diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 09ca206..5f0ecec 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,16 +20,17 @@ VERSION ?= dev
 IMAGE_TAG=$(REGISTRY_NAME)/$(IMAGE_NAME):$(VERSION)
 FULL_IMAGE_TAG=$(IMAGE_TAG)-full
 TEST_IMAGE_TAG=$(REGISTRY_NAME)/$(IMAGE_NAME):test
+TAGS ?= "all"
 
 build:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o _output/s3driver ./cmd/s3driver
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build --tags $(TAGS) -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o _output/s3driver ./cmd/s3driver
 test:
 	docker build -t $(FULL_IMAGE_TAG) -f cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full .
-	docker build -t $(TEST_IMAGE_TAG) -f test/Dockerfile .
+	docker build -t $(TEST_IMAGE_TAG) --build-arg tags=$(TAGS) -f test/Dockerfile .
 	docker run --rm --privileged -v $(PWD):$(PROJECT_DIR) --device /dev/fuse $(TEST_IMAGE_TAG)
 container:
-	docker build -t $(IMAGE_TAG) -f cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile .
-	docker build -t $(FULL_IMAGE_TAG) -f cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full .
+	docker build -t $(IMAGE_TAG) --build-arg TAGS=$(TAGS) -f cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile .
+	docker build -t $(FULL_IMAGE_TAG) --build-arg TAGS=$(TAGS) -f cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full .
 push: container
 	docker push $(IMAGE_TAG)
 	docker push $(FULL_IMAGE_TAG)
diff --git a/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile b/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile
index ec9e2ea..82f650c 100644
--- a/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile
+++ b/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-FROM golang:1.16-alpine as gobuild
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine as gobuild
 
+ARG TAGS=all
 WORKDIR /build
 ADD . /build
 
 RUN go get -d -v ./...
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ./s3driver ./cmd/s3driver
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build --tags ${TAGS} -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ./s3driver ./cmd/s3driver
 
 FROM debian:buster-slim
 LABEL maintainers="Cyrill Troxler <cyrilltroxler@gmail.com>"
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # install rclone
-ARG RCLONE_VERSION=v1.54.1
+ARG RCLONE_VERSION=v1.60.1
 RUN cd /tmp \
   && curl -O https://downloads.rclone.org/${RCLONE_VERSION}/rclone-${RCLONE_VERSION}-linux-amd64.zip \
   && unzip /tmp/rclone-${RCLONE_VERSION}-linux-amd64.zip \
diff --git a/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full b/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full
index 7dae6ab..5208191 100644
--- a/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full
+++ b/cmd/s3driver/Dockerfile.full
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-FROM golang:1.16-alpine as gobuild
+FROM golang:1.18-alpine as gobuild
 
 WORKDIR /build
 ADD . /build
 
+ARG TAGS=all
+
 RUN go get -d -v ./...
-RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ./s3driver ./cmd/s3driver
+RUN CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=linux go build --tags ${TAGS} -a -ldflags '-extldflags "-static"' -o ./s3driver ./cmd/s3driver
 
 FROM debian:buster-slim as s3backer
 ARG S3BACKER_VERSION=1.5.0
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ RUN apt-get update && \
   rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
 # install rclone
-ARG RCLONE_VERSION=v1.54.1
+ARG RCLONE_VERSION=v1.60.1
 RUN cd /tmp \
   && curl -O https://downloads.rclone.org/${RCLONE_VERSION}/rclone-${RCLONE_VERSION}-linux-amd64.zip \
   && unzip /tmp/rclone-${RCLONE_VERSION}-linux-amd64.zip \
diff --git a/cmd/s3driver/main.go b/cmd/s3driver/main.go
index 45334ab..0311a9e 100644
--- a/cmd/s3driver/main.go
+++ b/cmd/s3driver/main.go
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"os/signal"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/ctrox/csi-s3/pkg/driver"
 )
@@ -36,6 +38,38 @@ var (
 func main() {
 	flag.Parse()
 
+	// We're running in the container as PID-1 which gets some special
+	// treatment by the kernel. In particular, if a process in the container
+	// terminates and there are still active child processes, the kernel will move
+	// those orphaned processes to be child processes of PID-1 and signal it
+	// by sending a SIGCHLD. Init-systems are expected to handle this case by
+	// reaping those "orphan" processes once they exit.
+	//
+	// Since all available mounters are instructed to daemonize, we need to reap
+	// the daemonized processes since their parent (the mounter) exists once the daemon
+	// is running.
+	go func() {
+		ch := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
+
+		signal.Notify(ch, syscall.SIGCHLD)
+
+		for range ch {
+			var status syscall.WaitStatus
+			pid, err := syscall.Wait4(-1, &status, 0, nil)
+			if err != nil {
+				// we might receive ECHILD when the mounter exits after daemonizing.
+				// We'll be late calling Wait4 here as that process is already reaped
+				// since we're using exec.Command().Run() which already calls Waitpid
+				if val, ok := err.(syscall.Errno); !ok || val != syscall.ECHILD {
+					log.Printf("failed to call wait4: %s\n", err)
+				}
+
+			} else {
+				log.Printf("repeated child %d: status=%d\n", pid, status.ExitStatus())
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
 	driver, err := driver.New(*nodeID, *endpoint)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/pkg/driver/controllerserver.go b/pkg/driver/controllerserver.go
index 1a2d8ac..f6fb966 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/controllerserver.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/controllerserver.go
@@ -95,6 +95,14 @@ func (cs *controllerServer) CreateVolume(ctx context.Context, req *csi.CreateVol
 		FSPath:        defaultFsPath,
 	}
 
+	meta.MounterOptions = make(map[string]string)
+	optionPrefix := meta.Mounter + "-"
+	for key, value := range params {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(key, optionPrefix) {
+			meta.MounterOptions[strings.TrimPrefix(key, optionPrefix)] = value
+		}
+	}
+
 	client, err := s3.NewClientFromSecret(req.GetSecrets())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize S3 client: %s", err)
diff --git a/pkg/driver/driver_suite_test.go b/pkg/driver/driver_suite_test.go
index ccd1ee2..e1a1de5 100644
--- a/pkg/driver/driver_suite_test.go
+++ b/pkg/driver/driver_suite_test.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// go:build all
+
 package driver_test
 
 import (
diff --git a/pkg/mounter/goofys.go b/pkg/mounter/goofys.go
index 0400b2f..8e02a3a 100644
--- a/pkg/mounter/goofys.go
+++ b/pkg/mounter/goofys.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build all || goofys
+
 package mounter
 
 import (
@@ -26,12 +28,21 @@ type goofysMounter struct {
 	secretAccessKey string
 }
 
+func init() {
+	registerMounter(goofysMounterType, newGoofysMounter)
+}
+
 func newGoofysMounter(meta *s3.FSMeta, cfg *s3.Config) (Mounter, error) {
 	region := cfg.Region
 	// if endpoint is set we need a default region
 	if region == "" && cfg.Endpoint != "" {
 		region = defaultRegion
 	}
+
+	if len(meta.MounterOptions) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("custom mount options are not supported for goofys")
+	}
+
 	return &goofysMounter{
 		meta:            meta,
 		endpoint:        cfg.Endpoint,
diff --git a/pkg/mounter/mounter.go b/pkg/mounter/mounter.go
index d441fe1..751be6e 100644
--- a/pkg/mounter/mounter.go
+++ b/pkg/mounter/mounter.go
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ type Mounter interface {
 	Mount(source string, target string) error
 }
 
+type FactoryFunc func(*s3.FSMeta, *s3.Config) (Mounter, error)
+
+var mounters map[string]FactoryFunc
+
 const (
 	s3fsMounterType     = "s3fs"
 	goofysMounterType   = "goofys"
@@ -35,6 +39,13 @@ const (
 	UsePrefix           = "usePrefix"
 )
 
+func registerMounter(name string, fn FactoryFunc) {
+	if mounters == nil {
+		mounters = make(map[string]FactoryFunc)
+	}
+	mounters[name] = fn
+}
+
 // New returns a new mounter depending on the mounterType parameter
 func New(meta *s3.FSMeta, cfg *s3.Config) (Mounter, error) {
 	mounter := meta.Mounter
@@ -42,33 +53,28 @@ func New(meta *s3.FSMeta, cfg *s3.Config) (Mounter, error) {
 	if len(meta.Mounter) == 0 {
 		mounter = cfg.Mounter
 	}
-	switch mounter {
-	case s3fsMounterType:
-		return newS3fsMounter(meta, cfg)
-
-	case goofysMounterType:
-		return newGoofysMounter(meta, cfg)
 
-	case s3backerMounterType:
-		return newS3backerMounter(meta, cfg)
-
-	case rcloneMounterType:
-		return newRcloneMounter(meta, cfg)
-
-	default:
-		// default to s3backer
-		return newS3backerMounter(meta, cfg)
+	fn, ok := mounters[mounter]
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("no mounter with name %s available", mounter)
 	}
+
+	return fn(meta, cfg)
 }
 
 func fuseMount(path string, command string, args []string) error {
 	cmd := exec.Command(command, args...)
-	glog.V(3).Infof("Mounting fuse with command: %s and args: %s", command, args)
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Mounting fuse with command: %s and args: %#v", command, args)
+
+	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		Setsid: true,
+	}
+
 	cmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
 	cmd.Stderr = os.Stderr
 
 	if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Error fuseMount command: %s\nargs: %s\noutput", command, args)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error fuseMount command: %s\nargs: %#v\nerror: %s", command, args, err.Error())
 	}
 
 	return waitForMount(path, 10*time.Second)
diff --git a/pkg/mounter/rclone.go b/pkg/mounter/rclone.go
index 038c6aa..2dbae67 100644
--- a/pkg/mounter/rclone.go
+++ b/pkg/mounter/rclone.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build all || rclone
+
 package mounter
 
 import (
@@ -15,19 +17,31 @@ type rcloneMounter struct {
 	region          string
 	accessKeyID     string
 	secretAccessKey string
+	customOptions   []string
 }
 
