diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80793ac5..79fcbcb6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@ option(WITH_MAPSERVER "Enable (experimental) support for the mapserver library"
 option(WITH_RIAK "Use Riak as a cache backend" OFF)
 option(WITH_GDAL "Choose if GDAL raster support should be built in" ON)
 option(WITH_MAPCACHE_DETAIL "Build coverage analysis tool for SQLite caches" ON)
+option(WITH_LMDB_UTILS "Build LMDB utilities for debugging" OFF)
+
+# Ensure WITH_LMDB_UTILS is only enabled if WITH_LMDB is enabled
+if(NOT WITH_LMDB)
+  if(WITH_LMDB_UTILS)
+    message(WARNING "WITH_LMDB_UTILS is ON but WITH_LMDB is OFF. Disabling WITH_LMDB_UTILS.")
+  endif()
+  set(WITH_LMDB_UTILS OFF CACHE BOOL "Build LMDB utilities for debugging" FORCE)
+endif()
 
 find_package(PNG)
 if(PNG_FOUND)
@@ -376,6 +385,7 @@ status_optional_component("RIAK" "${USE_RIAK}" "${RIAK_LIBRARY}")
 status_optional_component("GDAL" "${USE_GDAL}" "${GDAL_LIBRARY}")
 message(STATUS " * Optional features")
 status_optional_feature("MAPCACHE_DETAIL" "${WITH_MAPCACHE_DETAIL}")
+status_optional_feature("LMDB_UTILS" "${WITH_LMDB_UTILS}")
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS mapcache DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
 
@@ -384,6 +394,8 @@ add_subdirectory(cgi)
 add_subdirectory(apache)
 add_subdirectory(nginx)
 
+add_subdirectory(contrib/lmdb_utils)
+
 if (WITH_MAPCACHE_DETAIL)
   add_subdirectory(contrib/mapcache_detail)
 endif (WITH_MAPCACHE_DETAIL)
diff --git a/contrib/lmdb_utils/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/lmdb_utils/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9a7d9de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/lmdb_utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+if(WITH_LMDB_UTILS)
+  find_package(LMDB REQUIRED)
+  include_directories(${LMDB_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  add_executable(mapcache_lmdb_list ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mapcache_lmdb_list.c)
+  target_include_directories(mapcache_lmdb_list PRIVATE ${APR_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  target_link_libraries(mapcache_lmdb_list PRIVATE ${LMDB_LIBRARY} ${APR_LIBRARY})
+  add_executable(mapcache_lmdb_get ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/mapcache_lmdb_get.c)
+  target_include_directories(mapcache_lmdb_get PRIVATE ${APR_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  target_link_libraries(mapcache_lmdb_get PRIVATE ${LMDB_LIBRARY} ${APR_LIBRARY})
+
+  INSTALL(TARGETS mapcache_lmdb_list mapcache_lmdb_get RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+endif(WITH_LMDB_UTILS)
diff --git a/contrib/lmdb_utils/mapcache_lmdb_get.c b/contrib/lmdb_utils/mapcache_lmdb_get.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6674e463
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/lmdb_utils/mapcache_lmdb_get.c
@@ -0,0 +1,221 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * 
+ * Project:  MapCache
+ * Purpose:  Extract raw value of a single key from a LMDB database
+ * Author:   Maris Nartiss
+ * 
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Regents of the University of Minnesota.
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies of this Software or works derived from this Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ ****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <apr_time.h>
+#include <apr_getopt.h>
+#include <apr_pools.h>
+#include <apr_date.h>
+#include "lmdb.h"
+
+void fail(const char *msg, int rc) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", msg, mdb_strerror(rc));
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+static const apr_getopt_option_t options[] = {
+    { "dbpath", 'd', TRUE, "Path to the LMDB database directory" },
+    { "key", 'k', TRUE, "Key to retrieve" },
+    { "output", 'o', TRUE, "Output file (default: output.bin)" },
+    { "help", 'h', FALSE, "Show help" },
+    { NULL, 0, 0, NULL }
+};
+
+void usage(const char *progname) {
+    int i = 0;
+    printf("usage: %s options\n", progname);
+    while (options[i].name) {
+        if (options[i].optch < 256) {
+            if (options[i].has_arg == TRUE) {
+                printf("-%c|--%s [value]: %s\n", options[i].optch, options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            } else {
+                printf("-%c|--%s: %s\n", options[i].optch, options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (options[i].has_arg == TRUE) {
+                printf("   --%s [value]: %s\n", options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            } else {
+                printf("   --%s: %s\n", options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            }
+        }
+        i++;
+    }
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char * const *argv) {
+    const char *db_path = NULL;
+    const char *key_str = NULL;
+    const char *out_filename = "output.bin";
+    int rc;
+    MDB_env *env;
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    MDB_dbi dbi;
+    MDB_val key, data;
+    apr_pool_t *pool = NULL;
+    apr_getopt_t *opt;
+    int optch;
+    const char *optarg;
+
+    apr_initialize();
+    apr_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
+    apr_getopt_init(&opt, pool, argc, argv);
+
+    while ((rc = apr_getopt_long(opt, options, &optch, &optarg)) == APR_SUCCESS) {
+        switch (optch) {
+            case 'h':
+                usage(argv[0]);
+                break;
+            case 'd':
+                db_path = optarg;
+                break;
+            case 'k':
+                key_str = optarg;
+                break;
+            case 'o':
+                out_filename = optarg;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (rc != APR_EOF) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Invalid option.\n");
+        usage(argv[0]);
+    }
+
+    if (!db_path || !key_str) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: --dbpath and --key are required.\n");
+        usage(argv[0]);
+    }
+
+    // Create and open the environment
+    rc = mdb_env_create(&env);
+    if (rc) fail("mdb_env_create", rc);
+
+    rc = mdb_env_open(env, db_path, MDB_RDONLY, 0664);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_env_close(env);
+        fail("mdb_env_open", rc);
+    }
+
+    // Begin a read-only transaction
+    rc = mdb_txn_begin(env, NULL, MDB_RDONLY, &txn);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_env_close(env);
+        fail("mdb_txn_begin", rc);
+    }
+
+    // Open the database
+    rc = mdb_dbi_open(txn, NULL, 0, &dbi);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+        mdb_env_close(env);
+        fail("mdb_dbi_open", rc);
+    }
+
+    // Prepare the key, which is a null-terminated string in the DB
+    key.mv_size = strlen(key_str) + 1;
+    key.mv_data = (void *)key_str;
+
+    // Retrieve the data
+    rc = mdb_get(txn, dbi, &key, &data);
+
+    if (rc == MDB_SUCCESS) {
+        apr_time_t timestamp;
+        char time_str[APR_RFC822_DATE_LEN];
+        FILE *fp;
+        fp = fopen(out_filename, "wb");
+        if (!fp) {
+            mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+            mdb_env_close(env);
+            perror("Unable to open output file");
+            return EXIT_FAILURE;
+        } else {
+            // Check for special blank tile encoding ('#' marker)
+            if (data.mv_size > 1 && ((char *)data.mv_data)[0] == '#') {
+                if (data.mv_size == 5 + sizeof(apr_time_t)) {
+                    const unsigned char *color = (unsigned char *)data.mv_data + 1;
+                    printf("Key found. Blank tile, color #%02x%02x%02x%02x. "
+                           "Writing description to \"%s\"\n",
+                           color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3], out_filename);
+                    fprintf(fp, "Blank tile, RGBA: #%02x%02x%02x%02x\n",
+                            color[0], color[1], color[2], color[3]);
+                } else {
+                    printf("Key found. Blank tile marker found, but data "
+                           "size is unexpected (%zu bytes). Writing as is.\n",
