diff --git a/config/full.toml b/config/full.toml
index b710d5ab..1ff6f7d8 100644
--- a/config/full.toml
+++ b/config/full.toml
@@ -213,3 +213,6 @@ exclusive = true # don't allow other users to access the mount point
 file-access = "read" # Default: "forbidden" for hot/cold repos, else "read"
 mount-point = "~/mnt"
 snapshot-path = "latest:/dir" # Default: not set - if not set, generate a virtual tree with all snapshots using path-template
+options = [
+  "kernel_cache", # Default: ["kernel_cache]
+]
diff --git a/src/commands/mount.rs b/src/commands/mount.rs
index 33511592..54e4761c 100644
--- a/src/commands/mount.rs
+++ b/src/commands/mount.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@
 mod fusefs;
 use fusefs::FuseFS;
 
-use std::{ffi::OsStr, path::PathBuf};
+use std::{
+    ffi::{OsStr, OsString},
+    path::PathBuf,
+};
 
 use crate::{repository::CliIndexedRepo, status_err, Application, RusticConfig, RUSTIC_APP};
 
@@ -49,6 +52,19 @@ pub struct MountCmd {
     #[clap(value_name = "SNAPSHOT[:PATH]")]
     #[merge(strategy=conflate::option::overwrite_none)]
     snapshot_path: Option<String>,
+
+    /// Other options to use for mount
+    #[clap(skip)]
+    options: MountOpts,
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Command, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Merge)]
+pub(crate) struct MountOpts(#[merge(strategy = conflate::vec::ignore)] pub(crate) Vec<OsStr>);
+
+impl Default for MountOpts {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self(vec![OsStr::new("kernel_cache")])
+    }
 }
 
 impl Override<RusticConfig> for MountCmd {
@@ -91,6 +107,7 @@ impl MountCmd {
             .path_template
             .clone()
             .unwrap_or_else(|| "[{hostname}]/[{label}]/{time}".to_string());
+
         let time_template = config
             .mount
             .time_template
@@ -112,21 +129,13 @@ impl MountCmd {
             )?
         };
 
-        let name_opt = format!("fsname=rusticfs:{}", repo.config().id);
-        let mut options = vec![
-            OsStr::new("-o"),
-            OsStr::new(&name_opt),
-            OsStr::new("-o"),
-            OsStr::new("kernel_cache"),
-        ];
+        let mut options = self.options.0;
+
+        options.extend_from_slice(&[OsStr::new(&format!("fsname=rusticfs:{}", repo.config().id))]);
 
         if !config.mount.exclusive {
-            options.extend_from_slice(&[
-                OsStr::new("-o"),
-                OsStr::new("allow_other"),
-                OsStr::new("-o"),
-                OsStr::new("default_permissions"),
-            ]);
+            options
+                .extend_from_slice(&[OsStr::new("allow_other"), OsStr::new("default_permissions")]);
         }
 
         let file_access = config.mount.file_access.as_ref().map_or_else(
@@ -141,6 +150,16 @@ impl MountCmd {
         )?;
 
         let fs = FuseMT::new(FuseFS::new(repo, vfs, file_access), 1);
+
+        // Sort and deduplicate options
+        options.sort_unstable();
+        options.dedup();
+
+        // join options into a single comma-delimited string and prepent "-o "
+        // this should be parsed just fine by fuser, here
+        // https://github.com/cberner/fuser/blob/9f6ced73a36f1d99846e28be9c5e4903939ee9d5/src/mnt/mount_options.rs#L157
+        let options = OsStr::new(&format!("-o {}", options.join(",")));
+
         mount(fs, mount_point, &options)?;
 
         Ok(())