diff --git a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOssFile.cc b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOssFile.cc
index af1609bca6f..5ebef097f2a 100644
--- a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOssFile.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephOssFile.cc
@@ -59,11 +59,7 @@ ssize_t XrdCephOssFile::Read(off_t offset, size_t blen) {
 }
 
 ssize_t XrdCephOssFile::Read(void *buff, off_t offset, size_t blen) {
-  off_t rc = ceph_posix_lseek(m_fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
-  if (offset == rc) {
-    return ceph_posix_read(m_fd, buff, blen);
-  }
-  return rc;
+  return ceph_posix_pread(m_fd, buff, blen, offset);
 }
 
 static void aioReadCallback(XrdSfsAio *aiop, size_t rc) {
@@ -84,11 +80,7 @@ int XrdCephOssFile::Fstat(struct stat *buff) {
 }
 
 ssize_t XrdCephOssFile::Write(const void *buff, off_t offset, size_t blen) {
-  off_t rc = ceph_posix_lseek(m_fd, offset, SEEK_SET);
-  if (offset == rc) {
-    return ceph_posix_write(m_fd, buff, blen);
-  }
-  return rc;
+  return ceph_posix_pwrite(m_fd, buff, blen, offset);
 }
 
 static void aioWriteCallback(XrdSfsAio *aiop, size_t rc) {
diff --git a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc
index 4f17fb7fa21..99bacef5aa4 100644
--- a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.cc
@@ -556,6 +556,28 @@ ssize_t ceph_posix_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) {
   }
 }
 
+ssize_t ceph_posix_pwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off64_t offset) {
+  std::map<unsigned int, CephFileRef>::iterator it = g_fds.find(fd);
+  if (it != g_fds.end()) {
+    CephFileRef &fr = it->second;
+    logwrapper((char*)"ceph_write: for fd %d, count=%d", fd, count);
+    if ((fr.flags & (O_WRONLY|O_RDWR)) == 0) {
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+    libradosstriper::RadosStriper *striper = getRadosStriper(fr);
+    if (0 == striper) {
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    ceph::bufferlist bl;
+    bl.append((const char*)buf, count);
+    int rc = striper->write(fr.name, bl, count, offset);
+    if (rc) return rc;
+    return count;
+  } else {
+    return -EBADF;
+  }
+}
+
 static void ceph_aio_complete(rados_completion_t c, void *arg) {
   AioArgs *awa = reinterpret_cast<AioArgs*>(arg);
   size_t rc = rados_aio_get_return_value(c);
@@ -618,6 +640,28 @@ ssize_t ceph_posix_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count) {
   }
 }
 
+ssize_t ceph_posix_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off64_t offset) {
+  std::map<unsigned int, CephFileRef>::iterator it = g_fds.find(fd);
+  if (it != g_fds.end()) {
+    CephFileRef &fr = it->second;
+    logwrapper((char*)"ceph_read: for fd %d, count=%d", fd, count);
+    if ((fr.flags & (O_WRONLY|O_RDWR)) != 0) {
+      return -EBADF;
+    }
+    libradosstriper::RadosStriper *striper = getRadosStriper(fr);
+    if (0 == striper) {
+      return -EINVAL;
+    }
+    ceph::bufferlist bl;
+    int rc = striper->read(fr.name, &bl, count, offset);
+    if (rc < 0) return rc;
+    bl.copy(0, rc, (char*)buf);
+    return rc;
+  } else {
+    return -EBADF;
+  }
+}
+
 ssize_t ceph_aio_read(int fd, XrdSfsAio *aiop, AioCB *cb) {
   std::map<unsigned int, CephFileRef>::iterator it = g_fds.find(fd);
   if (it != g_fds.end()) {
diff --git a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.hh b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.hh
index d23956209b3..77f9fbc23da 100644
--- a/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.hh
+++ b/src/XrdCeph/XrdCephPosix.hh
@@ -46,8 +46,10 @@ int ceph_posix_close(int fd);
 off_t ceph_posix_lseek(int fd, off_t offset, int whence);
 off64_t ceph_posix_lseek64(int fd, off64_t offset, int whence);
 ssize_t ceph_posix_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count);
+ssize_t ceph_posix_pwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count, off64_t offset);
 ssize_t ceph_aio_write(int fd, XrdSfsAio *aiop, AioCB *cb);
 ssize_t ceph_posix_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t count);
+ssize_t ceph_posix_pread(int fd, void *buf, size_t count, off64_t offset);
 ssize_t ceph_aio_read(int fd, XrdSfsAio *aiop, AioCB *cb);
 int ceph_posix_fstat(int fd, struct stat *buf);
 int ceph_posix_stat(XrdOucEnv* env, const char *pathname, struct stat *buf);