+                           data.mv_size);
+                    fwrite(data.mv_data, 1, data.mv_size, fp);
+                }
+                
+                // Extract timestamp from the end of the data
+                memcpy(&timestamp, (char *)data.mv_data + 5, sizeof(apr_time_t));
+
+                // Convert to human-readable format
+                apr_rfc822_date(time_str, timestamp);
+                
+                printf("Timestamp: %s\n", time_str);
+            } else if (data.mv_size >= sizeof(apr_time_t)) {
+                // Regular tile data, strip the trailing timestamp
+                size_t image_size = data.mv_size - sizeof(apr_time_t);
+
+                // Extract timestamp from the end of the data
+                memcpy(&timestamp, (char *)data.mv_data + image_size, sizeof(apr_time_t));
+
+                // Convert to human-readable format
+                apr_rfc822_date(time_str, timestamp);
+
+                printf("Key found. Writing %zu image bytes to \"%s\"\n",
+                       image_size, out_filename);
+                printf("Timestamp: %s\n", time_str);
+                fwrite(data.mv_data, 1, image_size, fp);
+            } else {
+                // Data is smaller than a timestamp, write as is
+                printf("Key found. Data size (%zu) is smaller than a "
+                       "timestamp, writing as is to \"%s\"\n",
+                       data.mv_size, out_filename);
+                fwrite(data.mv_data, 1, data.mv_size, fp);
+            }
+            fclose(fp);
+        }
+    } else if (rc == MDB_NOTFOUND) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Key '%s' not found.\n", key_str);
+    } else {
+        fail("mdb_get", rc);
+    }
+
+    // Clean up
+    mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+    mdb_env_close(env);
+    
+    apr_pool_destroy(pool);
+    apr_terminate();
+
+    return (rc == MDB_SUCCESS) ? EXIT_SUCCESS : EXIT_FAILURE;
+}
diff --git a/contrib/lmdb_utils/mapcache_lmdb_list.c b/contrib/lmdb_utils/mapcache_lmdb_list.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fde4adaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/lmdb_utils/mapcache_lmdb_list.c
@@ -0,0 +1,228 @@
+/******************************************************************************
+ * 
+ * Project:  MapCache
+ * Purpose:  List all keys in a LMDB database
+ * Author:   Maris Nartiss
+ * 
+ ******************************************************************************
+ * Copyright (c) 2025 Regents of the University of Minnesota.
+ * 
+ * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a
+ * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"),
+ * to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation
+ * the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense,
+ * and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the
+ * Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+ * 
+ * The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+ * all copies of this Software or works derived from this Software.
+ * 
+ * THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+ * OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+ * THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+ * LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING
+ * FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER
+ * DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <apr_getopt.h>
+#include <apr_pools.h>
+#include <apr_time.h>
+#include <apr_date.h>
+#include <apr_strings.h>
+#include "lmdb.h"
+
+void fail(const char *msg, int rc) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", msg, mdb_strerror(rc));
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+static const apr_getopt_option_t options[] = {
+    { "dbpath", 'd', TRUE, "Path to the LMDB database directory" },
+    { "summary", 's', FALSE, "Print only the total number of keys" },
+    { "extended", 'e', FALSE, "Show extended info (timestamp, size)" },
+    { "help", 'h', FALSE, "Show help" },
+    { NULL, 0, 0, NULL }
+};
+
+void usage(const char *progname) {
+    int i = 0;
+    printf("usage: %s options\n", progname);
+    while (options[i].name) {
+        if (options[i].optch < 256) {
+            if (options[i].has_arg == TRUE) {
+                printf("-%c|--%s [value]: %s\n", options[i].optch, options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            } else {
+                printf("-%c|--%s: %s\n", options[i].optch, options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (options[i].has_arg == TRUE) {
+                printf("   --%s [value]: %s\n", options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            } else {
+                printf("   --%s: %s\n", options[i].name, options[i].description);
+            }
+        }
+        i++;
+    }
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, const char * const *argv) {
+    const char *db_path = NULL;
+    int rc;
+    MDB_env *env;
+    MDB_txn *txn;
+    MDB_cursor *cursor = NULL;
+    MDB_val key;
+    MDB_dbi dbi;
