diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a500e5b60..d84eb4fa0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -165,7 +165,8 @@ TESTS = \
 	wal_manager_test \
 	listener_test \
 	compaction_job_test \
-	thread_list_test
+	thread_list_test \
+	sst_dump_test
 
 SUBSET :=  $(shell echo $(TESTS) |sed s/^.*$(ROCKSDBTESTS_START)/$(ROCKSDBTESTS_START)/)
 
@@ -539,6 +540,9 @@ compactor_test: utilities/compaction/compactor_test.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNES
 options_test: util/options_test.o util/options_helper.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS)
 	$(CXX) util/options_test.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS) $(EXEC_LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $(COVERAGEFLAGS)
 
+sst_dump_test: util/sst_dump_test.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS)
+	$(CXX) util/sst_dump_test.o $(LIBOBJECTS) $(TESTHARNESS) $(EXEC_LDFLAGS) -o $@  $(LDFLAGS) $(COVERAGEFLAGS)
+
 $(MEMENVLIBRARY) : $(MEMENVOBJECTS)
 	rm -f $@
 	$(AR) -rs $@ $(MEMENVOBJECTS)
diff --git a/include/rocksdb/sst_dump_tool.h b/include/rocksdb/sst_dump_tool.h
index e3ee2a9c8..39bfb519b 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/sst_dump_tool.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/sst_dump_tool.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace rocksdb {
 
 class SSTDumpTool {
  public:
-  void Run(int argc, char** argv);
+  int Run(int argc, char** argv);
 };
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/table/block_based_filter_block.cc b/table/block_based_filter_block.cc
index 647fc020c..7037d85bc 100644
--- a/table/block_based_filter_block.cc
+++ b/table/block_based_filter_block.cc
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 // found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.
 
+#include <algorithm>
 #include "table/block_based_filter_block.h"
 
 #include "db/dbformat.h"
@@ -29,6 +30,38 @@ bool SamePrefix(const SliceTransform* prefix_extractor,
             prefix_extractor->Transform(key2));
   }
 }
+
+void AppendItem(std::string* props, const std::string& key,
+                const std::string& value) {
+  char cspace = ' ';
+  std::string value_str("");
+  size_t i = 0;
+  const size_t dataLength = 64;
+  const size_t tabLength = 2;
+  const size_t offLength = 16;
+
+  value_str.append(&value[i], std::min(size_t(dataLength), value.size()));
+  i += dataLength;
+  while (i < value.size()) {
+    value_str.append("\n");
+    value_str.append(offLength, cspace);
+    value_str.append(&value[i], std::min(size_t(dataLength), value.size() - i));
+    i += dataLength;
+  }
+
+  std::string result("");
+  if (key.size() < (offLength - tabLength))
+    result.append(size_t((offLength - tabLength)) - key.size(), cspace);
+  result.append(key);
+
+  props->append(result + ": " + value_str + "\n");
+}
+
+template <class TKey>
+void AppendItem(std::string* props, const TKey& key, const std::string& value) {
+  std::string key_str = std::to_string(key);
+  AppendItem(props, key_str, value);
+}
 }  // namespace
 
 
@@ -196,4 +229,25 @@ bool BlockBasedFilterBlockReader::MayMatch(const Slice& entry,
 size_t BlockBasedFilterBlockReader::ApproximateMemoryUsage() const {
   return num_ * 4 + 5 + (offset_ - data_);
 }
+
+std::string BlockBasedFilterBlockReader::ToString() const {
+  std::string result, filter_meta;
+  result.reserve(1024);
+
+  std::string s_bo("Block offset"), s_hd("Hex dump"), s_fb("# filter blocks");
+  AppendItem(&result, s_fb, std::to_string(num_));
+  AppendItem(&result, s_bo, s_hd);
+
+  for (size_t index = 0; index < num_; index++) {
+    uint32_t start = DecodeFixed32(offset_ + index * 4);
+    uint32_t limit = DecodeFixed32(offset_ + index * 4 + 4);
+
+    if (start != limit) {
+      result.append(" filter block # " + std::to_string(index + 1) + "\n");
+      Slice filter = Slice(data_ + start, limit - start);
+      AppendItem(&result, start, filter.ToString(true));
+    }
+  }
+  return result;
 }
+}  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/table/block_based_filter_block.h b/table/block_based_filter_block.h
index 9621425e3..cf8c1b47c 100644
--- a/table/block_based_filter_block.h
+++ b/table/block_based_filter_block.h
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ class BlockBasedFilterBlockReader : public FilterBlockReader {
                               uint64_t block_offset = kNotValid) override;
   virtual size_t ApproximateMemoryUsage() const override;
 
