diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_block.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_block.go
index 6be3ec24947..389b80a443d 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_block.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_block.go
@@ -276,6 +276,7 @@ func (m *csiBlockMapper) MapDevice(devicePath, globalMapPath, volumeMapPath, vol
 		csiSource.VolumeAttributes,
 		nodePublishSecrets,
 		fsTypeBlockName,
+		[]string{},
 	)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go
index 36055db9aa9..96fe7b81497 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client.go
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ type csiClient interface {
 		volumeAttribs map[string]string,
 		nodePublishSecrets map[string]string,
 		fsType string,
+		mountOptions []string,
 	) error
 	NodeUnpublishVolume(
 		ctx context.Context,
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ func (c *csiDriverClient) NodePublishVolume(
 	volumeAttribs map[string]string,
 	nodePublishSecrets map[string]string,
 	fsType string,
+	mountOptions []string,
 ) error {
 	glog.V(4).Info(log("calling NodePublishVolume rpc [volid=%s,target_path=%s]", volID, targetPath))
 	if volID == "" {
@@ -153,7 +155,8 @@ func (c *csiDriverClient) NodePublishVolume(
 	} else {
 		req.VolumeCapability.AccessType = &csipb.VolumeCapability_Mount{
 			Mount: &csipb.VolumeCapability_MountVolume{
-				FsType: fsType,
+				FsType:     fsType,
+				MountFlags: mountOptions,
 			},
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client_test.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client_test.go
index 026aa368837..5ee1fc98016 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_client_test.go
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ func (c *fakeCsiDriverClient) NodePublishVolume(
 	volumeAttribs map[string]string,
 	nodePublishSecrets map[string]string,
 	fsType string,
+	mountOptions []string,
 ) error {
 	c.t.Log("calling fake.NodePublishVolume...")
 	req := &csipb.NodePublishVolumeRequest{
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ func (c *fakeCsiDriverClient) NodePublishVolume(
 			},
 			AccessType: &csipb.VolumeCapability_Mount{
 				Mount: &csipb.VolumeCapability_MountVolume{
-					FsType: fsType,
+					FsType:     fsType,
+					MountFlags: mountOptions,
 				},
 			},
 		},
@@ -237,6 +239,7 @@ func TestClientNodePublishVolume(t *testing.T) {
 			map[string]string{"attr0": "val0"},
 			map[string]string{},
 			tc.fsType,
+			[]string{},
 		)
 
 		if tc.mustFail && err == nil {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go
index 28c0d9a93f0..dfc9cd4a86d 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_mounter.go
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ func (c *csiMountMgr) SetUpAt(dir string, fsGroup *int64) error {
 		attribs,
 		nodePublishSecrets,
 		fsType,
+		c.spec.PersistentVolume.Spec.MountOptions,
 	)
 
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
index a9083e53594..7b2d79271c2 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/csi/csi_plugin.go
@@ -333,7 +333,10 @@ func (p *csiPlugin) ConstructVolumeSpec(volumeName, mountPath string) (*volume.S
 func (p *csiPlugin) SupportsMountOption() bool {
 	// TODO (vladimirvivien) use CSI VolumeCapability.MountVolume.mount_flags
 	// to probe for the result for this method
-	return false
+	// (bswartz) Until the CSI spec supports probing, our only option is to
+	// make plugins register their support for mount options or lack thereof
+	// directly with kubernetes.
+	return true
 }
 
 func (p *csiPlugin) SupportsBulkVolumeVerification() bool {