diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/helper.c b/tools/virtiofsd/helper.c
index 7bc5d7dc5a..8c5b923604 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/helper.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/helper.c
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ void fuse_cmdline_help(void)
            "                               (0 leaves rlimit unchanged)\n"
            "                               default: min(1000000, fs.file-max - 16384)\n"
            "                                        if the current rlimit is lower\n"
+           "    -o announce_submounts      Announce sub-mount points to the guest\n"
            );
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index 2c48c03b4c..fe7b9fbbb6 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #include "fuse_virtio.h"
 #include "fuse_log.h"
 #include "fuse_lowlevel.h"
+#include "standard-headers/linux/fuse.h"
 #include <assert.h>
 #include <cap-ng.h>
 #include <dirent.h>
@@ -159,6 +160,7 @@ struct lo_data {
     int timeout_set;
     int readdirplus_set;
     int readdirplus_clear;
+    int announce_submounts;
     struct lo_inode root;
     GHashTable *inodes; /* protected by lo->mutex */
     struct lo_map ino_map; /* protected by lo->mutex */
@@ -187,6 +189,7 @@ static const struct fuse_opt lo_opts[] = {
     { "cache=always", offsetof(struct lo_data, cache), CACHE_ALWAYS },
     { "readdirplus", offsetof(struct lo_data, readdirplus_set), 1 },
     { "no_readdirplus", offsetof(struct lo_data, readdirplus_clear), 1 },
+    { "announce_submounts", offsetof(struct lo_data, announce_submounts), 1 },
     FUSE_OPT_END
 };
 static bool use_syslog = false;
@@ -582,22 +585,52 @@ static void lo_init(void *userdata, struct fuse_conn_info *conn)
     }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Call fstatat() and set st_rdev whenever a directory's st_dev
+ * differs from the rparent's st_dev (@parent_dev).  This will
+ * announce submounts to the FUSE client (unless @announce_submounts
+ * is false).
+ */
+static int do_fstatat(int dirfd, const char *pathname, struct stat *statbuf,
+                      int flags, dev_t parent_dev, uint32_t *fuse_attr_flags)
+{
+    int res = fstatat(dirfd, pathname, statbuf, flags);
+    if (res == -1) {
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    if (statbuf->st_dev != parent_dev && S_ISDIR(statbuf->st_mode) &&
+        fuse_attr_flags)
+    {
+        *fuse_attr_flags |= FUSE_ATTR_SUBMOUNT;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 static void lo_getattr(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino,
                        struct fuse_file_info *fi)
 {
     int res;
     struct stat buf;
     struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
+    struct lo_inode *inode = lo_inode(req, ino);
+    uint32_t fuse_attr_flags = 0;
 
     (void)fi;
 
-    res =
-        fstatat(lo_fd(req, ino), "", &buf, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    res = do_fstatat(inode->fd, "", &buf, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
+                     inode->parent_dev, &fuse_attr_flags);
+    lo_inode_put(lo, &inode);
     if (res == -1) {
         return (void)fuse_reply_err(req, errno);
     }
 
-    fuse_reply_attr(req, &buf, lo->timeout);
+    if (!lo->announce_submounts) {
+        fuse_attr_flags &= ~FUSE_ATTR_SUBMOUNT;
+    }
+
+    fuse_reply_attr_with_flags(req, &buf, lo->timeout, fuse_attr_flags);
 }
 
 static int lo_fi_fd(fuse_req_t req, struct fuse_file_info *fi)
@@ -793,11 +826,16 @@ static int lo_do_lookup(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name,
         goto out_err;
     }
 
-    res = fstatat(newfd, "", &e->attr, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    res = do_fstatat(newfd, "", &e->attr, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
+                     dir->key.dev, &e->attr_flags);
     if (res == -1) {
         goto out_err;
     }
 
+    if (!lo->announce_submounts) {
+        e->attr_flags &= ~FUSE_ATTR_SUBMOUNT;
+    }
+
     inode = lo_find(lo, &e->attr);
     if (inode) {
         close(newfd);
@@ -1043,11 +1081,17 @@ static void lo_link(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t ino, fuse_ino_t parent,
         goto out_err;
     }
 
-    res = fstatat(inode->fd, "", &e.attr, AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    res = do_fstatat(inode->fd, "", &e.attr,
+                     AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW,
+                     parent_inode->key.dev, &e.attr_flags);
     if (res == -1) {
         goto out_err;
     }
 
+    if (!lo->announce_submounts) {
+        e.attr_flags &= ~FUSE_ATTR_SUBMOUNT;
+    }
+
     pthread_mutex_lock(&lo->mutex);
     inode->nlookup++;
     pthread_mutex_unlock(&lo->mutex);
@@ -1082,14 +1126,21 @@ static struct lo_inode *lookup_name(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent,
 {
     int res;
     struct stat attr;
+    struct lo_data *lo = lo_data(req);
+    struct lo_inode *dir = lo_inode(req, parent);
+
+    if (!dir) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
-    res = fstatat(lo_fd(req, parent), name, &attr,
-                  AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW);
+    res = do_fstatat(dir->fd, name, &attr,
+                     AT_EMPTY_PATH | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW, dir->key.dev, NULL);
+    lo_inode_put(lo, &dir);
     if (res == -1) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    return lo_find(lo_data(req), &attr);
+    return lo_find(lo, &attr);
 }
 
 static void lo_rmdir(fuse_req_t req, fuse_ino_t parent, const char *name)