+  // convert this object to a human readable form
+  std::string ToString() const override;
+
  private:
   const FilterPolicy* policy_;
   const SliceTransform* prefix_extractor_;
diff --git a/table/block_based_table_reader.cc b/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
index d60ba3d21..1e4da1e1f 100644
--- a/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
+++ b/table/block_based_table_reader.cc
@@ -1312,4 +1312,217 @@ bool BlockBasedTable::TEST_index_reader_preloaded() const {
   return rep_->index_reader != nullptr;
 }
 
+Status BlockBasedTable::DumpTable(WritableFile* out_file) {
+  // Output Footer
+  out_file->Append(
+      "Footer Details:\n"
+      "--------------------------------------\n"
+      "  ");
+  out_file->Append(rep_->footer.ToString().c_str());
+  out_file->Append("\n");
+
+  // Output MetaIndex
+  out_file->Append(
+      "Metaindex Details:\n"
+      "--------------------------------------\n");
+  std::unique_ptr<Block> meta;
+  std::unique_ptr<Iterator> meta_iter;
+  Status s = ReadMetaBlock(rep_, &meta, &meta_iter);
+  if (s.ok()) {
+    for (meta_iter->SeekToFirst(); meta_iter->Valid(); meta_iter->Next()) {
+      s = meta_iter->status();
+      if (!s.ok()) {
+        return s;
+      }
+      if (meta_iter->key() == rocksdb::kPropertiesBlock) {
+        out_file->Append("  Properties block handle: ");
+        out_file->Append(meta_iter->value().ToString(true).c_str());
+        out_file->Append("\n");
+      } else if (strstr(meta_iter->key().ToString().c_str(),
+                        "filter.rocksdb.") != nullptr) {
+        out_file->Append("  Filter block handle: ");
+        out_file->Append(meta_iter->value().ToString(true).c_str());
+        out_file->Append("\n");
+      }
+    }
+    out_file->Append("\n");
+  } else {
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  // Output TableProperties
+  const rocksdb::TableProperties* table_properties;
+  table_properties = rep_->table_properties.get();
+
+  if (table_properties != nullptr) {
+    out_file->Append(
+        "Table Properties:\n"
+        "--------------------------------------\n"
+        "  ");
+    out_file->Append(table_properties->ToString("\n  ", ": ").c_str());
+    out_file->Append("\n");
+  }
+
+  // Output Filter blocks
+  if (!rep_->filter && !table_properties->filter_policy_name.empty()) {
+    // Support only BloomFilter as off now
+    rocksdb::BlockBasedTableOptions table_options;
+    table_options.filter_policy.reset(rocksdb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(1));
+    if (table_properties->filter_policy_name.compare(
+            table_options.filter_policy->Name()) == 0) {
+      std::string filter_block_key = kFilterBlockPrefix;
+      filter_block_key.append(table_properties->filter_policy_name);
+      BlockHandle handle;
+      if (FindMetaBlock(meta_iter.get(), filter_block_key, &handle).ok()) {
+        BlockContents block;
+        if (ReadBlockContents(rep_->file.get(), rep_->footer, ReadOptions(),
+                              handle, &block, rep_->ioptions.env, false).ok()) {
+          rep_->filter.reset(
+              new BlockBasedFilterBlockReader(rep_->ioptions.prefix_extractor,
+                                              table_options, std::move(block)));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (rep_->filter) {
+    out_file->Append(
+        "Filter Details:\n"
+        "--------------------------------------\n"
+        "  ");
+    out_file->Append(rep_->filter->ToString().c_str());
+    out_file->Append("\n");
+  }
+
+  // Output Index block
+  s = DumpIndexBlock(out_file);
+  if (!s.ok()) {
+    return s;
+  }
+  // Output Data blocks
+  s = DumpDataBlocks(out_file);
+
+  return s;
+}
+
+Status BlockBasedTable::DumpIndexBlock(WritableFile* out_file) {
+  out_file->Append(
+      "Index Details:\n"
+      "--------------------------------------\n");
+
+  std::unique_ptr<Iterator> blockhandles_iter(NewIndexIterator(ReadOptions()));
+  Status s = blockhandles_iter->status();
+  if (!s.ok()) {
+    out_file->Append("Can not read Index Block \n\n");
