diff --git a/mount_linux.go b/mount_linux.go
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+++ b/mount_linux.go
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+package fuse
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"log"
+	"net"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"sync"
+	"syscall"
+)
+
+func lineLogger(wg *sync.WaitGroup, prefix string, r io.ReadCloser) {
+	defer wg.Done()
+
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		switch line := scanner.Text(); line {
+		case `fusermount: failed to open /etc/fuse.conf: Permission denied`:
+			// Silence this particular message, it occurs way too
+			// commonly and isn't very relevant to whether the mount
+			// succeeds or not.
+			continue
+		default:
+			log.Printf("%s: %s", prefix, line)
+		}
+	}
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("%s, error reading: %v", prefix, err)
+	}
+}
+
+// Begin the process of mounting at the given directory, returning a connection
+// to the kernel. Mounting continues in the background, and is complete when an
+// error is written to the supplied channel. The file system may need to
+// service the connection in order for mounting to complete.
+func mount(
+	dir string,
+	cfg *MountConfig,
+	ready chan<- error) (dev *os.File, err error) {
+	// On linux, mounting is never delayed.
+	ready <- nil
+
+	// Create a socket pair.
+	fds, err := syscall.Socketpair(syscall.AF_FILE, syscall.SOCK_STREAM, 0)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Socketpair: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Wrap the sockets into os.File objects that we will pass off to fusermount.
+	writeFile := os.NewFile(uintptr(fds[0]), "fusermount-child-writes")
+	defer writeFile.Close()
+
+	readFile := os.NewFile(uintptr(fds[1]), "fusermount-parent-reads")
+	defer readFile.Close()
+
+	// Start fusermount, passing it pipes for stdout and stderr.
+	cmd := exec.Command(
+		"fusermount",
+		"-o", cfg.toOptionsString(),
+		"--",
+		dir,
+	)
+
+	cmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), "_FUSE_COMMFD=3")
+	cmd.ExtraFiles = []*os.File{writeFile}
+
+	stdout, err := cmd.StdoutPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("StdoutPipe: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	stderr, err := cmd.StderrPipe()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("StderrPipe: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	err = cmd.Start()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Starting fusermount: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Log fusermount output until it closes stdout and stderr.
+	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	wg.Add(2)
+	go lineLogger(&wg, "mount helper output", stdout)
+	go lineLogger(&wg, "mount helper error", stderr)
+	wg.Wait()
+
+	// Wait for the command.
+	err = cmd.Wait()
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("fusermount: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Wrap the socket file in a connection.
+	c, err := net.FileConn(readFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("FileConn: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+	defer c.Close()
+
+	// We expect to have a Unix domain socket.
+	uc, ok := c.(*net.UnixConn)
+	if !ok {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("Expected UnixConn, got %T", c)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Read a message.
+	buf := make([]byte, 32) // expect 1 byte
+	oob := make([]byte, 32) // expect 24 bytes
+	_, oobn, _, _, err := uc.ReadMsgUnix(buf, oob)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("ReadMsgUnix: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Parse the message.
+	scms, err := syscall.ParseSocketControlMessage(oob[:oobn])
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("ParseSocketControlMessage: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// We expect one message.
+	if len(scms) != 1 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("expected 1 SocketControlMessage; got scms = %#v", scms)
+		return
+	}
+
+	scm := scms[0]
+
+	// Pull out the FD returned by fusermount
+	gotFds, err := syscall.ParseUnixRights(&scm)
+	if err != nil {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("syscall.ParseUnixRights: %v", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(gotFds) != 1 {
+		err = fmt.Errorf("wanted 1 fd; got %#v", gotFds)
+		return
+	}
+
+	// Turn the FD into an os.File.
+	dev = os.NewFile(uintptr(gotFds[0]), "/dev/fuse")
+
+	return
+}