diff --git a/db/c.cc b/db/c.cc
index 924b8e0ab..d9e75e04f 100644
--- a/db/c.cc
+++ b/db/c.cc
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ using rocksdb::RestoreOptions;
 using rocksdb::CompactRangeOptions;
 using rocksdb::RateLimiter;
 using rocksdb::NewGenericRateLimiter;
+using rocksdb::PinnableSlice;
 
 using std::shared_ptr;
 
@@ -127,6 +128,9 @@ struct rocksdb_envoptions_t      { EnvOptions        rep; };
 struct rocksdb_ingestexternalfileoptions_t  { IngestExternalFileOptions rep; };
 struct rocksdb_sstfilewriter_t   { SstFileWriter*    rep; };
 struct rocksdb_ratelimiter_t     { RateLimiter*      rep; };
+struct rocksdb_pinnableslice_t {
+  PinnableSlice rep;
+};
 
 struct rocksdb_compactionfiltercontext_t {
   CompactionFilter::Context rep;
@@ -3092,6 +3096,51 @@ void rocksdb_delete_file_in_range_cf(
 
 void rocksdb_free(void* ptr) { free(ptr); }
 
+rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* rocksdb_get_pinned(
+    rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_readoptions_t* options, const char* key,
+    size_t keylen, char** errptr) {
+  rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* v = new (rocksdb_pinnableslice_t);
+  Status s = db->rep->Get(options->rep, db->rep->DefaultColumnFamily(),
+                          Slice(key, keylen), &v->rep);
+  if (!s.ok()) {
+    delete (v);
+    if (!s.IsNotFound()) {
+      SaveError(errptr, s);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return v;
+}
+
+rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* rocksdb_get_pinned_cf(
+    rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_readoptions_t* options,
+    rocksdb_column_family_handle_t* column_family, const char* key,
+    size_t keylen, char** errptr) {
+  rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* v = new (rocksdb_pinnableslice_t);
+  Status s = db->rep->Get(options->rep, column_family->rep, Slice(key, keylen),
+                          &v->rep);
+  if (!s.ok()) {
+    delete v;
+    if (!s.IsNotFound()) {
+      SaveError(errptr, s);
+    }
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  return v;
+}
+
+void rocksdb_pinnableslice_destroy(rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* v) { delete v; }
+
+const char* rocksdb_pinnableslice_value(const rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* v,
+                                        size_t* vlen) {
+  if (!v) {
+    *vlen = 0;
+    return NULL;
+  }
+
+  *vlen = v->rep.size();
+  return v->rep.data();
+}
 }  // end extern "C"
 
 #endif  // !ROCKSDB_LITE
diff --git a/db/c_test.c b/db/c_test.c
index 9677f8509..9a45922c2 100644
--- a/db/c_test.c
+++ b/db/c_test.c
@@ -126,6 +126,32 @@ static void CheckGetCF(
   Free(&val);
 }
 
+static void CheckPinGet(rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_readoptions_t* options,
+                        const char* key, const char* expected) {
+  char* err = NULL;
+  size_t val_len;
+  const char* val;
+  rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* p;
+  p = rocksdb_get_pinned(db, options, key, strlen(key), &err);
+  CheckNoError(err);
+  val = rocksdb_pinnableslice_value(p, &val_len);
+  CheckEqual(expected, val, val_len);
+  rocksdb_pinnableslice_destroy(p);
+}
+
+static void CheckPinGetCF(rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_readoptions_t* options,
+                          rocksdb_column_family_handle_t* handle,
+                          const char* key, const char* expected) {
+  char* err = NULL;
+  size_t val_len;
+  const char* val;
+  rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* p;
+  p = rocksdb_get_pinned_cf(db, options, handle, key, strlen(key), &err);
+  CheckNoError(err);
+  val = rocksdb_pinnableslice_value(p, &val_len);
+  CheckEqual(expected, val, val_len);
+  rocksdb_pinnableslice_destroy(p);
+}
 
 static void CheckIter(rocksdb_iterator_t* iter,
                       const char* key, const char* val) {
@@ -789,6 +815,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     }
   }
 
+  StartPhase("pin_get");
+  {
+    CheckPinGet(db, roptions, "box", "c");
+    CheckPinGet(db, roptions, "foo", "hello");
+    CheckPinGet(db, roptions, "notfound", NULL);
+  }
+
   StartPhase("approximate_sizes");
   {
     int i;
@@ -1000,11 +1033,13 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     CheckNoError(err);
 
     CheckGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "foo", "hello");
+    CheckPinGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "foo", "hello");
 
     rocksdb_delete_cf(db, woptions, handles[1], "foo", 3, &err);
     CheckNoError(err);
 
     CheckGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "foo", NULL);
+    CheckPinGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "foo", NULL);
 
     rocksdb_writebatch_t* wb = rocksdb_writebatch_create();
     rocksdb_writebatch_put_cf(wb, handles[1], "baz", 3, "a", 1);
@@ -1017,6 +1052,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
     CheckGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "baz", NULL);
     CheckGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "bar", NULL);
     CheckGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "box", "c");
+    CheckPinGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "baz", NULL);
+    CheckPinGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "bar", NULL);
+    CheckPinGetCF(db, roptions, handles[1], "box", "c");
     rocksdb_writebatch_destroy(wb);
 
     const char* keys[3] = { "box", "box", "barfooxx" };
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/c.h b/include/rocksdb/c.h
index cf8eb9932..975f62c94 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/c.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/c.h
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ typedef struct rocksdb_envoptions_t      rocksdb_envoptions_t;
 typedef struct rocksdb_ingestexternalfileoptions_t rocksdb_ingestexternalfileoptions_t;
 typedef struct rocksdb_sstfilewriter_t   rocksdb_sstfilewriter_t;
 typedef struct rocksdb_ratelimiter_t     rocksdb_ratelimiter_t;
+typedef struct rocksdb_pinnableslice_t rocksdb_pinnableslice_t;
 
 /* DB operations */
 
@@ -1222,6 +1223,17 @@ extern ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API void rocksdb_delete_file_in_range_cf(
 // to free memory that was malloc()ed
 extern ROCKSDB_LIBRARY_API void rocksdb_free(void* ptr);
 
+extern rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* rocksdb_get_pinned(
+    rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_readoptions_t* options, const char* key,
+    size_t keylen, char** errptr);
+extern rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* rocksdb_get_pinned_cf(
+    rocksdb_t* db, const rocksdb_readoptions_t* options,
+    rocksdb_column_family_handle_t* column_family, const char* key,
+    size_t keylen, char** errptr);
+extern void rocksdb_pinnableslice_destroy(rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* v);
+extern const char* rocksdb_pinnableslice_value(const rocksdb_pinnableslice_t* t,
+                                               size_t* vlen);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }  /* end extern "C" */
 #endif