diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 70c6dfe8..2899ebe7 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,12 @@ edition = "2021"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = ["Christopher Berner <christopherberner@gmail.com>"]
 keywords = ["fuse", "filesystem", "system", "bindings"]
-categories = ["external-ffi-bindings", "api-bindings", "filesystem", "os::unix-apis"]
+categories = [
+    "external-ffi-bindings",
+    "api-bindings",
+    "filesystem",
+    "os::unix-apis",
+]
 build = "build.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
@@ -22,6 +27,7 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.102", features = ["std", "derive"], optional = true }
 smallvec = "1.6.1"
 zerocopy = { version = "0.7", features = ["derive"] }
 nix = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["fs", "user"] }
+clap = { version = "4.4", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 env_logger = "0.11.3"
diff --git a/src/mnt/mount_options.rs b/src/mnt/mount_options.rs
index 1778d28e..f87b8cb8 100644
--- a/src/mnt/mount_options.rs
+++ b/src/mnt/mount_options.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+use std::convert::Infallible;
 use std::io;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
+use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::{collections::HashSet, ffi::OsStr};
 
 /// Mount options accepted by the FUSE filesystem type
@@ -86,6 +88,42 @@ impl MountOption {
     }
 }
 
+impl FromStr for MountOption {
+    type Err = Infallible;
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(Self::from_str(s))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(feature = "clap")]
+mod clap {
+    use ::clap::builder::{TypedValueParser, ValueParserFactory};
+    use ::clap::error::ErrorKind;
+    use ::clap::{Arg, Command, Error};
+
+    use super::*;
+    #[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+    pub struct MountOptionParser;
+    impl TypedValueParser for MountOptionParser {
+        type Value = MountOption;
+        fn parse_ref(
+            &self,
+            _cmd: &Command,
+            _arg: Option<&Arg>,
+            value: &std::ffi::OsStr,
+        ) -> Result<Self::Value, Error> {
+            Ok(MountOption::from_str(&value.to_string_lossy()))
+        }
+    }
+
+    impl ValueParserFactory for MountOption {
+        type Parser = MountOptionParser;
+        fn value_parser() -> Self::Parser {
+            MountOptionParser
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn check_option_conflicts(options: &[MountOption]) -> Result<(), io::Error> {
     let mut options_set = HashSet::new();
     options_set.extend(options.iter().cloned());