diff --git a/block/rbd.c b/block/rbd.c
index 47cab8b..5b5a64a 100644
--- a/block/rbd.c
+++ b/block/rbd.c
@@ -887,6 +887,18 @@
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_INVALIDATE
+static void qemu_rbd_invalidate_cache(BlockDriverState *bs,
+                                      Error **errp)
+{
+    BDRVRBDState *s = bs->opaque;
+    int r = rbd_invalidate_cache(s->image);
+    if (r < 0) {
+        error_setg_errno(errp, -r, "Failed to invalidate the cache");
+    }
+}
+#endif
+
 static QemuOptsList qemu_rbd_create_opts = {
     .name = "rbd-create-opts",
     .head = QTAILQ_HEAD_INITIALIZER(qemu_rbd_create_opts.head),
@@ -936,6 +948,9 @@
     .bdrv_snapshot_delete   = qemu_rbd_snap_remove,
     .bdrv_snapshot_list     = qemu_rbd_snap_list,
     .bdrv_snapshot_goto     = qemu_rbd_snap_rollback,
+#ifdef LIBRBD_SUPPORTS_INVALIDATE
+    .bdrv_invalidate_cache  = qemu_rbd_invalidate_cache,
+#endif
 };
 
 static void bdrv_rbd_init(void)