 const (
 	rcloneCmd = "rclone"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	registerMounter(rcloneMounterType, newRcloneMounter)
+}
+
 func newRcloneMounter(meta *s3.FSMeta, cfg *s3.Config) (Mounter, error) {
+	customOptions := make([]string, 0, len(meta.MounterOptions))
+
+	for key, value := range meta.MounterOptions {
+		customOptions = append(customOptions, fmt.Sprintf("--%s=%s", key, value))
+	}
+
 	return &rcloneMounter{
 		meta:            meta,
 		url:             cfg.Endpoint,
 		region:          cfg.Region,
 		accessKeyID:     cfg.AccessKeyID,
 		secretAccessKey: cfg.SecretAccessKey,
+		customOptions:   customOptions,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -43,16 +57,20 @@ func (rclone *rcloneMounter) Mount(source string, target string) error {
 	args := []string{
 		"mount",
 		fmt.Sprintf(":s3:%s", path.Join(rclone.meta.BucketName, rclone.meta.Prefix, rclone.meta.FSPath)),
-		fmt.Sprintf("%s", target),
+		target,
 		"--daemon",
 		"--s3-provider=AWS",
 		"--s3-env-auth=true",
 		fmt.Sprintf("--s3-region=%s", rclone.region),
 		fmt.Sprintf("--s3-endpoint=%s", rclone.url),
 		"--allow-other",
-		// TODO: make this configurable
 		"--vfs-cache-mode=writes",
 	}
+
+	// append any custom rclone options. Later parameters take precedence so
+	// the user can overwrite the defaults from above (i.e. --allow-other=false)
+	args = append(args, rclone.customOptions...)
+
 	os.Setenv("AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID", rclone.accessKeyID)
 	os.Setenv("AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY", rclone.secretAccessKey)
 	return fuseMount(target, rcloneCmd, args)
diff --git a/pkg/mounter/s3backer.go b/pkg/mounter/s3backer.go
index 74cb3e2..59c9a9d 100644
--- a/pkg/mounter/s3backer.go
+++ b/pkg/mounter/s3backer.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build all || s3backer
+
 package mounter
 
 import (
@@ -24,6 +26,10 @@ type s3backerMounter struct {
 	ssl             bool
 }
 
+func init() {
+	registerMounter(s3backerMounterType, newS3backerMounter)
+}
+
 const (
 	s3backerCmd    = "s3backer"
 	s3backerFsType = "xfs"
@@ -45,6 +51,11 @@ func newS3backerMounter(meta *s3.FSMeta, cfg *s3.Config) (Mounter, error) {
 	if meta.CapacityBytes == 0 {
 		meta.CapacityBytes = s3backerDefaultSize
 	}
+
+	if len(meta.MounterOptions) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("custom mount options are not supported for s3backer")
+	}
+
 	s3backer := &s3backerMounter{
 		meta:            meta,
 		url:             cfg.Endpoint,
diff --git a/pkg/mounter/s3fs.go b/pkg/mounter/s3fs.go
index 9649388..2c64c10 100644
--- a/pkg/mounter/s3fs.go
+++ b/pkg/mounter/s3fs.go
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+//go:build all || s3fs
+
 package mounter
 
 import (
@@ -20,7 +22,15 @@ const (
 	s3fsCmd = "s3fs"
 )
 
+func init() {
+	registerMounter(s3fsMounterType, newS3fsMounter)
+}
+
 func newS3fsMounter(meta *s3.FSMeta, cfg *s3.Config) (Mounter, error) {
+	if len(meta.MounterOptions) > 0 {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("custom mount options are not supported for s3fs")
+	}
+
 	return &s3fsMounter{
 		meta:          meta,
 		url:           cfg.Endpoint,
diff --git a/pkg/s3/client.go b/pkg/s3/client.go
index 85165f6..1f2dc8a 100644
--- a/pkg/s3/client.go
+++ b/pkg/s3/client.go
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
-	"github.com/golang/glog"
-	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
-	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
 	"io"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
+
+	"github.com/golang/glog"
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7"
+	"github.com/minio/minio-go/v7/pkg/credentials"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -33,12 +34,13 @@ type Config struct {
 }
 
 type FSMeta struct {
-	BucketName    string `json:"Name"`
-	Prefix        string `json:"Prefix"`
-	UsePrefix     bool   `json:"UsePrefix"`
-	Mounter       string `json:"Mounter"`
-	FSPath        string `json:"FSPath"`
-	CapacityBytes int64  `json:"CapacityBytes"`
+	BucketName     string            `json:"Name"`
+	Prefix         string            `json:"Prefix"`
+	UsePrefix      bool              `json:"UsePrefix"`
+	Mounter        string            `json:"Mounter"`
+	FSPath         string            `json:"FSPath"`
+	CapacityBytes  int64             `json:"CapacityBytes"`
+	MounterOptions map[string]string `json:"MounterOptions"`
 }
 
 func NewClient(cfg *Config) (*s3Client, error) {