diff --git a/internal/fs/meta_darwin.go b/internal/fs/meta_darwin.go
index d7b28db2c..0b74064b3 100644
--- a/internal/fs/meta_darwin.go
+++ b/internal/fs/meta_darwin.go
@@ -23,3 +23,9 @@ func openMetadataHandle(path string, flag int) (*os.File, error) {
 	_ = setFlags(f)
 	return f, nil
 }
+
+// reopenMetadataHandle reopens a handle created by openMetadataHandle for reading.
+// The caller must no longer use the original file.
+func reopenMetadataHandle(f *os.File) (*os.File, error) {
+	return f, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/fs/meta_linux.go b/internal/fs/meta_linux.go
index a8165fa0a..3bfafe429 100644
--- a/internal/fs/meta_linux.go
+++ b/internal/fs/meta_linux.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fs
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
@@ -23,3 +24,30 @@ func openMetadataHandle(path string, flag int) (*os.File, error) {
 	_ = setFlags(f)
 	return f, nil
 }
+
+// reopenMetadataHandle reopens a handle created by openMetadataHandle for reading.
+// The caller must no longer use the original file.
+func reopenMetadataHandle(f *os.File) (*os.File, error) {
+	defer func() {
+		_ = f.Close()
+	}()
+
+	f2, err := os.OpenFile(linuxFdPath(f.Fd()), O_RDONLY, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		_ = f2.Close()
+	}()
+
+	// Duplicate the filehandle and use that to create a file object with the correct name.
+	// f2 will automatically close its file handle on garbage collection.
+	fd3, err := syscall.Dup(int(f2.Fd()))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	f3 := os.NewFile(uintptr(fd3), f.Name())
+	_ = setFlags(f3)
+	return f3, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/fs/meta_windows.go b/internal/fs/meta_windows.go
index 62d859439..570cca334 100644
--- a/internal/fs/meta_windows.go
+++ b/internal/fs/meta_windows.go
@@ -95,3 +95,37 @@ func openMetadataHandle(path string, flag int) (*os.File, error) {
 	}
 	return os.NewFile(uintptr(handle), path), nil
 }
+
+// reopenMetadataHandle reopens a handle created by openMetadataHandle for reading.
+// The caller must no longer use the original file.
+func reopenMetadataHandle(f *os.File) (*os.File, error) {
+	defer func() {
+		_ = f.Close()
+	}()
+
+	fileAccess := windows.FILE_GENERIC_READ
+	shareMode := windows.FILE_SHARE_READ | windows.FILE_SHARE_WRITE | windows.FILE_SHARE_DELETE
+	attrs := windows.FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL | windows.FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
+	// FIXME correct FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT handling?
+
+	handle, err := reOpenFile(windows.Handle(f.Fd()), uint32(fileAccess), uint32(shareMode), uint32(attrs))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return os.NewFile(uintptr(handle), f.Name()), nil
+}
+
+var (
+	modkernel32    = windows.NewLazySystemDLL("kernel32.dll")
+	procReOpenFile = modkernel32.NewProc("ReOpenFile")
+)
+
+func reOpenFile(original windows.Handle, access uint32, mode uint32, attrs uint32) (handle windows.Handle, err error) {
+	r0, _, e1 := syscall.SyscallN(procReOpenFile.Addr(), uintptr(original), uintptr(access), uintptr(mode), uintptr(attrs))
+	handle = windows.Handle(r0)
+	if handle == windows.InvalidHandle {
+		err = errnoErr(e1)
+	}
+	return
+}