diff --git a/integration/fuse/src/main/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystem.java b/integration/fuse/src/main/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystem.java
index 1139b66e9cb0..fc716a6eeadf 100644
--- a/integration/fuse/src/main/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystem.java
+++ b/integration/fuse/src/main/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystem.java
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@
 import alluxio.exception.InvalidPathException;
 import alluxio.security.authorization.Mode;
 import alluxio.security.group.provider.ShellBasedUnixGroupsMapping;
+import alluxio.util.CommonUtils;
+import alluxio.util.WaitForOptions;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Preconditions;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
@@ -50,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import javax.annotation.concurrent.ThreadSafe;
 
@@ -63,6 +66,7 @@ final class AlluxioFuseFileSystem extends FuseStubFS {
   private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AlluxioFuseFileSystem.class);
 
   private static final int MAX_OPEN_FILES = Integer.MAX_VALUE;
+  private static final int MAX_OPEN_WAITTIME_MS = 5000;
   private static final long UID = AlluxioFuseUtils.getUid(System.getProperty("user.name"));
   private static final long GID = AlluxioFuseUtils.getGid(System.getProperty("user.name"));
   private final boolean mIsShellGroupMapping;
@@ -383,6 +387,11 @@ public int open(String path, FuseFileInfo fi) {
         return -ErrorCodes.EISDIR();
       }
 
+      if (!status.isCompleted() && !waitForFileCompleted(uri)) {
+        LOG.error("File {} has not completed", uri);
+        return -ErrorCodes.EFAULT();
+      }
+
       synchronized (mOpenFiles) {
         if (mOpenFiles.size() == MAX_OPEN_FILES) {
           LOG.error("Cannot open {}: too many open files", uri);
@@ -762,6 +771,30 @@ private int rmInternal(String path, boolean mustBeFile) {
     return 0;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Waits for the file to complete before opening it.
+   *
+   * @param uri the file path to check
+   * @return whether the file is completed or not
+   */
+  private boolean waitForFileCompleted(AlluxioURI uri) {
+    try {
+      CommonUtils.waitFor("file completed", () -> {
+        try {
+          return mFileSystem.getStatus(uri).isCompleted();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+          throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+      }, WaitForOptions.defaults().setTimeoutMs(MAX_OPEN_WAITTIME_MS));
+      return true;
+    } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+      Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
+      return false;
+    } catch (TimeoutException te) {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Exposed for testing.
    */
diff --git a/integration/fuse/src/test/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystemTest.java b/integration/fuse/src/test/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystemTest.java
index 6059ef569f1f..d08a86542cf3 100644
--- a/integration/fuse/src/test/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystemTest.java
+++ b/integration/fuse/src/test/java/alluxio/fuse/AlluxioFuseFileSystemTest.java
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.any;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.anyInt;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.atLeast;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
@@ -163,20 +165,46 @@ public void mkDir() throws Exception {
   }
 
   @Test
-  public void open() throws Exception {
-    // mocks set-up
+  public void openWithoutDelay() throws Exception {
     AlluxioURI expectedPath = BASE_EXPECTED_URI.join("/foo/bar");
-    FileInfo fi = new FileInfo();
-    fi.setFolder(false);
-    URIStatus status = new URIStatus(fi);
+    setUpOpenMock(expectedPath);
 
-    when(mFileSystem.exists(expectedPath)).thenReturn(true);
-    when(mFileSystem.getStatus(expectedPath)).thenReturn(status);
-    mFileInfo.flags.set(O_RDONLY.intValue());
+    mFuseFs.open("/foo/bar", mFileInfo);
+    verify(mFileSystem).exists(expectedPath);
+    verify(mFileSystem).getStatus(expectedPath);
+    verify(mFileSystem).openFile(expectedPath);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void incompleteFileCannotOpen() throws Exception {
+    AlluxioURI expectedPath = BASE_EXPECTED_URI.join("/foo/bar");
+    FileInfo fi = setUpOpenMock(expectedPath);
+    fi.setCompleted(false);
 
-    // actual test
     mFuseFs.open("/foo/bar", mFileInfo);
     verify(mFileSystem).exists(expectedPath);
+    verify(mFileSystem, atLeast(100)).getStatus(expectedPath);
+    verify(mFileSystem, never()).openFile(expectedPath);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void openWithDelay() throws Exception {
+    AlluxioURI expectedPath = BASE_EXPECTED_URI.join("/foo/bar");
+    FileInfo fi = setUpOpenMock(expectedPath);
+    fi.setCompleted(false);
+
+    // Use another thread to open file so that
+    // we could change the file status when opening it
+    Thread t = new Thread(() -> mFuseFs.open("/foo/bar", mFileInfo));
+    t.start();
+    Thread.sleep(1000);
+    // If the file exists but is not completed, we will wait for the file to complete
+    verify(mFileSystem).exists(expectedPath);
+    verify(mFileSystem, atLeast(10)).getStatus(expectedPath);
+    verify(mFileSystem, never()).openFile(expectedPath);
+
+    fi.setCompleted(true);
+    t.join();
     verify(mFileSystem).openFile(expectedPath);
   }
 
@@ -184,12 +212,7 @@ public void open() throws Exception {
   public void read() throws Exception {
     // mocks set-up
     AlluxioURI expectedPath = BASE_EXPECTED_URI.join("/foo/bar");
-    FileInfo fi = new FileInfo();
-    fi.setFolder(false);
-    URIStatus status = new URIStatus(fi);
-
-    when(mFileSystem.exists(expectedPath)).thenReturn(true);
-    when(mFileSystem.getStatus(expectedPath)).thenReturn(status);
+    setUpOpenMock(expectedPath);
 
     FileInStream fakeInStream = mock(FileInStream.class);
     when(fakeInStream.read(any(byte[].class), anyInt(), anyInt())).then(new Answer<Integer>() {
@@ -290,4 +313,21 @@ private FuseFileInfo allocateNativeFileInfo() {
     final Pointer pt = runtime.getMemoryManager().allocateTemporary(36, true);
     return FuseFileInfo.of(pt);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets up mock for open() operation.
+   *
+   * @param uri the path to run operations on
+   * @return the file information
+   */
+  private FileInfo setUpOpenMock(AlluxioURI uri) throws Exception {
+    FileInfo fi = new FileInfo();
+    fi.setCompleted(true);
+    fi.setFolder(false);
+    URIStatus status = new URIStatus(fi);
+
+    when(mFileSystem.exists(uri)).thenReturn(true);
+    when(mFileSystem.getStatus(uri)).thenReturn(status);
+    return fi;
+  }
 }