diff --git a/example/src/passthrough.rs b/example/src/passthrough.rs
index 1b0fa3b..5f7edde 100644
--- a/example/src/passthrough.rs
+++ b/example/src/passthrough.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ impl FilesystemMT for PassthroughFS {
         debug!("destroy");
     }
 
+    fn lookup(&self, _req: RequestInfo, path: &Path) {
+        debug!("lookup: {:?}", path);
+    }
+
+    fn forget(&self, _req: RequestInfo, path: &Path) {
+        debug!("forget: {:?}", path);
+    }
+
     fn getattr(&self, _req: RequestInfo, path: &Path, fh: Option<u64>) -> ResultEntry {
         debug!("getattr: {:?}", path);
 
diff --git a/src/fusemt.rs b/src/fusemt.rs
index e955bab..038ecea 100644
--- a/src/fusemt.rs
+++ b/src/fusemt.rs
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ impl<T: FilesystemMT + Sync + Send + 'static> fuse::Filesystem for FuseMT<T> {
         let parent_path = get_path!(self, parent, reply);
         debug!("lookup: {:?}, {:?}", parent_path, name);
         let path = Arc::new((*parent_path).clone().join(name));
+        self.target.lookup(req.info(), &path);
         match self.target.getattr(req.info(), &path, None) {
             Ok((ttl, attr)) => {
                 let (ino, generation) = self.inodes.add_or_get(path.clone());
@@ -120,10 +121,11 @@ impl<T: FilesystemMT + Sync + Send + 'static> fuse::Filesystem for FuseMT<T> {
         }
     }
 
-    fn forget(&mut self, _req: &fuse::Request, ino: u64, nlookup: u64) {
+    fn forget(&mut self, req: &fuse::Request, ino: u64, nlookup: u64) {
         let path = self.inodes.get_path(ino).unwrap_or_else(|| {
             Arc::new(PathBuf::from("[unknown]"))
         });
+        self.target.forget(req.info(), &path);
         let lookups = self.inodes.forget(ino, nlookup);
         debug!("forget: inode {} ({:?}) now at {} lookups", ino, path, lookups);
     }
diff --git a/src/types.rs b/src/types.rs
index 4e30924..6535a77 100644
--- a/src/types.rs
+++ b/src/types.rs
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ pub trait FilesystemMT {
         // Nothing.
     }
 
+    /// Called when a path is looked up for the first time. This call will be immediately followed
+    /// by a call to `getattr` with the same path.
+    fn lookup(&self, _req: RequestInfo, _path: &Path) {
+        // Nothing.
+    }
+
+    /// Called when the kernel is removing an inode from its internal caches. Filesystems can use
+    /// this to clean up their own caches.
+    fn forget(&self, _req: RequestInfo, _path: &Path) {
+        // Nothing.
+    }
+
     /// Get the attributes of a filesystem entry.
     ///
     /// * `fh`: a file handle if this is called on an open file.