diff --git a/manifest b/manifest
index 59f321b3e0..4515b68c62 100644
--- a/manifest
+++ b/manifest
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-C The\ssession\sextension\sis\sdisabled\sby\sdefault.\s\sTo\senable\sit\susing\n--enable-session\son\s./configure\son\sunix\sand\sadd\sSESSION=1\sto\sthe\snmake\non\sWindows.\s\sOr\sadd\s-DSQLITE_ENABLE_SESSION\sand\n-DSQLITE_ENABLE_PREUPDATE_HOOK\sto\sbuild\smanually.
-D 2016-05-03T14:57:07.139
+C Add\sthe\sexperimental\sSQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE\sfile\scontrol.
+D 2016-05-03T19:36:54.758
 F Makefile.in 9eda6e1c90d05c199c3ec8a7069b0682ad307657
 F Makefile.linux-gcc 7bc79876b875010e8c8f9502eb935ca92aa3c434
 F Makefile.msc a7f34be67d16284e4208370365a9728094861194
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ F src/os.h 8e976e59eb4ca1c0fca6d35ee803e38951cb0343
 F src/os_common.h b2f4707a603e36811d9b1a13278bffd757857b85
 F src/os_setup.h c9d4553b5aaa6f73391448b265b89bed0b890faa
 F src/os_unix.c a9443cdab41d7f3cdf0df3a5aab62fd6e1c9b234
-F src/os_win.c 852fc2ff6084296348ed3739c548b2cf32df394e
+F src/os_win.c 75edd38c5efbb177cbfdce7128635a2bb53cf16c
 F src/os_win.h eb7a47aa17b26b77eb97e4823f20a00b8bda12ca
 F src/pager.c a8d30c49c231e9a20d05257613db922532588963
 F src/pager.h 329bdf078a4e0a3b35084534d58625d21fd03681
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ F src/resolve.c b8f7174e5f8c33c44ded3a25a973d0bb89228c20
 F src/rowset.c 49eb91c588a2bab36647368e031dc5b66928149d
 F src/select.c fd4a7ce2937497181063cfedb92058ac89491a5d
 F src/shell.c 14ff7f660530a52b117d110ba3390b7b2eb719b6
-F src/sqlite.h.in 9984129d86243424b765fcb3f147c697bd20bb54
+F src/sqlite.h.in 07a295a39a41cfd136bf63bdcfe478caaee78042
 F src/sqlite3.rc 5121c9e10c3964d5755191c80dd1180c122fc3a8
 F src/sqlite3ext.h 98f72cbfe00169c39089115427d06ea05fe4b4a2
 F src/sqliteInt.h f4a53f3547dab80dc7db975fa1192d9bad1f38e8
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ F src/sqliteLimit.h c0373387c287c8d0932510b5547ecde31b5da247
 F src/status.c 70912d7be68e9e2dbc4010c93d344af61d4c59ba
 F src/table.c 5226df15ab9179b9ed558d89575ea0ce37b03fc9
 F src/tclsqlite.c 9c4c4589d078de37813ded708d8838b338ffb060
-F src/test1.c c0e5b69f99e95a2c9f55fdb6e46b44f1a15292d8
+F src/test1.c 7862c314d742153639ecb6ec2daf29936cc066cd
 F src/test2.c 5586f43fcd9a1be0830793cf9d354082c261b25b
 F src/test3.c 0df6f8dbb4cbaa7106397c70a271fa6a43659042
 F src/test4.c d168f83cc78d02e8d35567bb5630e40dcd85ac1e
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ F test/expr.test 79c3e7502d9e571553b85f0ecc8ff2ac7d0e4931
 F test/extension01.test 00d13cec817f331a687a243e0e5a2d87b0e358c9
 F test/extraquick.test cb254400bd42bfb777ff675356aabf3287978f79
 F test/fallocate.test 3e979af17dfa7e5e9dda5eba1a696c04fa9d47f7
-F test/filectrl.test 7c13f96457435238da99aff7343ad6a3a4885787
+F test/filectrl.test c6547e6c3c4c3ef9707a0b3dc147de718135cacc
 F test/filefmt.test e4edbdc637ca9576ccf4337a3cce627d9df7a56c
 F test/fkey1.test 13e3d48236a2b9f5c5ebd232eef9b3ab682a8a2c
 F test/fkey2.test f3d27ecba480a348c328965d154214719bb158a9
@@ -1486,8 +1486,10 @@ F vsixtest/vsixtest.tcl 6a9a6ab600c25a91a7acc6293828957a386a8a93
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.data 2ed517e100c66dc455b492e1a33350c1b20fbcdc
 F vsixtest/vsixtest.vcxproj.filters 37e51ffedcdb064aad6ff33b6148725226cd608e
 F vsixtest/vsixtest_TemporaryKey.pfx e5b1b036facdb453873e7084e1cae9102ccc67a0
-P 0715ce164333e27671efbec8796f238df98cc287 e462cde2a50c39cc2f8d8624aada19280b8226eb
-R b2e26094738bdcbd727f209d6b0330cd
-T +closed e462cde2a50c39cc2f8d8624aada19280b8226eb
-U drh
-Z be2a8ff6db06dcbc7ab32e285c183e7e
+P bcaa650e8796984b275eceba0ed477f360295d01
+R 7e9bbb4137cb671c555aabb8a094cd9b
+T *branch * win32GetHandle
+T *sym-win32GetHandle *
+T -sym-trunk *
+U mistachkin
+Z e75ba582b3d5fa180704c51e0604373b
diff --git a/manifest.uuid b/manifest.uuid
index 2c0b2458e8..41938f059b 100644
--- a/manifest.uuid
+++ b/manifest.uuid
@@ -1 +1 @@
-bcaa650e8796984b275eceba0ed477f360295d01
\ No newline at end of file
+b6ddabe1818c36007c476a31e2e35755630a5f14
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/os_win.c b/src/os_win.c
index 9a34d9a106..1027e1fa81 100644
--- a/src/os_win.c
+++ b/src/os_win.c
@@ -3434,6 +3434,12 @@ static int winFileControl(sqlite3_file *id, int op, void *pArg){
       OSTRACE(("FCNTL file=%p, rc=SQLITE_OK\n", pFile->h));
       return SQLITE_OK;
     }
+    case SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE: {
+      LPHANDLE phFile = (LPHANDLE)pArg;
+      *phFile = pFile->h;
+      OSTRACE(("FCNTL file=%p, rc=SQLITE_OK\n", pFile->h));
+      return SQLITE_OK;
+    }
 #ifdef SQLITE_TEST
     case SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_SET_HANDLE: {
       LPHANDLE phFile = (LPHANDLE)pArg;
diff --git a/src/sqlite.h.in b/src/sqlite.h.in
index 795236f587..de5275a14f 100644
--- a/src/sqlite.h.in
+++ b/src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -966,6 +966,12 @@ struct sqlite3_io_methods {
