diff --git a/swift/obj/updater.py b/swift/obj/updater.py
index 1962d66..7182380 100644
--- a/swift/obj/updater.py
+++ b/swift/obj/updater.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ class ObjectUpdater(Daemon):
         self.recon_cache_path = conf.get('recon_cache_path',
                                          '/var/cache/swift')
         self.rcache = os.path.join(self.recon_cache_path, 'object.recon')
+        self.reclaim_age = int(conf.get('reclaim_age', 86400 * 7))
 
     def _listdir(self, path):
         try:
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ class ObjectUpdater(Daemon):
                         continue
                     try:
                         obj_hash, timestamp = update.split('-')
+                        timestamp = Timestamp(timestamp).external
                     except ValueError:
                         self.logger.increment('errors')
                         self.logger.error(
@@ -182,7 +184,15 @@ class ObjectUpdater(Daemon):
                               'name %s')
                             % (update_path))
                         continue
-                    if obj_hash == last_obj_hash:
+                    reclaim_date = time.time() - self.reclaim_age
+                    if obj_hash == last_obj_hash or timestamp > reclaim_date:
+                        if timestamp > reclaim_date:
+                            self.logger.info(
+                                _('Unlinking old async pending file %s')
+                                % (update_path))
+                        self.logger.increment("unlinks")
+                        os.unlink(update_path)
+                    elif timestamp > time.time() - self.reclaim_age:
                         self.logger.increment("unlinks")
                         os.unlink(update_path)
                     else: