diff -up ntfs-3g-2009.3.8/src/ntfs-3g.c.orig ntfs-3g-2009.3.8/src/ntfs-3g.c
--- ntfs-3g-2009.3.8/src/ntfs-3g.c.orig	2009-03-03 19:01:21.000000000 -0500
+++ ntfs-3g-2009.3.8/src/ntfs-3g.c	2009-03-26 18:37:45.000000000 -0400
@@ -2012,10 +2012,11 @@ static int parse_options(int argc, char 
 {
 	int c;
 
-	static const char *sopt = "-o:hvV";
+	static const char *sopt = "-o:hnvV";
 	static const struct option lopt[] = {
 		{ "options",	 required_argument,	NULL, 'o' },
 		{ "help",	 no_argument,		NULL, 'h' },
+		{ "nomtab",      no_argument,           NULL, 'n' },
 		{ "verbose",	 no_argument,		NULL, 'v' },
 		{ "version",	 no_argument,		NULL, 'V' },
 		{ NULL,		 0,			NULL,  0  }
@@ -2055,6 +2056,11 @@ static int parse_options(int argc, char 
 			if (strappend(&opts.options, optarg))
 				return -1;
 			break;
+		case 'n':
+			/* We must handle the 'nomtab' option even if
+			 * we don't use it because mount(8) passes it.
+			 */
+			break;
 		case 'h':
 			usage();
 			exit(9);