diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index d28bf1a0..88d4a2a5 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func (c *Connection) beginOp(
 	// should not record any state keyed on their ID.
 	//
 	// Cf. https://github.com/osxfuse/osxfuse/issues/208
-	if opCode != fusekernel.OpForget {
+	if opCode != fusekernel.OpForget && opCode < 100 {
 		var cancel func()
 		ctx, cancel = context.WithCancel(ctx)
 		c.recordCancelFunc(fuseID, cancel)
@@ -411,6 +411,36 @@ func (c *Connection) ReadOp() (ctx context.Context, op interface{}, err error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Connection) SetNotifyContext(op interface{}) (context.Context, error) {
+
+	outMsg := c.getOutMessage()
+
+	err := c.buildNotify(outMsg, op)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	switch op.(type) {
+	case *fuseops.NotifyInvalInodeOp:
+		ctx = c.beginOp(100+uint32(fusekernel.NotifyCodeInvalInode), 0)
+
+	case *fuseops.NotifyInvalEntryOp:
+		ctx = c.beginOp(100+uint32(fusekernel.NotifyCodeInvalEntry), 0)
+
+	case *fuseops.NotifyDeleteOp:
+		ctx = c.beginOp(100+uint32(fusekernel.NotifyCodeDelete), 0)
+
+	default:
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected op: %#v", op))
+	}
+
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, contextKey, opState{nil, outMsg, op})
+	return ctx, nil
+
+}
+
 // Skip errors that happen as a matter of course, since they spook users.
 func (c *Connection) shouldLogError(
 	op interface{},
@@ -498,6 +528,27 @@ func (c *Connection) Reply(ctx context.Context, opErr error) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (c *Connection) NotifyKernel(ctx context.Context) {
+
+	// we should get outmsg from context
+	var key interface{} = contextKey
+	foo := ctx.Value(key)
+	state, ok := foo.(opState)
+	if !ok {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("Reply called with invalid context: %#v", ctx))
+	}
+
+	outMsg := state.outMsg
+	defer c.putOutMessage(outMsg)
+
+	c.debugLogger.Println("dev fd is:unique:notifycode ", c.dev.Fd(), outMsg.OutHeader().Unique, outMsg.OutHeader().Error)
+	err := c.writeMessage(outMsg.Bytes())
+	if err != nil && c.errorLogger != nil {
+		c.errorLogger.Printf("writeMessage: %v %v", err, outMsg.Bytes())
+	}
+
+}
+
 // Close the connection. Must not be called until operations that were read
 // from the connection have been responded to.
 func (c *Connection) close() (err error) {
diff --git a/conversions.go b/conversions.go
index 6b0f16ee..6932afe9 100644
--- a/conversions.go
+++ b/conversions.go
@@ -597,6 +597,59 @@ func (c *Connection) kernelResponse(
 	return
 }
 
