diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5ed30e2c5e..c7118ed9ea 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1085,6 +1085,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "ieee754",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "fd-lock"
+version = "1.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a15bec795244d49f5ee3024bdc6c3883fb035f7f6601d4a4821c3d5d60784454"
+dependencies = [
+ "failure",
+ "libc",
+ "winapi 0.3.8",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "feature-probe"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -5096,6 +5107,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "console",
+ "fd-lock",
  "indicatif",
  "libc",
  "log 0.4.11",
diff --git a/install/Cargo.toml b/install/Cargo.toml
index 80d63cd1d5..f5e83c56f1 100644
--- a/install/Cargo.toml
+++ b/install/Cargo.toml
@@ -39,13 +39,5 @@ url = "2.1.1"
 winapi = "0.3.8"
 winreg = "0.7"
 
-[[bin]]
-name = "solana-install"
-path = "src/main-install.rs"
-
-[[bin]]
-name = "solana-install-init"
-path = "src/main-install-init.rs"
-
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 targets = ["x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
diff --git a/install/src/main-install-init.rs b/install/src/bin/solana-install-init.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from install/src/main-install-init.rs
rename to install/src/bin/solana-install-init.rs
diff --git a/install/src/main-install.rs b/install/src/main.rs
similarity index 100%
rename from install/src/main-install.rs
rename to install/src/main.rs
diff --git a/validator/Cargo.toml b/validator/Cargo.toml
index af5e001398..6df49f32e6 100644
--- a/validator/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validator/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ base64 = "0.12.3"
 clap = "2.33.1"
 chrono = { version = "0.4.11", features = ["serde"] }
 console = "0.11.3"
+fd-lock = "1.1.1"
 indicatif = "0.15.0"
 log = "0.4.11"
 rand = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/validator/src/bin/solana-test-validator.rs b/validator/src/bin/solana-test-validator.rs
index a57b07c83f..e0baaf215e 100644
--- a/validator/src/bin/solana-test-validator.rs
+++ b/validator/src/bin/solana-test-validator.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use {
     clap::{value_t_or_exit, App, Arg},
     console::style,
+    fd_lock::FdLock,
     indicatif::{ProgressBar, ProgressDrawTarget, ProgressStyle},
     solana_clap_utils::{input_parsers::pubkey_of, input_validators::is_pubkey},
     solana_client::{client_error, rpc_client::RpcClient},
@@ -18,9 +19,9 @@ use {
     },
     solana_validator::{start_logger, test_validator::*},
     std::{
-        fs,
+        fs, io,
         net::{IpAddr, Ipv4Addr, SocketAddr},
-        path::PathBuf,
+        path::{Path, PathBuf},
         process::exit,
         sync::mpsc::channel,
         thread,
@@ -90,6 +91,16 @@ fn main() {
                 .default_value("test-ledger")
                 .help("Use DIR as ledger location"),
         )
+        .arg(
+            Arg::with_name("reset")
+                .short("r")
+                .long("reset")
+                .takes_value(false)
+                .help(
+                    "Reset the ledger to genesis if it exists. \
+                       By default the validator will resume an existing ledger (if present)",
+                ),
+        )
         .arg(
             Arg::with_name("quiet")
                 .short("q")
@@ -144,6 +155,7 @@ fn main() {
     });
 
     let ledger_path = value_t_or_exit!(matches, "ledger_path", PathBuf);
+    let reset_ledger = matches.is_present("reset");
     let output = if matches.is_present("quiet") {
         Output::None
     } else if matches.is_present("log") {
@@ -188,19 +200,35 @@ fn main() {
         }
     }
 
+    if !ledger_path.exists() {
+        fs::create_dir(&ledger_path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+            eprintln!(
+                "Error: Unable to create directory {}: {}",
+                ledger_path.display(),
+                err
+            );
+            exit(1);
+        });
+    }
+
+    let mut ledger_fd_lock = FdLock::new(fs::File::open(&ledger_path).unwrap());
+    let _ledger_lock = ledger_fd_lock.try_lock().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+        eprintln!(
+            "Error: Unable to lock {} directory. Check if another solana-test-validator is running",
+            ledger_path.display()
+        );
+        exit(1);
+    });
+
+    if reset_ledger {
+        remove_directory_contents(&ledger_path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+            eprintln!("Error: Unable to remove {}: {}", ledger_path.display(), err);
+            exit(1);
+        })
+    }
+
     let validator_log_symlink = ledger_path.join("validator.log");
     let logfile = if output != Output::Log {
-        if !ledger_path.exists() {
-            fs::create_dir(&ledger_path).unwrap_or_else(|err| {
-                eprintln!(
-                    "Error: Unable to create directory {}: {}",
-                    ledger_path.display(),
-                    err
-                );
-                exit(1);
-            })
-        }
-
         let validator_log_with_timestamp = format!(
             "validator-{}.log",
             SystemTime::now()
@@ -330,3 +358,16 @@ fn main() {
 
     std::thread::park();
 }
+
+fn remove_directory_contents(ledger_path: &Path) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
+    for entry in fs::read_dir(&ledger_path)? {
+        let entry = entry?;
+        println!("emove {}:", entry.path().display());
+        if entry.metadata()?.is_file() {
+            fs::remove_file(&entry.path())?
+        } else {
+            fs::remove_dir_all(&entry.path())?
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(())
+}