diff --git a/cmd/pebble/db.go b/cmd/pebble/db.go
index 41c6e594d3..c61f28f678 100644
--- a/cmd/pebble/db.go
+++ b/cmd/pebble/db.go
@@ -55,8 +55,14 @@ type pebbleDB struct {
 func newPebbleDB(dir string) DB {
 	cache := pebble.NewCache(cacheSize)
 	defer cache.Unref()
+	filterCache := pebble.NewCache(cacheSize)
+	defer filterCache.Unref()
+	indexCache := pebble.NewCache(cacheSize)
+	defer indexCache.Unref()
 	opts := &pebble.Options{
 		Cache:                       cache,
+		FilterCache:                 filterCache,
+		IndexCache:                  indexCache,
 		Comparer:                    mvccComparer,
 		DisableWAL:                  disableWAL,
 		FormatMajorVersion:          pebble.FormatNewest,
diff --git a/db.go b/db.go
index 67a2065898..da3713c2ee 100644
--- a/db.go
+++ b/db.go
@@ -1584,7 +1584,8 @@ func (d *DB) Close() error {
 	close(d.closedCh)
 
 	defer d.opts.Cache.Unref()
-
+	defer d.opts.FilterCache.Unref()
+	defer d.opts.IndexCache.Unref()
 	for d.mu.compact.compactingCount > 0 || d.mu.compact.flushing {
 		d.mu.compact.cond.Wait()
 	}
diff --git a/metamorphic/options.go b/metamorphic/options.go
index 780e66bd4f..c2d835e792 100644
--- a/metamorphic/options.go
+++ b/metamorphic/options.go
@@ -458,8 +458,10 @@ func randomOptions(
 		}
 	}
 
-	opts.BytesPerSync = 1 << uint(rng.Intn(28))     // 1B - 256MB
-	opts.Cache = cache.New(1 << uint(rng.Intn(30))) // 1B - 1GB
+	opts.BytesPerSync = 1 << uint(rng.Intn(28))           // 1B - 256MB
+	opts.Cache = cache.New(1 << uint(rng.Intn(30)))       // 1B - 1GB
+	opts.FilterCache = cache.New(1 << uint(rng.Intn(30))) // 1B - 1GB
+	opts.IndexCache = cache.New(1 << uint(rng.Intn(30)))  // 1B - 1GB
 	opts.DisableWAL = rng.Intn(2) == 0
 	opts.FlushDelayDeleteRange = time.Millisecond * time.Duration(5*rng.Intn(245)) // 5-250ms
 	opts.FlushDelayRangeKey = time.Millisecond * time.Duration(5*rng.Intn(245))    // 5-250ms
diff --git a/objstorage/objstorageprovider/objiotracing/obj_io_tracing_off.go b/objstorage/objstorageprovider/objiotracing/obj_io_tracing_off.go
index a4923ab60e..997cbb7b63 100644
--- a/objstorage/objstorageprovider/objiotracing/obj_io_tracing_off.go
+++ b/objstorage/objstorageprovider/objiotracing/obj_io_tracing_off.go
@@ -52,7 +52,10 @@ func WithReason(ctx context.Context, reason Reason) context.Context { return ctx
 
 // WithBlockType creates a context that has an associated BlockType (which ends up in
 // traces created under that context).
-func WithBlockType(ctx context.Context, blockType BlockType) context.Context { return ctx }
+func WithBlockType(ctx context.Context, blockType BlockType) context.Context {
+	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, "blockType", blockType)
+	return ctx
+}
 
