diff --git a/arch/nios2/core/cache.c b/arch/nios2/core/cache.c
index 2584ea8c7b6..e6a59e9c392 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/core/cache.c
+++ b/arch/nios2/core/cache.c
@@ -60,3 +60,33 @@ void _nios2_dcache_flush_all(void)
 	}
 }
 #endif
+
+/*
+ * _nios2_dcache_flush_no_writeback() is called to flush the data cache for a
+ * memory region of length "len" bytes, starting at address "start".
+ *
+ * Any dirty lines in the data cache are NOT written back to memory.
+ * Make sure you really want this behavior.  If you aren't 100% sure,
+ * use the _nios2_dcache_flush() routine instead.
+ */
+#if ALT_CPU_DCACHE_SIZE > 0
+void _nios2_dcache_flush_no_writeback(void *start, u32_t len)
+{
+	u8_t *i;
+	u8_t *end = ((char *) start) + len;
+
+	for (i = start; i < end; i += ALT_CPU_DCACHE_LINE_SIZE) {
+		__asm__ volatile ("initda (%0)" :: "r" (i));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * For an unaligned flush request, we've got one more line left.
+	 * Note that this is dependent on ALT_CPU_DCACHE_LINE_SIZE to be a
+	 * multiple of 2 (which it always is).
+	 */
+
+	if (((u32_t) start) & (ALT_CPU_DCACHE_LINE_SIZE - 1)) {
+		__asm__ volatile ("initda (%0)" :: "r" (i));
+	}
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/nios2/include/kernel_arch_func.h b/arch/nios2/include/kernel_arch_func.h
index d18d3218a34..8dbdbfc019f 100644
--- a/arch/nios2/include/kernel_arch_func.h
+++ b/arch/nios2/include/kernel_arch_func.h
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ void _nios2_icache_flush_all(void);
 
 #if ALT_CPU_DCACHE_SIZE > 0
 void _nios2_dcache_flush_all(void);
+void _nios2_dcache_flush_no_writeback(void *start, u32_t len);
 #else
 #define _nios2_dcache_flush_all() do { } while (0)
+#define _nios2_dcache_flush_no_writeback(x, y) do { } while (0)
 #endif
 
 #endif /* _ASMLANGUAGE */