diff --git a/src/cryfs-cli/Cli.cpp b/src/cryfs-cli/Cli.cpp
index dedd2e9c..1a027f9c 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, "cryfs");
+            fspp::fuse::Fuse fuse(&fsimpl, "cryfs", "cryfs@"+options.baseDir().native());
 
             _initLogfile(options);
 
diff --git a/src/cryfs-cli/program_options/ProgramOptions.cpp b/src/cryfs-cli/program_options/ProgramOptions.cpp
index dc8466d7..83d7cd84 100644
--- a/src/cryfs-cli/program_options/ProgramOptions.cpp
+++ b/src/cryfs-cli/program_options/ProgramOptions.cpp
@@ -16,20 +16,6 @@ ProgramOptions::ProgramOptions(const bf::path &baseDir, const bf::path &mountDir
     :_baseDir(baseDir), _mountDir(mountDir), _configFile(configFile), _foreground(foreground),
      _cipher(cipher), _blocksizeBytes(blocksizeBytes), _unmountAfterIdleMinutes(unmountAfterIdleMinutes),
      _logFile(logFile), _fuseOptions(fuseOptions) {
-
-    auto hasNoOption = [&](const char *opt) {
-        for (const string& it : _fuseOptions) {
-            if (std::strncmp(it.c_str(), opt, std::strlen(opt))) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    };
-
-    if (hasNoOption("subtype=cryfs") && hasNoOption("fsname=cryfs@")) {
-               _fuseOptions.push_back("-ofsname=cryfs@"+baseDir.native());
-               _fuseOptions.push_back("-osubtype=cryfs");
-    }
 }
 
 const bf::path &ProgramOptions::baseDir() const {
diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.cpp
index 9a12e83a..04644b8f 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, const std::string &fsname)
-  :_fs(fs), _mountdir(), _running(false), _fsname(fsname) {
+Fuse::Fuse(Filesystem *fs, const std::string &fstype, const std::string &fsname)
+  :_fs(fs), _mountdir(), _running(false), _fstype(fstype), _fsname(fsname) {
 }
 
 void Fuse::_logException(const std::exception &e) {
@@ -235,11 +235,27 @@ 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(_fsname)); // The first argument is the file system name
+  _argv.push_back(_create_c_string(_fstype)); // 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));
   }
+  if(!_fsname.empty()) {
+    auto hasNoOption = [&](const char *opt) {
+      for (const string& it : fuseOptions) {
+        if (std::strncmp(it.c_str(), opt, std::strlen(opt))) {
+            return false;
+        }
+      }
+      return true;
+    };
+    if (hasNoOption("subtype=") && hasNoOption("fsname=")) {
+      _argv.push_back(_create_c_string("-o"));
+      _argv.push_back(_create_c_string("fsname="+_fsname));
+      _argv.push_back(_create_c_string("-o"));
+      _argv.push_back(_create_c_string("subtype="+_fstype));
+    }
+  }
   fuse_main(_argv.size(), _argv.data(), operations(), (void*)this);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.h b/src/fspp/fuse/Fuse.h
index c94feb25..db132d02 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, const std::string &fsname);
+  explicit Fuse(Filesystem *fs, const std::string &fstype, const std::string &fsname=std::string());
   ~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 _fstype;
   std::string _fsname;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(Fuse);