diff --git a/src/cryfs-cli/Cli.cpp b/src/cryfs-cli/Cli.cpp
index f1d63408..dedd2e9c 100644
--- a/src/cryfs-cli/Cli.cpp
+++ b/src/cryfs-cli/Cli.cpp
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ namespace cryfs {
             CryDevice device(std::move(config), std::move(blockStore));
             _sanityCheckFilesystem(&device);
             fspp::FilesystemImpl fsimpl(&device);
-            fspp::fuse::Fuse fuse(&fsimpl);
+            fspp::fuse::Fuse fuse(&fsimpl, "cryfs");
 
             _initLogfile(options);
 
diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
index 2af4d605..9a12e83a 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
+++ b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ Fuse::~Fuse() {
   _argv.clear();
 }
 
-Fuse::Fuse(Filesystem *fs)
-  :_fs(fs), _mountdir(), _running(false) {
+Fuse::Fuse(Filesystem *fs, const std::string &fsname)
+  :_fs(fs), _mountdir(), _running(false), _fsname(fsname) {
 }
 
 void Fuse::_logException(const std::exception &e) {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ void Fuse::run(const bf::path &mountdir, const vector<string> &fuseOptions) {
   ASSERT(_argv.size() == 0, "Filesystem already started");
 
   _argv.reserve(2 + fuseOptions.size());
-  _argv.push_back(_create_c_string("cryfs")); // The first argument is the executable name
+  _argv.push_back(_create_c_string(_fsname)); // The first argument is the file system name
   _argv.push_back(_create_c_string(mountdir.native())); // The second argument is the mountdir
   for (const string &option : fuseOptions) {
     _argv.push_back(_create_c_string(option));
diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.h b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.h
index 6072e539..c94feb25 100644
--- a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.h
+++ b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class Filesystem;
 
 class Fuse final {
 public:
-  explicit Fuse(Filesystem *fs);
+  explicit Fuse(Filesystem *fs, const std::string &fsname);
   ~Fuse();
 
   void run(const boost::filesystem::path &mountdir, const std::vector<std::string> &fuseOptions);
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ private:
   boost::filesystem::path _mountdir;
   std::vector<char*> _argv;
   bool _running;
+  std::string _fsname;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Fuse);
 };