diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index afc8d4cc..f8d801d1 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.c
+++ b/src/ckpool.c
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ char *_send_recv_proc(proc_instance_t *pi, const char *msg, const char *file, co
 	}
 	sockd = open_unix_client(path);
 	if (unlikely(sockd < 0)) {
-		LOGWARNING("Failed to open socket %s", path);
+		LOGWARNING("Failed to open socket %s in send_recv_proc", path);
 		goto out;
 	}
 	if (unlikely(!send_unix_msg(sockd, msg)))
@@ -292,6 +292,36 @@ out:
 	return buf;
 }
 
+/* As send_recv_proc but only to ckdb */
+char *_send_recv_ckdb(const char *path, const char *msg, const char *file, const char *func, const int line)
+{
+	char *buf = NULL;
+	int sockd;
+
+	if (unlikely(!path || !strlen(path))) {
+		LOGERR("Attempted to send message %s to null path in send_recv_ckdb", msg ? msg : "");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(!msg || !strlen(msg))) {
+		LOGERR("Attempted to send null message to ckdb in send_recv_ckdb");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	sockd = open_unix_client(path);
+	if (unlikely(sockd < 0)) {
+		LOGWARNING("Failed to open socket %s in send_recv_ckdb", path);
+		goto out;
+	}
+	if (unlikely(!send_unix_msg(sockd, msg)))
+		LOGWARNING("Failed to send %s to ckdb", msg);
+	else
+		buf = recv_unix_msg(sockd);
+	close(sockd);
+out:
+	if (unlikely(!buf))
+		LOGERR("Failure in send_recv_ckdb from %s %s:%d", file, func, line);
+	return buf;
+}
+
 
 json_t *json_rpc_call(connsock_t *cs, const char *rpc_req)
 {
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index d6266979..e7ce582c 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ bool _send_proc(proc_instance_t *pi, const char *msg, const char *file, const ch
 #define send_proc(pi, msg) _send_proc(pi, msg, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 char *_send_recv_proc(proc_instance_t *pi, const char *msg, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
 #define send_recv_proc(pi, msg) _send_recv_proc(pi, msg, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
+char *_send_recv_ckdb(const char *path, const char *msg, const char *file, const char *func, const int line);
+#define send_recv_ckdb(path, msg) _send_recv_ckdb(path, msg, __FILE__, __func__, __LINE__)
 
 json_t *json_rpc_call(connsock_t *cs, const char *rpc_req);