diff --git a/src/chown.cpp b/src/chown.cpp
index e2df0259..2c5ff821 100644
--- a/src/chown.cpp
+++ b/src/chown.cpp
@@ -96,20 +96,20 @@ namespace mergerfs
           uid_t       uid,
           gid_t       gid)
     {
-/*
       const fuse_context      *fc     = fuse_get_context();
       const Config            &config = Config::get(fc);
       const ugid::Set          ugid(fc->uid,fc->gid);
       const rwlock::ReadGuard  readlock(&config.srcmountslock);
 
+      if(config.cifs)
+	return 0;
+
       return _chown(config.chown,
                     config.srcmounts,
                     config.minfreespace,
                     fusepath,
                     uid,
                     gid);
-*/
-     return 0;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/config.cpp b/src/config.cpp
index e0c3de3e..4247beee 100644
--- a/src/config.cpp
+++ b/src/config.cpp
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ namespace mergerfs
       minfreespace(MINFREESPACE_DEFAULT),
       moveonenospc(false),
       direct_io(false),
+      cifs(false),
       POLICYINIT(access),
       POLICYINIT(chmod),
       POLICYINIT(chown),
diff --git a/src/config.hpp b/src/config.hpp
index 0ec36d04..5aaa025a 100644
--- a/src/config.hpp
+++ b/src/config.hpp
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ namespace mergerfs
     uint64_t                 minfreespace;
     bool                     moveonenospc;
     bool                     direct_io;
+    bool                     cifs;
 
   public:
     const Policy  *policies[FuseFunc::Enum::END];
diff --git a/src/fs_clonepath.cpp b/src/fs_clonepath.cpp
index dcfae384..6f3cb082 100644
--- a/src/fs_clonepath.cpp
+++ b/src/fs_clonepath.cpp
@@ -26,8 +26,10 @@
 #include "fs_clonepath.hpp"
 #include "fs_path.hpp"
 #include "fs_xattr.hpp"
+#include "config.hpp"
 
 using std::string;
+using mergerfs::Config;
 
 static
 bool
@@ -59,6 +61,9 @@ namespace fs
     string      frompath;
     string      dirname;
 
+    const fuse_context      *fc     = fuse_get_context();
+    const Config            &config = Config::get(fc);
+
     dirname = relative;
     fs::path::dirname(dirname);
     if(!dirname.empty())
@@ -96,9 +101,11 @@ namespace fs
     if((rv == -1) && !ignorable_error(errno))
       return -1;
 
-    rv = fs::chown(topath,st);
-    //if(rv == -1) 
-    //  return -1;
+    if(!config.cifs) {
+      rv = fs::chown(topath,st);
+      if(rv == -1) 
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     rv = fs::utime(topath,st);
     if(rv == -1)
diff --git a/src/option_parser.cpp b/src/option_parser.cpp
index 0ad72880..a586e326 100644
--- a/src/option_parser.cpp
+++ b/src/option_parser.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ parse_and_process_arg(Config            &config,
     return (set_default_options(*outargs),0);
   else if(arg == "direct_io")
     return (config.direct_io=true,1);
+  else if(arg == "cifs")
+    return (config.cifs=true,0);
 
   return 1;
 }
@@ -260,6 +262,8 @@ usage(void)
     "                           on write: default false\n"
     "    -o func.<f>=<p>        set function <f> to policy <p>\n"
     "    -o category.<c>=<p>    set functions in category <c> to <p>\n"
+    "    -o cifs                disable chown command execution as CIFS\n"
+    "                           don't support it\n"
             << std::endl;
 }