diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g_common.c b/src/ntfs-3g_common.c
index 29021dfc..a5bbe3dc 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g_common.c
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g_common.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ const struct DEFOPTION optionlist[] = {
 	{ "-h", OPT_HELP, FLGOPT_BOGUS },
 	{ "--version", OPT_VERSION, FLGOPT_BOGUS },
 	{ "-V", OPT_VERSION, FLGOPT_BOGUS },
+	{ "dev_offset", OPT_DEV_OFFSET, FLGOPT_DECIMAL },
 	{ (const char*)NULL, 0, 0 } /* end marker */
 } ;
 
@@ -519,6 +520,9 @@ char *parse_mount_options(ntfs_fuse_context_t *ctx,
 					goto err_exit;
 				}
 				break;
+			case OPT_DEV_OFFSET :
+				ctx->dev_offset = strtoull(val, 0, 0);
+				break;
 			case OPT_FSNAME : /* Filesystem name. */
 			/*
 			 * We need this to be able to check whether filesystem
diff --git a/src/ntfs-3g_common.h b/src/ntfs-3g_common.h
index 8ead5107..1161328f 100644
--- a/src/ntfs-3g_common.h
+++ b/src/ntfs-3g_common.h
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ enum {
 	OPT_SPECIAL_FILES,
 	OPT_HELP,
 	OPT_VERSION,
+	OPT_DEV_OFFSET,
 } ;
 
 			/* Option flags */
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ typedef struct {
 	struct SECURITY_CONTEXT security;
 	struct open_file *open_files; /* only defined in lowntfs-3g */
 	u64 latest_ghost;
+	s64 dev_offset;
 } ntfs_fuse_context_t;
 
 extern const char *EXEC_NAME;