diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d5efec3..ab16b1e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ Create a new `Fuse` object.
 ```
   displayFolder: 'Folder Name', // Add a name/icon to the mount volume on OSX,
   debug: false,  // Enable detailed tracing of operations.
+  force: false,  // Attempt to unmount a the mountpoint before remounting.
+  mkdir: false   // Create the mountpoint before mounting.
 ```
 Additionally, all (FUSE-specific options)[http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/mount.fuse.8.html] will be passed to the underlying FUSE module (though we use camel casing instead of snake casing).
 
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 3e71ec2..2af8d38 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
     this.timeout = opts.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
 
     this._force = !!opts.force
+    this._mkdir = !!opts.mkdir
     this._thread = null
     this._handlers = this._makeHandlerArray()
 
@@ -281,9 +282,23 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
       const implemented = self._getImplementedArray()
 
       return fs.stat(self.mnt, (err, stat) => {
-        if (err) return cb(new Error('Mountpoint does not exist'))
+        if (err && err.errno !== -2) return cb(err)
+        if (err) {
+          if (!self._mkdir) return cb(new Error('Mountpoint does not exist'))
+          return fs.mkdir(self.mnt, { recursive: true }, err => {
+            if (err) return cb(err)
+            fs.stat(self.mnt, (err, stat) => {
+              if (err) return cb(err)
+              return onexists(stat)
+            })
+          })
+        }
         if (!stat.isDirectory()) return cb(new Error('Mountpoint is not a directory'))
-        return fs.stat(path.join(self.mnt, '..'), (_, parent) => {
+        return onexists(stat)
+      })
+
+      function onexists (stat) {
+        fs.stat(path.join(self.mnt, '..'), (_, parent) => {
           if (parent && parent.dev !== stat.dev) return cb(new Error('Mountpoint in use'))
           try {
             // TODO: asyncify
@@ -292,7 +307,7 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
             return cb(err)
           }
         })
-      })
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/test/big.js b/test/big.js
index 1e1c664..479c1f8 100644
--- a/test/big.js
+++ b/test/big.js
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ const path = require('path')
 const concat = require('concat-stream')
 
 const Fuse = require('../')
-const mnt = require('./fixtures/mnt')
+const createMountpoint = require('./fixtures/mnt')
 const stat = require('./fixtures/stat')
 const { unmount } = require('./helpers')
 
+const mnt = createMountpoint()
+
 tape('read and write big file', function (t) {
   let size = 0
   const reads = [0, 4 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024, 6 * 1024 * 1024 * 1024]
diff --git a/test/fixtures/mnt.js b/test/fixtures/mnt.js
index ab7762b..d9189d2 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/mnt.js
+++ b/test/fixtures/mnt.js
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@ var os = require('os')
 var path = require('path')
 var fs = require('fs')
 
-var mnt = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'fuse-bindings-' + process.pid + '-' + Date.now())
+function create (opts = {}) {
+  var mnt = path.join(os.tmpdir(), 'fuse-bindings-' + process.pid + '-' + Date.now())
 
-try {
-  fs.mkdirSync(mnt)
-} catch (err) {
-  // do nothing
+  if (!opts.doNotCreate) {
+    try {
+      fs.mkdirSync(mnt)
+    } catch (err) {
+      // do nothing
+    }
+  }
+
+  return mnt
 }
 
-module.exports = mnt
+module.exports = create
diff --git a/test/links.js b/test/links.js
index a52d5c1..6a2dae9 100644
--- a/test/links.js
+++ b/test/links.js
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@ const path = require('path')
 const { unmount } = require('./helpers')
 
 const Fuse = require('../')
-const mnt = require('./fixtures/mnt')
+const createMountpoint = require('./fixtures/mnt')
 const stat = require('./fixtures/stat')
 
+const mnt = createMountpoint()
+
 tape('readlink', function (t) {
   var ops = {
     force: true,
diff --git a/test/misc.js b/test/misc.js
index 8039439..c351e6d 100644
--- a/test/misc.js
+++ b/test/misc.js
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-const mnt = require('./fixtures/mnt')
+const createMountpoint = require('./fixtures/mnt')
 const tape = require('tape')
 const { spawnSync } = require('child_process')
 
 const Fuse = require('../')
 const { unmount } = require('./helpers')
 
+const mnt = createMountpoint()
+
 tape('mount', function (t) {
   const fuse = new Fuse(mnt, {}, { force: true })
   fuse.mount(function (err) {
@@ -111,6 +113,28 @@ tape('mounting over a broken mountpoint with force succeeds', function (t) {
   })
 })
 
+tape('mounting without mkdir option and a nonexistent mountpoint fails', function (t) {
+  const nonexistentMnt = createMountpoint({ doNotCreate: true })
+
+  const fuse = new Fuse(nonexistentMnt, {}, { debug: false })
+  fuse.mount(function (err) {
+    t.true(err, 'could not mount')
+    t.end()
+  })
+})
+
+tape('mounting with mkdir option and a nonexistent mountpoint succeeds', function (t) {
+  const nonexistentMnt = createMountpoint({ doNotCreate: true })
+
+  const fuse = new Fuse(nonexistentMnt, {}, { debug: false, mkdir: true })
+  fuse.mount(function (err) {
+    t.error(err, 'no error')
+    unmount(fuse, function (err) {
+      t.end()
+    })
+  })
+})
+
 tape('static unmounting', function (t) {
   t.end()
 })
diff --git a/test/read.js b/test/read.js
index 388eae1..c45c687 100644
--- a/test/read.js
+++ b/test/read.js
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@ const path = require('path')
 const concat = require('concat-stream')
 
 const Fuse = require('../')
-const mnt = require('./fixtures/mnt')
+const createMountpoint = require('./fixtures/mnt')
 const stat = require('./fixtures/stat')
 const { unmount } = require('./helpers')
 
+const mnt = createMountpoint()
+
 tape('read', function (t) {
   var ops = {
     force: true,
diff --git a/test/statfs.js b/test/statfs.js
index 5fcd377..f5de18a 100644
--- a/test/statfs.js
+++ b/test/statfs.js
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ const { unmount } = require('./helpers')
 const tape = require('tape')
 
 const Fuse = require('../')
-const mnt = require('./fixtures/mnt')
+const createMountpoint = require('./fixtures/mnt')
 const stat = require('./fixtures/stat')
 
+const mnt = createMountpoint()
+
 tape('statfs', function (t) {
   const ops = {
     force: true,
diff --git a/test/write.js b/test/write.js
index b3aa051..72ea060 100644
--- a/test/write.js
+++ b/test/write.js
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ const fs = require('fs')
 const path = require('path')
 
 const Fuse = require('../')
-const mnt = require('./fixtures/mnt')
+const createMountpoint = require('./fixtures/mnt')
 const stat = require('./fixtures/stat')
 const { unmount } = require('./helpers')
 
+const mnt = createMountpoint()
+
 tape('write', function (t) {
   var created = false
   var data = Buffer.alloc(1024)