diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hash.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hash.c
index db73f05..a0720ef 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hash.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hash.c
@@ -325,14 +325,21 @@ hashgettuple(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanDirection dir)
 		if (scan->kill_prior_tuple)
 		{
 			/*
-			 * Yes, so mark it by setting the LP_DEAD state in the item flags.
+			 * Yes, so remember it for later. (We'll deal with all such
+			 * tuples at once right after leaving the index page or at
+			 * end of scan.)
 			 */
-			ItemIdMarkDead(PageGetItemId(page, offnum));
+			if (so->killedItems == NULL)
+				so->killedItems = palloc(MaxIndexTuplesPerPage *
+										 sizeof(HashScanPosItem));
 
-			/*
-			 * Since this can be redone later if needed, mark as a hint.
-			 */
-			MarkBufferDirtyHint(buf, true);
+			if (so->numKilled < MaxIndexTuplesPerPage)
+			{
+				so->killedItems[so->numKilled].heapTid = so->hashso_heappos;
+				so->killedItems[so->numKilled].indexOffset =
+							ItemPointerGetOffsetNumber(&(so->hashso_curpos));
+				so->numKilled++;
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -439,6 +446,9 @@ hashbeginscan(Relation rel, int nkeys, int norderbys)
 
 	so->hashso_skip_moved_tuples = false;
 
+	so->killedItems = NULL;
+	so->numKilled = 0;
+
 	scan->opaque = so;
 
 	return scan;
@@ -454,6 +464,10 @@ hashrescan(IndexScanDesc scan, ScanKey scankey, int nscankeys,
 	HashScanOpaque so = (HashScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 	Relation	rel = scan->indexRelation;
 
+	/* Before leaving current page, deal with any killed items */
+	if (so->numKilled > 0)
+		hashkillitems(scan);
+
 	_hash_dropscanbuf(rel, so);
 
 	/* set position invalid (this will cause _hash_first call) */
@@ -480,6 +494,10 @@ hashendscan(IndexScanDesc scan)
 	HashScanOpaque so = (HashScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
 	Relation	rel = scan->indexRelation;
 
+	/* Before leaving current page, deal with any killed items */
+	if (so->numKilled > 0)
+		hashkillitems(scan);
+
 	_hash_dropscanbuf(rel, so);
 
 	pfree(so);
@@ -809,6 +827,15 @@ hashbucketcleanup(Relation rel, Buffer bucket_buf,
 			PageIndexMultiDelete(page, deletable, ndeletable);
 			bucket_dirty = true;
 
+			/*
+			 * Let us mark the page as clean if vacuum removes the DEAD tuples
+			 * from an index page. We do this by clearing LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES
+			 * flag.
+			 */
+			if (tuples_removed && *tuples_removed > 0 &&
+				opaque->hasho_flag & LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES)
+				opaque->hasho_flag &= ~LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES;
+
 			MarkBufferDirty(buf);
 
 			/* XLOG stuff */
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c
index d030a8d..5f2bc7c 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hash_xlog.c
@@ -921,6 +921,82 @@ hash_xlog_update_meta_page(XLogReaderState *record)
 		UnlockReleaseBuffer(metabuf);
 }
 
