diff --git a/yocto-poky/bitbake/lib/prserv/db.py b/yocto-poky/bitbake/lib/prserv/db.py
index 36c9f7b..2a86184 100644
--- a/yocto-poky/bitbake/lib/prserv/db.py
+++ b/yocto-poky/bitbake/lib/prserv/db.py
@@ -231,6 +231,14 @@
                 datainfo.append(col)
         return (metainfo, datainfo)
 
+    def dump_db(self, fd):
+        writeCount = 0
+        for line in self.conn.iterdump():
+            writeCount = writeCount + len(line) + 1
+            fd.write(line)
+            fd.write('\n')
+        return writeCount
+
 class PRData(object):
     """Object representing the PR database"""
     def __init__(self, filename, nohist=True):