 ** on whether or not the file has been renamed, moved, or deleted since it
 ** was first opened.
 **
+** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE]]
+** The [SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE] opcode can be used to obtain the
+** underlying native file handle associated with a file handle.  This file
+** control interprets its argument as a pointer to a native file handle and
+** writes the resulting value there.
+**
 ** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_SET_HANDLE]]
 ** The [SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_SET_HANDLE] opcode is used for debugging.  This
 ** opcode causes the xFileControl method to swap the file handle with the one
@@ -1016,6 +1022,7 @@ struct sqlite3_io_methods {
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_RBU                    26
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_VFS_POINTER            27
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER        28
+#define SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE       29
 
 /* deprecated names */
 #define SQLITE_GET_LOCKPROXYFILE      SQLITE_FCNTL_GET_LOCKPROXYFILE
diff --git a/src/test1.c b/src/test1.c
index ee71b854b9..a0f2c55776 100644
--- a/src/test1.c
+++ b/src/test1.c
@@ -5482,6 +5482,38 @@ static int file_control_win32_av_retry(
   return TCL_OK;  
 }
 
+/*
+** tclcmd:   file_control_win32_get_handle DB
+**
+** This TCL command runs the sqlite3_file_control interface with
+** the SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE opcode.
+*/
+static int file_control_win32_get_handle(
+  ClientData clientData, /* Pointer to sqlite3_enable_XXX function */
+  Tcl_Interp *interp,    /* The TCL interpreter that invoked this command */
+  int objc,              /* Number of arguments */
+  Tcl_Obj *CONST objv[]  /* Command arguments */
+){
+  sqlite3 *db;
+  int rc;
+  HANDLE hFile = NULL;
+  char z[100];
+
+  if( objc!=2 ){
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "wrong # args: should be \"",
+        Tcl_GetStringFromObj(objv[0], 0), " DB", 0);
+    return TCL_ERROR;
+  }
+  if( getDbPointer(interp, Tcl_GetString(objv[1]), &db) ){
+    return TCL_ERROR;
+  }
+  rc = sqlite3_file_control(db, NULL, SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_GET_HANDLE,
+                            (void*)&hFile);
+  sqlite3_snprintf(sizeof(z), z, "%d %p", rc, (void*)hFile);
+  Tcl_AppendResult(interp, z, (char*)0);
+  return TCL_OK;  
+}
+
 /*
 ** tclcmd:   file_control_win32_set_handle DB HANDLE
 **
@@ -7214,6 +7246,7 @@ int Sqlitetest1_Init(Tcl_Interp *interp){
      { "file_control_sizehint_test",  file_control_sizehint_test,   0   },
 #if SQLITE_OS_WIN
      { "file_control_win32_av_retry", file_control_win32_av_retry,  0   },
+     { "file_control_win32_get_handle", file_control_win32_get_handle, 0  },
      { "file_control_win32_set_handle", file_control_win32_set_handle, 0  },
 #endif
      { "file_control_persist_wal",    file_control_persist_wal,     0   },
diff --git a/test/filectrl.test b/test/filectrl.test
index 28fecee92f..cb46994145 100644
--- a/test/filectrl.test
+++ b/test/filectrl.test
@@ -43,4 +43,30 @@ do_test filectrl-1.6 {
 } {/etilqs_/}
 db close
 forcedelete .test_control_lockproxy.db-conch test.proxy
+forcedelete test.db test2.db
+
+if {$tcl_platform(platform)=="windows"} {
+  do_test filectrl-2.1 {
+    sqlite3 db test2.db
+    set size [file size test2.db]
+    set handle [file_control_win32_get_handle db]
+    db close
+    forcedelete test2.db
+    list $size $handle [expr {$handle != 0}]
+  } {/^0 \{0 \d+\} 1$/}
+
+  do_test filectrl-2.2 {
+    sqlite3 db test2.db
+    execsql {
+      CREATE TABLE t1(x);
+      INSERT INTO t1 (x) VALUES(RANDOMBLOB(1048576));
+    }
+    set size [file size test2.db]
+    set handle [file_control_win32_get_handle db]
+    db close
+    forcedelete test2.db
+    list $size $handle [expr {$handle != 0}]
+  } {/^1\d+ \{0 \d+\} 1$/}
+}
+
 finish_test