diff --git a/core/mvcc/bindings/c/include/mvcc.h b/core/mvcc/bindings/c/include/mvcc.h
index b30f1cf4a..c12aa5a43 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/bindings/c/include/mvcc.h
+++ b/core/mvcc/bindings/c/include/mvcc.h
@@ -11,8 +11,12 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef struct DbContext DbContext;
 
+typedef struct ScanCursorContext ScanCursorContext;
+
 typedef const DbContext *MVCCDatabaseRef;
 
+typedef ScanCursorContext *MVCCScanCursorRef;
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 extern "C" {
 #endif // __cplusplus
@@ -27,6 +31,14 @@ MVCCError MVCCDatabaseRead(MVCCDatabaseRef db, uint64_t id, char **value_ptr, in
 
 void MVCCFreeStr(void *ptr);
 
+MVCCScanCursorRef MVCCScanCursorOpen(MVCCDatabaseRef db);
+
+void MVCCScanCursorClose(MVCCScanCursorRef cursor);
+
+MVCCError MVCCScanCursorRead(MVCCScanCursorRef cursor, char **value_ptr, int64_t *value_len);
+
+int MVCCScanCursorNext(MVCCScanCursorRef cursor);
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 } // extern "C"
 #endif // __cplusplus
diff --git a/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/lib.rs b/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/lib.rs
index f995be1ea..7f3f1ea62 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ mod types;
 
 use errors::MVCCError;
 use mvcc_rs::*;
-use types::{DbContext, MVCCDatabaseRef};
+use types::{DbContext, MVCCDatabaseRef, MVCCScanCursorRef, ScanCursorContext};
 
 /// cbindgen:ignore
 type Clock = clock::LocalClock;
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ type Inner = database::DatabaseInner<Clock, Storage>;
 /// cbindgen:ignore
 type Db = database::Database<Clock, Storage, tokio::sync::Mutex<Inner>>;
 
+/// cbindgen:ignore
+type ScanCursor = cursor::ScanCursor<'static, Clock, Storage, tokio::sync::Mutex<Inner>>;
+
 static INIT_RUST_LOG: std::sync::Once = std::sync::Once::new();
 
