Index: fuse_node.c
===================================================================
--- fuse_node.c	(revision 270029)
+++ fuse_node.c	(working copy)
@@ -273,9 +273,27 @@
          * Funcation is called for every vnode open.
          * Merge fuse_open_flags it may be 0
          *
-         * XXXIP: Handle FOPEN_DIRECT_IO and FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE
+         * XXXIP: Handle FOPEN_KEEP_CACHE
          */
+        /*
+	 * Ideally speaking, direct io should be enabled
+         * but do not see of any way of providing that in
+         * this implementation.
 
+         * Also cannot think of a reason why would two
+         * different fd's on same vnode would would like
+         * have DIRECT_IO turned on and off. But linux
+         * based implementation works on an fd not an
+         * inode.
+         *
+         * XXXIP: Handle fd based DIRECT_IO 
+         */
+	if (fuse_open_flags & FOPEN_DIRECT_IO) {
+		VTOFUD(vp)->flag |= FN_DIRECTIO;
+	} else {
+	        VTOFUD(vp)->flag &= ~FN_DIRECTIO;
+	}
+
 	if (vnode_vtype(vp) == VREG) {
 		/* XXXIP prevent getattr, by using cached node size */
 		vnode_create_vobject(vp, 0, td);
Index: fuse_node.h
===================================================================
--- fuse_node.h	(revision 270029)
+++ fuse_node.h	(working copy)
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #define FN_FLUSHINPROG       0x00000040
 #define FN_FLUSHWANT         0x00000080
 #define FN_SIZECHANGE        0x00000100
+#define FN_DIRECTIO          0x00000200
 
 struct fuse_vnode_data {
     /** self **/
Index: fuse_vnops.c
===================================================================
--- fuse_vnops.c	(revision 270029)
+++ fuse_vnops.c	(working copy)
@@ -1173,6 +1173,11 @@
 	if (fuse_isdeadfs(vp)) {
 		return ENXIO;
 	}
+
+	if (VTOFUD(vp)->flag & FN_DIRECTIO) {
+		ioflag |= IO_DIRECT;
+	}
+
 	return fuse_io_dispatch(vp, uio, ioflag, cred);
 }
 
@@ -1712,6 +1717,10 @@
 	}
 	fuse_vnode_refreshsize(vp, cred);
 
+	if (VTOFUD(vp)->flag & FN_DIRECTIO) {
+		ioflag |= IO_DIRECT;
+	}
+
 	return fuse_io_dispatch(vp, uio, ioflag, cred);
 }