diff --git a/MANIFEST b/MANIFEST
index 6e9f00250c..1bc50d336a 100644
--- a/MANIFEST
+++ b/MANIFEST
@@ -1404,6 +1404,8 @@
 ./tools/testfiles/tnestcomp-1.ddl
 ./tools/testfiles/tnestedcomp.h5
 ./tools/testfiles/tnofilename.ddl
+./tools/testfiles/tno-subset.h5
+./tools/testfiles/tno-subset.ddl
 ./tools/testfiles/tnullspace.h5
 ./tools/testfiles/tnullspace.ddl
 ./tools/testfiles/tobjref.h5
diff --git a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
index ffa82be5e3..49dd0bd4d4 100644
--- a/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
+++ b/release_docs/RELEASE.txt
@@ -239,6 +239,12 @@ New Features
 
     Tools:
     ------
+     - h5dump: Added new option --no-compact-subset. This option will not
+               interpret the '[' character as starting the compact form of 
+               subsetting. This is useful when the "h5dump error: unable to 
+               open dataset "datset_name"" message is output because a dataset
+               name contains a '[' character.(JIRA HDFFV-7689).
+               (ADB - 2012/01/31)
      - h5dump: Corrected schema location: 
                <hdf5:HDF5-File 
                xmlns:hdf5="http://hdfgroup.org/HDF5/XML/schema/HDF5-File" 
diff --git a/tools/h5dump/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/h5dump/CMakeLists.txt
index df13ea4205..8f2498dc34 100644
--- a/tools/h5dump/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/h5dump/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ IF (BUILD_TESTING)
       tnestcomp-1.ddl
       tnbit.ddl
       tnofilename.ddl
+      tno-subset.ddl
       tnullspace.ddl
       zerodim.ddl
       tordergr1.ddl
@@ -293,6 +294,7 @@ IF (BUILD_TESTING)
       tmulti-s.h5
       tnamed_dtype_attr.h5
       tnestedcomp.h5
+      tno-subset.h5
       tnullspace.h5
       zerodim.h5
       torderattr.h5
@@ -830,6 +832,8 @@ IF (BUILD_TESTING)
           tnbit.out.err
           tnofilename.out
           tnofilename.out.err
+          tno-subset.out
+          tno-subset.out.err
           tnullspace.out
           tnullspace.out.err
           zerodim.out
@@ -1019,6 +1023,7 @@ IF (BUILD_TESTING)
   ADD_H5_TEST (tall-4s 0 --dataset=/g1/g1.1/dset1.1.1 --start=1,1 --stride=2,3 --count=3,2 --block=1,1 tall.h5)
   ADD_H5_TEST (tall-5s 0 -d "/g1/g1.1/dset1.1.2[0;2;10;]" tall.h5)
   ADD_H5_TEST (tdset-3s 0 -d "/dset1[1,1;;;]" tdset.h5)
+  ADD_H5_TEST (tno-subset 0 --no-compact-subset -d "AHFINDERDIRECT::ah_centroid_t[0] it=0 tl=0" tno-subset.h5)
 
   # test printing characters in ASCII instead of decimal
   ADD_H5_TEST (tchar1 0 -r tchar.h5)
diff --git a/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c b/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c
index 268824a74c..61a9607bd7 100644
--- a/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c
+++ b/tools/h5dump/h5dump.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static int          display_ai        = TRUE;  /*array index */
 static int          display_escape    = FALSE; /*escape non printable characters */
 static int          display_region    = FALSE; /*print region reference data */
 static int          enable_error_stack= FALSE; /* re-enable error stack */
+static int          disable_compact_subset= FALSE; /* disable compact form of subset notation */
 static int          display_packed_bits = FALSE; /*print 1-8 byte numbers as packed bits*/
 
 /* sort parameters */
@@ -408,7 +409,7 @@ struct handler_t {
  */
 /* The following initialization makes use of C language cancatenating */
 /* "xxx" "yyy" into "xxxyyy". */
-static const char *s_opts = "hnpeyBHirVa:c:d:f:g:k:l:t:w:xD:uX:o:b*F:s:S:Aq:z:m:REM:";
+static const char *s_opts = "hnpeyBHirVa:c:d:f:g:k:l:t:w:xD:uX:o:b*F:s:S:Aq:z:m:RECM:";
 static struct long_options l_opts[] = {
     { "help", no_arg, 'h' },
     { "hel", no_arg, 'h' },
@@ -523,6 +524,7 @@ static struct long_options l_opts[] = {
     { "region", no_arg, 'R' },
     { "enable-error-stack", no_arg, 'E' },
     { "packed-bits", require_arg, 'M' },
+    { "no-compact-subset", no_arg, 'C' },
     { NULL, 0, '\0' }
 };
 