 // WithLevel creates a context that has an associated level (which ends up in
 // traces created under that context).
diff --git a/open.go b/open.go
index 3963d9cce1..53e9b80e53 100644
--- a/open.go
+++ b/open.go
@@ -162,6 +162,16 @@ func Open(dirname string, opts *Options) (db *DB, _ error) {
 	} else {
 		opts.Cache.Ref()
 	}
+	if opts.FilterCache == nil {
+		opts.FilterCache = cache.New(cacheDefaultSize)
+	} else {
+		opts.FilterCache.Ref()
+	}
+	if opts.IndexCache == nil {
+		opts.IndexCache = cache.New(cacheDefaultSize)
+	} else {
+		opts.IndexCache.Ref()
+	}
 
 	d := &DB{
 		cacheID:             opts.Cache.NewID(),
@@ -195,6 +205,8 @@ func Open(dirname string, opts *Options) (db *DB, _ error) {
 			// the tableCache, then the tableCache will also release its
 			// reference to the cache.
 			opts.Cache.Unref()
+			opts.FilterCache.Unref()
+			opts.IndexCache.Unref()
 
 			if d.tableCache != nil {
 				_ = d.tableCache.close()
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index b6f240d04a..65f785941f 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -481,7 +481,9 @@ type Options struct {
 	// Cache is used to cache uncompressed blocks from sstables.
 	//
 	// The default cache size is 8 MB.
-	Cache *cache.Cache
+	Cache       *cache.Cache
+	FilterCache *cache.Cache
+	IndexCache  *cache.Cache
 
 	// LoadBlockSema, if set, is used to limit the number of blocks that can be
 	// loaded (i.e. read from the filesystem) in parallel. Each load acquires one
@@ -1732,6 +1734,8 @@ func (o *Options) MakeReaderOptions() sstable.ReaderOptions {
 	var readerOpts sstable.ReaderOptions
 	if o != nil {
 		readerOpts.Cache = o.Cache
+		readerOpts.FilterCache = o.FilterCache
+		readerOpts.IndexCache = o.IndexCache
 		readerOpts.LoadBlockSema = o.LoadBlockSema
 		readerOpts.Comparer = o.Comparer
 		readerOpts.Filters = o.Filters
@@ -1751,6 +1755,8 @@ func (o *Options) MakeWriterOptions(level int, format sstable.TableFormat) sstab
 	writerOpts.TableFormat = format
 	if o != nil {
 		writerOpts.Cache = o.Cache
+		writerOpts.FilterCache = o.FilterCache
+		writerOpts.IndexCache = o.IndexCache
 		writerOpts.Comparer = o.Comparer
 		if o.Merger != nil {
 			writerOpts.MergerName = o.Merger.Name
diff --git a/sstable/options.go b/sstable/options.go
index 2654f70bff..8b7ad1959f 100644
--- a/sstable/options.go
+++ b/sstable/options.go
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ type ReaderOptions struct {
 	// Cache is used to cache uncompressed blocks from sstables.
 	//
 	// The default cache size is a zero-size cache.
-	Cache *cache.Cache
+	Cache       *cache.Cache
+	FilterCache *cache.Cache
+	IndexCache  *cache.Cache
 
 	// LoadBlockSema, if set, is used to limit the number of blocks that can be
 	// loaded (i.e. read from the filesystem) in parallel. Each load acquires one
@@ -187,7 +189,9 @@ type WriterOptions struct {
 	// Cache is used to cache uncompressed blocks from sstables.
 	//
 	// The default is a nil cache.
-	Cache *cache.Cache
+	Cache       *cache.Cache
+	FilterCache *cache.Cache
+	IndexCache  *cache.Cache
 
 	// Comparer defines a total ordering over the space of []byte keys: a 'less
 	// than' relationship. The same comparison algorithm must be used for reads
diff --git a/sstable/reader.go b/sstable/reader.go
index 39c7a6966a..ef6aef7aab 100644
--- a/sstable/reader.go
+++ b/sstable/reader.go
@@ -236,6 +236,8 @@ type Reader struct {
 // Close implements DB.Close, as documented in the pebble package.
 func (r *Reader) Close() error {
 	r.opts.Cache.Unref()
+	r.opts.FilterCache.Unref()
+	r.opts.IndexCache.Unref()
 
