diff --git a/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs b/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs
index 10ad150d70c..9471e8ce809 100644
--- a/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/fs/read_dir.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use crate::fs::asyncify;
 
+use std::collections::VecDeque;
 use std::ffi::OsString;
 use std::fs::{FileType, Metadata};
 use std::future::Future;
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ use crate::blocking::spawn_blocking;
 #[cfg(not(test))]
 use crate::blocking::JoinHandle;
 
+const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 32;
+
 /// Returns a stream over the entries within a directory.
 ///
 /// This is an async version of [`std::fs::read_dir`](std::fs::read_dir)
@@ -29,9 +32,14 @@ use crate::blocking::JoinHandle;
 /// [`spawn_blocking`]: crate::task::spawn_blocking
 pub async fn read_dir(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> io::Result<ReadDir> {
     let path = path.as_ref().to_owned();
-    let std = asyncify(|| std::fs::read_dir(path)).await?;
+    asyncify(|| -> io::Result<ReadDir> {
+        let mut std = std::fs::read_dir(path)?;
+        let mut buf = VecDeque::with_capacity(CHUNK_SIZE);
+        ReadDir::next_chunk(&mut buf, &mut std);
 
-    Ok(ReadDir(State::Idle(Some(std))))
+        Ok(ReadDir(State::Idle(Some((buf, std)))))
+    })
+    .await
 }
 
 /// Reads the entries in a directory.
@@ -58,8 +66,8 @@ pub struct ReadDir(State);
 
 #[derive(Debug)]
 enum State {
-    Idle(Option<std::fs::ReadDir>),
-    Pending(JoinHandle<(Option<io::Result<std::fs::DirEntry>>, std::fs::ReadDir)>),
+    Idle(Option<(VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std::fs::ReadDir)>),
+    Pending(JoinHandle<(VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std::fs::ReadDir)>),
 }
 
 impl ReadDir {
@@ -94,29 +102,57 @@ impl ReadDir {
     pub fn poll_next_entry(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<io::Result<Option<DirEntry>>> {
         loop {
             match self.0 {
-                State::Idle(ref mut std) => {
-                    let mut std = std.take().unwrap();
+                State::Idle(ref mut data) => {
+                    let (buf, _) = data.as_mut().unwrap();
+
+                    if let Some(ent) = buf.pop_front() {
+                        return Poll::Ready(ent.map(Some));
+                    };
+
+                    let (mut buf, mut std) = data.take().unwrap();
 
                     self.0 = State::Pending(spawn_blocking(move || {
-                        let ret = std.next();
-                        (ret, std)
+                        ReadDir::next_chunk(&mut buf, &mut std);
+                        (buf, std)
                     }));
                 }
                 State::Pending(ref mut rx) => {
-                    let (ret, std) = ready!(Pin::new(rx).poll(cx))?;
-                    self.0 = State::Idle(Some(std));
+                    let (mut buf, std) = ready!(Pin::new(rx).poll(cx))?;
 
-                    let ret = match ret {
-                        Some(Ok(std)) => Ok(Some(DirEntry(Arc::new(std)))),
+                    let ret = match buf.pop_front() {
+                        Some(Ok(x)) => Ok(Some(x)),
                         Some(Err(e)) => Err(e),
                         None => Ok(None),
                     };
 
+                    self.0 = State::Idle(Some((buf, std)));
+
                     return Poll::Ready(ret);
                 }
             }
         }
     }
+
+    fn next_chunk(buf: &mut VecDeque<io::Result<DirEntry>>, std: &mut std::fs::ReadDir) {
+        for ret in std.by_ref().take(CHUNK_SIZE) {
+            let success = ret.is_ok();
+
+            buf.push_back(ret.map(|std| DirEntry {
+                #[cfg(not(any(
+                    target_os = "solaris",
+                    target_os = "illumos",
+                    target_os = "haiku",
+                    target_os = "vxworks"
+                )))]
+                file_type: std.file_type().ok(),
+                std: Arc::new(std),
+            }));
+
+            if !success {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 feature! {
@@ -160,7 +196,16 @@ feature! {
 /// filesystem. Each entry can be inspected via methods to learn about the full
 /// path or possibly other metadata through per-platform extension traits.
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct DirEntry(Arc<std::fs::DirEntry>);
+pub struct DirEntry {
+    #[cfg(not(any(
+        target_os = "solaris",
+        target_os = "illumos",
+        target_os = "haiku",
+        target_os = "vxworks"
+    )))]
+    file_type: Option<FileType>,
+    std: Arc<std::fs::DirEntry>,
+}
 
 impl DirEntry {
     /// Returns the full path to the file that this entry represents.
@@ -193,7 +238,7 @@ impl DirEntry {
     ///
     /// The exact text, of course, depends on what files you have in `.`.
     pub fn path(&self) -> PathBuf {
-        self.0.path()
+        self.std.path()
     }
 
     /// Returns the bare file name of this directory entry without any other
@@ -214,7 +259,7 @@ impl DirEntry {
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub fn file_name(&self) -> OsString {
-        self.0.file_name()
+        self.std.file_name()
     }
 
     /// Returns the metadata for the file that this entry points at.
@@ -248,7 +293,7 @@ impl DirEntry {
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub async fn metadata(&self) -> io::Result<Metadata> {
-        let std = self.0.clone();
+        let std = self.std.clone();
         asyncify(move || std.metadata()).await
     }
 
@@ -283,13 +328,23 @@ impl DirEntry {
     /// # }
     /// ```
     pub async fn file_type(&self) -> io::Result<FileType> {
-        let std = self.0.clone();
+        #[cfg(not(any(
+            target_os = "solaris",
+            target_os = "illumos",
+            target_os = "haiku",
+            target_os = "vxworks"
+        )))]
+        if let Some(file_type) = self.file_type {
+            return Ok(file_type);
+        }
+
+        let std = self.std.clone();
         asyncify(move || std.file_type()).await
     }
 
     /// Returns a reference to the underlying `std::fs::DirEntry`.
     #[cfg(unix)]
     pub(super) fn as_inner(&self) -> &std::fs::DirEntry {
-        &self.0
+        &self.std
     }
 }