diff --git a/builtin/clean.c b/builtin/clean.c
index ae8051e945..ac021f97ab 100644
--- a/builtin/clean.c
+++ b/builtin/clean.c
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 
 	if (read_cache() < 0)
 		die(_("index file corrupt"));
+	enable_fscache(active_nr);
 
 	if (!ignored)
 		setup_standard_excludes(&dir);
@@ -1084,6 +1085,7 @@ int cmd_clean(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix)
 		}
 	}
 
+	disable_fscache();
 	strbuf_release(&abs_path);
 	strbuf_release(&buf);
 	string_list_clear(&del_list, 0);
diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 858b42396e..081638117c 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -2577,6 +2577,8 @@ pid_t waitpid(pid_t pid, int *status, int options)
 	return -1;
 }
 
+int (*win32_is_mount_point)(struct strbuf *path) = mingw_is_mount_point;
+
 int mingw_is_mount_point(struct strbuf *path)
 {
 	WIN32_FIND_DATAW findbuf = { 0 };
diff --git a/compat/mingw.h b/compat/mingw.h
index 62cd12759b..8df0e4a22a 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.h
+++ b/compat/mingw.h
@@ -464,7 +464,8 @@ static inline void convert_slashes(char *path)
 }
 struct strbuf;
 int mingw_is_mount_point(struct strbuf *path);
-#define is_mount_point mingw_is_mount_point
+extern int (*win32_is_mount_point)(struct strbuf *path);
+#define is_mount_point win32_is_mount_point
 #define CAN_UNLINK_MOUNT_POINTS 1
 #define PATH_SEP ';'
 char *mingw_query_user_email(void);
diff --git a/compat/win32/fscache.c b/compat/win32/fscache.c
index 03e6e426f8..f2ab078323 100644
--- a/compat/win32/fscache.c
+++ b/compat/win32/fscache.c
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ static struct trace_key trace_fscache = TRACE_KEY_INIT(FSCACHE);
 struct fsentry {
 	struct hashmap_entry ent;
 	mode_t st_mode;
+	ULONG reparse_tag;
 	/* Pointer to the directory listing, or NULL for the listing itself. */
 	struct fsentry *list;
 	/* Pointer to the next file entry of the list. */
@@ -189,6 +190,10 @@ static struct fsentry *fseentry_create_entry(struct fscache *cache,
 
 	fse = fsentry_alloc(cache, list, buf, len);
 
+	fse->reparse_tag =
+		fdata->FileAttributes & FILE_ATTRIBUTE_REPARSE_POINT ?
+		fdata->EaSize : 0;
+
 	fse->st_mode = file_attr_to_st_mode(fdata->FileAttributes);
 	fse->dirent.d_type = S_ISDIR(fse->st_mode) ? DT_DIR : DT_REG;
 	fse->u.s.st_size = fdata->EndOfFile.LowPart |
@@ -457,6 +462,7 @@ int fscache_enable(size_t initial_size)
 		/* redirect opendir and lstat to the fscache implementations */
 		opendir = fscache_opendir;
 		lstat = fscache_lstat;
+		win32_is_mount_point = fscache_is_mount_point;
 	}
 	initialized++;
 	LeaveCriticalSection(&fscache_cs);
@@ -517,6 +523,7 @@ void fscache_disable(void)
 		/* reset opendir and lstat to the original implementations */
 		opendir = dirent_opendir;
 		lstat = mingw_lstat;
+		win32_is_mount_point = mingw_is_mount_point;
 	}
 	LeaveCriticalSection(&fscache_cs);
 
@@ -585,6 +592,39 @@ int fscache_lstat(const char *filename, struct stat *st)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * is_mount_point() replacement, uses cache if enabled, otherwise falls
+ * back to mingw_is_mount_point().
+ */
+int fscache_is_mount_point(struct strbuf *path)
+{
+	int dirlen, base, len;
+	struct heap_fsentry key[2];
+	struct fsentry *fse;
+	struct fscache *cache = fscache_getcache();
+
+	if (!cache || !do_fscache_enabled(cache, path->buf))
+		return mingw_is_mount_point(path);
+
+	cache->lstat_requests++;
+	/* split path into path + name */
+	len = path->len;
+	if (len && is_dir_sep(path->buf[len - 1]))
+		len--;
+	base = len;
+	while (base && !is_dir_sep(path->buf[base - 1]))
+		base--;
+	dirlen = base ? base - 1 : 0;
+
+	/* lookup entry for path + name in cache */
+	fsentry_init(&key[0].ent, NULL, path->buf, dirlen);
+	fsentry_init(&key[1].ent, &key[0].ent, path->buf + base, len - base);
+	fse = fscache_get(cache, &key[1].ent);
+	if (!fse)
+		return mingw_is_mount_point(path);
+	return fse->reparse_tag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_MOUNT_POINT;
+}
+
 typedef struct fscache_DIR {
 	struct DIR base_dir; /* extend base struct DIR */
 	struct fsentry *pfsentry;
diff --git a/compat/win32/fscache.h b/compat/win32/fscache.h
index 042b247a54..386c770a85 100644
--- a/compat/win32/fscache.h
+++ b/compat/win32/fscache.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ void fscache_flush(void);
 
 DIR *fscache_opendir(const char *dir);
 int fscache_lstat(const char *file_name, struct stat *buf);
+int fscache_is_mount_point(struct strbuf *path);
 
 /* opaque fscache structure */
 struct fscache;