+/*
+ * replay delete operation in hash index to remove
+ * tuples marked as DEAD during index tuple insertion.
+ */
+static void
+hash_xlog_vacuum_one_page(XLogReaderState *record)
+{
+	XLogRecPtr lsn = record->EndRecPtr;
+	xl_hash_vacuum *xldata = (xl_hash_vacuum *) XLogRecGetData(record);
+	Buffer bucketbuf = InvalidBuffer;
+	Buffer buffer;
+	Buffer metabuf;
+	Page page;
+	XLogRedoAction action;
+
+	if (xldata->is_primary_bucket_page)
+		action = XLogReadBufferForRedoExtended(record, 1, RBM_NORMAL, true, &buffer);
+	else
+	{
+		RelFileNode rnode;
+		BlockNumber blkno;
+
+		XLogRecGetBlockTag(record, 0, &rnode, NULL, &blkno);
+		bucketbuf = XLogReadBufferExtended(rnode, MAIN_FORKNUM, blkno,
+										   RBM_NORMAL);
+
+		if (BufferIsValid(bucketbuf))
+			LockBufferForCleanup(bucketbuf);
+
+		action = XLogReadBufferForRedo(record, 1, &buffer);
+	}
+
+	if (action == BLK_NEEDS_REDO)
+	{
+		char *ptr;
+		Size len;
+
+		ptr = XLogRecGetBlockData(record, 1, &len);
+
+		page = (Page) BufferGetPage(buffer);
+
+		if (len > 0)
+		{
+			OffsetNumber *unused;
+			OffsetNumber *unend;
+
+			unused = (OffsetNumber *) ptr;
+			unend = (OffsetNumber *) ((char *) ptr + len);
+
+			if ((unend - unused) > 0)
+				PageIndexMultiDelete(page, unused, unend - unused);
+		}
+
+		PageSetLSN(page, lsn);
+		MarkBufferDirty(buffer);
+	}
+	if (BufferIsValid(buffer))
+		UnlockReleaseBuffer(buffer);
+
+	if (XLogReadBufferForRedo(record, 2, &metabuf) == BLK_NEEDS_REDO)
+	{
+		Page metapage;
+		HashMetaPage metap;
+
+		metapage = BufferGetPage(metabuf);
+		metap = HashPageGetMeta(metapage);
+
+		metap->hashm_ntuples -= xldata->ntuples;
+
+		PageSetLSN(metapage, lsn);
+		MarkBufferDirty(metabuf);
+	}
+	if (BufferIsValid(metabuf))
+		UnlockReleaseBuffer(metabuf);
+}
+
 void
 hash_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 {
@@ -964,6 +1040,9 @@ hash_redo(XLogReaderState *record)
 		case XLOG_HASH_UPDATE_META_PAGE:
 			hash_xlog_update_meta_page(record);
 			break;
+		case XLOG_HASH_VACUUM_ONE_PAGE:
+			hash_xlog_vacuum_one_page(record);
+			break;
 		default:
 			elog(PANIC, "hash_redo: unknown op code %u", info);
 	}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c
index 3514138..1bcb214 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashinsert.c
@@ -19,7 +19,11 @@
 #include "access/hash_xlog.h"
 #include "miscadmin.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "storage/lwlock.h"
+#include "storage/buf_internals.h"
 
+static void _hash_vacuum_one_page(Relation rel, Buffer metabuf, Buffer buf,
+								  Buffer bucket_buf, bool is_primary_bucket_page);
 
 /*
  *	_hash_doinsert() -- Handle insertion of a single index tuple.
@@ -206,6 +210,28 @@ _hash_doinsert(Relation rel, IndexTuple itup)
 	while (PageGetFreeSpace(page) < itemsz)
 	{
 		/*
+		 * Check if current page has any DEAD tuples. If yes,
+		 * delete these tuples and see if we can get a space for
+		 * the new item to be inserted before moving to the next
+		 * page in the bucket chain.
+		 */
+		if (H_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES(pageopaque) && CheckBufferForCleanup(bucket_buf))
+		{
+			/*
+			 * Write-lock the meta page so that we can decrement
+			 * tuple count.
+			 */
+			_hash_chgbufaccess(rel, metabuf, HASH_NOLOCK, HASH_WRITE);
+
+			_hash_vacuum_one_page(rel, metabuf, buf, bucket_buf,
+								  (buf == bucket_buf) ? true : false);
+
+			_hash_chgbufaccess(rel, metabuf, HASH_READ, HASH_NOLOCK);
+			if (PageGetFreeSpace(page) >= itemsz)
+				break;				/* OK, now we have enough space */
+		}
+
+		/*
 		 * no space on this page; check for an overflow page
 		 */
 		BlockNumber nextblkno = pageopaque->hasho_nextblkno;
@@ -247,7 +273,8 @@ _hash_doinsert(Relation rel, IndexTuple itup)
 			Assert(PageGetFreeSpace(page) >= itemsz);
 		}
 		pageopaque = (HashPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
-		Assert(pageopaque->hasho_flag == LH_OVERFLOW_PAGE);
+		Assert(pageopaque->hasho_flag == LH_OVERFLOW_PAGE ||
+			   pageopaque->hasho_flag == (LH_OVERFLOW_PAGE | LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES));
 		Assert(pageopaque->hasho_bucket == bucket);
 	}
 
