diff --git a/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h b/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h
index 040426ef7a0..98e005825a0 100644
--- a/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h
+++ b/src/include/rados/rgw_file.h
@@ -152,9 +152,13 @@ int rgw_unlink(struct rgw_fs *rgw_fs,
 */
 typedef bool (*rgw_readdir_cb)(const char *name, void *arg, uint64_t offset);
 
+#define RGW_READDIR_FLAG_NONE      0x0000
+#define RGW_READDIR_FLAG_DOTDOT    0x0001 /* send dot names */
+
 int rgw_readdir(struct rgw_fs *rgw_fs,
 		struct rgw_file_handle *parent_fh, uint64_t *offset,
-		rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, bool *eof);
+		rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, bool *eof,
+		uint32_t flags);
 
 /* XXX (get|set)attr mask bits */
 #define RGW_SETATTR_MODE   1
diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc
index 63b5c86badf..e56a094b4b0 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_file.cc
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ namespace rgw {
   } /* RGWFileHandle::reclaim */
 
   int RGWFileHandle::readdir(rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, uint64_t *offset,
-			     bool *eof)
+			     bool *eof, uint32_t flags)
   {
     using event = RGWLibFS::event;
     int rc = 0;
@@ -220,6 +220,12 @@ namespace rgw {
 
     (void) clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC_COARSE, &now); /* !LOCKED */
 
+    if (flags & RGW_READDIR_FLAG_DOTDOT) {
+      /* send '.' and '..' with their NFS-defined offsets */
+      rcb(".", cb_arg, 1);
+      rcb("..", cb_arg, 2);
+    }
+
     if (is_root()) {
       RGWListBucketsRequest req(cct, fs->get_user(), this, rcb, cb_arg,
 				offset);
@@ -957,14 +963,15 @@ int rgw_close(struct rgw_fs *rgw_fs,
 
 int rgw_readdir(struct rgw_fs *rgw_fs,
 		struct rgw_file_handle *parent_fh, uint64_t *offset,
-		rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, bool *eof)
+		rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, bool *eof,
+		uint32_t flags)
 {
   RGWFileHandle* parent = get_rgwfh(parent_fh);
   if (! parent) {
     /* bad parent */
     return -EINVAL;
   }
-  int rc = parent->readdir(rcb, cb_arg, offset, eof);
+  int rc = parent->readdir(rcb, cb_arg, offset, eof, flags);
   return -rc;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_file.h b/src/rgw/rgw_file.h
index a6ca509744b..7009bd559b0 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_file.h
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_file.h
@@ -417,7 +417,8 @@ namespace rgw {
       return EPERM;
     }
 
-    int readdir(rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, uint64_t *offset, bool *eof);
+    int readdir(rgw_readdir_cb rcb, void *cb_arg, uint64_t *offset, bool *eof,
+		uint32_t flags);
     int write(uint64_t off, size_t len, size_t *nbytes, void *buffer);
     int write_finish();
     int close();
diff --git a/src/test/librgw_file.cc b/src/test/librgw_file.cc
index 0af400cc208..949e2eaa923 100644
--- a/src/test/librgw_file.cc
+++ b/src/test/librgw_file.cc
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ TEST(LibRGW, LIST_BUCKETS) {
 
   bool eof = false;
   uint64_t offset = 0;
-  int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, fs->root_fh, &offset, r1_cb, &fids1, &eof);
+  int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, fs->root_fh, &offset, r1_cb, &fids1, &eof,
+			RGW_READDIR_FLAG_NONE);
   for (auto& fid : fids1) {
     std::cout << "fname: " << get<0>(fid) << " fid: " << get<1>(fid)
 	      << std::endl;
@@ -170,7 +171,8 @@ TEST(LibRGW, LIST_OBJECTS) {
 
     bool eof = false;
     uint64_t offset = 0;
-    int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, bucket_fh, &offset, r2_cb, &obj_vector, &eof);
+    int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, bucket_fh, &offset, r2_cb, &obj_vector, &eof,
+			  RGW_READDIR_FLAG_NONE);
     for (auto& obj : obj_vector) {
       std::cout << "fname: " << get<0>(obj) << " fid: " << get<1>(obj)
 		<< std::endl;
diff --git a/src/test/librgw_file_gp.cc b/src/test/librgw_file_gp.cc
index ed988e92f42..eab64a8aa81 100644
--- a/src/test/librgw_file_gp.cc
+++ b/src/test/librgw_file_gp.cc
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ TEST(LibRGW, LIST_OBJECTS) {
     bool eof = false;
     uint64_t offset = 0;
     int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, bucket_fh, &offset, r2_cb, &fids,
-			  &eof);
+			  &eof, RGW_READDIR_FLAG_NONE);
     for (auto& fid : fids) {
       std::cout << "fname: " << get<0>(fid) << " fid: " << get<1>(fid)
 		<< std::endl;
diff --git a/src/test/librgw_file_nfsns.cc b/src/test/librgw_file_nfsns.cc
index 4aada698ac2..e91e452af29 100644
--- a/src/test/librgw_file_nfsns.cc
+++ b/src/test/librgw_file_nfsns.cc
@@ -167,8 +167,12 @@ extern "C" {
 			   << " dir=" << rgw_fh->full_object_name()
 			   << " called back name=" << name
 			   << dendl;
-    obj_stack.push(
-      obj_rec{name, nullptr, parent_fh, nullptr});
+    string name_str{name};
+    if (! ((name_str == ".") ||
+	   (name_str == ".."))) {
+      obj_stack.push(
+	obj_rec{std::move(name_str), nullptr, parent_fh, nullptr});
+    }
     return true; /* XXX */
   }
 }
@@ -222,7 +226,8 @@ TEST(LibRGW, ENUMERATE1) {
 	    << " object_name: " << elt.rgw_fh->object_name()
 	    << " full_name: " << elt.rgw_fh->full_object_name()
 	    << dendl;
-	  rc = rgw_readdir(fs, elt.fh, &offset, r1_cb, elt.fh, &eof);
+	  rc = rgw_readdir(fs, elt.fh, &offset, r1_cb, elt.fh, &eof,
+			   RGW_READDIR_FLAG_DOTDOT);
 	  elt.state.readdir = true;
 	  ASSERT_EQ(rc, 0);
 	  // ASSERT_TRUE(eof); // XXXX working incorrectly w/single readdir
@@ -324,7 +329,11 @@ extern "C" {
 			   << " iv count=" << dvec.count
 			   << " called back name=" << name
 			   << dendl;
-    dvec.obj_names.push_back(dirent_t{name, offset});
+    string name_str{name};
+    if (! ((name_str == ".") ||
+	   (name_str == ".."))) {
+      dvec.obj_names.push_back(dirent_t{std::move(name_str), offset});
+    }
     return true; /* XXX */
   }
 }
@@ -347,7 +356,8 @@ TEST(LibRGW, MARKER1_READDIR)
 
     do {
       ASSERT_TRUE(dvec.count <= max_iterations);
-      int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, marker_fh, &offset, r2_cb, &dvec, &eof);
+      int ret = rgw_readdir(fs, marker_fh, &offset, r2_cb, &dvec, &eof,
+			    RGW_READDIR_FLAG_DOTDOT);
       ASSERT_EQ(ret, 0);
       ASSERT_EQ(offset, get<1>(dvec.obj_names.back())); // cookie check
       ++dvec.count;