diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index dfc4ed8..5b927a2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ dokku plugin:install https://github.com/dokku/dokku-mongo.git mongo
 ```
 mongo:clone <name> <new-name>  Create container <new-name> then copy data from <name> into <new-name>
 mongo:connect <name>           Connect via telnet to a mongo service
+mongo:connect-admin <name>     Connect via telnet to a mongo service as admin user
 mongo:create <name>            Create a mongo service with environment variables
 mongo:destroy <name>           Delete the service and stop its container if there are no links left
 mongo:export <name> > <file>   Export a dump of the mongo service database
 mongo:expose <name> [port]     Expose a mongo service on custom port if provided (random port otherwise)
-mongo:import <name> < <file>     Import a dump into the mongo service database
+mongo:import <name> < <file>   Import a dump into the mongo service database
 mongo:info <name>              Print the connection information
 mongo:link <name> <app>        Link the mongo service to the app
 mongo:list                     List all mongo services
diff --git a/commands b/commands
index df51308..073d9f6 100755
--- a/commands
+++ b/commands
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ case "$1" in
     "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/subcommands/connect" "$@"
     ;;
 
+  $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:connect-admin)
+    "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/subcommands/connect-admin" "$@"
+    ;;
+
   $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:create)
     "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)/subcommands/create" "$@"
     ;;
@@ -86,6 +90,7 @@ case "$1" in
       cat<<help_content
     $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:clone <name> <new-name>, Create container <new-name> then copy data from <name> into <new-name>
     $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:connect <name>, Connect via mongo to a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service
+    $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:connect-admin <name>, Connect via mongo to a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service as admin user
     $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:create <name>, Create a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service
     $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:destroy <name>, Delete the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service and stop its container if there are no links left
     $PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:export <name>, Export a dump of the $PLUGIN_SERVICE service database
diff --git a/subcommands/connect-admin b/subcommands/connect-admin
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac4ac13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subcommands/connect-admin
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/config"
+set -eo pipefail; [[ $DOKKU_TRACE ]] && set -x
+source "$PLUGIN_BASE_PATH/common/functions"
+source "$(dirname "$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)")/functions"
+
+mongo-connect-admin-cmd() {
+  declare desc="connect via mongo to a $PLUGIN_SERVICE service as admin user"
+  local cmd="$PLUGIN_COMMAND_PREFIX:admin" argv=("$@"); [[ ${argv[0]} == "$cmd" ]] && shift 1
+  declare SERVICE="$1"
+
+  [[ -z "$SERVICE" ]] && dokku_log_fail "Please specify a name for the service"
+  verify_service_name "$SERVICE"
+  SERVICE_ROOT="$PLUGIN_DATA_ROOT/$SERVICE"
+  SERVICE_NAME="$(get_service_name "$SERVICE")"
+  PASSWORD="$(cat "$SERVICE_ROOT/ROOTPASSWORD")"
+  has_tty && SERVICE_TTY_OPTS="-t"
+
+  docker exec -i $SERVICE_TTY_OPTS "$SERVICE_NAME" mongo -u admin -p "$PASSWORD" --authenticationDatabase admin "$SERVICE"
+}
+
+mongo-connect-admin-cmd "$@"