diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/rc.go b/cmd/mountlib/rc.go
index 843380333..9876fa82f 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/rc.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/rc.go
@@ -55,11 +55,18 @@ This takes the following parameters
 - fs - a remote path to be mounted (required)
 - mountPoint: valid path on the local machine (required)
 - mountType: One of the values (mount, cmount, mount2) specifies the mount implementation to use
+- vfsOpt: a JSON object with VFS options in.
 
 Eg
 
     rclone rc mount/mount fs=mydrive: mountPoint=/home/<user>/mountPoint
     rclone rc mount/mount fs=mydrive: mountPoint=/home/<user>/mountPoint mountType=mount
+    rclone rc mount/mount fs=TestDrive: mountPoint=/mnt/tmp vfsOpt='{"CacheMode": 2}'
+
+The vfsOpt are as described in options/get and can be seen in the the
+"vfs" section when running:
+
+    rclone rc options/get
 `,
 	})
 }
@@ -71,6 +78,12 @@ func mountRc(_ context.Context, in rc.Params) (out rc.Params, err error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	vfsOpt := vfsflags.Opt
+	err = in.GetStructMissingOK("vfsOpt", &vfsOpt)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	mountType, err := in.GetString("mountType")
 
 	mountMu.Lock()
@@ -93,7 +106,7 @@ func mountRc(_ context.Context, in rc.Params) (out rc.Params, err error) {
 	}
 
 	if mountFns[mountType] != nil {
-		VFS := vfs.New(fdst, &vfsflags.Opt)
+		VFS := vfs.New(fdst, &vfsOpt)
 		_, unmountFn, err := mountFns[mountType](VFS, mountPoint)
 
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/rc_test.go b/cmd/mountlib/rc_test.go
index aa9f91fdd..de725d7b1 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/rc_test.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/rc_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ func TestRc(t *testing.T) {
 		in := rc.Params{
 			"fs":         localDir,
 			"mountPoint": mountPoint,
+			"vfsOpt": rc.Params{
+				"FilePerms": 0400,
+			},
 		}
 
 		// check file.txt is not there
@@ -86,6 +89,9 @@ func TestRc(t *testing.T) {
 		fi, err := os.Stat(filePath)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, int64(5), fi.Size())
+		if runtime.GOOS == "linux" {
+			assert.Equal(t, os.FileMode(0400), fi.Mode())
+		}
 
 		// FIXME the OS sometimes appears to be using the mount
 		// immediately after it appears so wait a moment