diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index c9a4fbd..0b649de 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ python:
   - "2.7"
 services:
   - redis-server
+before_install:
+  - sudo apt-get update -q
+  - sudo apt-get install -y libleveldb-dev
 install: make setup
 env:
   - TEST_SUITE=fulltests BACKEND="--backend memory"
diff --git a/dredis/contrib/snapshot_leveldb.py b/dredis/contrib/snapshot_leveldb.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6f5052
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dredis/contrib/snapshot_leveldb.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+import argparse
+import datetime
+import json
+import logging
+import shutil
+import sys
+
+from dredis import db
+from dredis.keyspace import Keyspace
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+BACKEND = 'leveldb'
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('--dir', help='dredis data directory', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--output', choices=['leveldb', 'rdb'], help='output file type', required=True)
+    parser.add_argument('--backend-option', action='append',
+                        help='database backend options (e.g., --backend-option map_size=BYTES)')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    db_backend_options = {}
+    if args.backend_option:
+        for option in args.backend_option:
+            if '=' not in option:
+                logger.error('Expected `key=value` pairs for --backend-option parameter')
+                sys.exit(1)
+            key, value = map(str.strip, option.split('='))
+            db_backend_options[key] = json.loads(value)
+
+    logger.info("Copying LevelDB files...")
+    output_dir = copy_dirs(args.dir, db_backend_options)
+
+    if args.output == 'rdb':
+        logger.info("Saving RDB file...")
+        save_rdb(output_dir, db_backend_options)
+        shutil.rmtree(output_dir)
+
+    logger.info("Done!")
+
+
+def save_rdb(output_dir, db_backend_options):
+    db.DB_MANAGER.setup_dbs(output_dir, BACKEND, db_backend_options)
+    keyspace = Keyspace()
+    keyspace.save()
+
+
+def copy_dirs(input_basedir, db_backend_options):
+    output_basedir = datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('leveldb-backup_%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')
+    shutil.copytree(input_basedir, output_basedir)
+    return output_basedir
+
+
+def setup_logging(level):
+    logger.setLevel(level)
+    formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s [%(levelname)s] %(message)s')
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler(sys.stdout)
+    handler.setFormatter(formatter)
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    setup_logging(logging.INFO)
+    main()