diff --git a/include/rocksdb/env.h b/include/rocksdb/env.h
index 50b29167b..3e422d89e 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/env.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/env.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct EnvOptions {
   EnvOptions();
 
   // construct from Options
-  EnvOptions(const Options& options);
+  explicit EnvOptions(const Options& options);
 
   // If true, then allow caching of data in environment buffers
   bool use_os_buffer;
@@ -253,6 +253,13 @@ class SequentialFile {
   //
   // REQUIRES: External synchronization
   virtual Status Skip(uint64_t n) = 0;
+
+  // Remove any kind of caching of data from the offset to offset+length
+  // of this file. If the length is 0, then it refers to the end of file.
+  // If the system is not caching the file contents, then this is a noop.
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    return Status::NotSupported("InvalidateCache not supported.");
+  }
 };
 
 // A file abstraction for randomly reading the contents of a file.
@@ -298,6 +305,12 @@ class RandomAccessFile {
 
   virtual void Hint(AccessPattern pattern) {}
 
+  // Remove any kind of caching of data from the offset to offset+length
+  // of this file. If the length is 0, then it refers to the end of file.
+  // If the system is not caching the file contents, then this is a noop.
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    return Status::NotSupported("InvalidateCache not supported.");
+  }
 };
 
 // A file abstraction for sequential writing.  The implementation
@@ -347,6 +360,14 @@ class WritableFile {
     *block_size = preallocation_block_size_;
   }
 
+  // Remove any kind of caching of data from the offset to offset+length
+  // of this file. If the length is 0, then it refers to the end of file.
+  // If the system is not caching the file contents, then this is a noop.
+  // This call has no effect on dirty pages in the cache.
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    return Status::NotSupported("InvalidateCache not supported.");
+  }
+
  protected:
   // PrepareWrite performs any necessary preparation for a write
   // before the write actually occurs.  This allows for pre-allocation
diff --git a/util/env_posix.cc b/util/env_posix.cc
index 50f96e507..db1b51493 100644
--- a/util/env_posix.cc
+++ b/util/env_posix.cc
@@ -137,6 +137,15 @@ class PosixSequentialFile: public SequentialFile {
     }
     return Status::OK();
   }
+
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    // free OS pages
+    int ret = posix_fadvise(fd_, offset, length, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      return Status::OK();
+    }
+    return IOError(filename_, errno);
+  }
 };
 
 // pread() based random-access
@@ -223,20 +232,30 @@ class PosixRandomAccessFile: public RandomAccessFile {
     }
   }
 
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    // free OS pages
+    int ret = posix_fadvise(fd_, offset, length, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      return Status::OK();
+    }
+    return IOError(filename_, errno);
+  }
 };
 
 // mmap() based random-access
 class PosixMmapReadableFile: public RandomAccessFile {
  private:
+  int fd_;
   std::string filename_;
   void* mmapped_region_;
   size_t length_;
 
  public:
   // base[0,length-1] contains the mmapped contents of the file.
-  PosixMmapReadableFile(const std::string& fname, void* base, size_t length,
+  PosixMmapReadableFile(const int fd, const std::string& fname,
+                        void* base, size_t length,
                         const EnvOptions& options)
-      : filename_(fname), mmapped_region_(base), length_(length) {
+      : fd_(fd), filename_(fname), mmapped_region_(base), length_(length) {
     assert(options.use_mmap_reads);
     assert(options.use_os_buffer);
   }
@@ -253,6 +272,14 @@ class PosixMmapReadableFile: public RandomAccessFile {
     }
     return s;
   }
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    // free OS pages
+    int ret = posix_fadvise(fd_, offset, length, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      return Status::OK();
+    }
+    return IOError(filename_, errno);
+  }
 };
 
 // We preallocate up to an extra megabyte and use memcpy to append new
@@ -480,6 +507,15 @@ class PosixMmapFile : public WritableFile {
     return file_offset_ + used;
   }
 
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    // free OS pages
+    int ret = posix_fadvise(fd_, offset, length, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      return Status::OK();
+    }
+    return IOError(filename_, errno);
+  }
+
 #ifdef OS_LINUX
   virtual Status Allocate(off_t offset, off_t len) {
     TEST_KILL_RANDOM(leveldb_kill_odds);
@@ -644,6 +680,15 @@ class PosixWritableFile : public WritableFile {
     return filesize_;
   }
 
+  virtual Status InvalidateCache(size_t offset, size_t length) {
+    // free OS pages
+    int ret = posix_fadvise(fd_, offset, length, POSIX_FADV_DONTNEED);
+    if (ret == 0) {
+      return Status::OK();
+    }
+    return IOError(filename_, errno);
+  }
+
 #ifdef OS_LINUX
   virtual Status Allocate(off_t offset, off_t len) {
     TEST_KILL_RANDOM(leveldb_kill_odds);
@@ -768,7 +813,8 @@ class PosixEnv : public Env {
       if (s.ok()) {
         void* base = mmap(nullptr, size, PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
         if (base != MAP_FAILED) {
-          result->reset(new PosixMmapReadableFile(fname, base, size, options));
+          result->reset(new PosixMmapReadableFile(fd, fname, base,
+                                                  size, options));
         } else {
           s = IOError(fname, errno);
         }
diff --git a/util/env_test.cc b/util/env_test.cc
index 92b681113..f803bb440 100644
--- a/util/env_test.cc
+++ b/util/env_test.cc
@@ -317,6 +317,46 @@ TEST(EnvPosixTest, RandomAccessUniqueIDDeletes) {
   ASSERT_TRUE(!HasPrefix(ids));
 }
 
+TEST(EnvPosixTest, InvalidateCache) {
+  const EnvOptions soptions;
+  std::string fname = test::TmpDir() + "/" + "testfile";
+
+  // Create file.
+  {
+    unique_ptr<WritableFile> wfile;
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewWritableFile(fname, &wfile, soptions));
+    ASSERT_OK(wfile.get()->Append(Slice("Hello world")));
+    ASSERT_OK(wfile.get()->InvalidateCache(0, 0));
+    ASSERT_OK(wfile.get()->Close());
+  }
+
+  // Random Read
+  {
+    unique_ptr<RandomAccessFile> file;
+    char scratch[100];
+    Slice result;
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewRandomAccessFile(fname, &file, soptions));
+    ASSERT_OK(file.get()->Read(0, 11, &result, scratch));
+    ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(scratch, "Hello world", 11), 0);
+    ASSERT_OK(file.get()->InvalidateCache(0, 11));
+    ASSERT_OK(file.get()->InvalidateCache(0, 0));
+  }
+
+  // Sequential Read
+  {
+    unique_ptr<SequentialFile> file;
+    char scratch[100];
+    Slice result;
+    ASSERT_OK(env_->NewSequentialFile(fname, &file, soptions));
+    ASSERT_OK(file.get()->Read(11, &result, scratch));
+    ASSERT_EQ(memcmp(scratch, "Hello world", 11), 0);
+    ASSERT_OK(file.get()->InvalidateCache(0, 11));
+    ASSERT_OK(file.get()->InvalidateCache(0, 0));
+  }
+  // Delete the file
+  ASSERT_OK(env_->DeleteFile(fname));
+}
+
 }  // namespace leveldb
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {