diff --git a/docs/deploy-cephfs.md b/docs/deploy-cephfs.md
index 2257cfa81..80e5fe7ca 100644
--- a/docs/deploy-cephfs.md
+++ b/docs/deploy-cephfs.md
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ is used to define in which namespace you want the configmaps to be stored
 | `fsName`                                                                                            | yes            | CephFS filesystem name into which the volume shall be created                                                                                                                                                           |
 | `mounter`                                                                                           | no             | Mount method to be used for this volume. Available options are `kernel` for Ceph kernel client and `fuse` for Ceph FUSE driver. Defaults to "default mounter".                                                          |
 | `pool`                                                                                              | no             | Ceph pool into which volume data shall be stored                                                                                                                                                                        |
+| `kernelMountOptions`                                                                                | no             | Comma separated string of mount options accepted by cephfs kernel mounter, by default no options are passed. Check man mount.ceph for options.                                                                          |
+| `fuseMountOptions`                                                                                  | no             | Comma separated string of mount options accepted by ceph-fuse mounter, by default no options are passed.                                                                                                                |
 | `csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-name`, `csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-name`           | for Kubernetes | Name of the Kubernetes Secret object containing Ceph client credentials. Both parameters should have the same value                                                                                                     |
 | `csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-namespace`, `csi.storage.k8s.io/node-stage-secret-namespace` | for Kubernetes | Namespaces of the above Secret objects                                                                                                                                                                                  |
 
diff --git a/examples/cephfs/storageclass.yaml b/examples/cephfs/storageclass.yaml
index edbfdbe78..30731b317 100644
--- a/examples/cephfs/storageclass.yaml
+++ b/examples/cephfs/storageclass.yaml
@@ -20,6 +20,14 @@ parameters:
   # (optional) Ceph pool into which volume data shall be stored
   # pool: cephfs_data
 
+  # (optional) Comma separated string of Ceph-fuse mount options.
+  # For eg:
+  # fuseMountOptions: debug
+
+  # (optional) Comma separated string of Cephfs kernel mount options.
+  # Check man mount.ceph for mount options. For eg:
+  # kernelMountOptions: readdir_max_bytes=1048576,norbytes
+
   # The secrets have to contain user and/or Ceph admin credentials.
   csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-name: csi-cephfs-secret
   csi.storage.k8s.io/provisioner-secret-namespace: default
diff --git a/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go b/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go
index 36d86bb67..a48331016 100644
--- a/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go
+++ b/pkg/cephfs/volumemounter.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func mountFuse(ctx context.Context, mountPoint string, cr *util.Credentials, vol
 		"-o", "nonempty",
 	}
 
+	if volOptions.FuseMountOptions != "" {
+		args = append(args, ","+volOptions.FuseMountOptions)
+	}
 	if volOptions.FsName != "" {
 		args = append(args, "--client_mds_namespace="+volOptions.FsName)
 	}
@@ -197,6 +200,9 @@ func mountKernel(ctx context.Context, mountPoint string, cr *util.Credentials, v
 	if volOptions.FsName != "" {
 		optionsStr += fmt.Sprintf(",mds_namespace=%s", volOptions.FsName)
 	}
+	if volOptions.KernelMountOptions != "" {
+		optionsStr += fmt.Sprintf(",%s", volOptions.KernelMountOptions)
+	}
 	args = append(args, "-o", optionsStr)
 
 	return execCommandErr(ctx, "mount", args[:]...)
diff --git a/pkg/cephfs/volumeoptions.go b/pkg/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
index 36d5fd072..504019745 100644
--- a/pkg/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
+++ b/pkg/cephfs/volumeoptions.go
@@ -27,17 +27,19 @@ import (
 )
 
 type volumeOptions struct {
-	RequestName     string
-	Size            int64
-	ClusterID       string
-	FsName          string
-	FscID           int64
-	MetadataPool    string
-	Monitors        string `json:"monitors"`
-	Pool            string `json:"pool"`
-	RootPath        string `json:"rootPath"`
-	Mounter         string `json:"mounter"`
-	ProvisionVolume bool   `json:"provisionVolume"`
+	RequestName        string
+	Size               int64
+	ClusterID          string
+	FsName             string
+	FscID              int64
+	MetadataPool       string
+	Monitors           string `json:"monitors"`
+	Pool               string `json:"pool"`
+	RootPath           string `json:"rootPath"`
+	Mounter            string `json:"mounter"`
+	ProvisionVolume    bool   `json:"provisionVolume"`
+	KernelMountOptions string `json:"kernelMountOptions"`
+	FuseMountOptions   string `json:"fuseMountOptions"`
 }
 
 func validateNonEmptyField(field, fieldName string) error {
@@ -147,6 +149,14 @@ func newVolumeOptions(ctx context.Context, requestName string, size int64, volOp
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err = extractOptionalOption(&opts.KernelMountOptions, "kernelMountOptions", volOptions); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err = extractOptionalOption(&opts.FuseMountOptions, "fuseMountOptions", volOptions); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	opts.RequestName = requestName
 	opts.Size = size
 
@@ -223,6 +233,14 @@ func newVolumeOptionsFromVolID(ctx context.Context, volID string, volOpt, secret
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}
 
+		if err = extractOptionalOption(&volOptions.KernelMountOptions, "kernelMountOptions", volOpt); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		if err = extractOptionalOption(&volOptions.FuseMountOptions, "fuseMountOptions", volOpt); err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, err
+		}
+
 		if err = extractMounter(&volOptions.Mounter, volOpt); err != nil {
 			return nil, nil, err
 		}