diff --git a/src/mon/MonCommands.h b/src/mon/MonCommands.h
index 521b33f9749..86a3da4f3b1 100644
--- a/src/mon/MonCommands.h
+++ b/src/mon/MonCommands.h
@@ -281,6 +281,10 @@ COMMAND_WITH_FLAG("mon compact", \
     "cause compaction of monitor's leveldb storage", \
     "mon", "rw", "cli,rest", \
     FLAG(NOFORWARD))
+COMMAND_WITH_FLAG("mon scrub",
+    "scrub the monitor stores", \
+    "mon", "rw", "cli,rest", \
+    FLAG(NONE))
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/mon/Monitor.cc b/src/mon/Monitor.cc
index 5b8de257466..3f047c117b8 100644
--- a/src/mon/Monitor.cc
+++ b/src/mon/Monitor.cc
@@ -2693,8 +2693,12 @@ void Monitor::handle_command(MMonCommand *m)
     return;
   }
   if (module == "mon" &&
-      /* 'mon compact' will be handled by the Monitor class */
-      prefix != "mon compact") {
+      /* Let the Monitor class handle the following commands:
+       *  'mon compact'
+       *  'mon scrub'
+       */
+      prefix != "mon compact" &&
+      prefix != "mon scrub") {
     monmon()->dispatch(m);
     return;
   }
@@ -2726,7 +2730,7 @@ void Monitor::handle_command(MMonCommand *m)
     return;
   }
 
-  if (prefix == "scrub") {
+  if (prefix == "scrub" || prefix == "mon scrub") {
     wait_for_paxos_write();
     if (is_leader()) {
       int r = scrub();