diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_io.c b/src/metadata/metadata_io.c
index 5e775b2..030bbb5 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_io.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_io.c
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ static int metadata_io_restart_req(struct ocf_request *req)
 	io = ocf_new_cache_io(cache, req->io_queue,
 			PAGES_TO_BYTES(m_req->page),
 			PAGES_TO_BYTES(m_req->count),
-			m_req->req.rw, 0, 0);
+			m_req->req.rw, 0, m_req->asynch->flags);
 	if (!io) {
 		metadata_io_io_end(m_req, -OCF_ERR_NO_MEM);
 		return 0;
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ void metadata_io_req_complete(struct metadata_io_request *m_req)
  * Iterative write request asynchronously
  */
 static int metadata_io_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue, int dir,
-		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count,
+		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count, int flags,
 		ocf_metadata_io_event_t io_hndl,
 		ocf_metadata_io_end_t compl_hndl)
 {
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ static int metadata_io_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue, int dir,
 	a_req->context = context;
 	a_req->page = page;
 	a_req->count = count;
+	a_req->flags = flags;
 
 	/* IO Requests initialization */
 	for (i = 0; i < req_count; i++) {
@@ -435,21 +436,21 @@ err:
 }
 
 int metadata_io_write_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue,
-		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count,
+		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count, int flags,
 		ocf_metadata_io_event_t fill_hndl,
 		ocf_metadata_io_end_t compl_hndl)
 {
 	return metadata_io_i_asynch(cache, queue, OCF_WRITE, context,
-			page, count, fill_hndl, compl_hndl);
+			page, count, flags, fill_hndl, compl_hndl);
 }
 
 int metadata_io_read_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue,
-		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count,
+		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count, int flags,
 		ocf_metadata_io_event_t drain_hndl,
 		ocf_metadata_io_end_t compl_hndl)
 {
 	return metadata_io_i_asynch(cache, queue, OCF_READ, context,
-			page, count, drain_hndl, compl_hndl);
+			page, count, flags, drain_hndl, compl_hndl);
 }
 
 int ocf_metadata_io_init(ocf_cache_t cache)
diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_io.h b/src/metadata/metadata_io.h
index 7cd2e5b..9fc9f42 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_io.h
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_io.h
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct metadata_io_request_asynch {
 	env_atomic req_current;
 	uint32_t page;
 	uint32_t count;
+	int flags;
 	ocf_metadata_io_end_t on_complete;
 };
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ int metadata_io_read_i_atomic(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue,
  * @return 0 - No errors, otherwise error occurred
  */
 int metadata_io_write_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue,
-		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count,
+		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count, int flags,
 		ocf_metadata_io_event_t fill_hndl,
 		ocf_metadata_io_end_t compl_hndl);
 
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ int metadata_io_write_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue,
  * @return 0 - No errors, otherwise error occurred
  */
 int metadata_io_read_i_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache, ocf_queue_t queue,
-		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count,
+		void *context, uint32_t page, uint32_t count, int flags,
 		ocf_metadata_io_event_t drain_hndl,
 		ocf_metadata_io_end_t compl_hndl);
 
diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_raw.c b/src/metadata/metadata_raw.c
index 826c8c3..4c17078 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_raw.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_raw.c
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ static void _raw_ram_load_all(ocf_cache_t cache, struct ocf_metadata_raw *raw,
 	context->priv = priv;
 
 	result = metadata_io_read_i_asynch(cache, cache->mngt_queue, context,
-			raw->ssd_pages_offset, raw->ssd_pages,
+			raw->ssd_pages_offset, raw->ssd_pages, 0,
 			_raw_ram_load_all_drain, _raw_ram_load_all_complete);
 	if (result)
 		_raw_ram_load_all_complete(cache, context, result);
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static void _raw_ram_flush_all(ocf_cache_t cache, struct ocf_metadata_raw *raw,
 	context->priv = priv;
 
 	result = metadata_io_write_i_asynch(cache, cache->mngt_queue, context,
-			raw->ssd_pages_offset, raw->ssd_pages,
+			raw->ssd_pages_offset, raw->ssd_pages, 0,
 			_raw_ram_flush_all_fill, _raw_ram_flush_all_complete);
 	if (result)
 		_raw_ram_flush_all_complete(cache, context, result);
@@ -536,6 +536,7 @@ static int _raw_ram_flush_do_asynch(ocf_cache_t cache,
 
 		result  |= metadata_io_write_i_asynch(cache, req->io_queue, ctx,
 				raw->ssd_pages_offset + start_page, count,
+				req->ioi.io.flags,
 				_raw_ram_flush_do_asynch_fill,
 				_raw_ram_flush_do_asynch_io_complete);
 
