diff --git a/docs/faq.txt b/docs/faq.txt
index ec541a820..ff9acc025 100644
--- a/docs/faq.txt
+++ b/docs/faq.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,25 @@ SAPI. Additionally, :php:`php_ini_loaded_file() <php_ini_loaded_file>` and
 :php:`php_ini_scanned_files() <php_ini_scanned_files>` may be used to determine
 exactly which INI files have been loaded by PHP.
 
+To debug issues with the extension not being loaded, you can use the
+``detect-extension`` script provided in the tools directory. You can run this
+script from the CLI or include it in a script accessible via your web server.
+The tool will point out potential issues and installation instructions for your
+system. Assuming you've installed the library through Composer, you can call the
+script from the vendor directory:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   php vendor/mongodb/mongodb/tools/detect-extension.php
+
+If you want to check configuration for a web server SAPI, include the file in
+a script accessible from the web server and open it in your browser. Remember to
+wrap the script in ``<pre>`` tags to properly format its output:
+
+.. code-block:: php
+
+   <pre><?php require(...); ?></pre>
+
 Loading an Incompatible DLL on Windows
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -80,7 +99,7 @@ for the correct environment.
 Server Selection Failures
 -------------------------
 
-The follow are all examples of
+The following are all examples of
 :doc:`Server Selection </tutorial/server-selection>` failures:
 
 .. code-block:: none
@@ -133,3 +152,28 @@ failure:
   but was dropped or otherwise timeout out due to latency.
 - "TLS handshake failed" suggests something related to TLS or OCSP verification
   and is sometimes indicative of misconfigured TLS certificates.
+
+In the case of a connection failure, you can use the ``connect`` tool to try and
+receive more information. This tool attempts to connect to each host in a
+connection string using socket functions to see if it is able to establish a
+connection, send, and receive data. The tool takes the connection string to a
+MongoDB deployment as its only argument. Assuming you've installed the library
+through Composer, you would call the script from the vendor directory:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   php vendor/mongodb/mongodb/tools/connect.php mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
+
+In case the server does not accept connections, the output will look like this:
+
+.. code-block:: none
+
+   Looking up MongoDB at mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017
+   Found 1 host(s) in the URI. Will attempt to connect to each.
+
+   Could not connect to 127.0.0.1:27017: Connection refused
+
+.. note::
+
+   The tool only supports the ``mongodb://`` URI schema. Using the
+   ``mongodb+srv`` scheme is not supported.
diff --git a/phpcs.xml.dist b/phpcs.xml.dist
index 7db7074b7..a2d56ccce 100644
--- a/phpcs.xml.dist
+++ b/phpcs.xml.dist
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
     <file>src</file>
     <file>examples</file>
     <file>tests</file>
+    <file>tools</file>
 
