diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/diriv.go b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/diriv.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c4a93e4..0000000
--- a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/diriv.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-package fusefrontend_reverse
-
-import (
-	"crypto/sha256"
-
-	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse"
-	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse/nodefs"
-
-	"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/nametransform"
-)
-
-// deriveDirIV derives the DirIV from the directory path by simply hashing it
-func deriveDirIV(dirPath string) []byte {
-	hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(dirPath))
-	return hash[:nametransform.DirIVLen]
-}
-
-type dirIVFile struct {
-	// Embed nodefs.defaultFile for a ENOSYS implementation of all methods
-	nodefs.File
-	// file content
-	content []byte
-}
-
-func NewDirIVFile(dirPath string) (nodefs.File, fuse.Status) {
-	return &dirIVFile{
-		File:    nodefs.NewDefaultFile(),
-		content: deriveDirIV(dirPath),
-	}, fuse.OK
-}
-
-// Read - FUSE call
-func (f *dirIVFile) Read(buf []byte, off int64) (resultData fuse.ReadResult, status fuse.Status) {
-	if off >= int64(len(f.content)) {
-		return nil, fuse.OK
-	}
-	end := int(off) + len(buf)
-	if end > len(f.content) {
-		end = len(f.content)
-	}
-	return fuse.ReadResultData(f.content[off:end]), fuse.OK
-}
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/reverse_diriv.go b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/reverse_diriv.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df3a4d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/reverse_diriv.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package fusefrontend_reverse
+
+import (
+	"crypto/sha256"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse"
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse/nodefs"
+
+	"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/nametransform"
+)
+
+// deriveDirIV derives the DirIV from the encrypted directory path by
+// hashing it
+func deriveDirIV(dirPath string) []byte {
+	hash := sha256.Sum256([]byte(dirPath))
+	return hash[:nametransform.DirIVLen]
+}
+
+func (rfs *reverseFS) newDirIVFile(cRelPath string) (nodefs.File, fuse.Status) {
+	cDir := saneDir(cRelPath)
+	absDir, err := rfs.abs(rfs.decryptPath(cDir))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fuse.ToStatus(err)
+	}
+	return rfs.NewVirtualFile(deriveDirIV(cDir), absDir)
+}
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/reverse_longnames.go b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/reverse_longnames.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..46e1791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/reverse_longnames.go
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+package fusefrontend_reverse
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse"
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse/nodefs"
+
+	"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/nametransform"
+)
+
+const (
+	shortNameMax = 176
+)
+
+func (rfs *reverseFS) findLongnameParent(dir string, dirIV []byte, longname string) (string, error) {
+	absDir := filepath.Join(rfs.args.Cipherdir, dir)
+	dirfd, err := os.Open(absDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	dirEntries, err := dirfd.Readdirnames(-1)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	for _, e := range dirEntries {
+		if len(e) <= shortNameMax {
+			continue
+		}
+		cName := rfs.nameTransform.EncryptName(e, dirIV)
+		if len(cName) <= syscall.NAME_MAX {
+			panic("logic error or wrong shortNameMax constant?")
+		}
+		hName := nametransform.HashLongName(cName)
+		if longname == hName {
+			return e, nil
+		}
+	}
+	return "", syscall.ENOENT
+}
+
+func (rfs *reverseFS) newNameFile(relPath string) (nodefs.File, fuse.Status) {
+	dotName := filepath.Base(relPath)                                    // gocryptfs.longname.XYZ.name
+	longname := dotName[:len(dotName)-len(nametransform.LongNameSuffix)] // gocryptfs.longname.XYZ
+
+	cDir := saneDir(relPath)
+	pDir, err := rfs.decryptPath(cDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fuse.ToStatus(err)
+	}
+	dirIV := deriveDirIV(cDir)
+	e, err := rfs.findLongnameParent(pDir, dirIV, longname)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fuse.ToStatus(err)
+	}
+	content := []byte(rfs.nameTransform.EncryptName(e, dirIV))
+	parentFile := filepath.Join(rfs.args.Cipherdir, pDir)
+	return rfs.NewVirtualFile(content, parentFile)
+}
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rfs.go b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rfs.go
index 9fac591..7305687 100644
--- a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rfs.go
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rfs.go
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ func isDirIV(relPath string) bool {
 	return filepath.Base(relPath) == nametransform.DirIVFilename
 }
 
+// isNameFile determines if the path points to a gocryptfs.longname.*.name
+// file
+func isNameFile(relPath string) bool {
+	fileType := nametransform.NameType(filepath.Base(relPath))
+	return fileType == nametransform.LongNameFilename
+}
+
 func (rfs *reverseFS) inoAwareStat(relPlainPath string) (*fuse.Attr, fuse.Status) {
 	absPath, err := rfs.abs(relPlainPath, nil)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -148,12 +155,32 @@ func (rfs *reverseFS) GetAttr(relPath string, context *fuse.Context) (*fuse.Attr
 	if relPath == configfile.ConfDefaultName {
 		return rfs.inoAwareStat(configfile.ConfReverseName)
 	}
-	if isDirIV(relPath) {
-		return rfs.dirIVAttr(relPath, context)
-	}
 	if rfs.isFiltered(relPath) {
 		return nil, fuse.EPERM
 	}
+
+	// Handle virtual files
+	var f nodefs.File
+	var status fuse.Status
+	virtual := false
+	if isDirIV(relPath) {
+		virtual = true
+		f, status = rfs.newDirIVFile(relPath)
+	}
+	if isNameFile(relPath) {
+		virtual = true
+		f, status = rfs.newNameFile(relPath)
+	}
+	if virtual {
+		if !status.Ok() {
+			fmt.Printf("GetAttr %q: newXFile failed: %v\n", relPath, status)
+			return nil, status
+		}
+		var a fuse.Attr
+		status = f.GetAttr(&a)
+		return &a, status
+	}
+
 	cPath, err := rfs.decryptPath(relPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fuse.ToStatus(err)
@@ -191,7 +218,10 @@ func (rfs *reverseFS) Open(relPath string, flags uint32, context *fuse.Context)
 		return rfs.loopbackfs.Open(configfile.ConfReverseName, flags, context)
 	}
 	if isDirIV(relPath) {
-		return NewDirIVFile(relDir(relPath))
+		return rfs.newDirIVFile(relPath)
+	}
+	if isNameFile(relPath) {
+		return rfs.newNameFile(relPath)
 	}
 	if rfs.isFiltered(relPath) {
 		return nil, fuse.EPERM
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rpath.go b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rpath.go
index a15b31a..19539bb 100644
--- a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rpath.go
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/rpath.go
@@ -5,8 +5,19 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/rfjakob/gocryptfs/internal/nametransform"
 )
 
