diff --git a/all.bash b/all.bash
index 4cbd37464..4479bf772 100755
--- a/all.bash
+++ b/all.bash
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ GOOS=freebsd go build ./fs/... ./example/loopback/...
 GO_TEST="go test -timeout 5m -p 1 -count 1"
 # Run all tests as current user
 $GO_TEST ./...
-# Direct-mount tests need to run as root
-sudo env PATH=$PATH $GO_TEST -run 'Test(DirectMount|Passthrough)' ./fs ./fuse
+# The following tests need to run as root
+sudo env PATH=$PATH $GO_TEST -run 'Test(DirectMount|Passthrough|IDMappedMount)' ./fs ./fuse
 
 make -C benchmark
 go test ./benchmark -test.bench '.*' -test.cpu 1,2
diff --git a/example/loopback/main.go b/example/loopback/main.go
index 46c0cd9f4..612110a08 100644
--- a/example/loopback/main.go
+++ b/example/loopback/main.go
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ func main() {
 	// Scans the arg list and sets up flags
 	debug := flag.Bool("debug", false, "print debugging messages.")
 	other := flag.Bool("allow-other", false, "mount with -o allowother.")
+	idmap := flag.Bool("idmapped", false, "enable id-mapped mount")
 	quiet := flag.Bool("q", false, "quiet")
 	ro := flag.Bool("ro", false, "mount read-only")
 	directmount := flag.Bool("directmount", false, "try to call the mount syscall instead of executing fusermount")
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ func main() {
 			Debug:             *debug,
 			DirectMount:       *directmount,
 			DirectMountStrict: *directmountstrict,
+			IDMappedMount:     *idmap,
 			FsName:            orig,       // First column in "df -T": original dir
 			Name:              "loopback", // Second column in "df -T" will be shown as "fuse." + Name
 		},
diff --git a/fs/idmapped_mount_test.go b/fs/idmapped_mount_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b6b45b56d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/idmapped_mount_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+// Copyright 2025 the Go-FUSE Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package fs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"syscall"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+func TestIDMappedMount(t *testing.T) {
+	// sys_open_tree requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN
+	if os.Geteuid() != 0 {
+		t.Skip("id-mapped mount requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN")
+	}
+
+	tc := newTestCase(t, &testOptions{idMappedMount: true})
+	tc.writeOrig("file", "hello", 0644)
+
+	fi, err := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(tc.origDir, "file"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stat for path %s failed: %v", filepath.Join(tc.origDir, "file"), err)
+	}
+	st := fuse.ToStatT(fi)
+
+	if tc.server.KernelSettings().Flags64()&fuse.CAP_ALLOW_IDMAP == 0 {
+		t.Skip("Kernel does not support id-mapped mount")
+	}
+
+	const offset = 10000
+	fd, err := usernsFD(offset)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to get user namespace FD: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer fd.Close()
+
+	idDir := t.TempDir()
+	if err = idMapMount(tc.mntDir, idDir, int(fd.Fd())); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("id-mapped mount failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer unix.Unmount(idDir, 0)
+
+	mfi, err := os.Lstat(filepath.Join(idDir, "file"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("stat for path %s failed: %v", filepath.Join(idDir, "file"), err)
+	}
+	mst := fuse.ToStatT(mfi)
+
+	if st.Uid+offset != mst.Uid {
+		t.Errorf("Uid %v + offset %v != mapped Uid %v", st.Uid, offset, mst.Uid)
+	}
+	if st.Gid+offset != mst.Gid {
+		t.Errorf("Gid %v + offset %v != mapped Gid %v", st.Gid, offset, mst.Gid)
+	}
+}
+
+func idMapMount(source, target string, fd int) (err error) {
+	const ignored = 0
+	dFd, err := unix.OpenTree(ignored, source, uint(unix.OPEN_TREE_CLONE|unix.OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC|unix.AT_EMPTY_PATH))
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("open tree failed %s: %w", source, err)
+	}
+	defer unix.Close(dFd)
+	if err = unix.MountSetattr(dFd, "", unix.AT_EMPTY_PATH, &unix.MountAttr{Attr_set: unix.MOUNT_ATTR_IDMAP, Userns_fd: uint64(fd)}); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("set attr for %s failed: %w", source, err)
+	}
+	if err = unix.MoveMount(dFd, "", ignored, target, unix.MOVE_MOUNT_F_EMPTY_PATH); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("move mount to %s failed: %w", target, err)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func usernsFD(offset int) (*os.File, error) {
+	var err error
+	args := []string{"sleep", "1h"}
+	if args[0], err = exec.LookPath("sleep"); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to find sleep binary: %w", err)
+	}
+	p, err := os.StartProcess(args[0], args, &os.ProcAttr{
+		Sys: &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+			Cloneflags: unix.CLONE_NEWUSER,
+			UidMappings: []syscall.SysProcIDMap{
+				{
+					ContainerID: 0,
+					HostID:      offset,
+					Size:        offset,
+				},
+			},
+			GidMappings: []syscall.SysProcIDMap{
+				{
+					ContainerID: 0,
+					HostID:      offset,
+					Size:        offset,
+				},
+			},
+			Pdeathsig: syscall.SIGKILL,
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to start process: %w", err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		p.Kill()
+		p.Wait()
+	}()
+	return os.Open(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/ns/user", p.Pid))
+}
diff --git a/fs/simple_test.go b/fs/simple_test.go
index e0f89b917..65e08d6b1 100644
--- a/fs/simple_test.go
+++ b/fs/simple_test.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type testOptions struct {
 	directMount       bool // sets MountOptions.DirectMount
 	directMountStrict bool // sets MountOptions.DirectMountStrict
 	disableSplice     bool // sets MountOptions.DisableSplice
+	idMappedMount     bool // sets MountOptions.IDMappedMount
 }
 
