diff --git a/fs/jffs2/compr.c b/fs/jffs2/compr.c
index de42470..97bc74d 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/compr.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/compr.c
@@ -76,13 +76,18 @@
 			uint32_t *datalen, uint32_t *cdatalen)
 {
 	int ret = JFFS2_COMPR_NONE;
-	int compr_ret;
+	int mode, compr_ret;
 	struct jffs2_compressor *this, *best=NULL;
 	unsigned char *output_buf = NULL, *tmp_buf;
 	uint32_t orig_slen, orig_dlen;
 	uint32_t best_slen=0, best_dlen=0;
 
-	switch (jffs2_compression_mode) {
+	if (c->mount_opts.override_compr)
+		mode = c->mount_opts.compr;
+	else
+		mode = jffs2_compression_mode;
+
+	switch (mode) {
 	case JFFS2_COMPR_MODE_NONE:
 		break;
 	case JFFS2_COMPR_MODE_PRIORITY:
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/fs.c b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
index bbcb975..5d54b4e 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/fs.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/fs.c
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@
 	jffs2_do_setattr(inode, &iattr);
 }
 
-int jffs2_remount_fs (struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
+int jffs2_do_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
 {
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(sb);
 
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
index 0bc6a6c..55a0c1d 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/jffs2_fs_sb.h
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@
 
 struct jffs2_inodirty;
 
+struct jffs2_mount_opts {
+	bool override_compr;
+	unsigned int compr;
+};
+
 /* A struct for the overall file system control.  Pointers to
    jffs2_sb_info structs are named `c' in the source code.
    Nee jffs_control
@@ -126,6 +131,7 @@
 #endif
 
 	struct jffs2_summary *summary;		/* Summary information */
+	struct jffs2_mount_opts mount_opts;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_JFFS2_FS_XATTR
 #define XATTRINDEX_HASHSIZE	(57)
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
index 6c1755c..ab65ee3 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
+++ b/fs/jffs2/os-linux.h
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@
 struct inode *jffs2_new_inode (struct inode *dir_i, umode_t mode,
 			       struct jffs2_raw_inode *ri);
 int jffs2_statfs (struct dentry *, struct kstatfs *);
-int jffs2_remount_fs (struct super_block *, int *, char *);
+int jffs2_do_remount_fs(struct super_block *, int *, char *);
 int jffs2_do_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent);
 void jffs2_gc_release_inode(struct jffs2_sb_info *c,
 			    struct jffs2_inode_info *f);
diff --git a/fs/jffs2/super.c b/fs/jffs2/super.c
index 853b8e3..40f6e63 100644
--- a/fs/jffs2/super.c
+++ b/fs/jffs2/super.c
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/err.h>
 #include <linux/mount.h>
+#include <linux/parser.h>
 #include <linux/jffs2.h>
 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/mtd/super.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <linux/namei.h>
+#include <linux/seq_file.h>
 #include <linux/exportfs.h>
 #include "compr.h"
 #include "nodelist.h"
@@ -75,6 +77,29 @@
 	unlock_super(sb);
 }
 
+static const char *jffs2_compr_name(unsigned int compr)
+{
+	switch (compr) {
+	case JFFS2_COMPR_MODE_NONE:
+		return "none";
+	default:
+		/* should never happen; programmer error */
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return "";
+	}
+}
+
+static int jffs2_show_options(struct seq_file *s, struct vfsmount *mnt)
+{
+	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(mnt->mnt_sb);
+	struct jffs2_mount_opts *opts = &c->mount_opts;
+
+	if (opts->override_compr)
+		seq_printf(s, ",compr=%s", jffs2_compr_name(opts->compr));
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int jffs2_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(sb);
@@ -133,6 +158,71 @@
 	.fh_to_parent = jffs2_fh_to_parent,
 };
 
+/*
+ * JFFS2 mount options.
+ *
+ * Opt_override_compr: override default compressor
+ * Opt_err: just end of array marker
+ */
+enum {
+	Opt_override_compr,
+	Opt_err,
+};
+
+static const match_table_t tokens = {
+	{Opt_override_compr, "compr=%s"},
+	{Opt_err, NULL},
+};
+
+static int jffs2_parse_options(struct jffs2_sb_info *c, char *data)
+{
+	substring_t args[MAX_OPT_ARGS];
+	char *p, *name;
+
+	if (!data)
+		return 0;
+
+	while ((p = strsep(&data, ","))) {
+		int token;
+
+		if (!*p)
+			continue;
+
+		token = match_token(p, tokens, args);
+		switch (token) {
+		case Opt_override_compr:
+			name = match_strdup(&args[0]);
+
+			if (!name)
+				return -ENOMEM;
+			if (!strcmp(name, "none")) {
+				c->mount_opts.compr = JFFS2_COMPR_MODE_NONE;
+				c->mount_opts.override_compr = true;
+			}
+			kfree(name);
+			break;
+		default:
+			printk(KERN_ERR "JFFS2 Error: unrecognized mount option '%s' or missing value\n",
+					p);
+			return -EINVAL;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int jffs2_remount_fs(struct super_block *sb, int *flags, char *data)
+{
+	struct jffs2_sb_info *c = JFFS2_SB_INFO(sb);
+	int err;
+
+	err = jffs2_parse_options(c, data);
+	if (err)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return jffs2_do_remount_fs(sb, flags, data);
+}
+
 static const struct super_operations jffs2_super_operations =
 {
 	.alloc_inode =	jffs2_alloc_inode,
@@ -143,6 +233,7 @@
 	.remount_fs =	jffs2_remount_fs,
 	.evict_inode =	jffs2_evict_inode,
 	.dirty_inode =	jffs2_dirty_inode,
+	.show_options =	jffs2_show_options,
 	.sync_fs =	jffs2_sync_fs,
 };
 
@@ -166,6 +257,12 @@
 	c->os_priv = sb;
 	sb->s_fs_info = c;
 
+	ret = jffs2_parse_options(c, data);
+	if (ret) {
+		kfree(c);
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	/* Initialize JFFS2 superblock locks, the further initialization will
 	 * be done later */
 	mutex_init(&c->alloc_sem);