diff --git a/src/core.c b/src/core.c
index 3537dd0d..b6176d6d 100644
--- a/src/core.c
+++ b/src/core.c
@@ -16284,8 +16284,9 @@ static int mdbx_dbi_bind(MDBX_txn *txn, const MDBX_dbi dbi, unsigned user_flags,
    */
   if ((user_flags ^ txn->mt_dbs[dbi].md_flags) & PERSISTENT_FLAGS) {
     /* flags ara differs, check other conditions */
-    if (!user_flags && (!keycmp || keycmp == txn->mt_dbxs[dbi].md_cmp) &&
-        (!datacmp || datacmp == txn->mt_dbxs[dbi].md_dcmp)) {
+    if ((!user_flags && (!keycmp || keycmp == txn->mt_dbxs[dbi].md_cmp) &&
+         (!datacmp || datacmp == txn->mt_dbxs[dbi].md_dcmp)) ||
+        user_flags == MDBX_ACCEDE) {
       /* no comparators were provided and flags are zero,
        * seems that is case #1 above */
       user_flags = txn->mt_dbs[dbi].md_flags;
@@ -16338,8 +16339,12 @@ int mdbx_dbi_open_ex(MDBX_txn *txn, const char *table_name, unsigned user_flags,
   if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS))
     goto early_bailout;
 
-  switch (user_flags &
-          (MDBX_INTEGERDUP | MDBX_DUPFIXED | MDBX_DUPSORT | MDBX_REVERSEDUP)) {
+  switch (user_flags & (MDBX_INTEGERDUP | MDBX_DUPFIXED | MDBX_DUPSORT |
+                        MDBX_REVERSEDUP | MDBX_ACCEDE)) {
+  case MDBX_ACCEDE:
+    if ((user_flags & MDBX_CREATE) == 0)
+      break;
+    __fallthrough /* fall through */;
   default:
     rc = MDBX_EINVAL;
     goto early_bailout;
diff --git a/src/internals.h b/src/internals.h
index 27b11e52..650ea3c4 100644
--- a/src/internals.h
+++ b/src/internals.h
@@ -1285,7 +1285,7 @@ typedef struct MDBX_node {
 /* mdbx_dbi_open() flags */
 #define VALID_FLAGS                                                            \
   (MDBX_REVERSEKEY | MDBX_DUPSORT | MDBX_INTEGERKEY | MDBX_DUPFIXED |          \
-   MDBX_INTEGERDUP | MDBX_REVERSEDUP | MDBX_CREATE)
+   MDBX_INTEGERDUP | MDBX_REVERSEDUP | MDBX_CREATE | MDBX_ACCEDE)
 
 /* max number of pages to commit in one writev() call */
 #define MDBX_COMMIT_PAGES 64
diff --git a/src/mdbx_chk.c b/src/mdbx_chk.c
index b3fa0252..657a28a7 100644
--- a/src/mdbx_chk.c
+++ b/src/mdbx_chk.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static int process_db(MDBX_dbi dbi_handle, char *dbi_name, visitor *handler,
 
   if (dbi_handle == ~0u) {
     rc = mdbx_dbi_open_ex(
-        txn, dbi_name, 0, &dbi_handle,
+        txn, dbi_name, MDBX_ACCEDE, &dbi_handle,
         (dbi_name && ignore_wrong_order) ? equal_or_greater : nullptr,
         (dbi_name && ignore_wrong_order) ? equal_or_greater : nullptr);
     if (rc) {
diff --git a/src/mdbx_dump.c b/src/mdbx_dump.c
index f97c030a..b921a813 100644
--- a/src/mdbx_dump.c
+++ b/src/mdbx_dump.c
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
     goto env_close;
   }
 
-  rc = mdbx_dbi_open(txn, subname, 0, &dbi);
+  rc = mdbx_dbi_open(txn, subname, MDBX_ACCEDE, &dbi);
   if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS)) {
     error("mdbx_dbi_open", rc);
     goto txn_abort;
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       subname[key.iov_len] = '\0';
 
       MDBX_dbi sub_dbi;
-      rc = mdbx_dbi_open_ex(txn, subname, 0, &sub_dbi,
+      rc = mdbx_dbi_open_ex(txn, subname, MDBX_ACCEDE, &sub_dbi,
                             rescue ? equal_or_greater : nullptr,
                             rescue ? equal_or_greater : nullptr);
       if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS)) {
diff --git a/src/mdbx_stat.c b/src/mdbx_stat.c
index d7d2b479..df12717a 100644
--- a/src/mdbx_stat.c
+++ b/src/mdbx_stat.c
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       printf("  GC: %" PRIaPGNO " pages\n", pages);
   }
 
-  rc = mdbx_dbi_open(txn, subname, 0, &dbi);
+  rc = mdbx_dbi_open(txn, subname, MDBX_ACCEDE, &dbi);
   if (unlikely(rc != MDBX_SUCCESS)) {
     error("mdbx_dbi_open", rc);
     goto txn_abort;
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
       subname = mdbx_malloc(key.iov_len + 1);
       memcpy(subname, key.iov_base, key.iov_len);
       subname[key.iov_len] = '\0';
-      rc = mdbx_dbi_open(txn, subname, 0, &subdbi);
+      rc = mdbx_dbi_open(txn, subname, MDBX_ACCEDE, &subdbi);
       if (rc == MDBX_SUCCESS)
         printf("Status of %s\n", subname);
       mdbx_free(subname);