diff --git a/connection.go b/connection.go
index ba65e67b..83fd020a 100644
--- a/connection.go
+++ b/connection.go
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ func (c *Connection) Init() error {
 	cacheSymlinks := initOp.Flags&fusekernel.InitCacheSymlinks > 0
 	noOpenSupport := initOp.Flags&fusekernel.InitNoOpenSupport > 0
 	noOpendirSupport := initOp.Flags&fusekernel.InitNoOpendirSupport > 0
+	asyncDIO := initOp.Flags&fusekernel.InitAsyncDIO > 0
 
 	// Respond to the init op.
 	initOp.Library = c.protocol
@@ -183,6 +184,10 @@ func (c *Connection) Init() error {
 		initOp.Flags |= fusekernel.InitAsyncRead
 	}
 
+	if c.cfg.EnableAsyncDIO && asyncDIO {
+		initOp.Flags |= fusekernel.InitAsyncDIO
+	}
+
 	// kernel 4.20 increases the max from 32 -> 256
 	initOp.Flags |= fusekernel.InitMaxPages
 
diff --git a/mount_config.go b/mount_config.go
index f95895ad..cc2cfae4 100644
--- a/mount_config.go
+++ b/mount_config.go
@@ -188,10 +188,12 @@ type MountConfig struct {
 	// If not set, /proc/mounts will show the filesystem type as fuse/fuseblk.
 	Subtype string
 
-	// Flag to enable async reads that are received from
-	// the kernel
+	// Flag to enable async buffered reads
 	EnableAsyncReads bool
 
+	// Flag to enable async direct IO
+	EnableAsyncDIO bool
+
 	// Flag to enable parallel lookup and readdir operations from the
 	// kernel
 	// Ref: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/5c672ab3f0ee0f78f7acad183f34db0f8781a200