diff --git a/src/metadata/metadata_raw_dynamic.c b/src/metadata/metadata_raw_dynamic.c
index 9e81271..a297b63 100644
--- a/src/metadata/metadata_raw_dynamic.c
+++ b/src/metadata/metadata_raw_dynamic.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ void raw_dynamic_flush_all(ocf_cache_t cache, struct ocf_metadata_raw *raw,
 	context->priv = priv;
 
 	result = metadata_io_write_i_asynch(cache, cache->mngt_queue, context,
-			raw->ssd_pages_offset, raw->ssd_pages,
+			raw->ssd_pages_offset, raw->ssd_pages, 0,
 			raw_dynamic_flush_all_fill,
 			raw_dynamic_flush_all_complete);
 	if (result)
diff --git a/tests/functional/tests/engine/test_io_flags.py b/tests/functional/tests/engine/test_io_flags.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aa19240
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/functional/tests/engine/test_io_flags.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#
+# Copyright(c) 2020 Intel Corporation
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
+#
+
+from ctypes import c_int, memmove, cast, c_void_p
+from enum import IntEnum
+from itertools import product
+import random
+
+import pytest
+
+from pyocf.types.cache import Cache, CacheMode
+from pyocf.types.core import Core
+from pyocf.types.volume import Volume
+from pyocf.types.data import Data
+from pyocf.types.io import IoDir
+from pyocf.utils import Size
+from pyocf.types.shared import OcfCompletion
+
+
+def __io(io, queue, address, size, data, direction):
+    io.set_data(data, 0)
+    completion = OcfCompletion([("err", c_int)])
+    io.callback = completion.callback
+    io.submit()
+    completion.wait()
+    return int(completion.results["err"])
+
+
+def _io(new_io, queue, address, size, data, offset, direction, flags):
+    io = new_io(queue, address, size, direction, 0, flags)
+    if direction == IoDir.READ:
+        _data = Data.from_bytes(bytes(size))
+    else:
+        _data = Data.from_bytes(data, offset, size)
+    ret = __io(io, queue, address, size, _data, direction)
+    if not ret and direction == IoDir.READ:
+        memmove(cast(data, c_void_p).value + offset, _data.handle, size)
+    return ret
+
+
+def io_to_exp_obj(core, address, size, data, offset, direction, flags):
+    return _io(
+        core.new_io,
+        core.cache.get_default_queue(),
+        address,
+        size,
+        data,
+        offset,
+        direction,
+        flags,
+    )
+
+
+class FlagsValVolume(Volume):
+    def __init__(self, size, flags):
+        self.flags = flags
+        self.check = False
+        self.fail = False
+        super().__init__(size)
+
+    def set_check(self, check):
+        self.check = check
+
+    def submit_io(self, io):
+        if self.check:
+            flags = io.contents._flags
+            if flags != self.flags:
+                self.fail = True
+        super().submit_io(io)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("cache_mode", CacheMode)
+def test_io_flags(pyocf_ctx, cache_mode):
+    """
+    Verify that I/O flags provided at the top volume interface
+    are propagated down to bottom volumes for all associated
+    I/Os (including metadata writes to cache volume).
+    """
+
+    flags = 0x239482
+    block_size = 4096
+
+    data = bytes(block_size)
+
+    cache_device = FlagsValVolume(Size.from_MiB(30), flags)
+    core_device = FlagsValVolume(Size.from_MiB(30), flags)
+
+    cache = Cache.start_on_device(cache_device, cache_mode=cache_mode)
+    core = Core.using_device(core_device)
+
+    cache.add_core(core)
+
+    cache_device.set_check(True)
+    core_device.set_check(True)
+
+    # write miss
+    io_to_exp_obj(core, block_size * 0, block_size, data, 0, IoDir.WRITE, flags)
+    assert not cache_device.fail
+    assert not core_device.fail
+
+    # read miss
+    io_to_exp_obj(core, block_size * 1, block_size, data, 0, IoDir.READ, flags)
+    assert not cache_device.fail
+    assert not core_device.fail
+
+    # "dirty" read hit
+    io_to_exp_obj(core, block_size * 0, block_size, data, 0, IoDir.READ, flags)
+    assert not cache_device.fail
+    assert not core_device.fail
+
+    # "clean" read hit
+    io_to_exp_obj(core, block_size * 1, block_size, data, 0, IoDir.READ, flags)
+    assert not cache_device.fail
+    assert not core_device.fail
+
+    # "dirty" write hit
+    io_to_exp_obj(core, block_size * 0, block_size, data, 0, IoDir.WRITE, flags)
+    assert not cache_device.fail
+    assert not core_device.fail
+
+    # "clean" write hit
+    io_to_exp_obj(core, block_size * 1, block_size, data, 0, IoDir.WRITE, flags)
+    assert not cache_device.fail
+    assert not core_device.fail