diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
index 837b7e024..bec510c5c 100644
--- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
+++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 <!-- Insert new items immediately below here ... -->
 
+<h3>Back-ported dbLoadRecordsHook from the 3.15 branch</h3>
+
+<p>See the Release Notes from the Base 3.15.1 release for details.</p>
+
 <h3>Enhanced API for asTrapWrite listeners</h3>
 
 <p>External software such as the CA Put Logging module that registers a listener
diff --git a/src/db/dbAccess.c b/src/db/dbAccess.c
index d3e47062c..787bdbe1e 100644
--- a/src/db/dbAccess.c
+++ b/src/db/dbAccess.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@
 epicsShareDef struct dbBase *pdbbase = 0;
 epicsShareDef volatile int interruptAccept=FALSE;
 
+/* Hook Routines */
+
+epicsShareDef DB_LOAD_RECORDS_HOOK_ROUTINE dbLoadRecordsHook = NULL;
+
 static short mapDBFToDBR[DBF_NTYPES] = {
     /* DBF_STRING   => */    DBR_STRING,
     /* DBF_CHAR     => */    DBR_CHAR,
@@ -817,7 +821,11 @@ int epicsShareAPI dbLoadDatabase(const char *file, const char *path, const char
 
 int epicsShareAPI dbLoadRecords(const char* file, const char* subs)
 {
-    return dbReadDatabase(&pdbbase, file, 0, subs);
+    int status = dbReadDatabase(&pdbbase, file, 0, subs);
+
+    if (!status && dbLoadRecordsHook)
+        dbLoadRecordsHook(file, subs);
+    return status;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/db/dbAccessDefs.h b/src/db/dbAccessDefs.h
index 73d68c4ef..472ad6bd1 100644
--- a/src/db/dbAccessDefs.h
+++ b/src/db/dbAccessDefs.h
@@ -276,9 +276,14 @@ epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbBufferSize(
     short dbrType,long options,long nRequest);
 epicsShareFunc long epicsShareAPI dbValueSize(short dbrType);
 
+/* Hook Routine */
+
+typedef void (*DB_LOAD_RECORDS_HOOK_ROUTINE)(const char* filename,
+    const char* substitutions);
+epicsShareExtern DB_LOAD_RECORDS_HOOK_ROUTINE dbLoadRecordsHook;
+
 epicsShareFunc int epicsShareAPI  dbLoadDatabase(
     const char *filename, const char *path, const char *substitutions);
-
 epicsShareFunc int epicsShareAPI dbLoadRecords(
     const char* filename, const char* substitutions);