diff --git a/src/ffi.rs b/src/ffi.rs
index 19634fc..15c7ac1 100644
--- a/src/ffi.rs
+++ b/src/ffi.rs
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ extern "C" {
     pub fn rocksdb_options_set_wal_recovery_mode(options: DBOptions, mode: DBRecoveryMode);
     pub fn rocksdb_options_enable_statistics(options: DBOptions);
     pub fn rocksdb_options_set_stats_dump_period_sec(options: DBOptions, v: usize);
+    pub fn rocksdb_options_set_num_levels(options: DBOptions, v: c_int);
     pub fn rocksdb_filterpolicy_create_bloom_full(bits_per_key: c_int)
                                                 -> DBFilterPolicy;
     pub fn rocksdb_filterpolicy_create_bloom(bits_per_key: c_int)
diff --git a/src/rocksdb_options.rs b/src/rocksdb_options.rs
index 9cdfc87..568d5d1 100644
--- a/src/rocksdb_options.rs
+++ b/src/rocksdb_options.rs
@@ -385,6 +385,12 @@ impl Options {
                                                       period);
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn set_num_levels(&mut self, n: c_int) {
+        unsafe {
+            rocksdb_ffi::rocksdb_options_set_num_levels(self.inner, n);
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for Options {
diff --git a/test/test.rs b/test/test.rs
index 20a1b69..06e09ad 100644
--- a/test/test.rs
+++ b/test/test.rs
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ extern crate rocksdb;
 mod test_iterator;
 mod test_multithreaded;
 mod test_column_family;
+mod test_rocksdb_options;
diff --git a/test/test_rocksdb_options.rs b/test/test_rocksdb_options.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf1accf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/test_rocksdb_options.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+use rocksdb::{DB, Options};
+
+
+#[test]
+fn test_set_num_levels() {
+	let path = "_rust_rocksdb_test_set_num_levels";
+	let mut opts = Options::default();
+	opts.create_if_missing(true);
+	opts.set_num_levels(2);
+	let db = DB::open(&opts, path).unwrap();
+	drop(db);
+}