diff --git a/weed/filesys/dir.go b/weed/filesys/dir.go
index ace958e82..5b0e17ea3 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/dir.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/dir.go
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@ func (dir *Dir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.LookupRequest, resp *fuse.
 	entry := dir.wfs.cacheGet(fullFilePath)
 
 	if dir.wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
-
+		cachedEntry, cacheErr := dir.wfs.metaCache.FindEntry(context.Background(), fullFilePath)
+		if cacheErr == filer_pb.ErrNotFound {
+			return nil, fuse.ENOENT
+		}
+		entry = cachedEntry.ToProtoEntry()
 	}
 
 	if entry == nil {
@@ -248,13 +252,8 @@ 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) {
+	processEachEntryFn := func(entry *filer_pb.Entry, isLast bool) {
 		fullpath := util.NewFullPath(dir.FullPath(), entry.Name)
 		inode := fullpath.AsInode()
 		if entry.IsDirectory {
@@ -265,7 +264,21 @@ func (dir *Dir) ReadDirAll(ctx context.Context) (ret []fuse.Dirent, err error) {
 			ret = append(ret, dirent)
 		}
 		dir.wfs.cacheSet(fullpath, entry, cacheTtl)
-	})
+	}
+
+	if dir.wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
+		listedEntries, listErr := dir.wfs.metaCache.ListDirectoryEntries(context.Background(), util.FullPath(dir.FullPath()), "", false, int(dir.wfs.option.DirListCacheLimit))
+		if listErr != nil {
+			glog.Errorf("list meta cache: %v", listErr)
+			return nil, fuse.EIO
+		}
+		for _, cachedEntry := range listedEntries {
+			processEachEntryFn(cachedEntry.ToProtoEntry(), false)
+		}
+		return
+	}
+
+	readErr := filer_pb.ReadDirAllEntries(dir.wfs, util.FullPath(dir.FullPath()), "", processEachEntryFn)
 	if readErr != nil {
 		glog.V(0).Infof("list %s: %v", dir.FullPath(), err)
 		return ret, fuse.EIO
diff --git a/weed/filesys/meta_cache/cache_config.go b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/cache_config.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6593ebde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/cache_config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package meta_cache
+
+import "github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
+
+var (
+	_ = util.Configuration(&cacheConfig{})
+)
+
+// implementing util.Configuraion
+type cacheConfig struct {
+	dir string
+}
+
+func (c cacheConfig) GetString(key string) string {
+	return c.dir
+}
+
+func (c cacheConfig) GetBool(key string) bool {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (c cacheConfig) GetInt(key string) int {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (c cacheConfig) GetStringSlice(key string) []string {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (c cacheConfig) SetDefault(key string, value interface{}) {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
diff --git a/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache.go b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4f047e824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/weed/filesys/meta_cache/meta_cache.go
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package meta_cache
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer2/leveldb"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
+)
+
+type MetaCache struct {
+	filer2.FilerStore
+}
+
+func NewMetaCache(dbFolder string) *MetaCache {
+	return &MetaCache{
+		FilerStore: OpenMetaStore(dbFolder),
+	}
+}
+
+func OpenMetaStore(dbFolder string) filer2.FilerStore {
+
+	os.MkdirAll(dbFolder, 0755)
+
+	store := &leveldb.LevelDBStore{}
+	config := &cacheConfig{}
+
+	if err := store.Initialize(config, ""); err != nil {
+		glog.Fatalf("Failed to initialize metadata cache store for %s: %+v", store.GetName(), err)
+	}
+
+	return store
+
+}
diff --git a/weed/filesys/wfs.go b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
index 2013f3c03..b27ac440d 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/wfs.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/wfs.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"os"
+	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/karlseguin/ccache"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filesys/meta_cache"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
@@ -67,6 +69,7 @@ type WFS struct {
 	fsNodeCache *FsCache
 
 	chunkCache *chunk_cache.ChunkCache
+	metaCache  *meta_cache.MetaCache
 }
 type statsCache struct {
 	filer_pb.StatisticsResponse
@@ -90,6 +93,9 @@ func NewSeaweedFileSystem(option *Option) *WFS {
 			wfs.chunkCache.Shutdown()
 		})
 	}
+	if wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
+		wfs.metaCache = meta_cache.NewMetaCache(path.Join(option.CacheDir, "meta"))
+	}
 
 	wfs.root = &Dir{name: wfs.option.FilerMountRootPath, wfs: wfs}
 	wfs.fsNodeCache = newFsCache(wfs.root)
diff --git a/weed/filesys/xattr.go b/weed/filesys/xattr.go
index 1768c1d6e..7e7b8c60b 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/xattr.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/xattr.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package filesys
 
 import (
+	"context"
+
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
@@ -114,8 +116,13 @@ func (wfs *WFS) maybeLoadEntry(dir, name string) (entry *filer_pb.Entry, err err
 	}
 	// glog.V(3).Infof("read entry cache miss %s", fullpath)
 
+	// read from async meta cache
 	if wfs.option.AsyncMetaDataCaching {
-
+		cachedEntry, cacheErr := wfs.metaCache.FindEntry(context.Background(), fullpath)
+		if cacheErr == filer_pb.ErrNotFound {
+			return nil, fuse.ENOENT
+		}
+		return cachedEntry.ToProtoEntry(), nil
 	}
 
 	err = wfs.WithFilerClient(func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {