diff --git a/Documentation/config-options.md b/Documentation/config-options.md
index 9cb3c62..5b61df0 100644
--- a/Documentation/config-options.md
+++ b/Documentation/config-options.md
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 | `core.streamFileThreshold` | `50 MiB` | &#x20DE; | The size threshold beyond which objects must be streamed. |
 | `core.supportsAtomicFileCreation` | `true` | &#x20DE; | Whether the filesystem supports atomic file creation. |
 | `core.symlinks` | Auto detect if filesystem supports symlinks| &#x2705; | If false, symbolic links are checked out as small plain files that contain the link text. |
-| `core.trustFolderStat` | `true` | &#x20DE; | Whether to trust the pack folder's and packed-refs file's file attributes (Java equivalent of stat command on *nix). When looking for pack files, if `false` JGit will always scan the `.git/objects/pack` folder and if set to `true` it assumes that pack files are unchanged if the file attributes of the pack folder are unchanged. When getting the list of packed refs, if `false` JGit will always read the packed-refs file and if set to `true` it uses the file attributes of the packed-refs file and will only read it if a file attribute has changed. Setting this option to `false` can help to workaround caching issues on NFS, but reduces performance.|
+| `core.trustFolderStat` | `true` | &#x20DE; | Whether to trust the pack folder's, packed-refs file's and loose-objects folder's file attributes (Java equivalent of stat command on *nix). When looking for pack files, if `false` JGit will always scan the `.git/objects/pack` folder and if set to `true` it assumes that pack files are unchanged if the file attributes of the pack folder are unchanged. When getting the list of packed refs, if `false` JGit will always read the packed-refs file and if set to `true` it uses the file attributes of the packed-refs file and will only read it if a file attribute has changed. When looking for loose objects, if `false` and if a loose object is not found, JGit will open and close a stream to `.git/objects` folder (which can refresh its directory listing, at least on some NFS clients) and retry looking for that loose object. Setting this option to `false` can help to workaround caching issues on NFS, but reduces performance. |
 | `core.trustPackedRefsStat` | `unset` | &#x20DE; | Whether to trust the file attributes (Java equivalent of stat command on *nix) of the packed-refs file. If `never` JGit will ignore the file attributes of the packed-refs file and always read it. If `always` JGit will trust the file attributes of the packed-refs file and will only read it if a file attribute has changed. `after_open` behaves the same as `always`, except that the packed-refs file is opened and closed before its file attributes are considered. An open/close of the packed-refs file is known to refresh its file attributes, at least on some NFS clients. If `unset`, JGit will use the behavior described in `trustFolderStat`. |
 | `core.worktree` | Root directory of the working tree if it is not the parent directory of the `.git` directory | &#x2705; | The path to the root of the working tree. |
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java
index 33621a1..b9af83d 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/LooseObjects.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.NoSuchFileException;
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption;
@@ -24,6 +25,8 @@
 import org.eclipse.jgit.internal.storage.file.FileObjectDatabase.InsertLooseObjectResult;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AbbreviatedObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.AnyObjectId;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Config;
+import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ConfigConstants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.Constants;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectId;
 import org.eclipse.jgit.lib.ObjectLoader;
@@ -52,15 +55,22 @@ class LooseObjects {
 
 	private final UnpackedObjectCache unpackedObjectCache;
 
+	private final boolean trustFolderStat;
+
 	/**
 	 * Initialize a reference to an on-disk object directory.
 	 *
+	 * @param config
+	 *            configuration for the loose objects handler.
 	 * @param dir
 	 *            the location of the <code>objects</code> directory.
 	 */
-	LooseObjects(File dir) {
+	LooseObjects(Config config, File dir) {
 		directory = dir;
 		unpackedObjectCache = new UnpackedObjectCache();
+		trustFolderStat = config.getBoolean(
+				ConfigConstants.CONFIG_CORE_SECTION,
+				ConfigConstants.CONFIG_KEY_TRUSTFOLDERSTAT, true);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -98,6 +108,19 @@ boolean hasCached(AnyObjectId id) {
 	 * @return {@code true} if the specified object is stored as a loose object.
 	 */
 	boolean has(AnyObjectId objectId) {
+		boolean exists = hasWithoutRefresh(objectId);
+		if (trustFolderStat || exists) {
+			return exists;
+		}
+		try (InputStream stream = Files.newInputStream(directory.toPath())) {
+			// refresh directory to work around NFS caching issue
+		} catch (IOException e) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		return hasWithoutRefresh(objectId);
+	}
+
+	private boolean hasWithoutRefresh(AnyObjectId objectId) {
 		return fileFor(objectId).exists();
 	}
 
@@ -183,6 +206,22 @@ ObjectLoader open(WindowCursor curs, AnyObjectId id) throws IOException {
 	 */
 	ObjectLoader getObjectLoader(WindowCursor curs, File path, AnyObjectId id)
 			throws IOException {
+		try {
+			return getObjectLoaderWithoutRefresh(curs, path, id);
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+			if (trustFolderStat) {
+				throw e;
+			}
+			try (InputStream stream = Files
+					.newInputStream(directory.toPath())) {
+				// refresh directory to work around NFS caching issues
+			}
+			return getObjectLoaderWithoutRefresh(curs, path, id);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private ObjectLoader getObjectLoaderWithoutRefresh(WindowCursor curs,
+			File path, AnyObjectId id) throws IOException {
 		try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(path)) {
 			unpackedObjectCache().add(id);
 			return UnpackedObject.open(in, path, id, curs);
@@ -203,16 +242,34 @@ UnpackedObjectCache unpackedObjectCache() {
 	}
 
 	long getSize(WindowCursor curs, AnyObjectId id) throws IOException {
+		try {
+			return getSizeWithoutRefresh(curs, id);
+		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
+			try {
+				if (trustFolderStat) {
+					throw noFile;
+				}
+				try (InputStream stream = Files
+						.newInputStream(directory.toPath())) {
+					// refresh directory to work around NFS caching issue
+				}
+				return getSizeWithoutRefresh(curs, id);
+			} catch (FileNotFoundException e) {
+				if (fileFor(id).exists()) {
+					throw noFile;
+				}
+				unpackedObjectCache().remove(id);
+				return -1;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private long getSizeWithoutRefresh(WindowCursor curs, AnyObjectId id)
+			throws IOException {
 		File f = fileFor(id);
 		try (FileInputStream in = new FileInputStream(f)) {
 			unpackedObjectCache().add(id);
 			return UnpackedObject.getSize(in, id, curs);
-		} catch (FileNotFoundException noFile) {
-			if (f.exists()) {
-				throw noFile;
-			}
-			unpackedObjectCache().remove(id);
-			return -1;
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
index 06c8cad..531fd78 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/internal/storage/file/ObjectDirectory.java
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public ObjectDirectory(final Config cfg, final File dir,
 		File packDirectory = new File(objects, "pack"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		File preservedDirectory = new File(packDirectory, "preserved"); //$NON-NLS-1$
 		alternatesFile = new File(objects, Constants.INFO_ALTERNATES);
-		loose = new LooseObjects(objects);
+		loose = new LooseObjects(config, objects);
 		packed = new PackDirectory(config, packDirectory);
 		preserved = new PackDirectory(config, preservedDirectory);
 		this.fs = fs;