diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc
index f20dbf9a7cd..25fb8cdbff3 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.cc
@@ -65,6 +65,11 @@ XrdOucCacheIO *IOEntireFile::Detach()
    return io;
 }
 
+void IOEntireFile::Read (XrdOucCacheIOCB &iocb, char *buff, long long offs, int rlen)
+{
+   iocb.Done(IOEntireFile::Read(buff, offs, rlen));
+}
+
 int IOEntireFile::Read (char *buff, long long off, int size)
 {
    clLog()->Debug(XrdCl::AppMsg, "IOEntireFile::Read() [%p]  %lld@%d %s", this, off, size, m_io.Path());
diff --git a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.hh b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.hh
index 59f8704359e..1c2db014e9e 100644
--- a/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.hh
+++ b/src/XrdFileCache/XrdFileCacheIOEntireFile.hh
@@ -61,6 +61,19 @@ namespace XrdFileCache
          //---------------------------------------------------------------------
          virtual int Read(char *Buffer, long long Offset, int Length);
 
+         //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+         //! Asynchronous read.
+         //!
+         //! @param callback
+         //! @param Buffer
+         //! @param Offset
+         //! @param Length
+         //!
+         //! @return number of bytes read
+         //---------------------------------------------------------------------
+         virtual void Read (XrdOucCacheIOCB &iocb, char *buff, long long offs, int rlen);
+
+
          //---------------------------------------------------------------------
          //! Pass ReadV request to the corresponding File object.
          //!