+func (c *Connection) buildNotify(
+	m *buffer.OutMessage,
+	op interface{}) error {
+
+	h := m.OutHeader()
+	h.Unique = 0
+	// Create the appropriate output message
+	switch o := op.(type) {
+	case *fuseops.NotifyInvalInodeOp:
+		h.Error = fusekernel.NotifyCodeInvalInode
+		size := fusekernel.NotifyInvalInodeOutSize
+		out := (*fusekernel.NotifyInvalInodeOut)(m.Grow(size))
+		out.Ino = uint64(o.Ino)
+		out.Off = int64(o.Off)
+		out.Len = int64(o.Len)
+
+	case *fuseops.NotifyInvalEntryOp:
+		err := checkName(o.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		h.Error = fusekernel.NotifyCodeInvalEntry
+		size := fusekernel.NotifyInvalEntryOutSize
+		out := (*fusekernel.NotifyInvalEntryOut)(m.Grow(size))
+		out.Parent = uint64(o.Parent)
+		out.Namelen = uint32(len(o.Name))
+		m.Append([]byte(o.Name))
+		b := []byte{'\x00'}
+		m.Append(b)
+
+	case *fuseops.NotifyDeleteOp:
+		err := checkName(o.Name)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		h.Error = fusekernel.NotifyCodeDelete
+		size := fusekernel.NotifyDeleteOutSize
+		out := (*fusekernel.NotifyDeleteOut)(m.Grow(size))
+		out.Parent = uint64(o.Parent)
+		out.Child = uint64(o.Child)
+		out.Namelen = uint32(len(o.Name))
+		m.Append([]byte(o.Name))
+		b := []byte{'\x00'}
+		m.Append(b)
+
+	default:
+		return errors.New("unexpectedop")
+	}
+	h.Len = uint32(m.Len())
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Like kernelResponse, but assumes the user replied with a nil error to the
 // op.
 func (c *Connection) kernelResponseForOp(
@@ -888,3 +941,11 @@ func writeXattrSize(m *buffer.OutMessage, size uint32) {
 	out := (*fusekernel.GetxattrOut)(m.Grow(int(unsafe.Sizeof(fusekernel.GetxattrOut{}))))
 	out.Size = size
 }
+func checkName(name string) error {
+	const maxUint32 = ^uint32(0)
+	if uint64(len(name)) > uint64(maxUint32) {
+		// very unlikely, but we don't want to silently truncate
+		return syscall.ENAMETOOLONG
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/fuseops/ops.go b/fuseops/ops.go
index a9397990..d7bf5f0b 100644
--- a/fuseops/ops.go
+++ b/fuseops/ops.go
@@ -845,3 +845,24 @@ type SetXattrOp struct {
 	// simply replace the value if the attribute exists.
 	Flags uint32
 }
+type NotifyPollOp struct {
+}
+
+type NotifyInvalInodeOp struct {
+	Ino InodeID
+	Off int64
+	Len int64
+}
+type NotifyInvalEntryOp struct {
+	Parent InodeID
+	Name   string
+}
+type NotifyStoreOp struct {
+}
+type NotifyRetrieveOp struct {
+}
+type NotifyDeleteOp struct {
+	Parent InodeID
+	Child  InodeID
+	Name   string
+}
diff --git a/fuseutil/file_system.go b/fuseutil/file_system.go
index fce16dbb..f31c14d0 100644
--- a/fuseutil/file_system.go
+++ b/fuseutil/file_system.go
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ func NewFileSystemServer(fs FileSystem) fuse.Server {
 type fileSystemServer struct {
 	fs          FileSystem
 	opsInFlight sync.WaitGroup
+	//use set/get to use mfs not Mfs
+	Mfs *fuse.MountedFileSystem
 }
 
 func (s *fileSystemServer) ServeOps(c *fuse.Connection) {
@@ -123,6 +125,59 @@ func (s *fileSystemServer) ServeOps(c *fuse.Connection) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *fileSystemServer) InvalidateEntry(parent fuseops.InodeID, name string) error {
+	c := s.GetMfs().Conn.(*fuse.Connection)
+
+	op := &fuseops.NotifyInvalEntryOp{
+		Parent: fuseops.InodeID(parent),
+		Name:   string(name),
+	}
+	ctx, _ := c.SetNotifyContext(op)
+	s.opsInFlight.Add(1)
+	go func(ctx context.Context) {
+		defer s.opsInFlight.Done()
+		c.NotifyKernel(ctx)
+	}(ctx)
+	return nil
+}
+func (s *fileSystemServer) NotifyDelete(
+	parent fuseops.InodeID,
+	child fuseops.InodeID,
+	name string) error {
+	c := s.GetMfs().Conn.(*fuse.Connection)
+	op := &fuseops.NotifyDeleteOp{
+		Parent: fuseops.InodeID(parent),
+		Child:  fuseops.InodeID(child),
+		Name:   string(name),
+	}
+	ctx, _ := c.SetNotifyContext(op)
+	s.opsInFlight.Add(1)
+	go func(ctx context.Context) {
+		defer s.opsInFlight.Done()
+		c.NotifyKernel(ctx)
+	}(ctx)
+	return nil
+
+}
+func (s *fileSystemServer) InvalidateInode(
+	ino fuseops.InodeID,
+	off int64,
+	len int64) error {
+	c := s.GetMfs().Conn.(*fuse.Connection)
+	op := &fuseops.NotifyInvalInodeOp{
+		Ino: fuseops.InodeID(ino),
+		Off: off,
+		Len: len,
+	}
+	ctx, _ := c.SetNotifyContext(op)
+	s.opsInFlight.Add(1)
+	go func(ctx context.Context) {
+		defer s.opsInFlight.Done()
+		c.NotifyKernel(ctx)
+	}(ctx)
+	return nil
+
+}
 func (s *fileSystemServer) handleOp(
 	c *fuse.Connection,
 	ctx context.Context,
@@ -216,3 +271,12 @@ func (s *fileSystemServer) handleOp(
 
 	c.Reply(ctx, err)
 }
+
+func (s *fileSystemServer) GetMfs() *fuse.MountedFileSystem {
+	return s.Mfs
+
+}
+func (s *fileSystemServer) SetMfs(mfs *fuse.MountedFileSystem) {
+	s.Mfs = mfs
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/fusekernel/fuse_kernel.go b/internal/fusekernel/fuse_kernel.go
index ef543cbd..6e57ffe6 100644
--- a/internal/fusekernel/fuse_kernel.go
+++ b/internal/fusekernel/fuse_kernel.go
@@ -756,6 +756,9 @@ const (
 	NotifyCodePoll       int32 = 1
 	NotifyCodeInvalInode int32 = 2
 	NotifyCodeInvalEntry int32 = 3
+	NotifyCodeStore      int32 = 4
+	NotifyCodeRetrieve   int32 = 5
+	NotifyCodeDelete     int32 = 6
 )
 
 type NotifyInvalInodeOut struct {
@@ -764,8 +767,46 @@ type NotifyInvalInodeOut struct {
 	Len int64
 }
 
