2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/stat.c b/stat.c
index a2e2c8d..1e2f019 100644
--- a/stat.c
+++ b/stat.c
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ int bfs_stat(int at_fd, const char *at_path, enum bfs_stat_flag flags, struct bf
 	if (flags & BFS_STAT_NOFOLLOW) {
 		at_flags |= AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW;
 	}
+	if (flags & BFS_STAT_NOSYNC) {
+		at_flags |= AT_STATX_DONT_SYNC;
+	}
 
 	if (at_path) {
 		return bfs_stat_explicit(at_fd, at_path, at_flags, flags, buf);
diff --git a/stat.h b/stat.h
index 4e4cbaf..369ac4a 100644
--- a/stat.h
+++ b/stat.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ enum bfs_stat_flag {
 	BFS_STAT_NOFOLLOW = 1 << 0,
 	/** Try to follow symlinks, but fall back to the link itself if broken. */
 	BFS_STAT_TRYFOLLOW = 1 << 1,
+	/** Try to use cached values without synchronizing remote filesystems. */
+	BFS_STAT_NOSYNC = 1 << 2,
 };
 
 #ifdef DEV_BSIZE