diff --git a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8 b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
index bdb0707a46d5..b1b5c6e21cfc 100644
--- a/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
+++ b/sbin/mount_nfs/mount_nfs.8
@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ Force the mount protocol to use UDP transport, even for TCP NFS mounts.
 (Necessary for some old
 .Bx
 servers.)
+.It Cm nametimeo Ns = Ns Aq Ar value
+Override the default of NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO for the timeout (in seconds)
+for positive name cache entries.
+If this is set to 0 it disables positive name caching for the mount point.
 .It Cm negnametimeo Ns = Ns Aq Ar value
 Override the default of NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO for the timeout (in seconds)
 for negative name cache entries. If this is set to 0 it disables negative
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
index 5ddfa2790e95..e6d146f84493 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvfsops.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ static void	nfs_decode_args(struct mount *mp, struct nfsmount *nmp,
 static int	mountnfs(struct nfs_args *, struct mount *,
 		    struct sockaddr *, char *, u_char *, int, u_char *, int,
 		    u_char *, int, struct vnode **, struct ucred *,
-		    struct thread *, int);
+		    struct thread *, int, int);
 static void	nfs_getnlminfo(struct vnode *, uint8_t *, size_t *,
 		    struct sockaddr_storage *, int *, off_t *,
 		    struct timeval *);
@@ -520,7 +520,8 @@ nfs_mountdiskless(char *path,
 		dirlen = 0;
 	nam = sodupsockaddr((struct sockaddr *)sin, M_WAITOK);
 	if ((error = mountnfs(args, mp, nam, path, NULL, 0, dirpath, dirlen,
-	    NULL, 0, vpp, td->td_ucred, td, NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO)) != 0) {
+	    NULL, 0, vpp, td->td_ucred, td, NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO, 
+	    NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO)) != 0) {
 		printf("nfs_mountroot: mount %s on /: %d\n", path, error);
 		return (error);
 	}
@@ -715,7 +716,7 @@ static const char *nfs_opts[] = { "from", "nfs_args",
     "retrans", "acregmin", "acregmax", "acdirmin", "acdirmax", "resvport",
     "readahead", "hostname", "timeout", "addr", "fh", "nfsv3", "sec",
     "principal", "nfsv4", "gssname", "allgssname", "dirpath",
-    "negnametimeo", "nocto", "wcommitsize",
+    "nametimeo", "negnametimeo", "nocto", "wcommitsize",
     NULL };
 
 /*
@@ -760,6 +761,7 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 	char hst[MNAMELEN];
 	u_char nfh[NFSX_FHMAX], krbname[100], dirpath[100], srvkrbname[100];
 	char *opt, *name, *secname;
+	int nametimeo = NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO;
 	int negnametimeo = NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO;
 	int dirlen, has_nfs_args_opt, krbnamelen, srvkrbnamelen;
 	size_t hstlen;
@@ -968,6 +970,14 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 		}
 		args.flags |= NFSMNT_TIMEO;
 	}
+	if (vfs_getopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "nametimeo", (void **)&opt, NULL) == 0) {
+		ret = sscanf(opt, "%d", &nametimeo);
+		if (ret != 1 || nametimeo < 0) {
+			vfs_mount_error(mp, "illegal nametimeo: %s", opt);
+			error = EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	if (vfs_getopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "negnametimeo", (void **)&opt, NULL)
 	    == 0) {
 		ret = sscanf(opt, "%d", &negnametimeo);
@@ -1126,7 +1136,7 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 	args.fh = nfh;
 	error = mountnfs(&args, mp, nam, hst, krbname, krbnamelen, dirpath,
 	    dirlen, srvkrbname, srvkrbnamelen, &vp, td->td_ucred, td,
-	    negnametimeo);
+	    nametimeo, negnametimeo);
 out:
 	if (!error) {
 		MNT_ILOCK(mp);
@@ -1170,7 +1180,7 @@ static int
 mountnfs(struct nfs_args *argp, struct mount *mp, struct sockaddr *nam,
     char *hst, u_char *krbname, int krbnamelen, u_char *dirpath, int dirlen,
     u_char *srvkrbname, int srvkrbnamelen, struct vnode **vpp,
-    struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td, int negnametimeo)
+    struct ucred *cred, struct thread *td, int nametimeo, int negnametimeo)
 {
 	struct nfsmount *nmp;
 	struct nfsnode *np;
@@ -1237,13 +1247,14 @@ mountnfs(struct nfs_args *argp, struct mount *mp, struct sockaddr *nam,
 	}
 	vfs_getnewfsid(mp);
 	nmp->nm_mountp = mp;
-	mtx_init(&nmp->nm_mtx, "NFSmount lock", NULL, MTX_DEF | MTX_DUPOK);			
+	mtx_init(&nmp->nm_mtx, "NFSmount lock", NULL, MTX_DEF | MTX_DUPOK);
 
