diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 081c6089..13eff6e0 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ Restore handling of relative values for `database.path` that was
 broken by 0.32. Extend this handling to `database.mail_root`,
 `database.backup_dir`, and `database.hook_dir`.
 
+Reload certain metadata from Xapian database in
+notmuch_database_reopen. This fixes a bug when adding messages to the
+database in a pre-new hook.
+
 Notmuch 0.32 (2021-05-02)
 =========================
 
diff --git a/lib/open.cc b/lib/open.cc
index bdb695fe..1e9c86fe 100644
--- a/lib/open.cc
+++ b/lib/open.cc
@@ -325,6 +325,37 @@ _init_libs ()
     }
 }
 
+static void
+_load_database_state (notmuch_database_t *notmuch)
+{
+    std::string last_thread_id;
+    std::string last_mod;
+
+    notmuch->last_doc_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_lastdocid ();
+    last_thread_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_metadata ("last_thread_id");
+    if (last_thread_id.empty ()) {
+	notmuch->last_thread_id = 0;
+    } else {
+	const char *str;
+	char *end;
+
+	str = last_thread_id.c_str ();
+	notmuch->last_thread_id = strtoull (str, &end, 16);
+	if (*end != '\0')
+	    INTERNAL_ERROR ("Malformed database last_thread_id: %s", str);
+    }
+
+    /* Get current highest revision number. */
+    last_mod = notmuch->xapian_db->get_value_upper_bound (
+	NOTMUCH_VALUE_LAST_MOD);
+    if (last_mod.empty ())
+	notmuch->revision = 0;
+    else
+	notmuch->revision = Xapian::sortable_unserialise (last_mod);
+    notmuch->uuid = talloc_strdup (
+	notmuch, notmuch->xapian_db->get_uuid ().c_str ());
+}
+
 static notmuch_status_t
 _finish_open (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 	      const char *profile,
@@ -339,8 +370,6 @@ _finish_open (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
     const char *database_path = notmuch_database_get_path (notmuch);
 
     try {
-	std::string last_thread_id;
-	std::string last_mod;
 
 	if (mode == NOTMUCH_DATABASE_MODE_READ_WRITE) {
 	    notmuch->writable_xapian_db = new Xapian::WritableDatabase (notmuch->xapian_path,
@@ -384,29 +413,7 @@ _finish_open (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 	    goto DONE;
 	}
 
-	notmuch->last_doc_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_lastdocid ();
-	last_thread_id = notmuch->xapian_db->get_metadata ("last_thread_id");
-	if (last_thread_id.empty ()) {
-	    notmuch->last_thread_id = 0;
-	} else {
-	    const char *str;
-	    char *end;
-
-	    str = last_thread_id.c_str ();
-	    notmuch->last_thread_id = strtoull (str, &end, 16);
-	    if (*end != '\0')
-		INTERNAL_ERROR ("Malformed database last_thread_id: %s", str);
-	}
-
-	/* Get current highest revision number. */
-	last_mod = notmuch->xapian_db->get_value_upper_bound (
-	    NOTMUCH_VALUE_LAST_MOD);
-	if (last_mod.empty ())
-	    notmuch->revision = 0;
-	else
-	    notmuch->revision = Xapian::sortable_unserialise (last_mod);
-	notmuch->uuid = talloc_strdup (
-	    notmuch, notmuch->xapian_db->get_uuid ().c_str ());
+	_load_database_state (notmuch);
 
 	notmuch->query_parser = new Xapian::QueryParser;
 	notmuch->term_gen = new Xapian::TermGenerator;
@@ -733,6 +740,8 @@ notmuch_database_reopen (notmuch_database_t *notmuch,
 							   DB_ACTION);
 	    }
 	}
+
+	_load_database_state (notmuch);
     } catch (const Xapian::Error &error) {
 	if (! notmuch->exception_reported) {
 	    _notmuch_database_log (notmuch, "Error: A Xapian exception reopening database: %s\n",
diff --git a/test/T400-hooks.sh b/test/T400-hooks.sh
index 00c99337..0c84b7dd 100755
--- a/test/T400-hooks.sh
+++ b/test/T400-hooks.sh
@@ -28,6 +28,16 @@ EOF
     echo "${TOKEN}" > ${2}
 }
 
+create_change_hook () {
+    mkdir -p ${HOOK_DIR}
+    cat <<EOF >"${HOOK_DIR}/${1}"
+#!/bin/sh
+notmuch insert --no-hooks < ${2} > /dev/null
+rm -f ${2}
+EOF
+    chmod +x "${HOOK_DIR}/${1}"
+}
+
 create_failing_hook () {
     local HOOK_DIR=${2}
     mkdir -p ${HOOK_DIR}
@@ -176,6 +186,20 @@ EOF
     NOTMUCH_NEW
     test_expect_equal_file write.expected write.output
 
+    test_begin_subtest "add message in pre-new [${config}]"
+    rm -rf ${HOOK_DIR}
+    generate_message '[subject]="add msg in pre-new"'
+    id1=$gen_msg_id
+    create_change_hook "pre-new" $gen_msg_filename $HOOK_DIR
+    generate_message '[subject]="add msg in new"'
+    NOTMUCH_NEW
+    notmuch search id:$id1 or id:$gen_msg_id | notmuch_search_sanitize > OUTPUT
+    cat <<EOF | sed s'/^[ \t]*//' > EXPECTED
+    thread:XXX   2001-01-05 [1/1] Notmuch Test Suite; add msg in pre-new (inbox unread)
+    thread:XXX   2001-01-05 [1/1] Notmuch Test Suite; add msg in new (inbox unread)
+EOF
+    test_expect_equal_file EXPECTED OUTPUT
+
     rm -rf ${HOOK_DIR}
 done
 test_done