diff --git a/cmd/cmount/mount.go b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
index 096710745..b40c7c6c6 100644
--- a/cmd/cmount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
@@ -54,8 +54,12 @@ func mountOptions(device string, mountpoint string) (options []string) {
 	// OSX options
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
 		options = append(options, "-o", "volname="+mountlib.VolumeName)
-		options = append(options, "-o", "noappledouble")
-		options = append(options, "-o", "noapplexattr")
+		if mountlib.NoAppleDouble {
+			options = append(options, "-o", "noappledouble")
+		}
+		if mountlib.NoAppleXattr {
+			options = append(options, "-o", "noapplexattr")
+		}
 	}
 
 	// Windows options
diff --git a/cmd/mount/mount.go b/cmd/mount/mount.go
index 5f2ae6573..93b43198a 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/mount.go
@@ -28,9 +28,8 @@ func mountOptions(device string) (options []fuse.MountOption) {
 	options = []fuse.MountOption{
 		fuse.MaxReadahead(uint32(mountlib.MaxReadAhead)),
 		fuse.Subtype("rclone"),
-		fuse.FSName(device), fuse.VolumeName(mountlib.VolumeName),
-		fuse.NoAppleDouble(),
-		fuse.NoAppleXattr(),
+		fuse.FSName(device),
+		fuse.VolumeName(mountlib.VolumeName),
 
 		// Options from benchmarking in the fuse module
 		//fuse.MaxReadahead(64 * 1024 * 1024),
@@ -39,6 +38,12 @@ func mountOptions(device string) (options []fuse.MountOption) {
 		// which is probably related to errors people are having
 		//fuse.WritebackCache(),
 	}
+	if mountlib.NoAppleDouble {
+		options = append(options, fuse.NoAppleDouble())
+	}
+	if mountlib.NoAppleXattr {
+		options = append(options, fuse.NoAppleXattr())
+	}
 	if mountlib.AllowNonEmpty {
 		options = append(options, fuse.AllowNonEmptyMount())
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
index 7efecab42..a6fa42202 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ var (
 	ExtraFlags         []string
 	AttrTimeout        = 1 * time.Second // how long the kernel caches attribute for
 	VolumeName         string
+	NoAppleDouble      = true  // use noappledouble by default
+	NoAppleXattr       = false // do not use noapplexattr by default
 )
 
 // Check is folder is empty
@@ -273,6 +275,11 @@ be copied to the vfs cache before opening with --vfs-cache-mode full.
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Daemon, "daemon", "", Daemon, "Run mount as a daemon (background mode).")
 	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &VolumeName, "volname", "", VolumeName, "Set the volume name (not supported by all OSes).")
 
+	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
+		flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &NoAppleDouble, "noappledouble", "", NoAppleDouble, "Sets the OSXFUSE option noappledouble.")
+		flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &NoAppleXattr, "noapplexattr", "", NoAppleXattr, "Sets the OSXFUSE option noapplexattr.")
+	}
+
 	// Add in the generic flags
 	vfsflags.AddFlags(flagSet)