@@ -390,3 +417,89 @@ _hash_pgaddmultitup(Relation rel, Buffer buf, IndexTuple *itups,
 				 RelationGetRelationName(rel));
 	}
 }
+
+/*
+ * _hash_vacuum_one_page - vacuum just one index page.
+ * Try to remove LP_DEAD items from the given page.  We
+ * must acquire cleanup lock on the primary bucket page
+ * before calling this function.
+ */
+
+static void
+_hash_vacuum_one_page(Relation rel, Buffer metabuf, Buffer buf,
+					  Buffer bucket_buf, bool is_primary_bucket_page)
+{
+	OffsetNumber	deletable[MaxOffsetNumber];
+	int ndeletable = 0;
+	OffsetNumber offnum,
+				 maxoff;
+	Page	page = BufferGetPage(buf);
+	HashPageOpaque	pageopaque;
+	HashMetaPage	metap;
+	double tuples_removed = 0;
+
+	/* Scan each tuple in page to see if it is marked as LP_DEAD */
+	maxoff = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page);
+	for (offnum = FirstOffsetNumber;
+		 offnum <= maxoff;
+		 offnum = OffsetNumberNext(offnum))
+	{
+		ItemId	itemId = PageGetItemId(page, offnum);
+
+		if (ItemIdIsDead(itemId))
+		{
+			deletable[ndeletable++] = offnum;
+			tuples_removed += 1;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (ndeletable > 0)
+	{
+		/* No ereport(ERROR) until changes are logged */
+		START_CRIT_SECTION();
+
+		PageIndexMultiDelete(page, deletable, ndeletable);
+
+		pageopaque = (HashPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
+		pageopaque->hasho_flag &= ~LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES;
+
+		metap = HashPageGetMeta(BufferGetPage(metabuf));
+		metap->hashm_ntuples -= tuples_removed;
+
+		MarkBufferDirty(buf);
+		MarkBufferDirty(metabuf);
+
+		/* XLOG stuff */
+		if (RelationNeedsWAL(rel))
+		{
+			xl_hash_vacuum	xlrec;
+			XLogRecPtr	recptr;
+
+			xlrec.is_primary_bucket_page = is_primary_bucket_page;
+			xlrec.ntuples = tuples_removed;
+
+			XLogBeginInsert();
+			XLogRegisterData((char *) &xlrec, SizeOfHashVacuum);
+
+			/*
+			 * primary bucket buffer needs to be registered to ensure
+			 * that we acquire cleanup lock during replay.
+			 */
+			if (!xlrec.is_primary_bucket_page)
+				XLogRegisterBuffer(0, bucket_buf, REGBUF_STANDARD);
+
+			XLogRegisterBuffer(1, buf, REGBUF_STANDARD);
+			XLogRegisterBufData(1, (char *) deletable,
+						ndeletable * sizeof(OffsetNumber));
+
+			XLogRegisterBuffer(2, metabuf, REGBUF_STANDARD);
+
+			recptr = XLogInsert(RM_HASH_ID, XLOG_HASH_VACUUM_ONE_PAGE);
+
+			PageSetLSN(BufferGetPage(buf), recptr);
+			PageSetLSN(BufferGetPage(metabuf), recptr);
+		}
+
+		END_CRIT_SECTION();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashsearch.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashsearch.c
index 0df64a8..574998e 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashsearch.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashsearch.c
@@ -455,6 +455,7 @@ _hash_step(IndexScanDesc scan, Buffer *bufP, ScanDirection dir)
 					if (offnum <= maxoff)
 					{
 						Assert(offnum >= FirstOffsetNumber);
+
 						itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, PageGetItemId(page, offnum));
 
 						/*
@@ -473,6 +474,10 @@ _hash_step(IndexScanDesc scan, Buffer *bufP, ScanDirection dir)
 							break;		/* yes, so exit for-loop */
 					}
 
