diff --git a/pkg/p9/handlers.go b/pkg/p9/handlers.go
index ba9a55d6d..51869c7d6 100644
--- a/pkg/p9/handlers.go
+++ b/pkg/p9/handlers.go
@@ -272,15 +272,15 @@ func (t *Tlopen) handle(cs *connState) message {
 		return newErr(syscall.EINVAL)
 	}
 
-	// Are flags valid?
-	flags := t.Flags &^ OpenFlagsIgnoreMask
-	if flags&^OpenFlagsModeMask != 0 {
-		return newErr(syscall.EINVAL)
-	}
-
-	// Is this an attempt to open a directory as writable? Don't accept.
-	if ref.mode.IsDir() && flags != ReadOnly {
-		return newErr(syscall.EINVAL)
+	if ref.mode.IsDir() {
+		// Directory must be opened ReadOnly.
+		if t.Flags&OpenFlagsModeMask != ReadOnly {
+			return newErr(syscall.EISDIR)
+		}
+		// Directory not truncatable.
+		if t.Flags&OpenTruncate != 0 {
+			return newErr(syscall.EISDIR)
+		}
 	}
 
 	var (
diff --git a/pkg/p9/p9.go b/pkg/p9/p9.go
index 415200d60..d3090535a 100644
--- a/pkg/p9/p9.go
+++ b/pkg/p9/p9.go
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ const (
 	// OpenTruncate is a Tlopen flag indicating that the opened file should be
 	// truncated.
 	OpenTruncate OpenFlags = 01000
-
-	// OpenFlagsIgnoreMask is a list of OpenFlags mode bits that are ignored for Tlopen.
-	// Note that syscall.O_LARGEFILE is set to zero, use value from Linux fcntl.h.
-	OpenFlagsIgnoreMask OpenFlags = syscall.O_DIRECTORY | syscall.O_NOATIME | 0100000
 )
 
 // ConnectFlags is the mode passed to Connect operations.
diff --git a/pkg/p9/version.go b/pkg/p9/version.go
index f1ffdd23a..36a694c58 100644
--- a/pkg/p9/version.go
+++ b/pkg/p9/version.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ const (
 	//
 	// Clients are expected to start requesting this version number and
 	// to continuously decrement it until a Tversion request succeeds.
-	highestSupportedVersion uint32 = 8
+	highestSupportedVersion uint32 = 9
 
 	// lowestSupportedVersion is the lowest supported version X in a
 	// version string of the format 9P2000.L.Google.X.
@@ -155,3 +155,9 @@ func versionSupportsTallocate(v uint32) bool {
 func versionSupportsFlipcall(v uint32) bool {
 	return v >= 8
 }
+
+// VersionSupportsOpenTruncateFlag returns true if version v supports
+// passing the OpenTruncate flag to Tlopen.
+func VersionSupportsOpenTruncateFlag(v uint32) bool {
+	return v >= 9
+}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go
index 0fab876a9..4338ae1fa 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/flags.go
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ type FileFlags struct {
 
 	// NonSeekable indicates that file.offset isn't used.
 	NonSeekable bool
+
+	// Truncate indicates that the file should be truncated before opened.
+	// This is only applicable if the file is regular.
+	Truncate bool
 }
 
 // SettableFileFlags is a subset of FileFlags above that can be changed
@@ -118,6 +122,9 @@ func (f FileFlags) ToLinux() (mask uint) {
 	if f.LargeFile {
 		mask |= linux.O_LARGEFILE
 	}
+	if f.Truncate {
+		mask |= linux.O_TRUNC
+	}
 
 	switch {
 	case f.Read && f.Write:
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/fs_state_autogen.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/fs_state_autogen.go
index 5ea2669e6..a6820867d 100755
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/fs_state_autogen.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/fs_state_autogen.go
@@ -353,6 +353,7 @@ func (x *FileFlags) save(m state.Map) {
 	m.Save("Async", &x.Async)
 	m.Save("LargeFile", &x.LargeFile)
 	m.Save("NonSeekable", &x.NonSeekable)
+	m.Save("Truncate", &x.Truncate)
 }
 
 func (x *FileFlags) afterLoad() {}
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ func (x *FileFlags) load(m state.Map) {
 	m.Load("Async", &x.Async)
 	m.Load("LargeFile", &x.LargeFile)
 	m.Load("NonSeekable", &x.NonSeekable)
+	m.Load("Truncate", &x.Truncate)
 }
 
 func (x *Inode) beforeSave() {}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go
index c2fbb4be9..bb8312849 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/file_state.go
@@ -28,8 +28,14 @@ func (f *fileOperations) afterLoad() {
 