 	/*
-	 * Since nfs_decode_args() might optionally set them, these need to
-	 * set to defaults before the call, so that the optional settings
-	 * aren't overwritten.
+	 * Since nfs_decode_args() might optionally set them, these
+	 * need to be set to defaults before the call, so that the
+	 * optional settings aren't overwritten.
 	 */
+	nmp->nm_nametimeo = nametimeo;
 	nmp->nm_negnametimeo = negnametimeo;
 	nmp->nm_timeo = NFS_TIMEO;
 	nmp->nm_retry = NFS_RETRANS;
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
index 2747191ea507..183491e99f45 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfs_clvnops.c
@@ -1063,7 +1063,8 @@ nfs_lookup(struct vop_lookup_args *ap)
 		 * We only accept a positive hit in the cache if the
 		 * change time of the file matches our cached copy.
 		 * Otherwise, we discard the cache entry and fallback
-		 * to doing a lookup RPC.
+		 * to doing a lookup RPC.  We also only trust cache
+		 * entries for less than nm_nametimeo seconds.
 		 *
 		 * To better handle stale file handles and attributes,
 		 * clear the attribute cache of this node if it is a
@@ -1085,7 +1086,8 @@ nfs_lookup(struct vop_lookup_args *ap)
 			mtx_unlock(&newnp->n_mtx);
 		}
 		if (nfscl_nodeleg(newvp, 0) == 0 ||
-		    (VOP_GETATTR(newvp, &vattr, cnp->cn_cred) == 0 &&
+		    ((u_int)(ticks - ncticks) < (nmp->nm_nametimeo * hz) &&
+		    VOP_GETATTR(newvp, &vattr, cnp->cn_cred) == 0 &&
 		    timespeccmp(&vattr.va_ctime, &nctime, ==))) {
 			NFSINCRGLOBAL(newnfsstats.lookupcache_hits);
 			if (cnp->cn_nameiop != LOOKUP &&
diff --git a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
index b62a430e6683..8068c28ace2b 100644
--- a/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
+++ b/sys/fs/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ struct	nfsmount {
 	u_int64_t nm_maxfilesize;	/* maximum file size */
 	int	nm_tprintf_initial_delay; /* initial delay */
 	int	nm_tprintf_delay;	/* interval for messages */
+	int	nm_nametimeo;		/* timeout for +ve entries (sec) */
 	int	nm_negnametimeo;	/* timeout for -ve entries (sec) */
 
 	/* Newnfs additions */
@@ -106,6 +107,10 @@ struct	nfsmount {
  */
 #define	VFSTONFS(mp)	((struct nfsmount *)((mp)->mnt_data))
 
+#ifndef NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO
+#define NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO		60
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO
 #define NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO	60
 #endif
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
index e43c048f517b..5c257fcda492 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vfsops.c
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static void	nfs_decode_args(struct mount *mp, struct nfsmount *nmp,
 		    struct nfs_args *argp, const char *hostname);
 static int	mountnfs(struct nfs_args *, struct mount *,
 		    struct sockaddr *, char *, struct vnode **,
-		    struct ucred *cred, int);
+		    struct ucred *cred, int, int);
 static void	nfs_getnlminfo(struct vnode *, uint8_t *, size_t *,
 		    struct sockaddr_storage *, int *, off_t *,
 		    struct timeval *);
@@ -559,8 +559,8 @@ nfs_mountdiskless(char *path,
 	int error;
 
 	nam = sodupsockaddr((struct sockaddr *)sin, M_WAITOK);
-	if ((error = mountnfs(args, mp, nam, path, vpp,
-	    td->td_ucred, NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO)) != 0) {
+	if ((error = mountnfs(args, mp, nam, path, vpp, td->td_ucred,
+	    NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO, NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO)) != 0) {
 		printf("nfs_mountroot: mount %s on /: %d\n", path, error);
 		return (error);
 	}
@@ -788,6 +788,7 @@ static const char *nfs_opts[] = { "from", "nfs_args",
     "wsize", "rsize", "retrans", "acregmin", "acregmax", "acdirmin",
     "acdirmax", "deadthresh", "hostname", "timeout", "addr", "fh", "nfsv3",
     "sec", "maxgroups", "principal", "negnametimeo", "nocto", "wcommitsize",
+    "nametimeo",
     NULL };
 