     <!-- ****************************************** -->
     <!-- Import rules from doctrine/coding-standard -->
diff --git a/tools/connect.php b/tools/connect.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..121f727c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/connect.php
@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+<?php
+
+function getHosts(string $uri): array
+{
+    if (strpos($uri, '://') === false) {
+        return [$uri];
+    }
+
+    $parsed = parse_url($uri);
+
+    if (isset($parsed['scheme']) && $parsed['scheme'] !== 'mongodb') {
+        // TODO: Resolve SRV records (https://github.com/mongodb/specifications/blob/master/source/initial-dns-seedlist-discovery/initial-dns-seedlist-discovery.rst)
+        throw new RuntimeException('Unsupported scheme: ' . $parsed['scheme']);
+    }
+
+    $hosts = sprintf('%s:%d', $parsed['host'], $parsed['port'] ?? 27017);
+
+    return explode(',', $hosts);
+}
+
+/** @param resource $stream */
+function streamWrite($stream, string $data): int
+{
+    for ($written = 0; $written < strlen($data); $written += $fwrite) {
+        $fwrite = fwrite($stream, substr($data, $written));
+
+        if ($fwrite === false) {
+            return $written;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return $written;
+}
+
+/** @param resource $stream */
+function streamRead($stream, int $length): string
+{
+    $contents = '';
+
+    while (! feof($stream) && strlen($contents) < $length) {
+        $fread = fread($stream, min($length - strlen($contents), 8192));
+
+        if ($fread === false) {
+            return $contents;
+        }
+
+        $contents .= $fread;
+    }
+
+    return $contents;
+}
+
+function connect(string $host, bool $ssl): void
+{
+    $uri = sprintf('%s://%s', $ssl ? 'ssl' : 'tcp', $host);
+    $context = stream_context_create($ssl ? ['ssl' => ['capture_peer_cert' => true]] : []);
+    $client = @stream_socket_client($uri, $errno, $errorMessage, 5, STREAM_CLIENT_CONNECT, $context);
+
+    if ($client === false) {
+        printf("Could not connect to %s: %s\n", $host, $errorMessage);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    if ($ssl) {
+        $peerCertificate = stream_context_get_params($client)['options']['ssl']['peer_certificate'] ?? null;
+
+        if (! isset($peerCertificate)) {
+            printf("Could not capture peer certificate for %s\n", $host);
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $certificateProperties = openssl_x509_parse($peerCertificate);
+
+        // TODO: Check that the certificate common name (CN) matches the hostname
+        $now = new DateTime();
+        $validFrom = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', $certificateProperties['validFrom_time_t']);
+        $validTo = DateTime::createFromFormat('U', $certificateProperties['validTo_time_t']);
+        $isValid = $now >= $validFrom && $now <= $validTo;
+
+        printf("Peer certificate for %s is %s\n", $host, $isValid ? 'valid' : 'expired');
+
+        if (! $isValid) {
+            printf("  Valid from %s to %s\n", $validFrom->format('c'), $validTo->format('c'));
+        }
+    }
+
+    $request = pack(
+        'Va*xVVa*',
+        1 << 2 /* slaveOk */,
+        'admin.$cmd', /* namespace */
+        0, /* numberToSkip */
+        1, /* numberToReturn */
+        hex2bin('130000001069734d6173746572000100000000') /* { "isMaster": 1 } */
+    );
+    $requestLength = 16 /* MsgHeader length */ + strlen($request);
+    $header = pack('V4', $requestLength, 0 /* requestID */, 0 /* responseTo */, 2004 /* OP_QUERY */);
+
+    if ($requestLength !== streamWrite($client, $header . $request)) {
+        printf("Could not write request to %s\n", $host);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    $data = streamRead($client, 4);
+
+    if ($data === false || strlen($data) !== 4) {
+        printf("Could not read response header from %s\n", $host);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    [, $responseLength] = unpack('V', $data);
+
+    $data = streamRead($client, $responseLength - 4);
+
+    if ($data === false || strlen($data) !== $responseLength - 4) {
+        printf("Could not read response from %s\n", $host);
+
+        return;
+    }
+
+    printf("Successfully received response from %s\n", $host);
+}
+
+$uri = $argv[1] ?? 'mongodb://127.0.0.1';
+printf("Looking up MongoDB at %s\n", $uri);
+$hosts = getHosts($uri);
+$ssl = stripos(parse_url($uri, PHP_URL_QUERY) ?? '', 'ssl=true') !== false;
+
+printf("Found %d host(s) in the URI. Will attempt to connect to each.\n", count($hosts));
+
+foreach ($hosts as $host) {
+    echo "\n";
+    connect($host, $ssl);
+}
diff --git a/tools/detect-extension.php b/tools/detect-extension.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b599fd4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/detect-extension.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+function grepIniFile(string $filename, string $extension): int
+{
+    $lines = [];
+
+    foreach (new SplFileObject($filename) as $i => $line) {
+        if (strpos($line, 'extension') === false) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        if (strpos($line, $extension) === false) {
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        $lines[$i] = $line;
+    }
+
+    if (empty($lines)) {
+        printf("No interesting lines in %s.\n", $filename);
+
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    printf("Interesting lines in %s...\n", $filename);
+    foreach ($lines as $i => $line) {
+        printf("  %d: %s\n", $i + 1, trim($line));
+    }
+
+    return count($lines);
+}
+
+$extension = $argv[1] ?? 'mongodb';
+$extensionDir = ini_get('extension_dir');
+
+$version = phpversion($extension);
+
+if ($version !== false) {
+    printf("Extension \"%s\" is loaded. Version: %s\n", $extension, $version);
+    exit;
+}
+
+printf("Extension \"%s\" is not loaded. Will attempt to scan INI files.\n", $extension);
+
+// Check main INI file
+$ini = php_ini_loaded_file();
+$lines = 0;
+
+if ($ini === false) {
+    printf("No php.ini file is loaded. Will attempt to scan additional INI files.\n");
+} else {
+    $lines += grepIniFile($ini, $extension);
+}
+
+// Check additional INI files in scan directory
+// See: https://www.php.net/manual/en/configuration.file.php#configuration.file.scan
+$files = php_ini_scanned_files();
+
+if (empty($files)) {
+    printf("No additional INI files are loaded. Nothing left to scan.\n");
+} else {
+    foreach (explode(',', $files) as $ini) {
+        $lines += grepIniFile(trim($ini), $extension);
+    }
+}
+
+$mask = defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD') ? 'php_%s.dll' : '%s.so';
+$filename = sprintf($mask, $extension);
+$extensionFileExists = file_exists($extensionDir . '/' . $filename);
+
+echo "\n";
+printf("PHP will look for extensions in: %s\n", $extensionDir);
+printf("Checking if that directory is readable: %s\n", is_dir($extensionDir) || ! is_readable($extensionDir) ? 'yes' : 'no');
+printf("Checking if extension file exists in that directory: %s\n", $extensionFileExists ? 'yes' : 'no');
+echo "\n";
+
+if ($extensionFileExists) {
+    printf("A file named %s exists in the extension directory. Make sure you have enabled the extension in php.ini.\n", $filename);
+} elseif (! defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD')) {
+    // Installation instructions for non-Windows systems are only necessary if the extension file does not exist.
+    printf("You should install the extension using the pecl command in %s\n", PHP_BINDIR);
+    printf("After installing the extension, you should add \"extension=%s\" to php.ini\n", $filename);
+}
+
+if (defined('PHP_WINDOWS_VERSION_BUILD')) {
+    $zts = PHP_ZTS ? 'Thread Safe (TS)' : 'Non Thread Safe (NTS)';
+    $arch = PHP_INT_SIZE === 8 ? 'x64' : 'x86';
+    $dll = sprintf("%d.%d %s %s", PHP_MAJOR_VERSION, PHP_MINOR_VERSION, $zts, $arch);
+
+    printf("You likely need to download a Windows DLL for: %s\n", $dll);
+    printf("Windows DLLs should be available from: https://pecl.php.net/package/%s\n", $extension);
+
+    if ($extensionFileExists) {
+        echo "If you have enabled the extension in php.ini and it is not loading, make sure you have downloaded the correct DLL file as indicated above.\n";
+    } else {
+        printf("After installing the extension, you should add \"extension=%s\" to php.ini\n", $filename);
+    }
+}