diff --git a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
index 36d961f342af..16c8a2a98c1b 100644
--- a/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
+++ b/fs/9p/vfs_dir.c
@@ -86,6 +86,42 @@ static void p9stat_init(struct p9_wstat *stbuf)
 	stbuf->extension = NULL;
 }
 
+/**
+ * v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf - Allocate buffer used for read and readdir
+ * @filp: opened file structure
+ * @buflen: Length in bytes of buffer to allocate
+ *
+ */
+
+static int v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(struct file *filp, int buflen)
+{
+	struct p9_rdir *rdir;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int err = 0;
+
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+	if (!fid->rdir) {
+		rdir = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_rdir) + buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+		if (rdir == NULL) {
+			err = -ENOMEM;
+			goto exit;
+		}
+		spin_lock(&filp->f_dentry->d_lock);
+		if (!fid->rdir) {
+			rdir->buf = (uint8_t *)rdir + sizeof(struct p9_rdir);
+			mutex_init(&rdir->mutex);
+			rdir->head = rdir->tail = 0;
+			fid->rdir = (void *) rdir;
+			rdir = NULL;
+		}
+		spin_unlock(&filp->f_dentry->d_lock);
+		kfree(rdir);
+	}
+exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
 /**
  * v9fs_dir_readdir - read a directory
  * @filp: opened file structure
@@ -109,25 +145,9 @@ static int v9fs_dir_readdir(struct file *filp, void *dirent, filldir_t filldir)
 
 	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_IOHDRSZ;
 
-	/* allocate rdir on demand */
-	if (!fid->rdir) {
-		rdir = kmalloc(sizeof(struct p9_rdir) + buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
-
-		if (rdir == NULL) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto exit;
-		}
-		spin_lock(&filp->f_dentry->d_lock);
-		if (!fid->rdir) {
-			rdir->buf = (uint8_t *)rdir + sizeof(struct p9_rdir);
-			mutex_init(&rdir->mutex);
-			rdir->head = rdir->tail = 0;
-			fid->rdir = (void *) rdir;
-			rdir = NULL;
-		}
-		spin_unlock(&filp->f_dentry->d_lock);
-		kfree(rdir);
-	}
+	err = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(filp, buflen);
+	if (err)
+		goto exit;
 	rdir = (struct p9_rdir *) fid->rdir;
 
 	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rdir->mutex);
@@ -176,6 +196,88 @@ exit:
 	return err;
 }
 
+/**
+ * v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl - read a directory
+ * @filp: opened file structure
+ * @dirent: buffer to fill dirent structures
+ * @filldir: function to populate dirent structures
+ *
+ */
+static int v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl(struct file *filp, void *dirent,
+						filldir_t filldir)
+{
+	int over;
+	int err = 0;
+	struct p9_fid *fid;
+	int buflen;
+	struct p9_rdir *rdir;
+	struct p9_dirent curdirent;
+	u64 oldoffset = 0;
+
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "name %s\n", filp->f_path.dentry->d_name.name);
+	fid = filp->private_data;
+
+	buflen = fid->clnt->msize - P9_READDIRHDRSZ;
+
+	err = v9fs_alloc_rdir_buf(filp, buflen);
+	if (err)
+		goto exit;
+	rdir = (struct p9_rdir *) fid->rdir;
+
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&rdir->mutex);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	while (err == 0) {
+		if (rdir->tail == rdir->head) {
+			err = p9_client_readdir(fid, rdir->buf, buflen,
+								filp->f_pos);
+			if (err <= 0)
+				goto unlock_and_exit;
+
+			rdir->head = 0;
+			rdir->tail = err;
+		}
+
+		while (rdir->head < rdir->tail) {
+
+			err = p9dirent_read(rdir->buf + rdir->head,
+						buflen - rdir->head, &curdirent,
+						fid->clnt->proto_version);
+			if (err < 0) {
+				P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_VFS, "returned %d\n", err);
+				err = -EIO;
+				goto unlock_and_exit;
+			}
+
+			/* d_off in dirent structure tracks the offset into
+			 * the next dirent in the dir. However, filldir()
+			 * expects offset into the current dirent. Hence
+			 * while calling filldir send the offset from the
+			 * previous dirent structure.
+			 */
+			over = filldir(dirent, curdirent.d_name,
+					strlen(curdirent.d_name),
+					oldoffset, v9fs_qid2ino(&curdirent.qid),
+					curdirent.d_type);
+			oldoffset = curdirent.d_off;
+
+			if (over) {
+				err = 0;
+				goto unlock_and_exit;
+			}
+
+			filp->f_pos = curdirent.d_off;
+			rdir->head += err;
+		}
+	}
+
+unlock_and_exit:
+	mutex_unlock(&rdir->mutex);
+exit:
+	return err;
+}
+
 
 /**
  * v9fs_dir_release - close a directory
@@ -207,7 +309,7 @@ const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations = {
 const struct file_operations v9fs_dir_operations_dotl = {
 	.read = generic_read_dir,
 	.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
-	.readdir = v9fs_dir_readdir,
+	.readdir = v9fs_dir_readdir_dotl,
 	.open = v9fs_file_open,
 	.release = v9fs_dir_release,
 };
diff --git a/include/net/9p/9p.h b/include/net/9p/9p.h
index 156c26bb8bd7..f1b0b310265d 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/9p.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/9p.h
@@ -133,6 +133,8 @@ enum p9_msg_t {
 	P9_RSTATFS,
 	P9_TRENAME = 20,
 	P9_RRENAME,
+	P9_TREADDIR = 40,
+	P9_RREADDIR,
 	P9_TVERSION = 100,
 	P9_RVERSION,
 	P9_TAUTH = 102,
@@ -275,6 +277,9 @@ enum p9_qid_t {
 /* ample room for Twrite/Rread header */
 #define P9_IOHDRSZ	24
 
