diff --git a/src/ia64/Lunw_flush_cache.c b/src/ia64/Lunw_flush_cache.c
index e69de29b..7dcce4b3 100644
--- a/src/ia64/Lunw_flush_cache.c
+++ b/src/ia64/Lunw_flush_cache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef UNW_REMOTE_ONLY
+#define UNW_LOCAL_ONLY
+#include "unw_flush_cache.c"
+#endif
diff --git a/src/ia64/Lunw_set_caching_policy.c b/src/ia64/Lunw_set_caching_policy.c
index e69de29b..e85e3998 100644
--- a/src/ia64/Lunw_set_caching_policy.c
+++ b/src/ia64/Lunw_set_caching_policy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#ifndef UNW_REMOTE_ONLY
+#define UNW_LOCAL_ONLY
+#include "unw_set_caching_policy.c"
+#endif
diff --git a/src/ia64/unw_flush_cache.c b/src/ia64/unw_flush_cache.c
index e69de29b..749e94d7 100644
--- a/src/ia64/unw_flush_cache.c
+++ b/src/ia64/unw_flush_cache.c
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+void
+unw_flush_cache (void)
+{
+  /* this lets us flush caches lazily... */
+  ++unw.cache_generation;
+}
diff --git a/src/ia64/unw_set_caching_policy.c b/src/ia64/unw_set_caching_policy.c
index e69de29b..5a512447 100644
--- a/src/ia64/unw_set_caching_policy.c
+++ b/src/ia64/unw_set_caching_policy.c
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "unwind_i.h"
+
+int
+unw_set_caching_policy (unw_caching_policy_t policy)
+{
+#ifndef HAVE___THREAD
+  if (policy == UNW_CACHE_PER_THREAD)
+    return -UNW_EINVAL;
+#endif
+  unw.caching_policy = policy;
+
+  if (policy == UNW_CACHE_NONE)
+    unw_flush_cache ();
+}