 // newTestCase creates the directories `orig` and `mnt` inside a temporary
@@ -114,6 +115,7 @@ func newTestCase(t *testing.T, opts *testOptions) *testCase {
 		DirectMountStrict: opts.directMountStrict,
 		EnableLocks:       opts.enableLocks,
 		DisableSplice:     opts.disableSplice,
+		IDMappedMount:     opts.idMappedMount,
 	}
 	if !opts.suppressDebug {
 		mOpts.Debug = testutil.VerboseTest()
@@ -121,6 +123,9 @@ func newTestCase(t *testing.T, opts *testOptions) *testCase {
 	if opts.ro {
 		mOpts.Options = append(mOpts.Options, "ro")
 	}
+	if opts.idMappedMount {
+		mOpts.Options = append(mOpts.Options, "default_permissions")
+	}
 	tc.server, err = fuse.NewServer(tc.rawFS, tc.mntDir, mOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/fuse/api.go b/fuse/api.go
index d335435ea..3d3a77a88 100644
--- a/fuse/api.go
+++ b/fuse/api.go
@@ -335,6 +335,18 @@ type MountOptions struct {
 
 	// Maximum stacking depth for passthrough files. Defaults to 1.
 	MaxStackDepth int
+
+	// Enable ID-mapped mount if the Kernel supports it.
+	// ID-mapped mount allows the device to be mounted on the system
+	// with the IDs remapped (via mount_setattr, move_mount syscalls) to
+	// those of the user on the local system.
+	//
+	// Enabling this flag automatically sets the "default_permissions"
+	// mount option. This is required by FUSE to delegate the UID/GID-based
+	// permission checks to the kernel. For requests that create new inodes,
+	// FUSE will send the mapped UID/GIDs. For all other requests, FUSE
+	// will send "-1".
+	IDMappedMount bool
 }
 
 // RawFileSystem is an interface close to the FUSE wire protocol.
diff --git a/fuse/mount_linux.go b/fuse/mount_linux.go
index 96111d3b7..a113f482d 100644
--- a/fuse/mount_linux.go
+++ b/fuse/mount_linux.go
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ func mountDirect(mountPoint string, opts *MountOptions, ready chan<- error) (fd
 	if opts.AllowOther {
 		r = append(r, "allow_other")
 	}
+	if opts.IDMappedMount && !opts.containsOption("default_permissions") {
+		r = append(r, "default_permissions")
+	}
 
 	if opts.Debug {
 		opts.Logger.Printf("mountDirect: calling syscall.Mount(%q, %q, %q, %#x, %q)",
diff --git a/fuse/opcode.go b/fuse/opcode.go
index c7a66b8cf..eda362b9a 100644
--- a/fuse/opcode.go
+++ b/fuse/opcode.go
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func doInit(server *protocolServer, req *request) {
 	kernelFlags := input.Flags64()
 	server.kernelSettings = *input
 	kernelFlags &= (CAP_ASYNC_READ | CAP_BIG_WRITES | CAP_FILE_OPS |
-		CAP_READDIRPLUS | CAP_NO_OPEN_SUPPORT | CAP_PARALLEL_DIROPS | CAP_MAX_PAGES | CAP_RENAME_SWAP | CAP_PASSTHROUGH)
+		CAP_READDIRPLUS | CAP_NO_OPEN_SUPPORT | CAP_PARALLEL_DIROPS | CAP_MAX_PAGES | CAP_RENAME_SWAP | CAP_PASSTHROUGH | CAP_ALLOW_IDMAP)
 
 	if server.opts.EnableLocks {
 		kernelFlags |= CAP_FLOCK_LOCKS | CAP_POSIX_LOCKS
@@ -119,6 +119,10 @@ func doInit(server *protocolServer, req *request) {
 		// Clear CAP_READDIRPLUS
 		kernelFlags &= ^uint64(CAP_READDIRPLUS)
 	}
+	if !server.opts.IDMappedMount {
+		// Clear CAP_ALLOW_IDMAP
+		kernelFlags &= ^uint64(CAP_ALLOW_IDMAP)
+	}
 
 	dataCacheMode := kernelFlags & CAP_AUTO_INVAL_DATA
 	if server.opts.ExplicitDataCacheControl {
diff --git a/fuse/server.go b/fuse/server.go
index 08987f227..aa38b3278 100644
--- a/fuse/server.go
+++ b/fuse/server.go
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ func (o *MountOptions) optionsStrings() []string {
 	if runtime.GOOS == "darwin" {
 		r = append(r, "daemon_timeout=0")
 	}
+	if o.IDMappedMount && !o.containsOption("default_permissions") {
+		r = append(r, "default_permissions")
+	}
 
 	// Commas and backslashs in an option need to be escaped, because
 	// options are separated by a comma and backslashs are used to
@@ -293,6 +296,15 @@ func (o *MountOptions) optionsStrings() []string {
 	return rEscaped
 }
 
+func (o *MountOptions) containsOption(opt string) bool {
+	for _, o := range o.Options {
+		if o == opt {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
 // DebugData returns internal status information for debugging
 // purposes.
 func (ms *Server) DebugData() string {