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  out_file->Append("  Block key hex dump: Data block handle\n");
+  out_file->Append("  Block key ascii\n\n");
+  for (blockhandles_iter->SeekToFirst(); blockhandles_iter->Valid();
+       blockhandles_iter->Next()) {
+    s = blockhandles_iter->status();
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+      break;
+    }
+    Slice key = blockhandles_iter->key();
+    InternalKey ikey;
+    ikey.DecodeFrom(key);
+
+    out_file->Append("  HEX    ");
+    out_file->Append(ikey.user_key().ToString(true).c_str());
+    out_file->Append(": ");
+    out_file->Append(blockhandles_iter->value().ToString(true).c_str());
+    out_file->Append("\n");
+
+    std::string str_key = ikey.user_key().ToString();
+    std::string res_key("");
+    char cspace = ' ';
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < str_key.size(); i++) {
+      res_key.append(&str_key[i], 1);
+      res_key.append(1, cspace);
+    }
+    out_file->Append("  ASCII  ");
+    out_file->Append(res_key.c_str());
+    out_file->Append("\n  ------\n");
+  }
+  out_file->Append("\n");
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
+Status BlockBasedTable::DumpDataBlocks(WritableFile* out_file) {
+  std::unique_ptr<Iterator> blockhandles_iter(NewIndexIterator(ReadOptions()));
+  Status s = blockhandles_iter->status();
+  if (!s.ok()) {
+    out_file->Append("Can not read Index Block \n\n");
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  size_t block_id = 1;
+  for (blockhandles_iter->SeekToFirst(); blockhandles_iter->Valid();
+       block_id++, blockhandles_iter->Next()) {
+    s = blockhandles_iter->status();
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+      break;
+    }
+
+    out_file->Append("Data Block # ");
+    out_file->Append(std::to_string(block_id));
+    out_file->Append(" @ ");
+    out_file->Append(blockhandles_iter->value().ToString(true).c_str());
+    out_file->Append("\n");
+    out_file->Append("--------------------------------------\n");
+
+    std::unique_ptr<Iterator> datablock_iter;
+    datablock_iter.reset(
+        NewDataBlockIterator(rep_, ReadOptions(), blockhandles_iter->value()));
+    s = datablock_iter->status();
+
+    if (!s.ok()) {
+      out_file->Append("Error reading the block - Skipped \n\n");
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    for (datablock_iter->SeekToFirst(); datablock_iter->Valid();
+         datablock_iter->Next()) {
+      s = datablock_iter->status();
+      if (!s.ok()) {
+        out_file->Append("Error reading the block - Skipped \n");
+        break;
+      }
+      Slice key = datablock_iter->key();
+      Slice value = datablock_iter->value();
+      InternalKey ikey, iValue;
+      ikey.DecodeFrom(key);
+      iValue.DecodeFrom(value);
+
+      out_file->Append("  HEX    ");
+      out_file->Append(ikey.user_key().ToString(true).c_str());
+      out_file->Append(": ");
+      out_file->Append(iValue.user_key().ToString(true).c_str());
+      out_file->Append("\n");
+
+      std::string str_key = ikey.user_key().ToString();
+      std::string str_value = iValue.user_key().ToString();
+      std::string res_key(""), res_value("");
+      char cspace = ' ';
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < str_key.size(); i++) {
+        res_key.append(&str_key[i], 1);
+        res_key.append(1, cspace);
+      }
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < str_value.size(); i++) {
+        res_value.append(&str_value[i], 1);
+        res_value.append(1, cspace);
+      }
+
+      out_file->Append("  ASCII  ");
+      out_file->Append(res_key.c_str());
+      out_file->Append(": ");
+      out_file->Append(res_value.c_str());
+      out_file->Append("\n  ------\n");
+    }
+    out_file->Append("\n");
+  }
+  return Status::OK();
+}
+
 }  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/table/block_based_table_reader.h b/table/block_based_table_reader.h
index 0b89edd3f..ae849ad6c 100644
--- a/table/block_based_table_reader.h
+++ b/table/block_based_table_reader.h
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ class BlockBasedTable : public TableReader {
 
   size_t ApproximateMemoryUsage() const override;
 