+    MDB_val value;
+    int summary_flag = 0;
+    int extended_flag = 0;
+    MDB_stat stat;
+    apr_pool_t *pool = NULL;
+    apr_getopt_t *opt;
+    int optch;
+    const char *optarg;
+
+    apr_initialize();
+    apr_pool_create(&pool, NULL);
+    apr_getopt_init(&opt, pool, argc, argv);
+
+    while ((rc = apr_getopt_long(opt, options, &optch, &optarg)) == APR_SUCCESS) {
+        switch (optch) {
+            case 'h':
+                usage(argv[0]);
+                break;
+            case 'd':
+                db_path = optarg;
+                break;
+            case 's':
+                summary_flag = 1;
+                break;
+            case 'e':
+                extended_flag = 1;
+                break;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (rc != APR_EOF) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: Invalid option.\n");
+        usage(argv[0]);
+    }
+
+    if (!db_path) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error: --dbpath is required.\n");
+        usage(argv[0]);
+    }
+
+    // Create and open the environment
+    rc = mdb_env_create(&env);
+    if (rc) fail("mdb_env_create", rc);
+
+    rc = mdb_env_open(env, db_path, MDB_RDONLY, 0664);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_env_close(env);
+        fail("mdb_env_open", rc);
+    }
+
+    // Begin a read-only transaction
+    rc = mdb_txn_begin(env, NULL, MDB_RDONLY, &txn);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_env_close(env);
+        fail("mdb_txn_begin", rc);
+    }
+
+    // Open the database
+    rc = mdb_dbi_open(txn, NULL, 0, &dbi);
+    if (rc) {
+        mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+        mdb_env_close(env);
+        fail("mdb_dbi_open", rc);
+    }
+
+    if (summary_flag) {
+        rc = mdb_stat(txn, dbi, &stat);
+        if (rc) {
+          mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+          mdb_env_close(env);
+          fail("mdb_stat", rc);
+        }
+        printf("Total keys found: %zu\n", stat.ms_entries);
+    } else {
+        rc = mdb_cursor_open(txn, dbi, &cursor);
+        if (rc) {
+            mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+            mdb_env_close(env);
+            fail("mdb_cursor_open", rc);
+        }
+
+        // Iterate over keys
+        while ((rc = mdb_cursor_get(cursor, &key, &value, MDB_NEXT)) == 0) {
+            // Print the key itself, without the null terminator
+            fwrite(key.mv_data, 1, key.mv_size - 1, stdout);
+
+            if (extended_flag) {
+                apr_time_t timestamp;
+                size_t data_size;
+
+                // Check for special blank tile encoding ('#' marker)
+                if (value.mv_size > 1 && ((char *)value.mv_data)[0] == '#') {
+                    if (value.mv_size == 5 + sizeof(apr_time_t)) {
+                        memcpy(&timestamp, (char *)value.mv_data + 5, sizeof(apr_time_t));
+                        data_size = 4; // RGBA color
+                    } else {
+                        // Unexpected size, cannot parse
+                        timestamp = 0;
+                        data_size = 0;
+                    }
+                } else if (value.mv_size >= sizeof(apr_time_t)) {
+                    // Regular tile data
+                    data_size = value.mv_size - sizeof(apr_time_t);
+                    memcpy(&timestamp, (char *)value.mv_data + data_size, sizeof(apr_time_t));
+                } else {
+                    // Data is too small, cannot parse
+                    timestamp = 0;
+                    data_size = value.mv_size;
+                }
+
+                if (timestamp > 0) {
+                    apr_time_exp_t exploded_time;
+                    char iso_time_str[30];
+                    apr_time_exp_gmt(&exploded_time, timestamp);
+                    apr_snprintf(iso_time_str, sizeof(iso_time_str),
+                                 "%d-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%02dZ",
+                                 exploded_time.tm_year + 1900,
+                                 exploded_time.tm_mon + 1,
+                                 exploded_time.tm_mday,
+                                 exploded_time.tm_hour,
+                                 exploded_time.tm_min,
+                                 exploded_time.tm_sec);
+                    printf(",%s,%zu", iso_time_str, data_size);
+                } else {
+                    printf(",,%zu", data_size); // Print size even if timestamp is unknown
+                }
+            }
+            printf("\n");
+        }
+
+        if (rc != MDB_NOTFOUND) {
+            mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+            mdb_env_close(env);
+            fail("mdb_cursor_get", rc);
+        }
+        mdb_cursor_close(cursor);
+    }
+
+    // Clean up
+    mdb_txn_abort(txn);
+    mdb_env_close(env);
+
+    apr_pool_destroy(pool);
+    apr_terminate();
+
+    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}