diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.c b/misc/mke2fs.c
index 87d3c26..a5cf16b 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.c
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.c
@@ -885,6 +885,18 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static void edit_mntopts(const char *str, __u32 *mntopts)
+{
+	if (!str)
+		return;
+
+	if (e2p_edit_mntopts(str, mntopts, ~0)) {
+		fprintf(stderr, _("Invalid mount option set: %s\n"),
+			str);
+		exit(1);
+	}
+}
+
 struct str_list {
 	char **list;
 	int num;
@@ -1624,6 +1636,13 @@
 		edit_feature(tmp, &fs_param.s_feature_compat);
 		free(tmp);
 
+		/* And which mount options as well */
+		tmp = get_string_from_profile(fs_types, "default_mntopts",
+					      "acl,user_xattr");
+		edit_mntopts(tmp, &fs_param.s_default_mount_opts);
+		if (tmp)
+			free(tmp);
+
 		for (cpp = fs_types; *cpp; cpp++) {
 			tmp = NULL;
 			profile_get_string(profile, "fs_types", *cpp,
diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.conf b/misc/mke2fs.conf
index 868821d..b32a739 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.conf
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.conf
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 [defaults]
 	base_features = sparse_super,filetype,resize_inode,dir_index,ext_attr
+	default_mntopts = acl,user_xattr
 	enable_periodic_fsck = 0
 	blocksize = 4096
 	inode_size = 256
diff --git a/misc/mke2fs.conf.5.in b/misc/mke2fs.conf.5.in
index cb643eb..cb44c7f 100644
--- a/misc/mke2fs.conf.5.in
+++ b/misc/mke2fs.conf.5.in
@@ -314,6 +314,13 @@
 command-line option to
 .BR mke2fs (8).
 .TP
+.I default_mntopts
+This relation specifies the set of mount options which should be enabled
+by default.  These may be changed at a later time with the
+.B -o
+command-line option to
+.BR tune2fs (8).
+.TP
 .I blocksize
 This relation specifies the default blocksize if the user does not
 specify a blocksize on the command line.