diff --git a/etiquette/constants.py b/etiquette/constants.py
index 5e91ba9..2eb5d14 100644
--- a/etiquette/constants.py
+++ b/etiquette/constants.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ ffmpeg = _load_ffmpeg()
 
 # Database #########################################################################################
 
-DATABASE_VERSION = 14
+DATABASE_VERSION = 15
 DB_VERSION_PRAGMA = f'''
 PRAGMA user_version = {DATABASE_VERSION};
 '''
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_bookmarks_author_id on bookmarks(author_id);
 CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS photos(
     id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
     filepath TEXT COLLATE NOCASE,
+    dev_ino TEXT,
     override_filename TEXT COLLATE NOCASE,
     extension TEXT,
     width INT,
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS photos(
 );
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_photos_id on photos(id);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_photos_filepath on photos(filepath COLLATE NOCASE);
+CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_photos_dev_ino on photos(dev_ino);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_photos_override_filename on
     photos(override_filename COLLATE NOCASE);
 CREATE INDEX IF NOT EXISTS index_photos_created on photos(created);
diff --git a/etiquette/objects.py b/etiquette/objects.py
index 4c57ad3..57b997c 100644
--- a/etiquette/objects.py
+++ b/etiquette/objects.py
@@ -951,16 +951,19 @@ class Photo(ObjectBase):
         self.photodb.log.debug('Reloading metadata for %s', self)
 
         self.bytes = None
+        self.dev_ino = None
         self.width = None
         self.height = None
         self.area = None
         self.ratio = None
         self.duration = None
 
-        try:
-            self.bytes = self.real_path.size
-        except pathclass.NotExists:
-            pass
+        if self.real_path.is_file:
+            stat = self.real_path.stat
+            self.bytes = stat.st_size
+            (dev, ino) = (stat.st_dev, stat.st_ino)
+            if dev and ino:
+                self.dev_ino = f'{dev},{ino}'
 
         if self.bytes is None:
             pass
@@ -986,6 +989,7 @@ class Photo(ObjectBase):
             'ratio': self.ratio,
             'duration': self.duration,
             'bytes': self.bytes,
+            'dev_ino': self.dev_ino,
         }
         self.photodb.sql_update(table='photos', pairs=data, where_key='id')
 
diff --git a/etiquette/photodb.py b/etiquette/photodb.py
index 7e0bf58..789cd5a 100644
--- a/etiquette/photodb.py
+++ b/etiquette/photodb.py
@@ -389,6 +389,16 @@ class PDBPhotoMixin:
     def get_photo(self, id):
         return self.get_thing_by_id('photo', id)
 
+    def get_photo_by_inode(self, dev, ino):
+        dev_ino = f'{dev},{ino}'
+        query = 'SELECT * FROM photos WHERE dev_ino == ?'
+        bindings = [dev_ino]
+        photo_row = self.sql_select_one(query, bindings)
+        if photo_row is None:
+            raise exceptions.NoSuchPhoto(dev_ino)
+        photo = self.get_cached_instance('photo', photo_row)
+        return photo
+
     def get_photo_by_path(self, filepath):
         filepath = pathclass.Path(filepath)
         query = 'SELECT * FROM photos WHERE filepath == ?'
@@ -470,6 +480,7 @@ class PDBPhotoMixin:
             'author_id': author_id,
             'searchhidden': searchhidden,
             # These will be filled in during the metadata stage.
+            'dev_ino': None,
             'bytes': None,
             'width': None,
             'height': None,
diff --git a/utilities/database_upgrader/database_upgrader.py b/utilities/database_upgrader/database_upgrader.py
index ec06876..a5ceace 100644
--- a/utilities/database_upgrader/database_upgrader.py
+++ b/utilities/database_upgrader/database_upgrader.py
@@ -261,6 +261,66 @@ def upgrade_13_to_14(photodb):
     photodb.config['user']['max_username_length'] = photodb.config['user'].pop('max_length')
     photodb.save_config()
 
+def upgrade_14_to_15(photodb):
+    '''
+    Added the dev_ino column to photos.
+    '''
+    photodb.sql_execute('PRAGMA foreign_keys = OFF')
+    photodb.sql_execute('BEGIN')
+    photodb.sql_execute('ALTER TABLE photos RENAME TO photos_old')
+    photodb.sql_execute('''
+        CREATE TABLE photos(
+            id TEXT PRIMARY KEY NOT NULL,
+            filepath TEXT COLLATE NOCASE,
+            dev_ino TEXT,
+            override_filename TEXT COLLATE NOCASE,
+            extension TEXT,
+            width INT,
+            height INT,
+            ratio REAL,
+            area INT,
+            duration INT,
+            bytes INT,
+            created INT,
+            thumbnail TEXT,
+            tagged_at INT,
+            author_id TEXT,
+            searchhidden INT,
+            FOREIGN KEY(author_id) REFERENCES users(id)
+        );
+    ''')
+    photodb.sql_execute('''
+        INSERT INTO photos SELECT
+            id,
+            filepath,
+            NULL,
+            override_filename,
+            extension,
+            width,
+            height,
+            ratio,
+            area,
+            duration,
+            bytes,
+            created,
+            thumbnail,
+            tagged_at,
+            author_id,
+            searchhidden
+        FROM photos_old
+    ''')
+    photodb.sql_execute('DROP TABLE photos_old')
+    photodb.sql_execute('CREATE INDEX index_photos_dev_ino ON photos(dev_ino);')
+    for photo in photodb.get_photos_by_recent():
+        if not photo.real_path.is_file:
+            continue
+        stat = photo.real_path.stat
+        (dev, ino) = (stat.st_dev, stat.st_ino)
+        if dev == 0 or ino == 0:
+            continue
+        dev_ino = f'{dev},{ino}'
+        photodb.sql_execute('UPDATE photos SET dev_ino = ? WHERE id == ?', [dev_ino, photo.id])
+
 def upgrade_all(data_directory):
     '''
     Given the directory containing a phototagger database, apply all of the