+/* Room for readdir header */
+#define P9_READDIRHDRSZ	24
+
 /**
  * struct p9_str - length prefixed string type
  * @len: length of the string
@@ -485,6 +490,18 @@ struct p9_rwrite {
 	u32 count;
 };
 
+struct p9_treaddir {
+	u32 fid;
+	u64 offset;
+	u32 count;
+};
+
+struct p9_rreaddir {
+	u32 count;
+	u8 *data;
+};
+
+
 struct p9_tclunk {
 	u32 fid;
 };
diff --git a/include/net/9p/client.h b/include/net/9p/client.h
index 7dd3ed85c782..2ec93685e6db 100644
--- a/include/net/9p/client.h
+++ b/include/net/9p/client.h
@@ -195,6 +195,21 @@ struct p9_fid {
 	struct list_head dlist;	/* list of all fids attached to a dentry */
 };
 
+/**
+ * struct p9_dirent - directory entry structure
+ * @qid: The p9 server qid for this dirent
+ * @d_off: offset to the next dirent
+ * @d_type: type of file
+ * @d_name: file name
+ */
+
+struct p9_dirent {
+	struct p9_qid qid;
+	u64 d_off;
+	unsigned char d_type;
+	char d_name[256];
+};
+
 int p9_client_statfs(struct p9_fid *fid, struct p9_rstatfs *sb);
 int p9_client_rename(struct p9_fid *fid, struct p9_fid *newdirfid, char *name);
 int p9_client_version(struct p9_client *);
@@ -217,6 +232,9 @@ int p9_client_read(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, char __user *udata,
 							u64 offset, u32 count);
 int p9_client_write(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, const char __user *udata,
 							u64 offset, u32 count);
+int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, u32 count, u64 offset);
+int p9dirent_read(char *buf, int len, struct p9_dirent *dirent,
+							int proto_version);
 struct p9_wstat *p9_client_stat(struct p9_fid *fid);
 int p9_client_wstat(struct p9_fid *fid, struct p9_wstat *wst);
 
diff --git a/net/9p/client.c b/net/9p/client.c
index 37c8da07a80b..a80357483a47 100644
--- a/net/9p/client.c
+++ b/net/9p/client.c
@@ -1432,3 +1432,50 @@ error:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_rename);
 
+int p9_client_readdir(struct p9_fid *fid, char *data, u32 count, u64 offset)
+{
+	int err, rsize, total;
+	struct p9_client *clnt;
+	struct p9_req_t *req;
+	char *dataptr;
+
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, ">>> TREADDIR fid %d offset %llu count %d\n",
+				fid->fid, (long long unsigned) offset, count);
+
+	err = 0;
+	clnt = fid->clnt;
+	total = 0;
+
+	rsize = fid->iounit;
+	if (!rsize || rsize > clnt->msize-P9_READDIRHDRSZ)
+		rsize = clnt->msize - P9_READDIRHDRSZ;
+
+	if (count < rsize)
+		rsize = count;
+
+	req = p9_client_rpc(clnt, P9_TREADDIR, "dqd", fid->fid, offset, rsize);
+	if (IS_ERR(req)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(req);
+		goto error;
+	}
+
+	err = p9pdu_readf(req->rc, clnt->proto_version, "D", &count, &dataptr);
+	if (err) {
+		p9pdu_dump(1, req->rc);
+		goto free_and_error;
+	}
+
+	P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< RREADDIR count %d\n", count);
+
+	if (data)
+		memmove(data, dataptr, count);
+
+	p9_free_req(clnt, req);
+	return count;
+
+free_and_error:
+	p9_free_req(clnt, req);
+error:
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9_client_readdir);
diff --git a/net/9p/protocol.c b/net/9p/protocol.c
index 149f82160130..b645c8263538 100644
--- a/net/9p/protocol.c
+++ b/net/9p/protocol.c
@@ -580,3 +580,30 @@ void p9pdu_reset(struct p9_fcall *pdu)
 	pdu->offset = 0;
 	pdu->size = 0;
 }
+
+int p9dirent_read(char *buf, int len, struct p9_dirent *dirent,
+						int proto_version)
+{
+	struct p9_fcall fake_pdu;
+	int ret;
+	char *nameptr;
+
+	fake_pdu.size = len;
+	fake_pdu.capacity = len;
+	fake_pdu.sdata = buf;
+	fake_pdu.offset = 0;
+
+	ret = p9pdu_readf(&fake_pdu, proto_version, "Qqbs", &dirent->qid,
+			&dirent->d_off, &dirent->d_type, &nameptr);
+	if (ret) {
+		P9_DPRINTK(P9_DEBUG_9P, "<<< p9dirent_read failed: %d\n", ret);
+		p9pdu_dump(1, &fake_pdu);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	strcpy(dirent->d_name, nameptr);
+
+out:
+	return fake_pdu.offset;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(p9dirent_read);