diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java
index 1f21871ac7b02..9660ff0c2b515 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/FSImageFormatPBINode.java
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ public static INodeDirectory loadINodeDirectory(INodeSection.INode n,
       final PermissionStatus permissions = loadPermission(d.getPermission(),
           state.getStringTable());
       final INodeDirectory dir = new INodeDirectory(n.getId(), n.getName()
-          .toByteArray(), permissions, d.getModificationTime());
+          .toByteArray(), permissions, d.getModificationTime(), d.getAccessTime());
       final long nsQuota = d.getNsQuota(), dsQuota = d.getDsQuota();
       if (nsQuota >= 0 || dsQuota >= 0) {
         dir.addDirectoryWithQuotaFeature(new DirectoryWithQuotaFeature.Builder().
@@ -707,7 +707,8 @@ public static INodeSection.INodeDirectory.Builder buildINodeDirectory(
           .newBuilder().setModificationTime(dir.getModificationTime())
           .setNsQuota(quota.getNameSpace())
           .setDsQuota(quota.getStorageSpace())
-          .setPermission(buildPermissionStatus(dir));
+          .setPermission(buildPermissionStatus(dir))
+          .setAccessTime(dir.getAccessTime());
 
       if (quota.getTypeSpaces().anyGreaterOrEqual(0)) {
         b.setTypeQuotas(buildQuotaByStorageTypeEntries(quota));
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java
index e375bc1e25ddf..0cc5807821ea6 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/hdfs/server/namenode/INodeDirectory.java
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ public INodeDirectory(long id, byte[] name, PermissionStatus permissions,
       long mtime) {
     super(id, name, permissions, mtime, 0L);
   }
+
+  /** constructor */
+  public INodeDirectory(long id, byte[] name, PermissionStatus permissions,
+      long mtime, long atime) {
+    super(id, name, permissions, mtime, atime);
+  }
   
   /**
    * Copy constructor
diff --git a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/proto/fsimage.proto b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/proto/fsimage.proto
index 2bdd302a1e4ef..fff832a1714f7 100644
--- a/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/proto/fsimage.proto
+++ b/hadoop-hdfs-project/hadoop-hdfs/src/main/proto/fsimage.proto
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ message INodeSection {
     optional AclFeatureProto acl = 5;
     optional XAttrFeatureProto xAttrs = 6;
     optional QuotaByStorageTypeFeatureProto typeQuotas = 7;
+    optional uint64 accessTime = 8;
   }
 
   message INodeSymlink {