diff --git a/doc/coreutils.texi b/doc/coreutils.texi

index a507280..400e135 100644

--- a/doc/coreutils.texi

+++ b/doc/coreutils.texi

@@ -11303,6 +11303,13 @@ some systems (notably SunOS), doing this yields more up to date results,

 but in general this option makes @command{df} much slower, especially when

 there are many or very busy file systems.

+@item --direct

+@opindex --direct

+@cindex direct statfs for a file

+Do not resolve mount point and show statistics directly for a file. It can be

+especially useful for NFS mount points if there is a boundary between two

+storage policies behind the mount point.

+

 @item --total

 @opindex --total

 @cindex grand total of disk size, usage and available space

diff --git a/src/df.c b/src/df.c

index 8f760db..a7385fd 100644

--- a/src/df.c

+++ b/src/df.c

@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ static bool print_type;

 /* If true, print a grand total at the end.  */

 static bool print_grand_total;

+/* If true, show statistics for a file instead of mount point.  */

+static bool direct_statfs;

+

 /* Grand total data.  */

 static struct fs_usage grand_fsu;

@@ -247,13 +250,15 @@ enum

   NO_SYNC_OPTION = CHAR_MAX + 1,

   SYNC_OPTION,

   TOTAL_OPTION,

-  OUTPUT_OPTION

+  OUTPUT_OPTION,

+  DIRECT_OPTION

 };

 static struct option const long_options[] =

 {

   {"all", no_argument, NULL, 'a'},

   {"block-size", required_argument, NULL, 'B'},

+  {"direct", no_argument, NULL, DIRECT_OPTION},

   {"inodes", no_argument, NULL, 'i'},

   {"human-readable", no_argument, NULL, 'h'},

   {"si", no_argument, NULL, 'H'},

@@ -509,7 +514,10 @@ get_header (void)

   for (col = 0; col < ncolumns; col++)

     {

       char *cell = NULL;

-      char const *header = _(columns[col]->caption);

+      char const *header = (columns[col]->field == TARGET_FIELD

+                            && direct_statfs)?

+                            _("File") :

+                            _(columns[col]->caption);

       if (columns[col]->field == SIZE_FIELD

           && (header_mode == DEFAULT_MODE

@@ -1397,6 +1405,19 @@ get_point (const char *point, const struct stat *statp)

 static void

 get_entry (char const *name, struct stat const *statp)

 {

+  if (direct_statfs)

+    {

+      char *resolved = canonicalize_file_name (name);

+      if (resolved)

+	{

+         char *mp = find_mount_point (name, statp);

+	  get_dev (NULL, mp, resolved, NULL, NULL, false, false, NULL, false);

+         free(mp);

+	  free (resolved);

+	  return;

+	}

+    }

+

   if ((S_ISBLK (statp->st_mode) || S_ISCHR (statp->st_mode))

       && get_disk (name))

     return;

@@ -1467,6 +1488,7 @@ or all file systems by default.\n\

   -B, --block-size=SIZE  scale sizes by SIZE before printing them; e.g.,\n\

                            '-BM' prints sizes in units of 1,048,576 bytes;\n\

                            see SIZE format below\n\

+      --direct          show statistics for a file instead of mount point\n\

   -h, --human-readable  print sizes in powers of 1024 (e.g., 1023M)\n\

   -H, --si              print sizes in powers of 1000 (e.g., 1.1G)\n\

 "), stdout);

@@ -1557,6 +1579,9 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)

               xstrtol_fatal (e, oi, c, long_options, optarg);

           }

           break;

+        case DIRECT_OPTION:

+          direct_statfs = true;

+          break;

         case 'i':

           if (header_mode == OUTPUT_MODE)

             {

@@ -1653,6 +1678,13 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)

         }

     }

+  if (direct_statfs && show_local_fs)

+    {

+      error (0, 0, _("options --direct and --local (-l) are mutually "

+		     "exclusive"));

+      usage (EXIT_FAILURE);

+    }

+

   if (human_output_opts == -1)

     {

       if (posix_format)

diff --git a/tests/df/direct.sh b/tests/df/direct.sh

new file mode 100755

index 0000000..8e4cfb8

--- /dev/null

+++ b/tests/df/direct.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@

+#!/bin/sh

+# Ensure "df --direct" works as documented

+

+# Copyright (C) 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

+

+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify

+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by

+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or

+# (at your option) any later version.

+

+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the

+# GNU General Public License for more details.

+

+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License

+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

+

+. "${srcdir=.}/init.sh"; path_prepend_ ../src

+print_ver_ df

+

+df || skip_ "df fails"

+

+DIR=`pwd` || framework_failure

+FILE="$DIR/file"

+touch "$FILE" || framework_failure

+echo "$FILE" > file_exp || framework_failure

+echo "Mounted on" > header_mounted_exp || framework_failure

+echo "File" > header_file_exp || framework_failure

+

+fail=0

+

+df --portability "$FILE" > df_out || fail=1

+df --portability --direct "$FILE" > df_direct_out || fail=1

+df --portability --direct --local "$FILE" > /dev/null 2>&1 && fail=1

+

+# check df header

+$AWK '{ if (NR==1) print $6 " " $7; }' df_out > header_mounted_out \

+  || framework_failure

+$AWK '{ if (NR==1) print $6; }' df_direct_out > header_file_out \

+  || framework_failure

+compare header_mounted_out header_mounted_exp || fail=1

+compare header_file_out header_file_exp || fail=1

+

+# check df output (without --direct)

+$AWK '{ if (NR==2) print $6; }' df_out > file_out \

+  || framework_failure

+compare file_out file_exp && fail=1

+

+# check df output (with --direct)

+$AWK '{ if (NR==2) print $6; }' df_direct_out > file_out \

+  || framework_failure

+compare file_out file_exp || fail=1

+

+Exit $fail