+  // convert SST file to a human readable form
+  Status DumpTable(WritableFile* out_file) override;
+
   ~BlockBasedTable();
 
   bool TEST_filter_block_preloaded() const;
@@ -204,6 +207,10 @@ class BlockBasedTable : public TableReader {
   // For Posix files the unique ID is three varints.
   static const size_t kMaxCacheKeyPrefixSize = kMaxVarint64Length*3+1;
 
+  // Helper functions for DumpTable()
+  Status DumpIndexBlock(WritableFile* out_file);
+  Status DumpDataBlocks(WritableFile* out_file);
+
   // No copying allowed
   explicit BlockBasedTable(const TableReader&) = delete;
   void operator=(const TableReader&) = delete;
diff --git a/table/filter_block.h b/table/filter_block.h
index 197676827..855a23169 100644
--- a/table/filter_block.h
+++ b/table/filter_block.h
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ class FilterBlockReader {
                               uint64_t block_offset = kNotValid) = 0;
   virtual size_t ApproximateMemoryUsage() const = 0;
 
+  // convert this object to a human readable form
+  virtual std::string ToString() const {
+    std::string error_msg("Unsupported filter \n");
+    return error_msg;
+  }
+
  private:
   // No copying allowed
   FilterBlockReader(const FilterBlockReader&);
diff --git a/table/format.cc b/table/format.cc
index 90d7ac8dc..227090bb2 100644
--- a/table/format.cc
+++ b/table/format.cc
@@ -51,6 +51,25 @@ Status BlockHandle::DecodeFrom(Slice* input) {
     return Status::Corruption("bad block handle");
   }
 }
+
+// Return a string that contains the copy of handle.
+std::string BlockHandle::ToString(bool hex) const {
+  std::string handle_str;
+  EncodeTo(&handle_str);
+  if (hex) {
+    std::string result;
+    char buf[10];
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < handle_str.size(); i++) {
+      snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%02X",
+               static_cast<unsigned char>(handle_str[i]));
+      result += buf;
+    }
+    return result;
+  } else {
+    return handle_str;
+  }
+}
+
 const BlockHandle BlockHandle::kNullBlockHandle(0, 0);
 
 // legacy footer format:
@@ -179,6 +198,27 @@ Status Footer::DecodeFrom(Slice* input) {
   return result;
 }
 
+std::string Footer::ToString() const {
+  std::string result, handle_;
+  result.reserve(1024);
+
+  bool legacy = IsLegacyFooterFormat(table_magic_number_);
+  if (legacy) {
+    result.append("metaindex handle: " + metaindex_handle_.ToString() + "\n  ");
+    result.append("index handle: " + index_handle_.ToString() + "\n  ");
+    result.append("table_magic_number: " + std::to_string(table_magic_number_) +
+                  "\n  ");
+  } else {
+    result.append("checksum: " + std::to_string(checksum_) + "\n  ");
+    result.append("metaindex handle: " + metaindex_handle_.ToString() + "\n  ");
+    result.append("index handle: " + index_handle_.ToString() + "\n  ");
+    result.append("footer version: " + std::to_string(version_) + "\n  ");
+    result.append("table_magic_number: " + std::to_string(table_magic_number_) +
+                  "\n  ");
+  }
+  return result;
+}
+
 Status ReadFooterFromFile(RandomAccessFile* file,
                           uint64_t file_size,
                           Footer* footer) {
diff --git a/table/format.h b/table/format.h
index 1df32bcf1..e8586c986 100644
--- a/table/format.h
+++ b/table/format.h
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ class BlockHandle {
   void EncodeTo(std::string* dst) const;
   Status DecodeFrom(Slice* input);
 
+  // Return a string that contains the copy of handle.
+  std::string ToString(bool hex = true) const;
+
   // if the block handle's offset and size are both "0", we will view it
   // as a null block handle that points to no where.
   bool IsNull() const {
@@ -129,6 +132,9 @@ class Footer {
 
   static const uint64_t kInvalidTableMagicNumber = 0;
 
