diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
index 3d7447738958..fd17dce15a96 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/fuse.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,22 @@ homepage:
 
   http://fuse.sourceforge.net/
 
+Filesystem type
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The filesystem type given to mount(2) can be one of the following:
+
+'fuse'
+
+  This is the usual way to mount a FUSE filesystem.  The first
+  argument of the mount system call may contain an arbitrary string,
+  which is not interpreted by the kernel.
+
+'fuseblk'
+
+  The filesystem is block device based.  The first argument of the
+  mount system call is interpreted as the name of the device.
+
 Mount options
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/fs/fuse/inode.c b/fs/fuse/inode.c
index 2bdc652b8b46..38cf97d6469c 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/inode.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/inode.c
@@ -591,6 +591,14 @@ static int fuse_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
 	return get_sb_nodev(fs_type, flags, raw_data, fuse_fill_super, mnt);
 }
 
+static int fuse_get_sb_blk(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
+			   int flags, const char *dev_name,
+			   void *raw_data, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	return get_sb_bdev(fs_type, flags, dev_name, raw_data, fuse_fill_super,
+			   mnt);
+}
+
 static struct file_system_type fuse_fs_type = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name		= "fuse",
@@ -598,6 +606,14 @@ static struct file_system_type fuse_fs_type = {
 	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };
 
+static struct file_system_type fuseblk_fs_type = {
+	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
+	.name		= "fuseblk",
+	.get_sb		= fuse_get_sb_blk,
+	.kill_sb	= kill_block_super,
+	.fs_flags	= FS_REQUIRES_DEV,
+};
+
 static decl_subsys(fuse, NULL, NULL);
 static decl_subsys(connections, NULL, NULL);
 
@@ -617,24 +633,34 @@ static int __init fuse_fs_init(void)
 
 	err = register_filesystem(&fuse_fs_type);
 	if (err)
-		printk("fuse: failed to register filesystem\n");
-	else {
-		fuse_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("fuse_inode",
-						      sizeof(struct fuse_inode),
-						      0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
-						      fuse_inode_init_once, NULL);
-		if (!fuse_inode_cachep) {
-			unregister_filesystem(&fuse_fs_type);
-			err = -ENOMEM;
-		}
-	}
+		goto out;
 
+	err = register_filesystem(&fuseblk_fs_type);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_unreg;
+
+	fuse_inode_cachep = kmem_cache_create("fuse_inode",
+					      sizeof(struct fuse_inode),
+					      0, SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
+					      fuse_inode_init_once, NULL);
+	err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!fuse_inode_cachep)
+		goto out_unreg2;
+
+	return 0;
+
+ out_unreg2:
+	unregister_filesystem(&fuseblk_fs_type);
+ out_unreg:
+	unregister_filesystem(&fuse_fs_type);
+ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
 static void fuse_fs_cleanup(void)
 {
 	unregister_filesystem(&fuse_fs_type);
+	unregister_filesystem(&fuseblk_fs_type);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(fuse_inode_cachep);
 }