diff --git a/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.c b/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.c
--- a/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.c
+++ b/sbin/mount_fusefs/mount_fusefs.c
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
 	{ "push_symlinks_in",    0, 0x04, 1 },
 	{ "allow_other",         0, 0x08, 1 },
 	{ "default_permissions", 0, 0x10, 1 },
+	{ "fsname=",             0, 0x20, 1 },
 	#define ALTF_MAXREAD 0x20
 	{ "max_read=",           0, ALTF_MAXREAD, 1 },
 	#define ALTF_SUBTYPE 0x40
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@
 	#define ALTF_INTR 0x200
 	{ "intr",		0, ALTF_INTR, 1 },
 	/* Linux specific options, we silently ignore them */
-	{ "fsname=",             0, 0x00, 1 },
 	{ "fd=",                 0, 0x00, 1 },
 	{ "rootmode=",           0, 0x00, 1 },
 	{ "user_id=",            0, 0x00, 1 },
@@ -474,8 +474,8 @@
 	        /* "    -o nonempty            allow mounts over non-empty file/dir\n" */
 	        "    -o default_permissions enable permission checking by kernel\n"
 		"    -o intr                interruptible mount\n"
-		/*
 	        "    -o fsname=NAME         set filesystem name\n"
+		/*
 	        "    -o large_read          issue large read requests (2.4 only)\n"
 		 */
 	        "    -o subtype=NAME        set filesystem type\n"
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
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@
 	struct fuse_data *data = NULL;
 	struct thread *td;
 	struct file *fp, *fptmp;
-	char *fspec, *subtype;
+	char *fspec, *subtype, *fsname;
 	struct vfsoptlist *opts;
 
 	subtype = NULL;
@@ -440,7 +440,8 @@
 		strlcat(mp->mnt_stat.f_fstypename, subtype, MFSNAMELEN);
 	}
 	memset(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, 0, MNAMELEN);
-	strlcpy(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, fspec, MNAMELEN);
+	fsname = vfs_getopts(opts, "fsname=", &err);
+	strlcpy(mp->mnt_stat.f_mntfromname, fsname == NULL ? fspec : fsname, MNAMELEN);
 	mp->mnt_iosize_max = maxphys;
 
 	/* Now handshaking with daemon */