diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
index 1ecb6c4..dd2a061 100644
--- a/src/db.rs
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -677,28 +677,37 @@ impl DB {
 
     /// Open the database with the specified options.
     pub fn open<P: AsRef<Path>>(opts: &Options, path: P) -> Result<DB, Error> {
-        DB::open_cf(opts, path, &[])
+        DB::open_cf(opts, path, None::<&str>)
     }
 
     /// Open a database with the given database options and column family names.
     ///
     /// Column families opened using this function will be created with default `Options`.
-    pub fn open_cf<P: AsRef<Path>>(opts: &Options, path: P, cfs: &[&str]) -> Result<DB, Error> {
-        let cfs_v = cfs
-            .to_vec()
-            .iter()
-            .map(|name| ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new(*name, Options::default()))
-            .collect();
+    pub fn open_cf<P, I, N>(opts: &Options, path: P, cfs: I) -> Result<DB, Error> 
+        where P: AsRef<Path>,
+              I: IntoIterator<Item = N>,
+              N: AsRef<str> {
+
+        let cfs = cfs
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|name| ColumnFamilyDescriptor::new(name.as_ref(), Options::default()));
 
-        DB::open_cf_descriptors(opts, path, cfs_v)
+        DB::open_cf_descriptors(opts, path, cfs)
     }
 
-    /// Open a database with the given database options and column family names/options.
-    pub fn open_cf_descriptors<P: AsRef<Path>>(
+    /// Open a database with the given database options and column family descriptors.
+    pub fn open_cf_descriptors<P, I>(
         opts: &Options,
         path: P,
-        cfs: Vec<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>,
-    ) -> Result<DB, Error> {
+        cfs: I,
+    ) -> Result<DB, Error> 
+        where P: AsRef<Path>,
+              I: IntoIterator<Item = ColumnFamilyDescriptor> {
+
+        let cfs: Vec<_> = cfs
+            .into_iter()
+            .collect();
+
         let path = path.as_ref();
         let cpath = match CString::new(path.to_string_lossy().as_bytes()) {
             Ok(c) => c,
diff --git a/src/db_options.rs b/src/db_options.rs
index 925eb5a..0454d41 100644
--- a/src/db_options.rs
+++ b/src/db_options.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use merge_operator::{
 use slice_transform::SliceTransform;
 use {
     BlockBasedIndexType, BlockBasedOptions, DBCompactionStyle, DBCompressionType, DBRecoveryMode,
-    MemtableFactory, Options, WriteOptions,
+    MemtableFactory, Options, PlainTableFactoryOptions, WriteOptions,
 };
 
 pub fn new_cache(capacity: size_t) -> *mut ffi::rocksdb_cache_t {
@@ -982,6 +982,33 @@ impl Options {
         }
     }
 
+    /// See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/PlainTable-Format.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use rocksdb::{Options, PlainTableFactoryOptions};
+    ///
+    /// let mut opts = Options::default();
+    /// let factory_opts = PlainTableFactoryOptions {
+    ///   user_key_length: 0,
+    ///   bloom_bits_per_key: 20,
+    ///   hash_table_ratio: 0.75,
+    ///   index_sparseness: 16,
+    /// };
+    ///
+    /// opts.set_plain_table_factory(&factory_opts);
+    /// ```
+    pub fn set_plain_table_factory(&mut self, options: &PlainTableFactoryOptions) {
+        unsafe {
+            ffi::rocksdb_options_set_plain_table_factory(
+                self.inner,
+                options.user_key_length,
+                options.bloom_bits_per_key,
+                options.hash_table_ratio,
+                options.index_sparseness,
+            );
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Measure IO stats in compactions and flushes, if `true`.
     ///
     /// Default: `false`
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 10390b4..fe94c43 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -176,6 +176,21 @@ pub enum MemtableFactory {
     },
 }
 
+/// Used with DBOptions::set_plain_table_factory.
+/// See https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/PlainTable-Format.
+///
+/// Defaults:
+///  user_key_length: 0 (variable length)
+///  bloom_bits_per_key: 10
+///  hash_table_ratio: 0.75
+///  index_sparseness: 16
+pub struct PlainTableFactoryOptions {
+    pub user_key_length: u32,
+    pub bloom_bits_per_key: i32,
+    pub hash_table_ratio: f64,
+    pub index_sparseness: usize,
+}
+
 /// Database-wide options around performance and behavior.
 ///
 /// Please read [the official tuning guide](https://github.com/facebook/rocksdb/wiki/RocksDB-Tuning-Guide), and most importantly, measure performance under realistic workloads with realistic hardware.
diff --git a/tests/test_column_family.rs b/tests/test_column_family.rs
index bdd4eec..c9c44f2 100644
--- a/tests/test_column_family.rs
+++ b/tests/test_column_family.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use rocksdb::{ColumnFamilyDescriptor, MergeOperands, Options, DB};
 use util::DBPath;
 
 #[test]
-pub fn test_column_family() {
+fn test_column_family() {
     let n = DBPath::new("_rust_rocksdb_cftest");
 
     // should be able to create column families
@@ -88,6 +88,30 @@ pub fn test_column_family() {
     }
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn test_can_open_db_with_results_of_list_cf() {
+    // Test scenario derived from GitHub issue #175 and 177
+
+    let n = DBPath::new("_rust_rocksdb_cftest_with_list_cf");
+
+    {
+        let mut opts = Options::default();
+        opts.create_if_missing(true);
+        let db = DB::open(&opts, &n).unwrap();
+        let opts = Options::default();
+
+        assert!(db.create_cf("cf1", &opts).is_ok());
+    }
+
+    {
+        let options = Options::default();
+        let cfs = DB::list_cf(&options, &n).unwrap();
+        let db = DB::open_cf(&options, &n, &cfs).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(db.cf_handle("cf1").is_some());
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn test_create_missing_column_family() {
     let n = DBPath::new("_rust_rocksdb_missing_cftest");
@@ -172,7 +196,7 @@ fn test_provided_merge(
 }
 
 #[test]
-pub fn test_column_family_with_options() {
+fn test_column_family_with_options() {
     let n = DBPath::new("_rust_rocksdb_cf_with_optionstest");
     {
         let mut cfopts = Options::default();