diff --git a/include/ircd/db/column.h b/include/ircd/db/column.h
index 2901789fd..2630c7bde 100644
--- a/include/ircd/db/column.h
+++ b/include/ircd/db/column.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ namespace ircd::db
 	void del(column &, const string_view &key, const sopts & = {});
 
 	// [SET] Other operations
+	void ingest(column &, const string_view &path);
 	void setopt(column &, const string_view &key, const string_view &val);
 	void compact(column &, const std::pair<string_view, string_view> &, const int &to_level = -1, const compactor & = {});
 	void compact(column &, const int &level = -1, const compactor & = {});
diff --git a/ircd/db.cc b/ircd/db.cc
index 2e48de849..f278f1885 100644
--- a/ircd/db.cc
+++ b/ircd/db.cc
@@ -7580,6 +7580,30 @@ ircd::db::setopt(column &column,
 	};
 }
 
+void
+ircd::db::ingest(column &column,
+                 const string_view &path)
+{
+	database &d(column);
+	database::column &c(column);
+
+	rocksdb::IngestExternalFileOptions opts;
+	opts.allow_global_seqno = false;
+	opts.allow_blocking_flush = false;
+
+	const std::vector<std::string> files
+	{
+		{ std::string{path} }
+	};
+
+	const std::lock_guard<decltype(write_mutex)> lock{write_mutex};
+	const ctx::uninterruptible::nothrow ui;
+	throw_on_error
+	{
+		d.d->IngestExternalFile(c, files, opts)
+	};
+}
+
 void
 ircd::db::del(column &column,
               const string_view &key,
diff --git a/modules/console.cc b/modules/console.cc
index 520f6b0ee..f04792dcc 100644
--- a/modules/console.cc
+++ b/modules/console.cc
@@ -1893,6 +1893,49 @@ catch(const std::out_of_range &e)
 	return true;
 }
 
+bool
+console_cmd__db__ingest(opt &out, const string_view &line)
+try
+{
+	const params param{line, " ",
+	{
+		"dbname", "column", "path"
+	}};
+
+	const auto dbname
+	{
+		param.at("dbname")
+	};
+
+	const auto colname
+	{
+		param.at("column")
+	};
+
+	const auto path
+	{
+		param.at("path")
+	};
+
+	auto &database
+	{
+		db::database::get(dbname)
+	};
+
+	db::column column
+	{
+		database, colname
+	};
+
+	db::ingest(column, path);
+	return true;
+}
+catch(const std::out_of_range &e)
+{
+	out << "No open database by that name" << std::endl;
+	return true;
+}
+
 bool
 console_cmd__db__files(opt &out, const string_view &line)
 try