diff --git a/include/rocksdb/utilities/ldb_cmd.h b/include/rocksdb/utilities/ldb_cmd.h
index a3ecb03b09ebbb25a3d567d9a13e0d47a3652212..a91505ebe380b244f352c62526dee3066a332fa6 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/utilities/ldb_cmd.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/utilities/ldb_cmd.h
@@ -53,12 +53,19 @@ class LDBCommand {
   static const std::string ARG_CREATE_IF_MISSING;
   static const std::string ARG_NO_VALUE;
 
-  template <typename Selector>
+  // parameters: cmd, cmdParams, option_map, flags
+  // The same interface as SelectCommand()
+  typedef std::function<LDBCommand*(const std::string&,
+                                    const std::vector<std::string>&,
+                                    const std::map<std::string, std::string>&,
+                                    const std::vector<std::string>&)>
+      RocksDBLDBSelectFunc;
+
   static LDBCommand* InitFromCmdLineArgs(
       const std::vector<std::string>& args, const Options& options,
       const LDBOptions& ldb_options,
       const std::vector<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>* column_families,
-      Selector selector = SelectCommand);
+      const RocksDBLDBSelectFunc& selector = SelectCommand);
 
   static LDBCommand* InitFromCmdLineArgs(
       int argc, char** argv, const Options& options,
diff --git a/tools/ldb_cmd.cc b/tools/ldb_cmd.cc
index b226614e01d6b25850a5db49c5075a619659cbe5..f5758f88219abc2f6706119b7d995c089b2e0555 100644
--- a/tools/ldb_cmd.cc
+++ b/tools/ldb_cmd.cc
@@ -98,12 +98,11 @@ LDBCommand* LDBCommand::InitFromCmdLineArgs(
  * Command name is not included in args.
  * Returns nullptr if the command-line cannot be parsed.
  */
-template <typename Selector>
 LDBCommand* LDBCommand::InitFromCmdLineArgs(
     const std::vector<std::string>& args, const Options& options,
     const LDBOptions& ldb_options,
     const std::vector<ColumnFamilyDescriptor>* column_families,
-    Selector selector) {
+    const RocksDBLDBSelectFunc& selector) {
   // --x=y command line arguments are added as x->y map entries.
   std::map<std::string, std::string> option_map;