diff --git a/backend/usevfs/usevfs.go b/backend/usevfs/usevfs.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed8462de1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/usevfs/usevfs.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// Package all imports all the backends which use the VFS as part of
+// their implementation these can't be imported by the VFS so need to
+// be mentioned in here, not backend/all.
+package all
diff --git a/librclone/gomobile/gomobile.go b/librclone/gomobile/gomobile.go
index ff3f451c2..88ebc7ff1 100644
--- a/librclone/gomobile/gomobile.go
+++ b/librclone/gomobile/gomobile.go
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ package gomobile
 import (
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/librclone/librclone"
 
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all" // import all backends
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/plugin"  // import plugins
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all"    // import all backends
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/usevfs" // import all backends which use the VFS
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/plugin"     // import plugins
 
 	_ "golang.org/x/mobile/event/key" // make go.mod add this as a dependency
 )
diff --git a/librclone/librclone.go b/librclone/librclone.go
index ef92b6d8a..2ee24eead 100644
--- a/librclone/librclone.go
+++ b/librclone/librclone.go
@@ -34,13 +34,14 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/librclone/librclone"
 
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all"   // import all backends
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/cmount"    // import cmount
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/mount"     // import mount
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/mount2"    // import mount2
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/operations" // import operations/* rc commands
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/sync"       // import sync/*
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/plugin"    // import plugins
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all"    // import all backends
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/usevfs" // import all backends which use the VFS
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/cmount"     // import cmount
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/mount"      // import mount
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/mount2"     // import mount2
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/operations"  // import operations/* rc commands
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/fs/sync"        // import sync/*
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/plugin"     // import plugins
 )
 
 // RcloneInitialize initializes rclone as a library
diff --git a/rclone.go b/rclone.go
index 74fde16ab..c252be91c 100644
--- a/rclone.go
+++ b/rclone.go
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all" // import all backends
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/all"    // import all backends
+	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/backend/usevfs" // import all backends which use the VFS
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd"
 	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/all"    // import all commands
 	_ "github.com/rclone/rclone/lib/plugin" // import plugins