+// saneDir is like filepath.Dir but returns "" instead of "."
+func saneDir(path string) string {
+	d := filepath.Dir(path)
+	if d == "." {
+		return ""
+	}
+	return d
+}
+
 func (rfs *reverseFS) abs(relPath string, err error) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
@@ -22,17 +33,29 @@ func (rfs *reverseFS) decryptPath(relPath string) (string, error) {
 	var transformedParts []string
 	parts := strings.Split(relPath, "/")
 	for i, part := range parts {
+		// Start at the top and recurse
+		currentDir := filepath.Join(parts[:i]...)
+		nameType := nametransform.NameType(part)
+		dirIV := deriveDirIV(currentDir)
 		var transformedPart string
-		dirIV := deriveDirIV(filepath.Join(parts[:i]...))
-		transformedPart, err = rfs.nameTransform.DecryptName(part, dirIV)
-		if err != nil {
-			// We get lots of decrypt requests for names like ".Trash" that
-			// are invalid base64. Convert them to ENOENT so the correct
-			// error gets returned to the user.
-			if _, ok := err.(base64.CorruptInputError); ok {
-				return "", syscall.ENOENT
+		if nameType == nametransform.LongNameNone {
+			transformedPart, err = rfs.nameTransform.DecryptName(part, dirIV)
+			if err != nil {
+				// We get lots of decrypt requests for names like ".Trash" that
+				// are invalid base64. Convert them to ENOENT so the correct
+				// error gets returned to the user.
+				if _, ok := err.(base64.CorruptInputError); ok {
+					return "", syscall.ENOENT
+				}
+				return "", err
 			}
-			return "", err
+		} else if nameType == nametransform.LongNameContent {
+			transformedPart, err = rfs.findLongnameParent(currentDir, dirIV, part)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", err
+			}
+		} else {
+			panic("longname bug, .name files should have been handled earlier")
 		}
 		transformedParts = append(transformedParts, transformedPart)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/virtualfile.go b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/virtualfile.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5373b48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/fusefrontend_reverse/virtualfile.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package fusefrontend_reverse
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"syscall"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse"
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/fuse/nodefs"
+)
+
+type virtualFile struct {
+	// Embed nodefs.defaultFile for a ENOSYS implementation of all methods
+	nodefs.File
+	// file content
+	content []byte
+	// absolute path to a parent file
+	parentFile string
+	// inode number
+	ino uint64
+}
+
+func (rfs *reverseFS) NewVirtualFile(content []byte, parentFile string) (nodefs.File, fuse.Status) {
+	return &virtualFile{
+		File:       nodefs.NewDefaultFile(),
+		content:    content,
+		parentFile: parentFile,
+		ino:        rfs.inoGen.next(),
+	}, fuse.OK
+}
+
+// Read - FUSE call
+func (f *virtualFile) Read(buf []byte, off int64) (resultData fuse.ReadResult, status fuse.Status) {
+	if off >= int64(len(f.content)) {
+		return nil, fuse.OK
+	}
+	end := int(off) + len(buf)
+	if end > len(f.content) {
+		end = len(f.content)
+	}
+	return fuse.ReadResultData(f.content[off:end]), fuse.OK
+}
+
+// GetAttr - FUSE call
+func (f *virtualFile) GetAttr(a *fuse.Attr) fuse.Status {
+	var st syscall.Stat_t
+	err := syscall.Lstat(f.parentFile, &st)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Lstat %q: %v\n", f.parentFile, err)
+		return fuse.ToStatus(err)
+	}
+	st.Ino = f.ino
+	st.Size = int64(len(f.content))
+	st.Mode = syscall.S_IFREG | 0400
+	st.Nlink = 1
+	a.FromStat(&st)
+	return fuse.OK
+}
diff --git a/internal/nametransform/longnames.go b/internal/nametransform/longnames.go
index cf7f34c..e61e21b 100644
--- a/internal/nametransform/longnames.go
+++ b/internal/nametransform/longnames.go
@@ -31,9 +31,14 @@ func HashLongName(name string) string {
 
 // Values returned by IsLongName
 const (
-	LongNameContent  = iota
+	// File that stores the file content.
+	// Example: gocryptfs.longname.URrM8kgxTKYMgCk4hKk7RO9Lcfr30XQof4L_5bD9Iro=
+	LongNameContent = iota
+	// File that stores the full encrypted filename.
+	// Example: gocryptfs.longname.URrM8kgxTKYMgCk4hKk7RO9Lcfr30XQof4L_5bD9Iro=.name
 	LongNameFilename = iota
-	LongNameNone     = iota
+	// Example: i1bpTaVLZq7sRNA9mL_2Ig==
+	LongNameNone = iota
 )
 
 // NameType - detect if cName is