diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt
index 763d8ebbbebd..d6030aa33376 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ceph.txt
@@ -119,12 +119,20 @@ Mount Options
 	must rely on TCP's error correction to detect data corruption
 	in the data payload.
 
-  noasyncreaddir
-	Disable client's use its local cache to satisfy	readdir
-	requests.  (This does not change correctness; the client uses
-	cached metadata only when a lease or capability ensures it is
-	valid.)
+  dcache
+        Use the dcache contents to perform negative lookups and
+        readdir when the client has the entire directory contents in
+        its cache.  (This does not change correctness; the client uses
+        cached metadata only when a lease or capability ensures it is
+        valid.)
 
+  nodcache
+        Do not use the dcache as above.  This avoids a significant amount of
+        complex code, sacrificing performance without affecting correctness,
+        and is useful for tracking down bugs.
+
+  noasyncreaddir
+	Do not use the dcache as above for readdir.
 
 More Information
 ================
diff --git a/fs/ceph/dir.c b/fs/ceph/dir.c
index 974ef1e4d268..5259abfb5dd9 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/dir.c
@@ -1094,17 +1094,36 @@ static int ceph_snapdir_d_revalidate(struct dentry *dentry,
  */
 void ceph_dir_set_complete(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	/* not yet implemented */
+	struct dentry *dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
+	
+	if (dentry && ceph_dentry(dentry) &&
+	    ceph_test_mount_opt(ceph_sb_to_client(dentry->d_sb), DCACHE)) {
+		dout(" marking %p (%p) complete\n", inode, dentry);
+		set_bit(CEPH_D_COMPLETE, &ceph_dentry(dentry)->flags);
+	}
+	dput(dentry);
 }
 
 void ceph_dir_clear_complete(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	/* not yet implemented */
+	struct dentry *dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
+
+	if (dentry && ceph_dentry(dentry)) {
+		dout(" marking %p (%p) complete\n", inode, dentry);
+		set_bit(CEPH_D_COMPLETE, &ceph_dentry(dentry)->flags);
+	}
+	dput(dentry);
 }
 
 bool ceph_dir_test_complete(struct inode *inode)
 {
-	/* not yet implemented */
+	struct dentry *dentry = d_find_any_alias(inode);
+
+	if (dentry && ceph_dentry(dentry)) {
+		dout(" marking %p (%p) NOT complete\n", inode, dentry);
+		clear_bit(CEPH_D_COMPLETE, &ceph_dentry(dentry)->flags);
+	}
+	dput(dentry);
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.c b/fs/ceph/super.c
index ec74313e901f..9c62fe02ce05 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.c
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ enum {
 	Opt_rbytes,
 	Opt_norbytes,
 	Opt_noasyncreaddir,
+	Opt_dcache,
+	Opt_nodcache,
 	Opt_ino32,
 };
 
@@ -152,6 +154,8 @@ static match_table_t fsopt_tokens = {
 	{Opt_rbytes, "rbytes"},
 	{Opt_norbytes, "norbytes"},
 	{Opt_noasyncreaddir, "noasyncreaddir"},
+	{Opt_dcache, "dcache"},
+	{Opt_nodcache, "nodcache"},
 	{Opt_ino32, "ino32"},
 	{-1, NULL}
 };
@@ -231,6 +235,12 @@ static int parse_fsopt_token(char *c, void *private)
 	case Opt_noasyncreaddir:
 		fsopt->flags |= CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_NOASYNCREADDIR;
 		break;
+	case Opt_dcache:
+		fsopt->flags |= CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_DCACHE;
+		break;
+	case Opt_nodcache:
+		fsopt->flags &= ~CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_DCACHE;
+		break;
 	case Opt_ino32:
 		fsopt->flags |= CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_INO32;
 		break;
@@ -377,6 +387,10 @@ static int ceph_show_options(struct seq_file *m, struct vfsmount *mnt)
 		seq_puts(m, ",norbytes");
 	if (fsopt->flags & CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_NOASYNCREADDIR)
 		seq_puts(m, ",noasyncreaddir");
+	if (fsopt->flags & CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_DCACHE)
+		seq_puts(m, ",dcache");
+	else
+		seq_puts(m, ",nodcache");
 
 	if (fsopt->wsize)
 		seq_printf(m, ",wsize=%d", fsopt->wsize);
diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
index edcbf3774a56..140f99f978c4 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/super.h
+++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #define CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_RBYTES          (1<<5) /* dir st_bytes = rbytes */
 #define CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_NOASYNCREADDIR  (1<<7) /* no dcache readdir */
 #define CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_INO32           (1<<8) /* 32 bit inos */
+#define CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_DCACHE          (1<<9) /* use dcache for readdir etc */
 
 #define CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_DEFAULT    (CEPH_MOUNT_OPT_RBYTES)