diff --git a/ircd/aio.cc b/ircd/aio.cc
index 1a1080764..23409f148 100644
--- a/ircd/aio.cc
+++ b/ircd/aio.cc
@@ -148,6 +148,18 @@ ircd::fs::write__aio(const fd &fd,
 	return view;
 }
 
+//
+// request::prefetch
+//
+
+void
+ircd::fs::prefetch__aio(const fd &fd,
+                        const size_t &size,
+                        const read_opts &opts)
+{
+
+}
+
 //
 // aio
 //
diff --git a/ircd/aio.h b/ircd/aio.h
index 0ad3422c8..3f545c90c 100644
--- a/ircd/aio.h
+++ b/ircd/aio.h
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ struct ircd::fs::aio::request
 
 namespace ircd::fs
 {
+	void prefetch__aio(const fd &, const size_t &, const read_opts &);
 	const_buffer write__aio(const fd &, const const_buffer &, const write_opts &);
 	const_buffer read__aio(const fd &, const mutable_buffer &, const read_opts &);
 	void fdsync__aio(const fd &, const fsync_opts &);
diff --git a/ircd/fs.cc b/ircd/fs.cc
index b82b6081f..6591a029f 100644
--- a/ircd/fs.cc
+++ b/ircd/fs.cc
@@ -237,10 +237,16 @@ ircd::fs::prefetch(const fd &fd,
 		syscall(::fcntl, fd, F_GETFL)
 	};
 
-	if(flags & O_DIRECT)
-		return; //TODO: AIO prefetch scheme
+	if(~flags & O_DIRECT)
+	{
+		syscall(::readahead, fd, opts.offset, count);
+		return;
+	}
 
-	syscall(::readahead, fd, opts.offset, count);
+	#ifdef IRCD_USE_AIO
+	if(likely(aioctx))
+		prefetch__aio(fd, count, opts);
+	#endif
 }
 #else
 void