1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/dbwrapper.cpp b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
index ba9e21cc1f..3626e0177f 100644
--- a/src/dbwrapper.cpp
+++ b/src/dbwrapper.cpp
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ CDBWrapper::CDBWrapper(const fs::path& path, size_t nCacheSize, bool fMemory, bo
     dbwrapper_private::HandleError(status);
     LogPrintf("Opened LevelDB successfully\n");
 
+    if (GetBoolArg("-forcecompactdb", false)) {
+        LogPrintf("Starting database compaction of %s\n", path.string());
+        pdb->CompactRange(nullptr, nullptr);
+        LogPrintf("Finished database compaction of %s\n", path.string());
+    }
+
     // The base-case obfuscation key, which is a noop.
     obfuscate_key = std::vector<unsigned char>(OBFUSCATE_KEY_NUM_BYTES, '\000');