diff --git a/WHATS_NEW_DM b/WHATS_NEW_DM
index b6703c796..d4469970c 100644
--- a/WHATS_NEW_DM
+++ b/WHATS_NEW_DM
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 Version 1.02.126 - 
 ================================
+  Report passthrough caching mode when parsing cache mode.
 
 Version 1.02.125 - 14th May 2016
 ================================
diff --git a/libdm/libdm-targets.c b/libdm/libdm-targets.c
index b91c7e9af..c94e05753 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-targets.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-targets.c
@@ -256,6 +256,8 @@ int dm_get_status_cache(struct dm_pool *mem, const char *params,
 			s->feature_flags |= DM_CACHE_FEATURE_WRITETHROUGH;
 		else if (!strncmp(p, "writeback ", 10))
 			s->feature_flags |= DM_CACHE_FEATURE_WRITEBACK;
+		else if (!strncmp(p, "passthrough ", 11))
+			s->feature_flags |= DM_CACHE_FEATURE_PASSTHROUGH;
 		else
 			log_error("Unknown feature in status: %s", params);