diff --git a/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/Utils.java b/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/Utils.java
index 3b633dc972..0110b67fde 100644
--- a/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/Utils.java
+++ b/oak-run/src/main/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/Utils.java
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class Utils {
             }
             MongoConnection mongo = new MongoConnection(uri.getURI());
             closer.register(asCloseable(mongo));
-            builder = newMongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder().setMongoDB(mongo.getDB());
+            builder = newMongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder().setMongoDB(src, mongo.getDB().getName(), 16);
         } else if (src.startsWith("jdbc")) {
             RDBOptions opts = new RDBOptions();
             if (options.getRDBTablePrefix() != null) {
diff --git a/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/mongo/MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilderHelper.java b/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/mongo/MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilderHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c58efc1f75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/plugins/document/mongo/MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilderHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.mongo;
+
+public class MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilderHelper {
+
+	public static String getMongoUri(MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder builder) {
+        return builder.getMongoUri();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/RevisionsCommandTest.java b/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/RevisionsCommandTest.java
index 8260c66947..59061d1bc4 100644
--- a/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/RevisionsCommandTest.java
+++ b/oak-run/src/test/java/org/apache/jackrabbit/oak/run/RevisionsCommandTest.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import java.io.PrintStream;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.io.Closer;
 
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.Collection;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.Document;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@ import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.MongoConnectionFactory;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.MongoUtils;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.Revision;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.UpdateOp;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.mongo.MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder;
+import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.mongo.MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilderHelper;
 import org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.util.MongoConnection;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
@@ -42,6 +45,7 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.apache.jackrabbit.oak.plugins.document.util.Utils.getIdFromPath;
 import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -103,6 +107,21 @@ public class RevisionsCommandTest {
         assertTrue(output.contains("starting gc collect"));
     }
     
+    @Test
+    public void validateMongoUri() throws Exception {
+    	ImmutableList<String> args = ImmutableList.<String>builder().add(MongoUtils.URL)
+                .build().asList();
+    	Closer closer = Closer.create();
+        DocumentNodeStoreBuilder<?> builder = Utils.createDocumentMKBuilder(args.toArray(new String[args.size()]), closer, "");
+        if(builder instanceof MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder) {
+        	MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder mb = (MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilder)builder;
+        	String mongoUri = MongoDocumentNodeStoreBuilderHelper.getMongoUri(mb);
+        	assertNotNull(mongoUri);
+        	assertEquals(MongoUtils.URL, mongoUri);
+        }
+        closer.close();
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void sweep() throws Exception {
         int clusterId = ns.getClusterId();