diff --git a/src/clojure/monger/command.clj b/src/clojure/monger/command.clj
index b8e78a4..5e3e8fb 100644
--- a/src/clojure/monger/command.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/monger/command.clj
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
    * http://clojuremongodb.info/articles/mapreduce.html"
   (:require monger.core
             [monger.conversion :refer :all])
-  (:import com.mongodb.DB))
+  (:import [com.mongodb DB DBObject]))
 
 
 ;;
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
   [m]
   (monger.core/command (monger.core/admin-db) m))
 
+(defn raw-admin-command
+  "Executes a command on the admin database"
+  [^DBObject cmd]
+  (monger.core/raw-command (monger.core/admin-db) cmd))
+
 (defn collection-stats
   ([collection]
      (collection-stats monger.core/*mongodb-database* collection))
diff --git a/src/clojure/monger/core.clj b/src/clojure/monger/core.clj
index 82ab647..7307dcb 100644
--- a/src/clojure/monger/core.clj
+++ b/src/clojure/monger/core.clj
@@ -263,6 +263,13 @@
   ([^DB database ^Map cmd]
      (.command ^DB database ^DBObject (to-db-object cmd))))
 
+(defn ^com.mongodb.CommandResult raw-command
+  "Like monger.core/command but accepts DBObjects"
+  ([^DBObject cmd]
+     (.command ^DB *mongodb-database* cmd))
+  ([^DB database ^DBObject cmd]
+     (.command database cmd)))
+
 (defprotocol Countable
   (count [this] "Returns size of the object"))