diff --git a/client/dbclient.h b/client/dbclient.h
index ed548b3bd7a..489325152cc 100644
--- a/client/dbclient.h
+++ b/client/dbclient.h
@@ -780,6 +780,8 @@ namespace mongo {
         virtual void checkResponse( const char *data, int nReturned ) { assert(false); }
 
     };
+    
 
-
+    DBClientBase * createDirectClient();
+    
 } // namespace mongo
diff --git a/db/instance.cpp b/db/instance.cpp
index 1185bf2f3f8..e75eb2f4a6b 100644
--- a/db/instance.cpp
+++ b/db/instance.cpp
@@ -608,6 +608,10 @@ namespace mongo {
 
     DBDirectClient::AlwaysAuthorized DBDirectClient::Authorizer::always;
 
+    DBClientBase * createDirectClient(){
+        return new DBDirectClient();
+    }
+
     void recCacheCloseAll();
 
     boost::mutex &listenerSocketMutex( *( new boost::mutex ) );