diff --git a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vfsops.c b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vfsops.c
--- a/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vfsops.c
+++ b/sys/fs/fuse/fuse_vfsops.c
@@ -303,12 +303,14 @@
 	int linux_errnos;
 	int daemon_timeout;
 	int fd;
+	int cc;
+	int fspeclen;
 
 	struct cdev *fdev;
 	struct fuse_data *data = NULL;
 	struct thread *td;
 	struct file *fp, *fptmp;
-	char *fspec, *subtype;
+	char *fspec, *subtype, *fuse_spec;
 	struct vfsoptlist *opts;
 
 	subtype = NULL;
@@ -357,8 +359,9 @@
 			daemon_timeout);
 	}
 
-	/* `from' contains the device name (eg. /dev/fuse0); REQUIRED */
-	fspec = vfs_getopts(opts, "from", &err);
+	/* `from' contains the device name (eg. /dev/fuse0); REQUIRED
+	 * /dev/fuse0:fuse_specific_mount_path is also accepted */
+	err = vfs_getopt(opts, "from", (void **)&fspec, &fspeclen);
 	if (!fspec)
 		return err;
 
@@ -366,7 +369,14 @@
 	if (vfs_scanopt(opts, "fd", "%d", &fd) != 1)
 		return EINVAL;
 
-	err = fuse_getdevice(fspec, td, &fdev);
+	fuse_spec = malloc(fspeclen + 1, M_FUSEVFS, M_WAITOK);
+	for (cc = 0; cc < fspeclen && fspec[cc] != ':'; cc++) {
+		fuse_spec[cc] = fspec[cc];
+	}
+	fuse_spec[cc] = '\0';
+
+	err = fuse_getdevice(fuse_spec, td, &fdev);
+	free(fuse_spec, M_FUSEVFS);
 	if (err != 0)
 		return err;
 
@@ -440,7 +450,10 @@
 		strlcat(mp->mnt_stat.f_fstypename, subtype, MFSNAMELEN);
 	}
 	memset(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, 0, MNAMELEN);
-	strlcpy(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, fspec, MNAMELEN);
+	if ((fuse_spec = strchr(fspec, ':')) != NULL)
+		strlcpy(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, fuse_spec + 1, MNAMELEN);
+	else
+		strlcpy(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, fspec, MNAMELEN);
 	mp->mnt_iosize_max = maxphys;
 
 	/* Now handshaking with daemon */