+					/* Before leaving current page, deal with any killed items */
+					if (so->numKilled > 0)
+						hashkillitems(scan);
+
 					/*
 					 * ran off the end of this page, try the next
 					 */
@@ -544,6 +549,7 @@ _hash_step(IndexScanDesc scan, Buffer *bufP, ScanDirection dir)
 					if (offnum >= FirstOffsetNumber)
 					{
 						Assert(offnum <= maxoff);
+
 						itup = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, PageGetItemId(page, offnum));
 
 						/*
@@ -562,6 +568,10 @@ _hash_step(IndexScanDesc scan, Buffer *bufP, ScanDirection dir)
 							break;		/* yes, so exit for-loop */
 					}
 
+					/* Before leaving current page, deal with any killed items */
+					if (so->numKilled > 0)
+						hashkillitems(scan);
+
 					/*
 					 * ran off the end of this page, try the next
 					 */
diff --git a/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c b/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
index b5164d7..4350e32 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/hash/hashutil.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "access/relscan.h"
 #include "utils/lsyscache.h"
 #include "utils/rel.h"
+#include "storage/buf_internals.h"
 
 
 /*
@@ -489,3 +490,72 @@ _hash_get_newbucket(Relation rel, Bucket curr_bucket,
 
 	return new_bucket;
 }
+
+/*
+ * hashkillitems - set LP_DEAD state for items an indexscan caller has
+ * told us were killed.
+ *
+ * scan->opaque, referenced locally through so, contains information about the
+ * current page and killed tuples thereon (generally, this should only be
+ * called if so->numKilled > 0).
+ *
+ * We match items by heap TID before assuming they are the right ones to
+ * delete. If an item has moved off the current page due to a split, we'll
+ * fail to find it and do nothing (this is not an error case --- we assume
+ * the item will eventually get marked in a future indexscan).
+ */
+void
+hashkillitems(IndexScanDesc scan)
+{
+	HashScanOpaque	so = (HashScanOpaque) scan->opaque;
+	Page	page;
+	HashPageOpaque	opaque;
+	OffsetNumber	offnum, maxoff;
+	int	numKilled = so->numKilled;
+	int		i;
+	bool	killedsomething = false;
+
+	Assert(so->numKilled > 0);
+	Assert(so->killedItems != NULL);
+
+	/*
+	 * Always reset the scan state, so we don't look for same
+	 * items on other pages.
+	 */
+	so->numKilled = 0;
+
+	page = BufferGetPage(so->hashso_curbuf);
+	opaque = (HashPageOpaque) PageGetSpecialPointer(page);
+	maxoff = PageGetMaxOffsetNumber(page);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < numKilled; i++)
+	{
+		offnum = so->killedItems[i].indexOffset;
+
+		while (offnum <= maxoff)
+		{
+			ItemId	iid = PageGetItemId(page, offnum);
+			IndexTuple	ituple = (IndexTuple) PageGetItem(page, iid);
+
+			if (ItemPointerEquals(&ituple->t_tid, &so->killedItems[i].heapTid))
+			{
+				/* found the item */
+				ItemIdMarkDead(iid);
+				killedsomething = true;
+				break;		/* out of inner search loop */
+			}
+			offnum = OffsetNumberNext(offnum);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Since this can be redone later if needed, mark as dirty hint.
+	 * Whenever we mark anything LP_DEAD, we also set the page's
+	 * LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES flag, which is likewise just a hint.
+	 */
+	if (killedsomething)
+	{
+		opaque->hasho_flag |= LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES;
+		MarkBufferDirtyHint(so->hashso_curbuf, true);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/hashdesc.c b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/hashdesc.c
index 245ce97..7fc5721 100644
--- a/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/hashdesc.c
+++ b/src/backend/access/rmgrdesc/hashdesc.c
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ hash_identify(uint8 info)
 		case XLOG_HASH_UPDATE_META_PAGE:
 			id = "UPDATE_META_PAGE";
 			break;
+		case XLOG_HASH_VACUUM_ONE_PAGE:
+			id = "VACUUM_ONE_PAGE";
 	}
 
 	return id;
diff --git a/src/include/access/hash.h b/src/include/access/hash.h
index c0434f5..185d1e8 100644
--- a/src/include/access/hash.h
+++ b/src/include/access/hash.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ typedef uint32 Bucket;
 #define LH_BUCKET_NEW_PAGE_SPLIT	(1 << 4)
 #define LH_BUCKET_OLD_PAGE_SPLIT	(1 << 5)
 #define LH_BUCKET_PAGE_HAS_GARBAGE	(1 << 6)
+#define LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES	(1 << 7)
 
