diff --git a/weed/command/mount.go b/weed/command/mount.go
index efa4650ab..75ea485d3 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ type MountOptions struct {
 	umaskString                 *string
 	nonempty                    *bool
 	outsideContainerClusterMode *bool
+	asyncMetaDataCaching        *bool
 }
 
 var (
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ func init() {
 	mountCpuProfile = cmdMount.Flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "cpu profile output file")
 	mountMemProfile = cmdMount.Flag.String("memprofile", "", "memory profile output file")
 	mountOptions.outsideContainerClusterMode = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("outsideContainerClusterMode", false, "allows other users to access the file system")
+	mountOptions.asyncMetaDataCaching = cmdMount.Flag.Bool("asyncMetaDataCaching", false, "<wip> async meta data caching")
 }
 
 var cmdMount = &Command{
diff --git a/weed/command/mount_std.go b/weed/command/mount_std.go
index 0f87d6aee..b1e47809c 100644
--- a/weed/command/mount_std.go
+++ b/weed/command/mount_std.go
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@ func RunMount(option *MountOptions, umask os.FileMode) bool {
 		MountMtime:                  time.Now(),
 		Umask:                       umask,
 		OutsideContainerClusterMode: *mountOptions.outsideContainerClusterMode,
+		AsyncMetaDataCaching:        *mountOptions.asyncMetaDataCaching,
 		Cipher:                      cipher,
 	}))
 
diff --git a/weed/filesys/dir.go b/weed/filesys/dir.go
index 46e8aebb4..ace958e82 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/dir.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/dir.go
@@ -205,6 +205,10 @@ func (dir *Dir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.LookupRequest, resp *fuse.
 	fullFilePath := util.NewFullPath(dir.FullPath(), req.Name)
 	entry := dir.wfs.cacheGet(fullFilePath)
 
+	if dir.wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
+
+	}
+
 	if entry == nil {
 		// glog.V(3).Infof("dir Lookup cache miss %s", fullFilePath)
 		entry, err = filer_pb.GetEntry(dir.wfs, fullFilePath)
@@ -244,6 +248,10 @@ func (dir *Dir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) (ret []fuse.Dirent, err error) {
 
 	glog.V(3).Infof("dir ReadDirAll %s", dir.FullPath())
 
+	if dir.wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
+
+	}
+
 	cacheTtl := 5 * time.Minute
 
 	readErr := filer_pb.ReadDirAllEntries(dir.wfs, util.FullPath(dir.FullPath()), "", func(entry *filer_pb.Entry, isLast bool) {
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs.go b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
index b3772d683..2013f3c03 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ type Option struct {
 
 	OutsideContainerClusterMode bool // whether the mount runs outside SeaweedFS containers
 	Cipher                      bool // whether encrypt data on volume server
+	AsyncMetaDataCaching        bool // whether asynchronously cache meta data
 
 }
 
diff --git a/weed/filesys/xattr.go b/weed/filesys/xattr.go
index a9848fbe7..1768c1d6e 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/xattr.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/xattr.go
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ func (wfs *WFS) maybeLoadEntry(dir, name string) (entry *filer_pb.Entry, err err
 	}
 	// glog.V(3).Infof("read entry cache miss %s", fullpath)
 
+	if wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
+
+	}
+
 	err = wfs.WithFilerClient(func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
 
 		request := &filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryRequest{