diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e062919daa..78b22fff27 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1125,7 +1125,9 @@ else
 endif
 
 libmount = dependency('mount',
-                      version : fuzzer_build ? '>= 0' : '>= 2.30')
+                      version : fuzzer_build ? '>= 0' : '>= 2.30',
+                      disabler : true,
+                      required : get_option('libmount'))
 
 libfdisk = dependency('fdisk',
                       version : '>= 2.32',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 8d62f5157c..d8dec33ec4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -470,6 +470,8 @@ option('dbus', type : 'feature', deprecated : { 'true' : 'enabled', 'false' : 'd
        description : 'libdbus support (for tests only)')
 option('libarchive', type : 'feature',
        description : 'libarchive support')
+option('libmount', type : 'feature',
+       description : 'libmount support')
 
 option('bootloader', type : 'feature', deprecated : { 'true' : 'enabled', 'false' : 'disabled' },
        description : 'sd-boot/stub and userspace tools')
diff --git a/tools/oss-fuzz.sh b/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
index 3cd5cec670..6df95afcfe 100755
--- a/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
+++ b/tools/oss-fuzz.sh
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ else
     # statically linking isn't viable for us for various reasons, we do a build with most features disabled
     # to link against as few libraries as possible. The libraries we do end up linking against happen (by
     # chance) to be installed in the oss-fuzz execution environment.
-    meson_args+=("-Doss-fuzz=true" "--auto-features=disabled" "-Dnspawn=enabled" "-Dresolve=true")
+    meson_args+=("-Doss-fuzz=true" "--auto-features=disabled" "-Dlibmount=enabled" "-Dnspawn=enabled" "-Dresolve=true")
 
     apt-get update
     apt-get install -y gperf m4 gettext python3-pip \