+const NotifyInvalInodeOutSize = int(unsafe.Sizeof(NotifyInvalInodeOut{}))
+
 type NotifyInvalEntryOut struct {
 	Parent  uint64
 	Namelen uint32
 	padding uint32
 }
+
+const NotifyInvalEntryOutSize = int(unsafe.Sizeof(NotifyInvalEntryOut{}))
+
+type NotifyDeleteOut struct {
+	Parent  uint64
+	Child   uint64
+	Namelen uint32
+	padding uint32
+}
+
+const NotifyDeleteOutSize = int(unsafe.Sizeof(NotifyDeleteOut{}))
+
+type NotifyStoreOut struct {
+	Nodeid  uint64
+	Offset  uint64
+	Size    uint32
+	padding uint32
+}
+
+type NotifyRetrieveOut struct {
+	NotifyUnique uint64
+	Nodeid       uint64
+	Offset       uint64
+	Size         uint32
+	padding      uint32
+}
+
+/* Matches the size of fuse_write_in */
+type NotifyRetrieveIn struct {
+	Dummy1 uint64
+	Offset uint64
+	Size   uint32
+	Dummy2 uint32
+	Dummy3 uint64
+	Dummy4 uint64
+}
diff --git a/mount.go b/mount.go
index 1226847c..5e686be2 100644
--- a/mount.go
+++ b/mount.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 
+	"github.com/jacobsa/fuse/fuseops"
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
@@ -28,6 +29,11 @@ type Server interface {
 	// until all operations have been responded to. Must not be called more than
 	// once.
 	ServeOps(*Connection)
+	InvalidateEntry(fuseops.InodeID, string) error
+	InvalidateInode(fuseops.InodeID, int64, int64) error
+	NotifyDelete(fuseops.InodeID, fuseops.InodeID, string) error
+	SetMfs(*MountedFileSystem)
+	GetMfs() *MountedFileSystem
 }
 
 // Mount attempts to mount a file system on the given directory, using the
@@ -85,7 +91,10 @@ func Mount(
 		return
 	}
 
-	// Serve the connection in the background. When done, set the join status.
+	mfs.Conn = connection
+	server.SetMfs(mfs)
+
+	// Serve the connection in the background. When done, set the join status
 	go func() {
 		server.ServeOps(connection)
 		mfs.joinStatus = connection.close()
diff --git a/mounted_file_system.go b/mounted_file_system.go
index 1e300e80..892b4dc0 100644
--- a/mounted_file_system.go
+++ b/mounted_file_system.go
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ type MountedFileSystem struct {
 	// The result to return from Join. Not valid until the channel is closed.
 	joinStatus          error
 	joinStatusAvailable chan struct{}
+	Conn                interface{}
 }
 
 // Dir returns the directory on which the file system is mounted (or where we
diff --git a/samples/forgetfs/forget_fs.go b/samples/forgetfs/forget_fs.go
index 01ef35c5..7c7f6cc1 100644
--- a/samples/forgetfs/forget_fs.go
+++ b/samples/forgetfs/forget_fs.go
@@ -99,6 +99,23 @@ type ForgetFS struct {
 func (fs *ForgetFS) ServeOps(c *fuse.Connection) {
 	fs.server.ServeOps(c)
 }
+func (fs *ForgetFS) SetMfs(mfs *fuse.MountedFileSystem) {
+	fs.server.SetMfs(mfs)
+}
+func (fs *ForgetFS) GetMfs() *fuse.MountedFileSystem {
+	return fs.server.GetMfs()
+}
+func (fs *ForgetFS) InvalidateEntry(nodeid fuseops.InodeID, name string) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fs *ForgetFS) InvalidateInode(nodeid fuseops.InodeID, parent int64, nlookup int64) error {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (fs *ForgetFS) NotifyDelete(nodeid fuseops.InodeID, parent fuseops.InodeID, name string) error {
+	return nil
+}
 
 // Panic if there are any inodes that have a non-zero reference count. For use
 // after unmounting.