diff --git a/cmd/cmount/mount.go b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
index 325dfe175..096710745 100644
--- a/cmd/cmount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/cmount/mount.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func mountOptions(device string, mountpoint string) (options []string) {
 
 	// OSX options
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
-		options = append(options, "-o", "volname="+device)
+		options = append(options, "-o", "volname="+mountlib.VolumeName)
 		options = append(options, "-o", "noappledouble")
 		options = append(options, "-o", "noapplexattr")
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mount/mount.go b/cmd/mount/mount.go
index 4e4bb38df..5f2ae6573 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/mount.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func mountOptions(device string) (options []fuse.MountOption) {
 	options = []fuse.MountOption{
 		fuse.MaxReadahead(uint32(mountlib.MaxReadAhead)),
 		fuse.Subtype("rclone"),
-		fuse.FSName(device), fuse.VolumeName(device),
+		fuse.FSName(device), fuse.VolumeName(mountlib.VolumeName),
 		fuse.NoAppleDouble(),
 		fuse.NoAppleXattr(),
 
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
index 0d7d347e5..7efecab42 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ncw/rclone/cmd"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ var (
 	ExtraOptions       []string
 	ExtraFlags         []string
 	AttrTimeout        = 1 * time.Second // how long the kernel caches attribute for
+	VolumeName         string
 )
 
 // Check is folder is empty
@@ -228,6 +230,15 @@ be copied to the vfs cache before opening with --vfs-cache-mode full.
 				}
 			}
 
+			// Work out the volume name, removing special
+			// characters from it if necessary
+			if VolumeName == "" {
+				VolumeName = fdst.Name() + ":" + fdst.Root()
+			}
+			VolumeName = strings.Replace(VolumeName, ":", " ", -1)
+			VolumeName = strings.Replace(VolumeName, "/", " ", -1)
+			VolumeName = strings.TrimSpace(VolumeName)
+
 			// Start background task if --background is specified
 			if Daemon {
 				daemonized := startBackgroundMode()
@@ -260,6 +271,7 @@ be copied to the vfs cache before opening with --vfs-cache-mode full.
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(flagSet, &ExtraOptions, "option", "o", []string{}, "Option for libfuse/WinFsp. Repeat if required.")
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(flagSet, &ExtraFlags, "fuse-flag", "", []string{}, "Flags or arguments to be passed direct to libfuse/WinFsp. Repeat if required.")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Daemon, "daemon", "", Daemon, "Run mount as a daemon (background mode).")
+	flags.StringVarP(flagSet, &VolumeName, "volname", "", VolumeName, "Set the volume name (not supported by all OSes).")
 
 	// Add in the generic flags
 	vfsflags.AddFlags(flagSet)