 typedef struct HashPageOpaqueData
 {
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ typedef HashPageOpaqueData *HashPageOpaque;
 #define H_NEW_INCOMPLETE_SPLIT(opaque)	((opaque)->hasho_flag & LH_BUCKET_NEW_PAGE_SPLIT)
 #define H_INCOMPLETE_SPLIT(opaque)		(((opaque)->hasho_flag & LH_BUCKET_NEW_PAGE_SPLIT) || \
 										 ((opaque)->hasho_flag & LH_BUCKET_OLD_PAGE_SPLIT))
+#define H_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES(opaque)		((opaque)->hasho_flag & LH_PAGE_HAS_DEAD_TUPLES)
 
 /*
  * The page ID is for the convenience of pg_filedump and similar utilities,
@@ -83,6 +85,13 @@ typedef HashPageOpaqueData *HashPageOpaque;
  */
 #define HASHO_PAGE_ID		0xFF80
 
+typedef struct HashScanPosItem    /* what we remember about each match */
+{
+	ItemPointerData heapTid;	/* TID of referenced heap item */
+	OffsetNumber indexOffset;	/* index item's location within page */
+} HashScanPosItem;
+
+
 /*
  *	HashScanOpaqueData is private state for a hash index scan.
  */
@@ -116,6 +125,10 @@ typedef struct HashScanOpaqueData
 
 	/* Whether scan needs to skip tuples that are moved by split */
 	bool		hashso_skip_moved_tuples;
+
+	/* info about killed items if any (killedItems is NULL if never used) */
+	HashScanPosItem	*killedItems;	/* tids and offset numbers of killed items */
+	int			numKilled;		/* number of currently stored items */
 } HashScanOpaqueData;
 
 typedef HashScanOpaqueData *HashScanOpaque;
@@ -177,6 +190,7 @@ typedef struct HashMetaPageData
 
 typedef HashMetaPageData *HashMetaPage;
 
+
 /*
  * Maximum size of a hash index item (it's okay to have only one per page)
  */
@@ -381,6 +395,7 @@ extern BlockNumber _hash_get_oldblk(Relation rel, HashPageOpaque opaque);
 extern BlockNumber _hash_get_newblk(Relation rel, HashPageOpaque opaque);
 extern Bucket _hash_get_newbucket(Relation rel, Bucket curr_bucket,
 					uint32 lowmask, uint32 maxbucket);
+extern void hashkillitems(IndexScanDesc scan);
 
 /* hash.c */
 extern void hashbucketcleanup(Relation rel, Buffer bucket_buf,
diff --git a/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h b/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h
index 30e16c0..e9946d1 100644
--- a/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h
+++ b/src/include/access/hash_xlog.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #define XLOG_HASH_UPDATE_META_PAGE	0xB0		/* update meta page after
 												 * vacuum */
 
+#define XLOG_HASH_VACUUM_ONE_PAGE	0xC0	/* remove dead tuples from index page */
 
 /*
  * xl_hash_split_allocpage flag values, 8 bits are available.
@@ -257,6 +258,24 @@ typedef struct xl_hash_init_bitmap_page
 #define SizeOfHashInitBitmapPage	\
 	(offsetof(xl_hash_init_bitmap_page, bmsize) + sizeof(uint16))
 
+/*
+ * This is what we need for index tuple deletion and to
+ * update the meta page.
+ *
+ * This data record is used for XLOG_HASH_VACUUM_ONE_PAGE
+ *
+ * Backup Blk 0/1: bucket page
+ * Backup Blk 2: meta page
+ */
+typedef struct xl_hash_vacuum
+{
+	double		ntuples;
+	bool		is_primary_bucket_page;
+}	xl_hash_vacuum;
+
+#define SizeOfHashVacuum	\
+	(offsetof(xl_hash_vacuum, is_primary_bucket_page) + sizeof(bool))
+
 extern void hash_redo(XLogReaderState *record);
 extern void hash_desc(StringInfo buf, XLogReaderState *record);
 extern const char *hash_identify(uint8 info);
