diff --git a/tools/ldb_cmd.cc b/tools/ldb_cmd.cc
index a7ba92b73..26d1cb1d0 100644
--- a/tools/ldb_cmd.cc
+++ b/tools/ldb_cmd.cc
@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ LDBCommand* LDBCommand::SelectCommand(const ParsedParams& parsed_params) {
   } else if (parsed_params.cmd == DeleteCommand::Name()) {
     return new DeleteCommand(parsed_params.cmd_params, parsed_params.option_map,
                              parsed_params.flags);
+  } else if (parsed_params.cmd == SingleDeleteCommand::Name()) {
+    return new SingleDeleteCommand(parsed_params.cmd_params,
+                                   parsed_params.option_map,
+                                   parsed_params.flags);
   } else if (parsed_params.cmd == DeleteRangeCommand::Name()) {
     return new DeleteRangeCommand(parsed_params.cmd_params,
                                   parsed_params.option_map,
@@ -3063,6 +3067,42 @@ void DeleteCommand::DoCommand() {
   }
 }
 
+SingleDeleteCommand::SingleDeleteCommand(
+    const std::vector<std::string>& params,
+    const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
+    const std::vector<std::string>& flags)
+    : LDBCommand(options, flags, false,
+                 BuildCmdLineOptions({ARG_HEX, ARG_KEY_HEX, ARG_VALUE_HEX})) {
+  if (params.size() != 1) {
+    exec_state_ = LDBCommandExecuteResult::Failed(
+        "KEY must be specified for the single delete command");
+  } else {
+    key_ = params.at(0);
+    if (is_key_hex_) {
+      key_ = HexToString(key_);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+void SingleDeleteCommand::Help(std::string& ret) {
+  ret.append("  ");
+  ret.append(SingleDeleteCommand::Name() + " <key>");
+  ret.append("\n");
+}
+
+void SingleDeleteCommand::DoCommand() {
+  if (!db_) {
+    assert(GetExecuteState().IsFailed());
+    return;
+  }
+  Status st = db_->SingleDelete(WriteOptions(), GetCfHandle(), key_);
+  if (st.ok()) {
+    fprintf(stdout, "OK\n");
+  } else {
+    exec_state_ = LDBCommandExecuteResult::Failed(st.ToString());
+  }
+}
+
 DeleteRangeCommand::DeleteRangeCommand(
     const std::vector<std::string>& params,
     const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
diff --git a/tools/ldb_cmd_impl.h b/tools/ldb_cmd_impl.h
index 18af43574..17848f2cd 100644
--- a/tools/ldb_cmd_impl.h
+++ b/tools/ldb_cmd_impl.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CompactorCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   bool null_from_;
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class DBFileDumperCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   bool decode_blob_index_;
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class DBLiveFilesMetadataDumperCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   bool sort_by_filename_;
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class DBDumperCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   /**
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class InternalDumpCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   bool has_from_;
@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ class DBLoaderCommand : public LDBCommand {
                   const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
+
+  void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
 
  private:
   bool disable_wal_;
@@ -183,9 +184,10 @@ class ManifestDumpCommand : public LDBCommand {
                       const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  void DoCommand() override;
+
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 
  private:
   bool verbose_;
@@ -263,9 +265,10 @@ class ListColumnFamiliesCommand : public LDBCommand {
                             const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  void DoCommand() override;
+
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 };
 
 class CreateColumnFamilyCommand : public LDBCommand {
@@ -277,9 +280,10 @@ class CreateColumnFamilyCommand : public LDBCommand {
                             const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
+  void DoCommand() override;
+
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
 
  private:
   std::string new_cf_name_;
@@ -294,9 +298,10 @@ class DropColumnFamilyCommand : public LDBCommand {
                           const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
+  void DoCommand() override;
+
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
 
  private:
   std::string cf_name_to_drop_;
@@ -310,11 +315,11 @@ class ReduceDBLevelsCommand : public LDBCommand {
                         const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                         const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseCFOptions(ColumnFamilyOptions* cf_opts) override;
+  void OverrideBaseCFOptions(ColumnFamilyOptions* cf_opts) override;
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 
   static void Help(std::string& msg);
 
@@ -342,9 +347,9 @@ class ChangeCompactionStyleCommand : public LDBCommand {
       const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
       const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseCFOptions(ColumnFamilyOptions* cf_opts) override;
+  void OverrideBaseCFOptions(ColumnFamilyOptions* cf_opts) override;
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& msg);
 
@@ -364,10 +369,11 @@ class WALDumperCommand : public LDBCommand {
                    const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                    const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   bool print_header_;
@@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ class GetCommand : public LDBCommand {
              const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
              const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -405,7 +411,7 @@ class ApproxSizeCommand : public LDBCommand {
                     const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                     const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -422,11 +428,11 @@ class BatchPutCommand : public LDBCommand {
                   const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                   const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
+  void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
 
  private:
   /**
@@ -443,7 +449,7 @@ class ScanCommand : public LDBCommand {
               const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
               const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -464,7 +470,23 @@ class DeleteCommand : public LDBCommand {
                 const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                 const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
+
+  static void Help(std::string& ret);
+
+ private:
+  std::string key_;
+};
+
+class SingleDeleteCommand : public LDBCommand {
+ public:
+  static std::string Name() { return "singledelete"; }
+
+  SingleDeleteCommand(const std::vector<std::string>& params,
+                      const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
+                      const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
+
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -480,7 +502,7 @@ class DeleteRangeCommand : public LDBCommand {
                      const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                      const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -497,11 +519,11 @@ class PutCommand : public LDBCommand {
              const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
              const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
+  void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
 
  private:
   std::string key_;
@@ -522,7 +544,7 @@ class DBQuerierCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
  private:
   static const char* HELP_CMD;
@@ -539,9 +561,9 @@ class CheckConsistencyCommand : public LDBCommand {
                           const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                           const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 };
@@ -554,7 +576,7 @@ class CheckPointCommand : public LDBCommand {
                 const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                 const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -571,11 +593,11 @@ class RepairCommand : public LDBCommand {
                 const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                 const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
+  void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -615,7 +637,7 @@ class BackupCommand : public BackupEngineCommand {
   BackupCommand(const std::vector<std::string>& params,
                 const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                 const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 };
 
@@ -625,8 +647,8 @@ class RestoreCommand : public BackupEngineCommand {
   RestoreCommand(const std::vector<std::string>& params,
                  const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
                  const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  void DoCommand() override;
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 };
 
@@ -638,11 +660,11 @@ class WriteExternalSstFilesCommand : public LDBCommand {
       const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
       const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
+  void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -658,11 +680,11 @@ class IngestExternalSstFilesCommand : public LDBCommand {
       const std::map<std::string, std::string>& options,
       const std::vector<std::string>& flags);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return false; }
 
-  virtual void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
+  void OverrideBaseOptions() override;
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
@@ -710,9 +732,9 @@ class UnsafeRemoveSstFileCommand : public LDBCommand {
 
   static void Help(std::string& ret);
 
-  virtual void DoCommand() override;
+  void DoCommand() override;
 
-  virtual bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
+  bool NoDBOpen() override { return true; }
 
  private:
   uint64_t sst_file_number_;