diff --git a/fs/fuse/dir.c b/fs/fuse/dir.c
index 7b8f63e7489f..47395b0c3b35 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/dir.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/dir.c
@@ -1160,38 +1160,78 @@ static int fuse_permission(struct inode *inode, int mask)
 	return err;
 }
 
-static const char *fuse_get_link(struct dentry *dentry,
-				 struct inode *inode,
-				 struct delayed_call *done)
+static int fuse_readlink_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 {
 	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
-	FUSE_ARGS(args);
-	char *link;
-	ssize_t ret;
+	struct fuse_req *req;
+	int err;
 
-	if (!dentry)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ECHILD);
+	req = fuse_get_req(fc, 1);
+	if (IS_ERR(req))
+		return PTR_ERR(req);
 
-	link = kmalloc(PAGE_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!link)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+	req->out.page_zeroing = 1;
+	req->out.argpages = 1;
+	req->num_pages = 1;
+	req->pages[0] = page;
+	req->page_descs[0].length = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+	req->in.h.opcode = FUSE_READLINK;
+	req->in.h.nodeid = get_node_id(inode);
+	req->out.argvar = 1;
+	req->out.numargs = 1;
+	req->out.args[0].size = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
+	fuse_request_send(fc, req);
+	err = req->out.h.error;
 
-	args.in.h.opcode = FUSE_READLINK;
-	args.in.h.nodeid = get_node_id(inode);
-	args.out.argvar = 1;
-	args.out.numargs = 1;
-	args.out.args[0].size = PAGE_SIZE - 1;
-	args.out.args[0].value = link;
-	ret = fuse_simple_request(fc, &args);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		kfree(link);
-		link = ERR_PTR(ret);
-	} else {
-		link[ret] = '\0';
-		set_delayed_call(done, kfree_link, link);
+	if (!err) {
+		char *link = page_address(page);
+		size_t len = req->out.args[0].size;
+
+		BUG_ON(len >= PAGE_SIZE);
+		link[len] = '\0';
 	}
+
+	fuse_put_request(fc, req);
 	fuse_invalidate_atime(inode);
-	return link;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static const char *fuse_get_link(struct dentry *dentry, struct inode *inode,
+				 struct delayed_call *callback)
+{
+	struct fuse_conn *fc = get_fuse_conn(inode);
+	struct page *page;
+	int err;
+
+	err = -EIO;
+	if (is_bad_inode(inode))
+		goto out_err;
+
+	if (fc->cache_symlinks)
+		return page_get_link(dentry, inode, callback);
+
+	err = -ECHILD;
+	if (!dentry)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	page = alloc_page(GFP_KERNEL);
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!page)
+		goto out_err;
+
+	err = fuse_readlink_page(inode, page);
+	if (err) {
+		__free_page(page);
+		goto out_err;
+	}
+
+	set_delayed_call(callback, page_put_link, page);
+
+	return page_address(page);
+
+out_err:
+	return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 static int fuse_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
@@ -1644,7 +1684,25 @@ void fuse_init_dir(struct inode *inode)
 	fi->rdc.version = 0;
 }
 
+static int fuse_symlink_readpage(struct file *null, struct page *page)
+{
+	int err = fuse_readlink_page(page->mapping->host, page);
+
+	if (!err)
+		SetPageUptodate(page);
+
+	unlock_page(page);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
+static const struct address_space_operations fuse_symlink_aops = {
+	.readpage	= fuse_symlink_readpage,
+};
+
 void fuse_init_symlink(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	inode->i_op = &fuse_symlink_inode_operations;
+	inode->i_data.a_ops = &fuse_symlink_aops;
+	inode_nohighmem(inode);
 }
diff --git a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
index 0e32524e66bb..e9f712e81c7d 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
+++ b/fs/fuse/fuse_i.h
@@ -613,6 +613,9 @@ struct fuse_conn {
 	/** handle fs handles killing suid/sgid/cap on write/chown/trunc */
 	unsigned handle_killpriv:1;
 
+	/** cache READLINK responses in page cache */
+	unsigned cache_symlinks:1;
+
 	/*
 	 * The following bitfields are only for optimization purposes
 	 * and hence races in setting them will not cause malfunction
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index d5f845aefbc9..0b94b23b02d4 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -928,6 +928,8 @@ static void process_init_reply(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 				fc->posix_acl = 1;
 				fc->sb->s_xattr = fuse_acl_xattr_handlers;
 			}
+			if (arg->flags & FUSE_CACHE_SYMLINKS)
+				fc->cache_symlinks = 1;
 			if (arg->flags & FUSE_ABORT_ERROR)
 				fc->abort_err = 1;
 			if (arg->flags & FUSE_MAX_PAGES) {
@@ -966,7 +968,7 @@ static void fuse_send_init(struct fuse_conn *fc, struct fuse_req *req)
 		FUSE_DO_READDIRPLUS | FUSE_READDIRPLUS_AUTO | FUSE_ASYNC_DIO |
 		FUSE_WRITEBACK_CACHE | FUSE_NO_OPEN_SUPPORT |
 		FUSE_PARALLEL_DIROPS | FUSE_HANDLE_KILLPRIV | FUSE_POSIX_ACL |
-		FUSE_ABORT_ERROR | FUSE_MAX_PAGES;
+		FUSE_ABORT_ERROR | FUSE_MAX_PAGES | FUSE_CACHE_SYMLINKS;
 	req->in.h.opcode = FUSE_INIT;
 	req->in.numargs = 1;
 	req->in.args[0].size = sizeof(*arg);
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
index 76f46f159992..b4967d48bfda 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/fuse.h
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@
  *  - add FUSE_COPY_FILE_RANGE
  *  - add FOPEN_CACHE_DIR
  *  - add FUSE_MAX_PAGES, add max_pages to init_out
+ *  - add FUSE_CACHE_SYMLINKS
  */
 
 #ifndef _LINUX_FUSE_H
@@ -257,6 +258,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
  * FUSE_POSIX_ACL: filesystem supports posix acls
  * FUSE_ABORT_ERROR: reading the device after abort returns ECONNABORTED
  * FUSE_MAX_PAGES: init_out.max_pages contains the max number of req pages
+ * FUSE_CACHE_SYMLINKS: cache READLINK responses
  */
 #define FUSE_ASYNC_READ		(1 << 0)
 #define FUSE_POSIX_LOCKS	(1 << 1)
@@ -281,6 +283,7 @@ struct fuse_file_lock {
 #define FUSE_POSIX_ACL		(1 << 20)
 #define FUSE_ABORT_ERROR	(1 << 21)
 #define FUSE_MAX_PAGES		(1 << 22)
+#define FUSE_CACHE_SYMLINKS	(1 << 23)
 
 /**
  * CUSE INIT request/reply flags