diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 2af8d38..fca3cf9 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -12,8 +12,7 @@ const IS_OSX = os.platform() === 'darwin'
 const OSX_FOLDER_ICON = '/System/Library/CoreServices/CoreTypes.bundle/Contents/Resources/GenericFolderIcon.icns'
 const HAS_FOLDER_ICON = IS_OSX && fs.existsSync(OSX_FOLDER_ICON)
 const DEFAULT_TIMEOUT = 15 * 1000
-const TIMEOUT_ERRNO = IS_OSX ? -110 : -60
-
+const TIMEOUT_ERRNO = IS_OSX ? -60 : -110
 const ENOTCONN = IS_OSX ? -57 : -107
 
 const OpcodesAndDefaults = new Map([
@@ -139,7 +138,7 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
     this.opts = opts
     this.mnt = path.resolve(mnt)
     this.ops = ops
-    this.timeout = opts.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+    this.timeout = opts.timeout === false ? 0 : (opts.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT)
 
     this._force = !!opts.force
     this._mkdir = !!opts.mkdir
@@ -204,7 +203,7 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
   _makeHandlerArray () {
     const self = this
     const handlers = new Array(OpcodesAndDefaults.size)
-    const to = this.timeout || DEFAULT_TIMEOUT
+    const to = this.timeout
 
     for (const [name, { op, defaults }] of OpcodesAndDefaults) {
       const nativeSignal = binding[`fuse_native_signal_${name}`]
@@ -217,7 +216,8 @@ class Fuse extends Nanoresource {
 
     function makeHandler (name, op, defaults, nativeSignal) {
       return function (nativeHandler, opCode, ...args) {
-        const boundSignal = autoTimeout(signal.bind(null, nativeHandler))
+        const sig = signal.bind(null, nativeHandler)
+        const boundSignal = to ? autoTimeout(sig) : sig
         const funcName = `_op_${name}`
         if (!self[funcName] || !self._implemented.has(op)) return boundSignal(-1, ...defaults)
         return self[funcName].apply(self, [boundSignal, ...args])