 #[no_mangle]
@@ -143,3 +146,97 @@ pub unsafe extern "C" fn MVCCFreeStr(ptr: *mut std::ffi::c_void) {
     }
     let _ = std::ffi::CString::from_raw(ptr as *mut std::ffi::c_char);
 }
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn MVCCScanCursorOpen(db: MVCCDatabaseRef) -> MVCCScanCursorRef {
+    tracing::debug!("MVCCScanCursorOpen()");
+    // Reference is transmuted to &'static in order to be able to pass the cursor back to C.
+    // The contract with C is to never use a cursor after MVCCDatabaseClose() has been called.
+    let database = unsafe { std::mem::transmute::<&DbContext, &'static DbContext>(db.get_ref()) };
+    let (database, runtime) = (&database.db, &database.runtime);
+    match runtime.block_on(async move { mvcc_rs::cursor::ScanCursor::new(database).await }) {
+        Ok(cursor) => {
+            tracing::debug!("Cursor open: {cursor:?}");
+            MVCCScanCursorRef {
+                ptr: Box::into_raw(Box::new(ScanCursorContext { cursor, db })),
+            }
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!("MVCCScanCursorOpen: {e}");
+            MVCCScanCursorRef {
+                ptr: std::ptr::null_mut(),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn MVCCScanCursorClose(cursor: MVCCScanCursorRef) {
+    tracing::debug!("MVCCScanCursorClose()");
+    if cursor.ptr.is_null() {
+        tracing::debug!("warning: `cursor` is null in MVCCScanCursorClose()");
+        return;
+    }
+    let _ = unsafe { Box::from_raw(cursor.ptr) };
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn MVCCScanCursorRead(
+    cursor: MVCCScanCursorRef,
+    value_ptr: *mut *mut std::ffi::c_char,
+    value_len: *mut i64,
+) -> MVCCError {
+    tracing::debug!("MVCCScanCursorRead()");
+    if cursor.ptr.is_null() {
+        tracing::debug!("warning: `cursor` is null in MVCCScanCursorRead()");
+        return MVCCError::MVCC_IO_ERROR_READ;
+    }
+    let cursor_ctx = unsafe { &*cursor.ptr };
+    let runtime = &cursor_ctx.db.get_ref().runtime;
+    let cursor = &cursor_ctx.cursor;
+
+    // TODO: deduplicate with MVCCDatabaseRead()
+    match runtime.block_on(async move {
+        let maybe_row = cursor.current().await?;
+        match maybe_row {
+            Some(row) => {
+                tracing::debug!("Found row {row:?}");
+                let str_len = row.data.len() + 1;
+                let value = std::ffi::CString::new(row.data.as_bytes()).map_err(|e| {
+                    mvcc_rs::errors::DatabaseError::Io(format!(
+                        "Failed to transform read data into CString: {e}"
+                    ))
+                })?;
+                unsafe {
+                    *value_ptr = value.into_raw();
+                    *value_len = str_len as i64;
+                }
+            }
+            None => unsafe { *value_len = -1 },
+        };
+        Ok::<(), mvcc_rs::errors::DatabaseError>(())
+    }) {
+        Ok(_) => {
+            tracing::debug!("MVCCDatabaseRead: success");
+            MVCCError::MVCC_OK
+        }
+        Err(e) => {
+            tracing::error!("MVCCDatabaseRead: {e}");
+            MVCCError::MVCC_IO_ERROR_READ
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[no_mangle]
+pub unsafe extern "C" fn MVCCScanCursorNext(cursor: MVCCScanCursorRef) -> std::ffi::c_int {
+    let cursor_ctx = unsafe { &mut *cursor.ptr };
+    let cursor = &mut cursor_ctx.cursor;
+    tracing::debug!("MVCCScanCursorNext(): {}", cursor.index);
+    if cursor.forward() {
+        tracing::debug!("Forwarded to {}", cursor.index);
+        1
+    } else {
+        tracing::debug!("Forwarded to end");
+        0
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/types.rs b/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/types.rs
index acb929dcd..34d035cb8 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/types.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/bindings/c/src/types.rs
@@ -45,3 +45,13 @@ pub struct DbContext {
     pub(crate) db: Db,
     pub(crate) runtime: tokio::runtime::Runtime,
 }
+
+pub struct ScanCursorContext {
+    pub cursor: crate::ScanCursor,
+    pub db: MVCCDatabaseRef,
+}
+
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct MVCCScanCursorRef {
+    pub ptr: *mut ScanCursorContext,
+}
diff --git a/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/cursor.rs b/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/cursor.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..230ad6ff6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/cursor.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+use crate::clock::LogicalClock;
+use crate::database::{Database, DatabaseInner, Result, Row};
+use crate::persistent_storage::Storage;
+use crate::sync::AsyncMutex;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ScanCursor<
+    'a,
+    Clock: LogicalClock,
+    StorageImpl: Storage,
+    Mutex: AsyncMutex<Inner = DatabaseInner<Clock, StorageImpl>>,
+> {
+    pub db: &'a Database<Clock, StorageImpl, Mutex>,
+    pub row_ids: Vec<u64>,
+    pub index: usize,
+    tx_id: u64,
+}
+
+impl<
+        'a,
+        Clock: LogicalClock,
+        StorageImpl: Storage,
+        Mutex: AsyncMutex<Inner = DatabaseInner<Clock, StorageImpl>>,
+    > ScanCursor<'a, Clock, StorageImpl, Mutex>
+{
+    pub async fn new(
+        db: &'a Database<Clock, StorageImpl, Mutex>,
+    ) -> Result<ScanCursor<'a, Clock, StorageImpl, Mutex>> {
+        let tx_id = db.begin_tx().await;
+        let row_ids = db.scan_row_ids().await?;
+        Ok(Self {
+            db,
+            tx_id,
+            row_ids,
+            index: 0,
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub async fn current(&self) -> Result<Option<Row>> {
+        let id = self.row_ids[self.index];
+        self.db.read(self.tx_id, id).await
+    }
+
+    pub fn forward(&mut self) -> bool {
+        self.index += 1;
+        self.index < self.row_ids.len()
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/database.rs b/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/database.rs
index 42d0d1588..89e56aa30 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/database.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/database.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,11 @@ impl<
         inner.read(tx_id, id).await
     }
 
+    pub async fn scan_row_ids(&self) -> Result<Vec<u64>> {
+        let inner = self.inner.lock().await;
+        inner.scan_row_ids()
+    }
+
     /// Begins a new transaction in the database.
     ///
     /// This function starts a new transaction in the database and returns a `TxID` value
@@ -355,6 +360,11 @@ impl<Clock: LogicalClock, Storage: crate::persistent_storage::Storage>
         Ok(None)
     }
 
+    fn scan_row_ids(&self) -> Result<Vec<u64>> {
+        let rows = self.rows.borrow();
+        Ok(rows.keys().cloned().collect())
+    }
+
     async fn begin_tx(&mut self) -> TxID {
         let tx_id = self.get_tx_id();
         let begin_ts = self.get_timestamp();
diff --git a/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/lib.rs b/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/lib.rs
index d88011290..f8d418335 100644
--- a/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/lib.rs
+++ b/core/mvcc/mvcc-rs/src/lib.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 //! * Garbage collection
 
 pub mod clock;
+pub mod cursor;
 pub mod database;
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod persistent_storage;