diff --git a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommand.java b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommand.java
index 20b4232e314..0e034b08acd 100644
--- a/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommand.java
+++ b/bookkeeper-server/src/main/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommand.java
@@ -189,7 +189,13 @@ private boolean readledger(ServerConfiguration serverConf, ReadLedgerFlags flags
                                                                  executor, scheduler, NullStatsLogger.INSTANCE,
                                                                  bk.getBookieAddressResolver());
 
-                LongStream.range(flags.firstEntryId, lastEntry).forEach(entryId -> {
+                // Determine the last ledger entry from ledger metadata if its is not provided
+                if (flags.lastEntryId == -1 && !flags.forceRecovery) {
+                    LedgerHandle lh = bk.openLedgerNoRecovery(flags.ledgerId);
+                    lastEntry = lh.getLastAddConfirmed();
+                }
+
+                LongStream.rangeClosed(flags.firstEntryId, lastEntry).forEach(entryId -> {
                     CompletableFuture<Void> future = new CompletableFuture<>();
 
                     bookieClient.readEntry(bookie, flags.ledgerId, entryId,
diff --git a/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommandTest.java b/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommandTest.java
index 3f80d31dba1..73adf204ace 100644
--- a/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommandTest.java
+++ b/tools/ledger/src/test/java/org/apache/bookkeeper/tools/cli/commands/bookie/ReadLedgerCommandTest.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyInt;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyLong;
 import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.anyString;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doAnswer;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
 import java.util.function.Consumer;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BKException;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.BookKeeperAdmin;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.LedgerEntry;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.client.LedgerHandle;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.BookieId;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.net.BookieSocketAddress;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.proto.BookieClientImpl;
+import org.apache.bookkeeper.proto.BookkeeperInternalCallbacks.ReadEntryCallback;
 import org.apache.bookkeeper.tools.cli.helpers.BookieCommandTestBase;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ public void accept(BookKeeperAdmin bookKeeperAdmin) {
                 when(bookKeeperAdmin.getBookieAddressResolver())
                         .thenReturn(BookieSocketAddress.LEGACY_BOOKIEID_RESOLVER);
                 when(bookKeeperAdmin.openLedger(anyLong())).thenReturn(ledgerHandle);
+                when(bookKeeperAdmin.openLedgerNoRecovery(anyLong())).thenReturn(ledgerHandle);
                 when(bookKeeperAdmin.readEntries(anyLong(), anyLong(), anyLong())).thenReturn(entries);
             }
         });
@@ -110,7 +114,18 @@ public void accept(BookKeeperAdmin bookKeeperAdmin) {
                 .newSingleThreadScheduledExecutor(any(DefaultThreadFactory.class)))
                 .thenReturn(scheduledExecutorService);
 
-        mockConstruction(BookieClientImpl.class);
+        mockConstruction(BookieClientImpl.class, (mock, contest) -> {
+            doAnswer(invocation -> {
+                ReadEntryCallback callback = invocation.getArgument(3);
+                callback.readEntryComplete(BKException.Code.OK,
+                        invocation.getArgument(1),  // ledgerId
+                        invocation.getArgument(2),  // entryId
+                        null,  // buffer
+                        invocation.getArgument(4));  // ctx
+                return null;
+            }).when(mock).readEntry(any(), anyLong(), anyLong(), any(), any(), anyInt());
+
+        });
 
 
     }