+  // convert this object to a human readable form
+  std::string ToString() const;
+
  private:
   // REQUIRES: magic number wasn't initialized.
   void set_table_magic_number(uint64_t magic_number) {
diff --git a/table/table_reader.h b/table/table_reader.h
index 2f6360ad1..d3801442e 100644
--- a/table/table_reader.h
+++ b/table/table_reader.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ class TableReader {
   // key is the key to search for
   virtual Status Get(const ReadOptions& readOptions, const Slice& key,
                      GetContext* get_context) = 0;
+
+  // convert db file to a human readable form
+  virtual Status DumpTable(WritableFile* out_file) {
+    return Status::NotSupported("DumpTable() not supported");
+  }
 };
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb
diff --git a/util/sst_dump_test.cc b/util/sst_dump_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6b980ddb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/sst_dump_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+//  Copyright (c) 2013, Facebook, Inc.  All rights reserved.
+//  This source code is licensed under the BSD-style license found in the
+//  LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree. An additional grant
+//  of patent rights can be found in the PATENTS file in the same directory.
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 The LevelDB Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file. See the AUTHORS file for names of contributors.
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "rocksdb/sst_dump_tool.h"
+
+#include "rocksdb/filter_policy.h"
+#include "table/block_based_table_factory.h"
+#include "table/table_builder.h"
+#include "util/testharness.h"
+#include "util/testutil.h"
+
+namespace rocksdb {
+
+const uint32_t optLength = 100;
+
+namespace {
+static std::string MakeKey(int i) {
+  char buf[100];
+  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "k_%04d", i);
+  InternalKey key(std::string(buf), 0, ValueType::kTypeValue);
+  return key.Encode().ToString();
+}
+
+static std::string MakeValue(int i) {
+  char buf[100];
+  snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "v_%04d", i);
+  InternalKey key(std::string(buf), 0, ValueType::kTypeValue);
+  return key.Encode().ToString();
+}
+
+void createSST(const std::string& file_name,
+               const BlockBasedTableOptions& table_options) {
+  std::shared_ptr<rocksdb::TableFactory> tf;
+  tf.reset(new rocksdb::BlockBasedTableFactory(table_options));
+
+  unique_ptr<WritableFile> file;
+  Env* env = Env::Default();
+  EnvOptions env_options;
+  ReadOptions read_options;
+  Options opts;
+  const ImmutableCFOptions imoptions(opts);
+  rocksdb::InternalKeyComparator ikc(opts.comparator);
+  TableBuilder* tb = nullptr;
+
+  env->NewWritableFile(file_name, &file, env_options);
+  opts.table_factory = tf;
+  tb = opts.table_factory->NewTableBuilder(imoptions, ikc, file.get(),
+                                           CompressionType::kNoCompression,
+                                           CompressionOptions());
+
+  // Populate slightly more than 1K keys
+  uint32_t num_keys = 1024;
+  for (uint32_t i = 0; i < num_keys; i++) {
+    tb->Add(MakeKey(i), MakeValue(i));
+  }
+  tb->Finish();
+  file->Close();
+}
+
+void cleanup(const std::string& file_name) {
+  Env* env = Env::Default();
+  env->DeleteFile(file_name);
+  std::string outfile_name = file_name.substr(0, file_name.length() - 4);
+  outfile_name.append("_dump.txt");
+  env->DeleteFile(outfile_name);
+}
+}  // namespace
+
+// Test for sst dump tool "raw" mode
+class SSTDumpToolTest {
+ public:
+  BlockBasedTableOptions table_options_;
+
+  SSTDumpToolTest() {}
+
+  ~SSTDumpToolTest() {}
+};
+
+TEST(SSTDumpToolTest, EmptyFilter) {
+  std::string file_name = "rocksdb_sst_test.sst";
+  createSST(file_name, table_options_);
+
+  char* usage[3];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    usage[i] = new char[optLength];
+  }
+  snprintf(usage[0], optLength, "./sst_dump");
+  snprintf(usage[1], optLength, "--command=raw");
+  snprintf(usage[2], optLength, "--file=rocksdb_sst_test.sst");
+
+  rocksdb::SSTDumpTool tool;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(!tool.Run(3, usage));
+
+  cleanup(file_name);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    delete[] usage[i];
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(SSTDumpToolTest, FilterBlock) {
+  table_options_.filter_policy.reset(rocksdb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(10, true));
+  std::string file_name = "rocksdb_sst_test.sst";
+  createSST(file_name, table_options_);
+
+  char* usage[3];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    usage[i] = new char[optLength];
+  }
+  snprintf(usage[0], optLength, "./sst_dump");
+  snprintf(usage[1], optLength, "--command=raw");
+  snprintf(usage[2], optLength, "--file=rocksdb_sst_test.sst");
+
+  rocksdb::SSTDumpTool tool;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(!tool.Run(3, usage));
+
+  cleanup(file_name);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    delete[] usage[i];
+  }
+}
+
+TEST(SSTDumpToolTest, FullFilterBlock) {
+  table_options_.filter_policy.reset(rocksdb::NewBloomFilterPolicy(10, false));
+  std::string file_name = "rocksdb_sst_test.sst";
+  createSST(file_name, table_options_);
+
+  char* usage[3];
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    usage[i] = new char[optLength];
+  }
+  snprintf(usage[0], optLength, "./sst_dump");
+  snprintf(usage[1], optLength, "--command=raw");
+  snprintf(usage[2], optLength, "--file=rocksdb_sst_test.sst");
+
+  rocksdb::SSTDumpTool tool;
+  ASSERT_TRUE(!tool.Run(3, usage));
+
+  cleanup(file_name);
+  for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    delete[] usage[i];
+  }
+}
+}  // namespace rocksdb
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) { return rocksdb::test::RunAllTests(); }
diff --git a/util/sst_dump_tool.cc b/util/sst_dump_tool.cc
index d0bef3e36..1d0270c72 100644
--- a/util/sst_dump_tool.cc
+++ b/util/sst_dump_tool.cc
@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@ Status SstFileReader::NewTableReader(const std::string& file_path) {
   return s;
 }
 
