diff --git a/man/homectl.xml b/man/homectl.xml
index 5c37f1bda9..37a3a05b87 100644
--- a/man/homectl.xml
+++ b/man/homectl.xml
@@ -971,7 +971,7 @@
 
         <listitem><para>Takes a string containing additional mount options to use when mounting the LUKS
         volume. If specified, this string will be appended to the default, built-in mount
-        options.</para>
+        options. Defaults to "compress=zstd:1,noacl,user_subvol_rm_allowed".</para>
 
         <xi:include href="version-info.xml" xpointer="v250"/></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
diff --git a/src/home/homework-mount.c b/src/home/homework-mount.c
index 7f027895c8..1ba732aa13 100644
--- a/src/home/homework-mount.c
+++ b/src/home/homework-mount.c
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ static const char *mount_options_for_fstype(const char *fstype) {
         if (streq(fstype, "xfs"))
                 return "noquota";
         if (streq(fstype, "btrfs"))
-                return "noacl,compress=zstd:1";
+                return "compress=zstd:1,noacl,user_subvol_rm_allowed";
         return NULL;
 }