 		// Manually load the open handles.
 		var err error
+
+		// The file may have been opened with Truncate, but we don't
+		// want to re-open it with Truncate or we will lose data.
+		flags := f.flags
+		flags.Truncate = false
+
 		// TODO(b/38173783): Context is not plumbed to save/restore.
-		f.handles, err = f.inodeOperations.fileState.getHandles(context.Background(), f.flags, f.inodeOperations.cachingInodeOps)
+		f.handles, err = f.inodeOperations.fileState.getHandles(context.Background(), flags, f.inodeOperations.cachingInodeOps)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to re-open handle: %v", err)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go
index 39c8ec33d..b86c49b39 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/handles.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (h *handles) DecRef() {
 	})
 }
 
-func newHandles(ctx context.Context, file contextFile, flags fs.FileFlags) (*handles, error) {
+func newHandles(ctx context.Context, client *p9.Client, file contextFile, flags fs.FileFlags) (*handles, error) {
 	_, newFile, err := file.walk(ctx, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@ func newHandles(ctx context.Context, file contextFile, flags fs.FileFlags) (*han
 	default:
 		panic("impossible fs.FileFlags")
 	}
+	if flags.Truncate && p9.VersionSupportsOpenTruncateFlag(client.Version()) {
+		p9flags |= p9.OpenTruncate
+	}
 
 	hostFile, _, _, err := newFile.open(ctx, p9flags)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
index 99910388f..4237bf353 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/fs/gofer/inode.go
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) setSharedHandlesLocked(flags fs.FileFlags, h *handles)
 // given flags.
 func (i *inodeFileState) getHandles(ctx context.Context, flags fs.FileFlags, cache *fsutil.CachingInodeOperations) (*handles, error) {
 	if !i.canShareHandles() {
-		return newHandles(ctx, i.file, flags)
+		return newHandles(ctx, i.s.client, i.file, flags)
 	}
 
 	i.handlesMu.Lock()
@@ -201,19 +201,25 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) getHandles(ctx context.Context, flags fs.FileFlags, cac
 // whether previously open read handle was recreated. Host mappings must be
 // invalidated if so.
 func (i *inodeFileState) getHandlesLocked(ctx context.Context, flags fs.FileFlags) (*handles, bool, error) {
-	// Do we already have usable shared handles?
-	if flags.Write {
+	// Check if we are able to use cached handles.
+	if flags.Truncate && p9.VersionSupportsOpenTruncateFlag(i.s.client.Version()) {
+		// If we are truncating (and the gofer supports it), then we
+		// always need a new handle. Don't return one from the cache.
+	} else if flags.Write {
 		if i.writeHandles != nil && (i.writeHandlesRW || !flags.Read) {
+			// File is opened for writing, and we have cached write
+			// handles that we can use.
 			i.writeHandles.IncRef()
 			return i.writeHandles, false, nil
 		}
 	} else if i.readHandles != nil {
+		// File is opened for reading and we have cached handles.
 		i.readHandles.IncRef()
 		return i.readHandles, false, nil
 	}
 
-	// No; get new handles and cache them for future sharing.
-	h, err := newHandles(ctx, i.file, flags)
+	// Get new handles and cache them for future sharing.
+	h, err := newHandles(ctx, i.s.client, i.file, flags)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, false, err
 	}
@@ -239,7 +245,7 @@ func (i *inodeFileState) recreateReadHandles(ctx context.Context, writer *handle
 	if !flags.Read {
 		// Writer can't be used for read, must create a new handle.
 		var err error
-		h, err = newHandles(ctx, i.file, fs.FileFlags{Read: true})
+		h, err = newHandles(ctx, i.s.client, i.file, fs.FileFlags{Read: true})
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/flags.go b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/flags.go
index 444f2b004..07961dad9 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/flags.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/syscalls/linux/flags.go
@@ -50,5 +50,6 @@ func linuxToFlags(mask uint) fs.FileFlags {
 		Directory:   mask&linux.O_DIRECTORY != 0,
 		Async:       mask&linux.O_ASYNC != 0,
 		LargeFile:   mask&linux.O_LARGEFILE != 0,
+		Truncate:    mask&linux.O_TRUNC != 0,
 	}
 }