diff --git a/scripts/beesd.conf.sample b/scripts/beesd.conf.sample
index 845be86..f0304ce 100644
--- a/scripts/beesd.conf.sample
+++ b/scripts/beesd.conf.sample
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ UUID=xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx
 ## Options to apply, see `beesd --help` for details
 # OPTIONS="--strip-paths --no-timestamps"
 
+## Mount options
+# MOUNT_OPTIONS=""
+
 ## Bees DB size
 # Hash Table Sizing
 # sHash table entries are 16 bytes each
diff --git a/scripts/beesd.in b/scripts/beesd.in
index 216bc41..8072d47 100755
--- a/scripts/beesd.in
+++ b/scripts/beesd.in
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ MNT_DIR="${MNT_DIR:-$WORK_DIR/mnt/$UUID}"
 BEESHOME="${BEESHOME:-$MNT_DIR/.beeshome}"
 BEESSTATUS="${BEESSTATUS:-$WORK_DIR/$UUID.status}"
 DB_SIZE="${DB_SIZE:-$((8192*AL128K))}"
+MOUNT_OPTIONS="${MOUNT_OPTIONS-}"
 
 INFO "Check: Disk exists"
 if [ ! -b "/dev/disk/by-uuid/$UUID" ]; then
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ umount_w(){ mountpoint -q "$1" && umount -l "$1"; }
 force_umount(){ umount_w "$MNT_DIR"; }
 trap force_umount SIGINT SIGTERM EXIT
 
-mount -osubvolid=5 /dev/disk/by-uuid/$UUID "$MNT_DIR" || exit 1
+mount -osubvolid=5 -o "$MOUNT_OPTIONS" /dev/disk/by-uuid/$UUID "$MNT_DIR" || exit 1
 
 if [ ! -d "$BEESHOME" ]; then
     INFO "Create subvol $BEESHOME for store bees data"