diff --git a/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmmcache.h b/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmmcache.h
index 598d8e4c..1acd0b3d 100644
--- a/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmmcache.h
+++ b/kernel-src/include/kernel/vmmcache.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ int vmmcache_takepage(page_t *page);
 int vmmcache_makedirty(page_t *page);
 int vmmcache_truncate(vnode_t *vnode, uintmax_t offset);
 int vmmcache_syncvnode(vnode_t *vnode, uintmax_t startoffset, size_t size);
+int vmmcache_pushpage(vnode_t *vnode, uintmax_t offset, page_t *page);
 int vmmcache_sync();
 int vmmcache_evict(page_t *page);
 
diff --git a/kernel-src/mm/vmmcache.c b/kernel-src/mm/vmmcache.c
index 6629b608..f316060b 100644
--- a/kernel-src/mm/vmmcache.c
+++ b/kernel-src/mm/vmmcache.c
@@ -191,6 +191,27 @@ int vmmcache_getpage(vnode_t *vnode, uintmax_t offset, page_t **res) {
 	return 0;
 }
 
+// adds a page to the cache in a specific offset if its not already there
+int vmmcache_pushpage(vnode_t *vnode, uintmax_t offset, page_t *page) {
+	__assert((offset % PAGE_SIZE) == 0);
+	HOLD_LOCK();
+
+	page_t *pagetest = findpage(vnode, offset);
+	if (pagetest) {
+		RELEASE_LOCK();
+		return EAGAIN;
+	}
+
+	page->backing = vnode;
+	page->offset = offset;
+	page->flags |= PAGE_FLAGS_READY;
+
+	putpage(page);
+
+	RELEASE_LOCK();
+	return 0;
+}
+
 // removes a page from the cache AND turns it into anonymous memory
 int vmmcache_evict(page_t *page) {
 	HOLD_LOCK();