diff --git a/utils/mount/nfs_mount.h b/utils/mount/nfs_mount.h
index 2becfb1..625148f 100644
--- a/utils/mount/nfs_mount.h
+++ b/utils/mount/nfs_mount.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ struct nfs_mount_data {
 #define NFS_MOUNT_SECFLAVOUR	0x2000	/* 5 */
 #define NFS_MOUNT_NORDIRPLUS	0x4000	/* 5 */
 #define NFS_MOUNT_UNSHARED	0x8000	/* 5 */
+#define NFS_MOUNT_NOXATTR	0x10000 /* 6 */
+#define NFS_MOUNT_XATTR_SEC	0x20000 /* 6 */
 
 /* security pseudoflavors */
 
diff --git a/utils/mount/nfsmount.c b/utils/mount/nfsmount.c
index 6b3356c..ed1cd3a 100644
--- a/utils/mount/nfsmount.c
+++ b/utils/mount/nfsmount.c
@@ -433,6 +433,16 @@ parse_options(char *old_opts, struct nfs_mount_data *data,
 				if (!val)
 					data->flags |= NFS_MOUNT_UNSHARED;
 #endif
+#if NFS_MOUNT_VERSION >= 6
+			} else if (!strcmp(opt, "xattr")) {
+				data->flags &= ~NFS_MOUNT_NOXATTR;
+				if (!val)
+					data->flags |= NFS_MOUNT_NOXATTR;
+			} else if (!strcmp(opt, "xattrsec")) {
+				data->flags &= ~NFS_MOUNT_XATTR_SEC;
+				if (val)
+					data->flags |= NFS_MOUNT_XATTR_SEC;
+#endif
 			} else {
 			bad_option:
 				if (sloppy)
@@ -628,6 +638,10 @@ nfsmount(const char *spec, const char *node, int flags,
 	printf(_(", sec = %u"), data.pseudoflavor);
 	printf(_(", readdirplus = %d"), (data.flags & NFS_MOUNT_NORDIRPLUS) != 0);
 #endif
+#if NFS_MOUNT_VERSION >= 6
+	printf(_(", noxattr = %d"), (data.flags & NFS_MOUNT_NOXATTR) != 0);
+	printf(_(", xattrsec = %d"), (data.flags & NFS_MOUNT_XATTR_SEC) != 0);
+#endif
 	printf("\n");
 #endif