+Status SstFileReader::DumpTable(const std::string& out_filename) {
+  unique_ptr<WritableFile> out_file;
+  Env* env = Env::Default();
+  env->NewWritableFile(out_filename, &out_file, soptions_);
+  Status s = table_reader_->DumpTable(out_file.get());
+  out_file->Close();
+  return s;
+}
+
 Status SstFileReader::ReadTableProperties(uint64_t table_magic_number,
                                           RandomAccessFile* file,
                                           uint64_t file_size) {
@@ -206,7 +215,7 @@ namespace {
 
 void print_help() {
   fprintf(stderr,
-          "sst_dump [--command=check|scan|none] [--verify_checksum] "
+          "sst_dump [--command=check|scan|none|raw] [--verify_checksum] "
           "--file=data_dir_OR_sst_file"
           " [--output_hex]"
           " [--input_key_hex]"
@@ -235,7 +244,7 @@ string HexToString(const string& str) {
 
 }  // namespace
 
-void SSTDumpTool::Run(int argc, char** argv) {
+int SSTDumpTool::Run(int argc, char** argv) {
   const char* dir_or_file = nullptr;
   uint64_t read_num = -1;
   std::string command;
@@ -318,8 +327,29 @@ void SSTDumpTool::Run(int argc, char** argv) {
     if (dir) {
       filename = std::string(dir_or_file) + "/" + filename;
     }
+
     rocksdb::SstFileReader reader(filename, verify_checksum,
                                   output_hex);
+    if (!reader.getStatus().ok()) {
+      fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", filename.c_str(),
+              reader.getStatus().ToString().c_str());
+      exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (command == "raw") {
+      std::string out_filename = filename.substr(0, filename.length() - 4);
+      out_filename.append("_dump.txt");
+
+      st = reader.DumpTable(out_filename);
+      if (!st.ok()) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", filename.c_str(), st.ToString().c_str());
+        exit(1);
+      } else {
+        fprintf(stdout, "raw dump written to file %s\n", &out_filename[0]);
+      }
+      continue;
+    }
+
     // scan all files in give file path.
     if (command == "" || command == "scan" || command == "check") {
       st = reader.ReadSequential(command != "check",
@@ -360,6 +390,7 @@ void SSTDumpTool::Run(int argc, char** argv) {
       }
     }
   }
+  return 0;
 }
 }  // namespace rocksdb
 
diff --git a/util/sst_dump_tool_imp.h b/util/sst_dump_tool_imp.h
index 833f62a42..7e975a534 100644
--- a/util/sst_dump_tool_imp.h
+++ b/util/sst_dump_tool_imp.h
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ class SstFileReader {
   uint64_t GetReadNumber() { return read_num_; }
   TableProperties* GetInitTableProperties() { return table_properties_.get(); }
 
+  Status DumpTable(const std::string& out_filename);
+  Status getStatus() { return init_result_; }
+
  private:
   Status NewTableReader(const std::string& file_path);
   Status ReadTableProperties(uint64_t table_magic_number,