Index: src/main.c
==================================================================
--- src/main.c
+++ src/main.c
@@ -3422,10 +3422,13 @@
       *(sqlite3_file**)pArg = fd;
       rc = SQLITE_OK;
     }else if( op==SQLITE_FCNTL_VFS_POINTER ){
       *(sqlite3_vfs**)pArg = sqlite3PagerVfs(pPager);
       rc = SQLITE_OK;
+    }else if( op==SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER ){
+      *(sqlite3_file**)pArg = sqlite3PagerJrnlFile(pPager);
+      rc = SQLITE_OK;
     }else if( fd->pMethods ){
       rc = sqlite3OsFileControl(fd, op, pArg);
     }else{
       rc = SQLITE_NOTFOUND;
     }

Index: src/pager.c
==================================================================
--- src/pager.c
+++ src/pager.c
@@ -6689,10 +6689,18 @@
 ** not yet been opened.
 */
 sqlite3_file *sqlite3PagerFile(Pager *pPager){
   return pPager->fd;
 }
+
+/*
+** Return the file handle for the journal file (if it exists).
+** This will be either the rollback journal or the WAL file.
+*/
+sqlite3_file *sqlite3PagerJrnlFile(Pager *pPager){
+  return pPager->pWal ? sqlite3WalFile(pPager->pWal) : pPager->jfd;
+}
 
 /*
 ** Return the full pathname of the journal file.
 */
 const char *sqlite3PagerJournalname(Pager *pPager){

Index: src/pager.h
==================================================================
--- src/pager.h
+++ src/pager.h
@@ -186,10 +186,11 @@
 #endif
 int sqlite3PagerMemUsed(Pager*);
 const char *sqlite3PagerFilename(Pager*, int);
 sqlite3_vfs *sqlite3PagerVfs(Pager*);
 sqlite3_file *sqlite3PagerFile(Pager*);
+sqlite3_file *sqlite3PagerJrnlFile(Pager*);
 const char *sqlite3PagerJournalname(Pager*);
 int sqlite3PagerNosync(Pager*);
 void *sqlite3PagerTempSpace(Pager*);
 int sqlite3PagerIsMemdb(Pager*);
 void sqlite3PagerCacheStat(Pager *, int, int, int *);

Index: src/sqlite.h.in
==================================================================
--- src/sqlite.h.in
+++ src/sqlite.h.in
@@ -792,12 +792,17 @@
 ** improve performance on some systems.
 **
 ** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_FILE_POINTER]]
 ** The [SQLITE_FCNTL_FILE_POINTER] opcode is used to obtain a pointer
 ** to the [sqlite3_file] object associated with a particular database
-** connection.  See the [sqlite3_file_control()] documentation for
-** additional information.
+** connection.  See also [SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER].
+**
+** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER]]
+** The [SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER] opcode is used to obtain a pointer
+** to the [sqlite3_file] object associated with the journal file (either
+** the [rollback journal] or the [write-ahead log]) for a particular database
+** connection.  See also [SQLITE_FCNTL_FILE_POINTER].
 **
 ** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_SYNC_OMITTED]]
 ** No longer in use.
 **
 ** <li>[[SQLITE_FCNTL_SYNC]]
@@ -1008,10 +1013,11 @@
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_WIN32_SET_HANDLE       23
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_WAL_BLOCK              24
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_ZIPVFS                 25
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_RBU                    26
 #define SQLITE_FCNTL_VFS_POINTER            27
+#define SQLITE_FCNTL_JOURNAL_POINTER        28
 
 /* deprecated names */
 #define SQLITE_GET_LOCKPROXYFILE      SQLITE_FCNTL_GET_LOCKPROXYFILE
 #define SQLITE_SET_LOCKPROXYFILE      SQLITE_FCNTL_SET_LOCKPROXYFILE
 #define SQLITE_LAST_ERRNO             SQLITE_FCNTL_LAST_ERRNO

Index: src/wal.c
==================================================================
--- src/wal.c
+++ src/wal.c
@@ -3307,7 +3307,13 @@
 int sqlite3WalFramesize(Wal *pWal){
   assert( pWal==0 || pWal->readLock>=0 );
   return (pWal ? pWal->szPage : 0);
 }
 #endif
+
+/* Return the sqlite3_file object for the WAL file
+*/
+sqlite3_file *sqlite3WalFile(Wal *pWal){
+  return pWal->pWalFd;
+}
 
 #endif /* #ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_WAL */

Index: src/wal.h
==================================================================
--- src/wal.h
+++ src/wal.h
@@ -42,10 +42,11 @@
 # define sqlite3WalCallback(z)                   0
 # define sqlite3WalExclusiveMode(y,z)            0
 # define sqlite3WalHeapMemory(z)                 0
 # define sqlite3WalFramesize(z)                  0
 # define sqlite3WalFindFrame(x,y,z)              0
+# define sqlite3WalFile(x)                       0
 #else
 
 #define WAL_SAVEPOINT_NDATA 4
 
 /* Connection to a write-ahead log (WAL) file. 
@@ -135,8 +136,11 @@
 /* If the WAL file is not empty, return the number of bytes of content
 ** stored in each frame (i.e. the db page-size when the WAL was created).
 */
 int sqlite3WalFramesize(Wal *pWal);
 #endif
+
+/* Return the sqlite3_file object for the WAL file */
+sqlite3_file *sqlite3WalFile(Wal *pWal);
 
 #endif /* ifndef SQLITE_OMIT_WAL */
 #endif /* _WAL_H_ */