diff --git a/wp-includes/nav-menu.php b/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
index a2f569596..68ca725a7 100644
--- a/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
+++ b/wp-includes/nav-menu.php
@@ -413,7 +413,8 @@ function wp_get_nav_menu_items( $menu, $args = array() ) {
 	$items = get_objects_in_term( $menu->term_id, 'nav_menu' );
 
 	if ( ! empty( $items ) ) {
-		$defaults = array( 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'menu_order', 'post_type' => 'nav_menu_item', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'output' => ARRAY_A, 'output_key' => 'menu_order', 'nopaging' => true );
+		$defaults = array( 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'menu_order', 'post_type' => 'nav_menu_item', 'post_status' => 'publish', 'output' => ARRAY_A, 'output_key' => 'menu_order', 'nopaging' => true,
+						  'update_post_term_cache' => false);
 		$args = wp_parse_args( $args, $defaults );
 		if ( count( $items ) > 1 )
 			$args['include'] = implode( ',', $items );
diff --git a/wp-includes/post.php b/wp-includes/post.php
index 450f8286e..1da5c9603 100644
--- a/wp-includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-includes/post.php
@@ -4003,9 +4003,11 @@ function clean_page_cache($id) {
  * @uses update_postmeta_cache()
  *
  * @param array $posts Array of Post objects
- * @param string $post_type The post type of the posts in $posts
+ * @param string $post_type The post type of the posts in $posts. Default is 'post'.
+ * @param bool $update_term_cache Whether to update the term cache. Default is true.
+ * @param bool $update_meta_cache Whether to update the meta cache. Default is true.
  */
-function update_post_caches(&$posts, $post_type = 'post') {
+function update_post_caches(&$posts, $post_type = 'post', $update_term_cache = true, $update_meta_cache = true) {
 	// No point in doing all this work if we didn't match any posts.
 	if ( !$posts )
 		return;
@@ -4019,10 +4021,11 @@ function update_post_caches(&$posts, $post_type = 'post') {
 	if ( empty($post_type) )
 		$post_type = 'post';
 
-	if ( !is_array($post_type) && 'any' != $post_type )
+	if ( !is_array($post_type) && 'any' != $post_type && $update_term_cache )
 		update_object_term_cache($post_ids, $post_type);
 
-	update_postmeta_cache($post_ids);
+	if ( $update_meta_cache )
+		update_postmeta_cache($post_ids);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/wp-includes/query.php b/wp-includes/query.php
index 2a1615492..f08152512 100644
--- a/wp-includes/query.php
+++ b/wp-includes/query.php
@@ -1621,6 +1621,12 @@ class WP_Query {
 		if ( !isset($q['cache_results']) )
 			$q['cache_results'] = true;
 
+		if ( !isset($q['update_post_term_cache']) )
+			$q['update_post_term_cache'] = true;
+
+		if ( !isset($q['update_post_meta_cache']) )
+			$q['update_post_meta_cache'] = true;
+
 		if ( !isset($q['post_type']) ) {
 			if ( $this->is_search )
 				$q['post_type'] = 'any';
@@ -2504,7 +2510,7 @@ class WP_Query {
 		}
 
 		if ( $q['cache_results'] )
-			update_post_caches($this->posts, $post_type);
+			update_post_caches($this->posts, $post_type, $q['update_post_term_cache'], $q['update_post_meta_cache']);
 
 		if ( $this->post_count > 0 ) {
 			$this->post = $this->posts[0];