@@ -695,6 +697,8 @@ usage(const char *prog)
     fprintf(stdout, "                          E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "     --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "                          occur.\n");
+    fprintf(stdout, "     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use\n");
+    fprintf(stdout, "                          of \"[\" in datset names.\n");
     fprintf(stdout, "\n");
     fprintf(stdout, " Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset\n");
     fprintf(stdout, " attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.\n");
@@ -3638,37 +3642,32 @@ parse_subset_params(char *dset)
     struct subset_t *s = NULL;
     register char   *brace;
 
-    if ((brace = strrchr(dset, '[')) != NULL) {
-        char *slash = strrchr(dset, '/');
+    if (!disable_compact_subset && ((brace = strrchr(dset, '[')) != NULL)) {
+        *brace++ = '\0';
 
-        /* sanity check to make sure the [ isn't part of the dataset name */
-        if (brace > slash) {
-            *brace++ = '\0';
+        s = (struct subset_t *)calloc(1, sizeof(struct subset_t));
+        parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->start);
 
-            s = (struct subset_t *)calloc(1, sizeof(struct subset_t));
-            parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->start);
+        while (*brace && *brace != ';')
+            brace++;
 
-            while (*brace && *brace != ';')
-                brace++;
+        if (*brace) brace++;
 
-            if (*brace) brace++;
+        parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->stride);
 
-            parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->stride);
+        while (*brace && *brace != ';')
+            brace++;
 
-            while (*brace && *brace != ';')
-                brace++;
+        if (*brace) brace++;
 
-            if (*brace) brace++;
+        parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->count);
 
-            parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->count);
+        while (*brace && *brace != ';')
+            brace++;
 
-            while (*brace && *brace != ';')
-                brace++;
+        if (*brace) brace++;
 
-            if (*brace) brace++;
-
-            parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->block);
-        }
+        parse_hsize_list(brace, &s->block);
     }
 
     return s;
@@ -4541,6 +4540,9 @@ end_collect:
         case 'E':
             enable_error_stack = TRUE;
             break;
+        case 'C':
+            disable_compact_subset = TRUE;
+            break;
         case 'h':
             usage(h5tools_getprogname());
             free_handler(hand, argc);
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/h5dump-help.txt b/tools/testfiles/h5dump-help.txt
index 9083782260..ca16c42ee7 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/h5dump-help.txt
+++ b/tools/testfiles/h5dump-help.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tno-subset.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tno-subset.ddl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..11aa264a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tno-subset.ddl
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+HDF5 "tno-subset.h5" {
+DATASET "AHFINDERDIRECT::ah_centroid_t[0] it=0 tl=0" {
+   DATATYPE  H5T_STD_I32LE
+   DATASPACE  SIMPLE { ( 1, 1 ) / ( 1, 1 ) }
+   DATA {
+   (0,0): 0
+   }
+}
+}
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tno-subset.h5 b/tools/testfiles/tno-subset.h5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6b6f57355
Binary files /dev/null and b/tools/testfiles/tno-subset.h5 differ
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tnofilename-with-packed-bits.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tnofilename-with-packed-bits.ddl
index 9083782260..ca16c42ee7 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tnofilename-with-packed-bits.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tnofilename-with-packed-bits.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tnofilename.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tnofilename.ddl
index da79fbccdf..f9bd972b45 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tnofilename.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tnofilename.ddl
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
 
   1) Attribute foo of the group /bar_none in file quux.h5
 
-     	h5dump -a /bar_none/foo quux.h5
+       h5dump -a /bar_none/foo quux.h5
 
   2) Selecting a subset from dataset /foo in file quux.h5
 
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsIncomplete.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsIncomplete.ddl
index 4307bed247..88dac0af72 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsIncomplete.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsIncomplete.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthExceeded.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthExceeded.ddl
index 4b50e70933..35055f44db 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthExceeded.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthExceeded.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthPositive.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthPositive.ddl
index c648c02c78..3daeab4a27 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthPositive.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsLengthPositive.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsMaxExceeded.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsMaxExceeded.ddl
index 8c6e8e146c..2b3b68f04e 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsMaxExceeded.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsMaxExceeded.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetExceeded.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetExceeded.ddl
index e594d27621..6ccdc26f23 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetExceeded.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetExceeded.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.
diff --git a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetNegative.ddl b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetNegative.ddl
index 833e47ac73..eb41bd7b94 100644
--- a/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetNegative.ddl
+++ b/tools/testfiles/tpbitsOffsetNegative.ddl
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ usage: h5dump [OPTIONS] file
                           E.g., to dump a file called `-f', use h5dump -- -f
      --enable-error-stack Prints messages from the HDF5 error stack as they
                           occur.
+     --no-compact-subset  Disable compact form of subsetting and allow the use
+                          of "[" in datset names.
 
  Subsetting is available by using the following options with a dataset
  attribute. Subsetting is done by selecting a hyperslab from the data.