 	if r.readable != nil {
 		r.err = firstError(r.err, r.readable.Close())
@@ -524,7 +526,14 @@ func (r *Reader) readBlock(
 	stats *base.InternalIteratorStats,
 	bufferPool *BufferPool,
 ) (handle bufferHandle, _ error) {
-	if h := r.opts.Cache.Get(r.cacheID, r.fileNum, bh.Offset); h.Get() != nil {
+	dbCache := r.opts.Cache
+	if ctx.Value("blockType") == objiotracing.FilterBlock {
+		dbCache = r.opts.FilterCache
+	} else if ctx.Value("blockType") == objiotracing.MetadataBlock {
+		dbCache = r.opts.IndexCache
+	}
+
+	if h := dbCache.Get(r.cacheID, r.fileNum, bh.Offset); h.Get() != nil {
 		// Cache hit.
 		if readHandle != nil {
 			readHandle.RecordCacheHit(ctx, int64(bh.Offset), int64(bh.Length+blockTrailerLen))
@@ -641,7 +650,7 @@ func (r *Reader) readBlock(
 	if decompressed.buf.Valid() {
 		return bufferHandle{b: decompressed.buf}, nil
 	}
-	h := r.opts.Cache.Set(r.cacheID, r.fileNum, bh.Offset, decompressed.v)
+	h := dbCache.Set(r.cacheID, r.fileNum, bh.Offset, decompressed.v)
 	return bufferHandle{h: h}, nil
 }
 
@@ -1114,6 +1123,16 @@ func NewReader(f objstorage.Readable, o ReaderOptions, extraOpts ...ReaderOption
 	} else {
 		r.opts.Cache.Ref()
 	}
+	if r.opts.FilterCache == nil {
+		r.opts.FilterCache = cache.New(0)
+	} else {
+		r.opts.FilterCache.Ref()
+	}
+	if r.opts.IndexCache == nil {
+		r.opts.IndexCache = cache.New(0)
+	} else {
+		r.opts.IndexCache.Ref()
+	}
 
 	if f == nil {
 		r.err = errors.New("pebble/table: nil file")
diff --git a/table_cache.go b/table_cache.go
index 516e5e8344..6324828649 100644
--- a/table_cache.go
+++ b/table_cache.go
@@ -985,6 +985,8 @@ func (c *tableCacheShard) evict(fileNum base.DiskFileNum, dbOpts *tableCacheOpts
 	}
 
 	dbOpts.opts.Cache.EvictFile(dbOpts.cacheID, fileNum)
+	dbOpts.opts.FilterCache.EvictFile(dbOpts.cacheID, fileNum)
+	dbOpts.opts.IndexCache.EvictFile(dbOpts.cacheID, fileNum)
 }
 
 // removeDB evicts any nodes which have a reference to the DB
diff --git a/tool/find.go b/tool/find.go
index b70e1c4141..8fc9736108 100644
--- a/tool/find.go
+++ b/tool/find.go
@@ -428,9 +428,11 @@ func (f *findT) searchTables(stdout io.Writer, searchKey []byte, refs []findRef)
 			}()
 
 			opts := sstable.ReaderOptions{
-				Cache:    cache,
-				Comparer: f.opts.Comparer,
-				Filters:  f.opts.Filters,
+				Cache:       cache,
+				FilterCache: cache,
+				IndexCache:  cache,
+				Comparer:    f.opts.Comparer,
+				Filters:     f.opts.Filters,
 			}
 			readable, err := sstable.NewSimpleReadable(tf)
 			if err != nil {
diff --git a/tool/sstable.go b/tool/sstable.go
index deb0a0cf65..f153967d6f 100644
--- a/tool/sstable.go
+++ b/tool/sstable.go
@@ -145,10 +145,13 @@ func (s *sstableT) newReader(f vfs.File) (*sstable.Reader, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	cache := pebble.NewCache(128 << 20 /* 128 MB */)
 	o := sstable.ReaderOptions{
-		Cache:    pebble.NewCache(128 << 20 /* 128 MB */),
-		Comparer: s.opts.Comparer,
-		Filters:  s.opts.Filters,
+		Cache:       cache,
+		FilterCache: cache,
+		IndexCache:  cache,
+		Comparer:    s.opts.Comparer,
+		Filters:     s.opts.Filters,
 	}
 	defer o.Cache.Unref()
 	return sstable.NewReader(readable, o, s.comparers, s.mergers,