diff --git a/db/db_bench.cc b/db/db_bench.cc
index fcc930e67..79572e875 100644
--- a/db/db_bench.cc
+++ b/db/db_bench.cc
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ DEFINE_string(merge_operator, "", "The merge operator to use with the database."
 DEFINE_int32(skip_list_lookahead, 0, "Used with skip_list memtablerep; try "
              "linear search first for this many steps from the previous "
              "position");
+DEFINE_bool(report_file_operations, false, "if report number of file "
+            "operations");
 
 static const bool FLAGS_soft_rate_limit_dummy __attribute__((unused)) =
     RegisterFlagValidator(&FLAGS_soft_rate_limit, &ValidateRateLimit);
@@ -606,6 +608,131 @@ static const bool FLAGS_table_cache_numshardbits_dummy __attribute__((unused)) =
 
 namespace rocksdb {
 
+namespace {
+struct ReportFileOpCounters {
+  std::atomic<int> open_counter_;
+  std::atomic<int> read_counter_;
+  std::atomic<int> append_counter_;
+  std::atomic<uint64_t> bytes_read_;
+  std::atomic<uint64_t> bytes_written_;
+};
+
+// A special Env to records and report file operations in db_bench
+class ReportFileOpEnv : public EnvWrapper {
+ public:
+  explicit ReportFileOpEnv(Env* base) : EnvWrapper(base) { reset(); }
+
+  void reset() {
+    counters_.open_counter_ = 0;
+    counters_.read_counter_ = 0;
+    counters_.append_counter_ = 0;
+    counters_.bytes_read_ = 0;
+    counters_.bytes_written_ = 0;
+  }
+
+  Status NewSequentialFile(const std::string& f, unique_ptr<SequentialFile>* r,
+                           const EnvOptions& soptions) {
+    class CountingFile : public SequentialFile {
+     private:
+      unique_ptr<SequentialFile> target_;
+      ReportFileOpCounters* counters_;
+
+     public:
+      CountingFile(unique_ptr<SequentialFile>&& target,
+                   ReportFileOpCounters* counters)
+          : target_(std::move(target)), counters_(counters) {}
+
+      virtual Status Read(size_t n, Slice* result, char* scratch) {
+        counters_->read_counter_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        Status rv = target_->Read(n, result, scratch);
+        counters_->bytes_read_.fetch_add(result->size(),
+                                         std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        return rv;
+      }
+
+      virtual Status Skip(uint64_t n) { return target_->Skip(n); }
+    };
+
+    Status s = target()->NewSequentialFile(f, r, soptions);
+    if (s.ok()) {
+      counters()->open_counter_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+      r->reset(new CountingFile(std::move(*r), counters()));
+    }
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  Status NewRandomAccessFile(const std::string& f,
+                             unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile>* r,
+                             const EnvOptions& soptions) {
+    class CountingFile : public RandomAccessFile {
+     private:
+      unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile> target_;
+      ReportFileOpCounters* counters_;
+
+     public:
+      CountingFile(unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile>&& target,
+                   ReportFileOpCounters* counters)
+          : target_(std::move(target)), counters_(counters) {}
+      virtual Status Read(uint64_t offset, size_t n, Slice* result,
+                          char* scratch) const {
+        counters_->read_counter_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        Status rv = target_->Read(offset, n, result, scratch);
+        counters_->bytes_read_.fetch_add(result->size(),
+                                         std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        return rv;
+      }
+    };
+
+    Status s = target()->NewRandomAccessFile(f, r, soptions);
+    if (s.ok()) {
+      counters()->open_counter_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+      r->reset(new CountingFile(std::move(*r), counters()));
+    }
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  Status NewWritableFile(const std::string& f, unique_ptr<WritableFile>* r,
+                         const EnvOptions& soptions) {
+    class CountingFile : public WritableFile {
+     private:
+      unique_ptr<WritableFile> target_;
+      ReportFileOpCounters* counters_;
+
+     public:
+      CountingFile(unique_ptr<WritableFile>&& target,
+                   ReportFileOpCounters* counters)
+          : target_(std::move(target)), counters_(counters) {}
+
+      Status Append(const Slice& data) {
+        counters_->append_counter_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        Status rv = target_->Append(data);
+        counters_->bytes_written_.fetch_add(data.size(),
+                                            std::memory_order_relaxed);
+        return rv;
+      }
+
+      Status Close() { return target_->Close(); }
+      Status Flush() { return target_->Flush(); }
+      Status Sync() { return target_->Sync(); }
+    };
+
+    Status s = target()->NewWritableFile(f, r, soptions);
+    if (s.ok()) {
+      counters()->open_counter_.fetch_add(1, std::memory_order_relaxed);
+      r->reset(new CountingFile(std::move(*r), counters()));
+    }
+    return s;
+  }
+
+  // getter
+  ReportFileOpCounters* counters() { return &counters_; }
+
+ private:
+  ReportFileOpCounters counters_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace
+
 // Helper for quickly generating random data.
 class RandomGenerator {
  private:
@@ -810,6 +937,21 @@ class Stats {
     if (FLAGS_histogram) {
       fprintf(stdout, "Microseconds per op:\n%s\n", hist_.ToString().c_str());
     }
+    if (FLAGS_report_file_operations) {
+      ReportFileOpEnv* env = static_cast<ReportFileOpEnv*>(FLAGS_env);
+      ReportFileOpCounters* counters = env->counters();
+      fprintf(stdout, "Num files opened: %d\n",
+              counters->open_counter_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
+      fprintf(stdout, "Num Read(): %d\n",
+              counters->read_counter_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
+      fprintf(stdout, "Num Append(): %d\n",
+              counters->append_counter_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
+      fprintf(stdout, "Num bytes read: %" PRIu64 "\n",
+              counters->bytes_read_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
+      fprintf(stdout, "Num bytes written: %" PRIu64 "\n",
+              counters->bytes_written_.load(std::memory_order_relaxed));
+      env->reset();
+    }
     fflush(stdout);
   }
 };
@@ -899,6 +1041,7 @@ class Benchmark {
   int64_t writes_;
   int64_t readwrites_;
   int64_t merge_keys_;
+  bool report_file_operations_;
 
   bool SanityCheck() {
     if (FLAGS_compression_ratio > 1) {
@@ -1118,7 +1261,18 @@ class Benchmark {
     readwrites_((FLAGS_writes < 0  && FLAGS_reads < 0)? FLAGS_num :
                 ((FLAGS_writes > FLAGS_reads) ? FLAGS_writes : FLAGS_reads)
                ),
-    merge_keys_(FLAGS_merge_keys < 0 ? FLAGS_num : FLAGS_merge_keys) {
+    merge_keys_(FLAGS_merge_keys < 0 ? FLAGS_num : FLAGS_merge_keys),
+    report_file_operations_(FLAGS_report_file_operations) {
+    if (report_file_operations_) {
+      if (!FLAGS_hdfs.empty()) {
+        fprintf(stderr,
+                "--hdfs and --report_file_operations cannot be enabled "
+                "at the same time");
+        exit(1);
+      }
+      FLAGS_env = new ReportFileOpEnv(rocksdb::Env::Default());
+    }
+
     if (FLAGS_prefix_size > FLAGS_key_size) {
       fprintf(stderr, "prefix size is larger than key size");
       exit(1);