diff --git a/src/sdsdkv-config.h b/src/sdsdkv-config.h
index 7fdab66..c10308d 100644
--- a/src/sdsdkv-config.h
+++ b/src/sdsdkv-config.h
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ class sdsdkv_iconfig {
     //
     std::string group_name;
     //
+    std::string db_path;
+    //
     std::string db_name;
     //
     std::string comm_protocol;
@@ -87,6 +89,7 @@ class sdsdkv_iconfig {
         hash_be = config.hash_be;
         db_type = config.db_type;
         group_name = string(config.group_name);
+        db_path = string(config.db_path);
         db_name = string(config.db_name);
         comm_protocol = string(config.comm_protocol);
         //
diff --git a/src/sdsdkv-server.h b/src/sdsdkv-server.h
index a50521d..4609ed6 100644
--- a/src/sdsdkv-server.h
+++ b/src/sdsdkv-server.h
@@ -120,9 +120,10 @@ struct sdsdkv_server : public personality {
                      m_provider,
                      // TODO(skg) make unique for each server.
                      m_config->db_name.c_str(),
+                     m_config->db_path.c_str(),
                      sdsdkv_iconfig::get_real_db_type(m_config->db_type),
                      // TODO(skg) Make a user param.
-                     SDSKV_COMPARE_DEFAULT, /* sdskv_compare_fn comp_fn */
+                     SDSKV_COMPARE_DEFAULT,
                      &m_dbid
                  );
         if (rc != SDSKV_SUCCESS) return sdskv2irc(rc);
diff --git a/src/sdsdkv.h b/src/sdsdkv.h
index 31554b0..3b8e4a8 100644
--- a/src/sdsdkv.h
+++ b/src/sdsdkv.h
@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@ typedef struct sdsdkv_config {
     sdsdkv_config_db db_type;
     /** Group name. */
     char *group_name;
+    /** If applicable, the path where database files will be written. */
+    char *db_path;
     /** Database name. */
     char *db_name;
     /** Communication protocol. */
diff --git a/tests/trivial.cc b/tests/trivial.cc
index 2a831d2..c7a2987 100644
--- a/tests/trivial.cc
+++ b/tests/trivial.cc
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
     erc = MPI_Comm_size(MPI_COMM_WORLD, &numpe);
     if (erc != MPI_SUCCESS) ABORT(rank, erc);
 
+    char *db_path = getenv("PWD");
+    if (!db_path) db_path = (char *)"/tmp";
+
     sdsdkv_config dkv_config = {
         /* .init_comm = */
         MPI_COMM_WORLD,
@@ -58,6 +61,8 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
         SDSDKV_DB_LEVELDB,
         /* .group_name = */
         (char *)"groupname",
+        /* .db_path = */
+        db_path,
         /* .db_name = */
         (char *)"TEST-DB",
         /* .comm_protocol */