diff --git a/include/rocksdb/status.h b/include/rocksdb/status.h
index 078d5c1b46..40f3eecd2c 100644
--- a/include/rocksdb/status.h
+++ b/include/rocksdb/status.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ class Status {
     kLockLimit = 3,
     kNoSpace = 4,
     kDeadlock = 5,
+    kStaleFile = 6,
     kMaxSubCode
   };
 
diff --git a/util/io_posix.h b/util/io_posix.h
index 3bf155a823..5fb8f85c47 100644
--- a/util/io_posix.h
+++ b/util/io_posix.h
@@ -26,9 +26,14 @@
 namespace rocksdb {
 
 static Status IOError(const std::string& context, int err_number) {
-  return (err_number == ENOSPC) ?
-      Status::NoSpace(context, strerror(err_number)) :
-      Status::IOError(context, strerror(err_number));
+  switch (err_number) {
+  case ENOSPC:
+    return Status::NoSpace(context, strerror(err_number));
+  case ESTALE:
+    return Status::IOError(Status::kStaleFile);
+  default:
+    return Status::IOError(context, strerror(err_number));
+  }
 }
 
 class PosixHelper {
diff --git a/util/status_message.cc b/util/status_message.cc
index 94ae651282..01956f26c3 100644
--- a/util/status_message.cc
+++ b/util/status_message.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ const char* Status::msgs[] = {
     "Timeout Acquiring Mutex",                            // kMutexTimeout
     "Timeout waiting to lock key",                        // kLockTimeout
     "Failed to acquire lock due to max_num_locks limit",  // kLockLimit
-    "No space left on device"                             // kNoSpace
+    "No space left on device",                            // kNoSpace
+    "Deadlock",                                           // kDeadlock
+    "Stale file handle"                                   // kStaleFile
 };
 
 }  // namespace rocksdb