diff --git a/ctree.h b/ctree.h
index b79e2383..962c5102 100644
--- a/ctree.h
+++ b/ctree.h
@@ -340,8 +340,10 @@ struct btrfs_super_block {
 
 	char label[BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE];
 
+	__le64 cache_generation;
+
 	/* future expansion */
-	__le64 reserved[32];
+	__le64 reserved[31];
 	u8 sys_chunk_array[BTRFS_SYSTEM_CHUNK_ARRAY_SIZE];
 } __attribute__ ((__packed__));
 
@@ -1564,6 +1566,8 @@ BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(super_incompat_flags, struct btrfs_super_block,
 			 incompat_flags, 64);
 BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(super_csum_type, struct btrfs_super_block,
 			 csum_type, 16);
+BTRFS_SETGET_STACK_FUNCS(super_cache_generation, struct btrfs_super_block,
+			 cache_generation, 64);
 
 static inline int btrfs_super_csum_size(struct btrfs_super_block *s)
 {
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index 2a15d866..35e17b8b 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ int make_btrfs(int fd, const char *device, const char *label,
 	btrfs_set_super_stripesize(&super, stripesize);
 	btrfs_set_super_csum_type(&super, BTRFS_CSUM_TYPE_CRC32);
 	btrfs_set_super_chunk_root_generation(&super, 1);
+	btrfs_set_super_cache_generation(&super, -1);
 	if (label)
 		strncpy(super.label, label, BTRFS_LABEL_SIZE - 1);