diff --git a/web/sshfs-mount b/web/sshfs-mount
index 719bdca..1dc1d0b 100755
--- a/web/sshfs-mount
+++ b/web/sshfs-mount
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 
 _helpexit() {
-  printf "Usage: %s [-u] [-nosave] host [path]
+  printf "Usage: %s [-u] [-nosave] [-nofollow] host [path]
 
   host can be from ssh config
   path is the remote path. Defaults to remote home.
   -u will unmount all FUSE.sshfs paths if no path given!
   -nosave  will not use host key checking, nor save it anywhere. potentially dangerous.
+  -nofollow disable symlinks following
 
 " "$( basename $0 )"
   echo Current mounts:
@@ -38,9 +39,11 @@ for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
 done
 unmount=false
 nosave=false
+nofollow=false
 for (( i=1; i<=$#; i++ )); do
     [[ ${!i} = "-u" ]] && { unmount=true; continue; }
     [[ ${!i} = "-nosave" ]] && { nosave=true; continue; }
+    [[ ${!i} = "-nofollow" ]] && { nofollow=true; continue; }
     if [[ -z "$host" ]]; then
         host="${!i}"
     else
@@ -56,6 +59,9 @@ path=:"${localpath}"
 if [[ "$nosave" = true ]]; then
   NOSAVE="-o ssh_command='ssh -o UserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no'"
 fi
+if [[ "$nofollow" = false ]]; then
+  FOLLOW="-o follow_symlinks"
+fi
 
 if [[ "$unmount" = true ]]; then
     cd ~/mnt
@@ -98,7 +104,8 @@ if [[ $device1 = $device2 ]]; then
         -o gid=`id -g` \
         -o ServerAliveInterval=45,ServerAliveCountMax=2 \
         $NOSAVE \
-        -o follow_symlinks "$valid_name$path" "$valid_name"
+        $FOLLOW \
+        "$valid_name$path" "$valid_name"
     if [[ $? -gt 0 ]]; then
       rmdir "$valid_name"
     else