diff --git a/src/ckpool.c b/src/ckpool.c
index 3d01ca32..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)
 {
@@ -750,11 +780,14 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	memset(&ckp, 0, sizeof(ckp));
 	ckp.loglevel = LOG_NOTICE;
 
-	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:g:kl:n:ps:")) != -1) {
+	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "c:d:g:kl:n:pS:s:")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 			case 'c':
 				ckp.config = optarg;
 				break;
+			case 'd':
+				ckp.ckdb_name = optarg;
+				break;
 			case 'g':
 				ckp.grpnam = optarg;
 				break;
@@ -774,6 +807,8 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			case 'p':
 				ckp.proxy = true;
 				break;
+			case 'S':
+				ckp.ckdb_sockdir = strdup(optarg);
 			case 's':
 				ckp.socket_dir = strdup(optarg);
 				break;
@@ -809,6 +844,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	}
 	trail_slash(&ckp.socket_dir);
 
+	if (!ckp.ckdb_name)
+		ckp.ckdb_name = "ckdb";
+	if (!ckp.ckdb_sockdir) {
+		ckp.ckdb_sockdir = strdup("/opt/");
+		realloc_strcat(&ckp.ckdb_sockdir, ckp.ckdb_name);
+	}
+	trail_slash(&ckp.ckdb_sockdir);
+	ckp.ckdb_sockname = ckp.ckdb_sockdir;
+	realloc_strcat(&ckp.ckdb_sockdir, "listener");
+
 	/* Ignore sigpipe */
 	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
diff --git a/src/ckpool.h b/src/ckpool.h
index 2d7e361f..e7ce582c 100644
--- a/src/ckpool.h
+++ b/src/ckpool.h
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@ struct ckpool_instance {
 	char *name;
 	/* Directory where sockets are created */
 	char *socket_dir;
+	/* Directory where ckdb sockets are */
+	char *ckdb_sockdir;
+	/* Name of the ckdb process */
+	char *ckdb_name;
+	char *ckdb_sockname;
 	/* Group ID for unix sockets */
 	char *grpnam;
 	gid_t gr_gid;
@@ -129,6 +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);