (char*)key.data);
+            if (val.size == sizeof(uint32_t)) {
+                //assume integer
+                printf("\n\tVAL [%" PRIu32"]\n",
+                        toku_dtoh32(*(uint32_t*)val.data));
+            } else if (val.size == sizeof(uint64_t)) {
+                //assume 64 bit integer
+                printf("\n\tVAL [%" PRIu64"]\n",
+                        toku_dtoh64(*(uint64_t*)val.data));
+            } else {
+                printf("\n\tVAL [%.*s]\n",
+                        val.size,
+                        (char*)val.data);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    CKERR2(r, DB_NOTFOUND);
+    r = dbc->c_close(dbc);
+    CKERR(r);
+    r = txn->commit(txn, 0);
+    CKERR(r);
+
+    toku_free(key.data);
+    toku_free(val.data);
+}
+
+int
+test_main (int argc, char * const argv[]) {
+    parse_args(argc, argv);
+
+    setup();
+    doit();
+    test_shutdown();
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/tests/run_with_env.sh b/src/tests/run_with_env.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..a4876ebdc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tests/run_with_env.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+if [[ $# -lt 3 ]]; then exit 1; fi
+
+bin=$1; shift
+saveddir=$1; shift
+envdir=$1; shift
+
+rm -rf $envdir
+cp -r $saveddir $envdir
+$bin "$@"
diff --git a/src/ydb.cc b/src/ydb.cc
index c435a5d09a8..b9b2eceeb74 100644
--- a/src/ydb.cc
+++ b/src/ydb.cc
@@ -2084,6 +2084,14 @@ env_crash(DB_ENV * UU(db_env), const char* msg, const char * fun, const char* fi
     return -1;  // placate compiler
 }
 
+static int
+env_get_cursor_for_persistent_environment(DB_ENV* env, DB_TXN* txn, DBC** c) {
+    if (!env_opened(env)) {
+        return EINVAL;
+    }
+    return toku_db_cursor(env->i->persistent_environment, txn, c, 0);
+}
+
 static int
 env_get_cursor_for_directory(DB_ENV* env, DB_TXN* txn, DBC** c) {
     if (!env_opened(env)) {
@@ -2159,6 +2167,7 @@ toku_env_create(DB_ENV ** envp, uint32_t flags) {
     USENV(log_flush);
     USENV(log_archive);
     USENV(create_loader);
+    USENV(get_cursor_for_persistent_environment);
     USENV(get_cursor_for_directory);
 #undef USENV