 /*
@@ -836,6 +837,7 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 	size_t len;
 	u_char nfh[NFSX_V3FHMAX];
 	char *opt;
+	int nametimeo = NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO;
 	int negnametimeo = NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO;
 
 	has_nfs_args_opt = 0;
@@ -1058,6 +1060,14 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 		}
 		args.flags |= NFSMNT_MAXGRPS;
 	}
+	if (vfs_getopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "nametimeo", (void **)&opt, NULL) == 0) {
+		ret = sscanf(opt, "%d", &nametimeo);
+		if (ret != 1 || nametimeo < 0) {
+			vfs_mount_error(mp, "illegal nametimeo: %s", opt);
+			error = EINVAL;
+			goto out;
+		}
+	}
 	if (vfs_getopt(mp->mnt_optnew, "negnametimeo", (void **)&opt, NULL)
 	    == 0) {
 		ret = sscanf(opt, "%d", &negnametimeo);
@@ -1182,7 +1192,7 @@ nfs_mount(struct mount *mp)
 		goto out;
 	}
 	error = mountnfs(&args, mp, nam, args.hostname, &vp,
-	    curthread->td_ucred, negnametimeo);
+	    curthread->td_ucred, nametimeo, negnametimeo);
 out:
 	if (!error) {
 		MNT_ILOCK(mp);
@@ -1224,7 +1234,8 @@ nfs_cmount(struct mntarg *ma, void *data, uint64_t flags)
  */
 static int
 mountnfs(struct nfs_args *argp, struct mount *mp, struct sockaddr *nam,
-    char *hst, struct vnode **vpp, struct ucred *cred, int negnametimeo)
+    char *hst, struct vnode **vpp, struct ucred *cred, int nametimeo,
+    int negnametimeo)
 {
 	struct nfsmount *nmp;
 	struct nfsnode *np;
@@ -1274,6 +1285,7 @@ mountnfs(struct nfs_args *argp, struct mount *mp, struct sockaddr *nam,
 	nmp->nm_numgrps = NFS_MAXGRPS;
 	nmp->nm_readahead = NFS_DEFRAHEAD;
 	nmp->nm_deadthresh = NFS_MAXDEADTHRESH;
+	nmp->nm_nametimeo = nametimeo;
 	nmp->nm_negnametimeo = negnametimeo;
 	nmp->nm_tprintf_delay = nfs_tprintf_delay;
 	if (nmp->nm_tprintf_delay < 0)
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c
index a39b29b7374a..e03244898d4b 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfs_vnops.c
@@ -959,7 +959,8 @@ nfs_lookup(struct vop_lookup_args *ap)
 		 * We only accept a positive hit in the cache if the
 		 * change time of the file matches our cached copy.
 		 * Otherwise, we discard the cache entry and fallback
-		 * to doing a lookup RPC.
+		 * to doing a lookup RPC.  We also only trust cache
+		 * entries for less than nm_nametimeo seconds.
 		 *
 		 * To better handle stale file handles and attributes,
 		 * clear the attribute cache of this node if it is a
@@ -980,7 +981,8 @@ nfs_lookup(struct vop_lookup_args *ap)
 			KDTRACE_NFS_ATTRCACHE_FLUSH_DONE(newvp);
 			mtx_unlock(&newnp->n_mtx);
 		}
-		if (VOP_GETATTR(newvp, &vattr, cnp->cn_cred) == 0 &&
+		if ((u_int)(ticks - ncticks) < (nmp->nm_nametimeo * hz) &&
+		    VOP_GETATTR(newvp, &vattr, cnp->cn_cred) == 0 &&
 		    timespeccmp(&vattr.va_ctime, &nctime, ==)) {
 			nfsstats.lookupcache_hits++;
 			if (cnp->cn_nameiop != LOOKUP &&
diff --git a/sys/nfsclient/nfsmount.h b/sys/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
index 6b84bdde5b75..77171a13ee39 100644
--- a/sys/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
+++ b/sys/nfsclient/nfsmount.h
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct	nfsmount {
 	struct rpc_timers nm_timers[NFS_MAX_TIMER]; /* RTT Timers for rpcs */
 	char	nm_principal[MNAMELEN];	/* GSS-API principal of server */
 	gss_OID	nm_mech_oid;		/* OID of selected GSS-API mechanism */
+	int	nm_nametimeo;		/* timeout for +ve entries (sec) */
 	int	nm_negnametimeo;	/* timeout for -ve entries (sec) */
 
 	/* NFSv4 */
@@ -116,6 +117,10 @@ struct	nfsmount {
 #define NFS_TPRINTF_DELAY               30
 #endif
 
+#ifndef NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO
+#define NFS_DEFAULT_NAMETIMEO		60
+#endif
+
 #ifndef NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO
 #define NFS_DEFAULT_NEGNAMETIMEO	60
 #endif