diff --git a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
index d05102908..8e019989d 100644
--- a/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
+++ b/documentation/RELEASE_NOTES.html
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@
 
 <!-- Insert new items immediately below here ... -->
 
+<h4>Added <tt>-b</tt> option to dbExpand</h4>
+
+<p>This turns off monotonic checking of breakpoint tables.</p>
+
 <h4>Launchpad Bugs Resolved</h4>
 
 <p>The following are links to bugs in the Launchpad bug tracker that have been
diff --git a/src/dbStatic/dbExpand.c b/src/dbStatic/dbExpand.c
index 80c95cabd..8071c1d7f 100644
--- a/src/dbStatic/dbExpand.c
+++ b/src/dbStatic/dbExpand.c
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 /*************************************************************************\
-* Copyright (c) 2002 The University of Chicago, as Operator of Argonne
+* Copyright (c) 2011 UChicago Argonne LLC, as Operator of Argonne
 *     National Laboratory.
 * Copyright (c) 2002 The Regents of the University of California, as
 *     Operator of Los Alamos National Laboratory.
-* EPICS BASE Versions 3.13.7
-* and higher are distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
+* EPICS BASE is distributed subject to a Software License Agreement found
 * in file LICENSE that is included with this distribution. 
 \*************************************************************************/
 /* dbExpand.c */
-/*	Author: Marty Kraimer	Date: 30NOV95	*/
+/*      Author: Marty Kraimer   Date: 30NOV95   */
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <stddef.h>
@@ -24,25 +23,28 @@
 #include "gpHash.h"
 #include "osiFileName.h"
 
+epicsShareExtern int dbBptNotMonotonic;   /* from dbLexRoutines.c */
+
 DBBASE *pdbbase = NULL;
-
+
 void usage(void)
 {
-    fprintf(stderr, "Usage:\n\tdbExpand -Ipath -ooutfile "
-	    "-S macro=value file1.dbd file2.dbd ...\n");
+    fprintf(stderr, "Usage:\n\tdbExpand -b -Ipath -ooutfile "
+            "-S macro=value file1.dbd file2.dbd ...\n");
     fprintf(stderr,"Specifying any path will replace the default of '.'\n");
+    fprintf(stderr,"The -b option enables relaxed breakpoint table checking\n");
 }
 
 int main(int argc,char **argv)
 {
-    char	*path = NULL;
-    char	*sub = NULL;
-    int		pathLength = 0;
-    int		subLength = 0;
+    char        *path = NULL;
+    char        *sub = NULL;
+    int         pathLength = 0;
+    int         subLength = 0;
     char        *outFilename = NULL;
     FILE        *outFP = stdout;
-    long	status;
-    long	returnStatus = 0;
+    long        status;
+    long        returnStatus = 0;
     static char *pathSep = OSI_PATH_LIST_SEPARATOR;
     static char *subSep = ",";
 
@@ -53,8 +55,8 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
     while ((argc > 1) && (**argv == '-')) {
         char optLtr = (*argv)[1];
         char *optArg;
-        
-        if (strlen(*argv) > 2) {
+
+        if (strlen(*argv) > 2 || optLtr == 'b') {
             optArg = *argv+2;
             ++argv;
             --argc;
@@ -63,36 +65,40 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
             argv += 2;
             argc -= 2;
         }
-        
+
         switch (optLtr) {
         case 'o':
             outFilename = optArg;
             break;
-            
+
         case 'I':
             dbCatString(&path, &pathLength, optArg, pathSep);
             break;
-            
+
         case 'S':
             dbCatString(&sub, &subLength, optArg, subSep);
             break;
-            
+
+        case 'b':
+            dbBptNotMonotonic = 1;
+            break;
+
         default:
             fprintf(stderr, "dbExpand: Unknown option '-%c'\n", optLtr);
             usage();
             exit(1);
         }
     }
-    
+
     if (argc < 1) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "dbExpand: No input file specified\n");
+        fprintf(stderr, "dbExpand: No input file specified\n");
         usage();
-	exit(1);
+        exit(1);
     }
-    
+
     for (; argc>0; --argc, ++argv) {
-	status = dbReadDatabase(&pdbbase,*argv,path,sub);
-	if (status) returnStatus = status;
+        status = dbReadDatabase(&pdbbase,*argv,path,sub);
+        if (status) returnStatus = status;
     }
     if (returnStatus) {
         errlogFlush();
@@ -106,7 +112,7 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
             exit(1);
         }
     }
-    
+
     dbWriteMenuFP(pdbbase,outFP,0);
     dbWriteRecordTypeFP(pdbbase,outFP,0);
     dbWriteDeviceFP(pdbbase,outFP);
@@ -116,7 +122,7 @@ int main(int argc,char **argv)
     dbWriteVariableFP(pdbbase,outFP);
     dbWriteBreaktableFP(pdbbase,outFP);
     dbWriteRecordFP(pdbbase,outFP,0,0);
-    
+
     free((void *)path);
     free((void *)sub);
     return 0;