diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/help_cmd.py b/src/borg/archiver/help_cmd.py
index 96cca3a20e..9a581f1480 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/help_cmd.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/help_cmd.py
@@ -630,7 +630,8 @@ class HelpMixIn:
                 passphrase should be initially set when initializing an encrypted repo. Note that the command
                 is executed without a shell. So variables, like ``$HOME`` will work, but ``~`` won't.
                 Mutually exclusive with BORG_PASSPHRASE and BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD, see there.
-                See also BORG_NEW_PASSPHRASE.
+                See also BORG_NEW_PASSPHRASE. For fstab / autofs entries, ``borg mount`` has a
+                ``passcommand`` mount option that works like BORG_PASSCOMMAND.
             BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD (and BORG_NEW_PASSPHRASE_FD, BORG_OTHER_PASSPHRASE_FD)
                 When set, specifies a file descriptor to read a passphrase
                 from. Programs starting borg may choose to open an anonymous pipe
diff --git a/src/borg/archiver/mount_cmds.py b/src/borg/archiver/mount_cmds.py
index 626ab12d65..4d26aca429 100644
--- a/src/borg/archiver/mount_cmds.py
+++ b/src/borg/archiver/mount_cmds.py
@@ -14,6 +14,30 @@
 logger = create_logger()
 
 
+def use_passcommand_mount_option(args):
+    """Move the passcommand mount option from args.options to BORG_PASSCOMMAND.
+
+    fstab / autofs entries can only give mount options, not environment variables. The key
+    (and thus the passphrase) is loaded before the mount options are processed, so this has
+    to happen before the repository is opened.
+    """
+    from ..vfs import pop_option
+
+    if not args.options:
+        return
+    options = args.options.split(",")
+    passcommand = pop_option(options, "passcommand", "", None, str)
+    if passcommand is None:
+        return
+    if not passcommand:
+        raise RTError("passcommand mount option: no command given")
+    set_vars = [var for var in ("BORG_PASSPHRASE", "BORG_PASSCOMMAND", "BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD") if var in os.environ]
+    if set_vars:
+        raise RTError(f"The passcommand mount option and {', '.join(set_vars)} are mutually exclusive.")
+    args.options = ",".join(options) or None
+    os.environ["BORG_PASSCOMMAND"] = passcommand
+
+
 class MountMixIn:
     def do_mount(self, args):
         """Mounts an archive or an entire repository as a FUSE filesystem."""
@@ -44,6 +68,7 @@ def do_mount(self, args):
             if not os.access(args.mountpoint, os.R_OK | os.W_OK | os.X_OK):
                 raise RTError(f"{args.mountpoint}: Mountpoint must be a **writable** directory")
 
+        use_passcommand_mount_option(args)
         self._do_mount(args)
 
     @with_repository()
@@ -138,6 +163,15 @@ def build_parser_mount_umount(self, subparsers, common_parser, mid_common_parser
         To allow a regular user to use fstab entries, add the ``user`` option:
         ``/path/to/repo /mnt/point fuse.borgfs defaults,noauto,user 0 0``
 
+        fstab / autofs entries can not set environment variables, so for an encrypted
+        repository, use the ``passcommand`` mount option: it works like
+        ``BORG_PASSCOMMAND``, e.g. ``passcommand=/usr/local/sbin/borg-pass-backup1``.
+        As mount options are separated by commas, the command can not contain a comma,
+        so better use a script without arguments. ``passcommand`` is mutually exclusive
+        with ``BORG_PASSPHRASE``, ``BORG_PASSCOMMAND`` and ``BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD``.
+        There is no mount option for the passphrase itself, because mount options are
+        visible to other users (e.g. in /etc/fstab and in the ``ps`` output).
+
         For FUSE configuration and mount options, see the mount.fuse(8) manual page.
 
         Borg's default behavior is to use the archived user and group names of each
diff --git a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/mount_cmds_test.py b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/mount_cmds_test.py
index 16a4f0c511..3f43fae918 100644
--- a/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/mount_cmds_test.py
+++ b/src/borg/testsuite/archiver/mount_cmds_test.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 import errno
 import os
+import shlex
 import stat
 import sys
 import time
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@
 from . import RK_ENCRYPTION, cmd, assert_dirs_equal, create_regular_file, create_src_archive, open_archive, src_file
 from . import requires_hardlinks, _extract_hardlinks_setup, fuse_mount, create_test_files, generate_archiver_tests
 from . import Archiver
+from ...archiver.mount_cmds import use_passcommand_mount_option
 
 pytest_generate_tests = lambda metafunc: generate_archiver_tests(metafunc, kinds="local,binary")  # NOQA
 
@@ -679,3 +681,74 @@ def test_borg_mount_has_no_repository_positional():
     assert args.mountpoint == "/mnt/point"
     assert args.paths == ["some/path"]
     assert not args.location.valid
+
+
+def print_passphrase_command(passphrase):
+    """Return a passcommand printing *passphrase* (shlex syntax, run without a shell, no commas)."""
+    python = sys.executable.replace("\\", "/")  # see set_empty_passphrase
+    return f"{shlex.quote(python)} -c \"print('{passphrase}')\""
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not has_any_fuse, reason="FUSE not available")
+def test_fuse_passcommand_mount_option(archivers, request, monkeypatch):
+    archiver = request.getfixturevalue(archivers)
+    cmd(archiver, "repo-create", RK_ENCRYPTION)
+    create_src_archive(archiver, "archive")
+    passphrase = os.environ["BORG_PASSPHRASE"]
+    monkeypatch.delenv("BORG_PASSPHRASE")
+    mountpoint = os.path.join(archiver.tmpdir, "mountpoint")
+    with fuse_mount(archiver, mountpoint, "-o", f"passcommand={print_passphrase_command(passphrase)}"):
+        assert os.listdir(mountpoint) == ["archive"]
+
+
+class PasscommandArgs:
+    """Minimal stand-in for the parsed borg mount arguments."""
+
+    def __init__(self, options):
+        self.options = options
+
+
+@pytest.fixture
+def no_passphrase_env(monkeypatch):
+    for var in "BORG_PASSPHRASE", "BORG_PASSCOMMAND", "BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD":
+        monkeypatch.delenv(var, raising=False)
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "options, remaining",
+    [
+        ("passcommand=/usr/local/sbin/pass backup1", None),
+        ("allow_other,passcommand=/usr/local/sbin/pass backup1,versions", "allow_other,versions"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_passcommand_mount_option(no_passphrase_env, options, remaining):
+    args = PasscommandArgs(options)
+    use_passcommand_mount_option(args)
+    # it is not a FUSE mount option, so it must not stay in the mount options:
+    assert args.options == remaining
+    assert os.environ["BORG_PASSCOMMAND"] == "/usr/local/sbin/pass backup1"
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("options", [None, "", "allow_other,versions"])
+def test_passcommand_mount_option_not_given(no_passphrase_env, options):
+    args = PasscommandArgs(options)
+    use_passcommand_mount_option(args)
+    assert args.options == options
+    assert "BORG_PASSCOMMAND" not in os.environ
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("options", ["passcommand", "passcommand="])
+def test_passcommand_mount_option_empty(no_passphrase_env, options):
+    with pytest.raises(RTError, match="no command given"):
+        use_passcommand_mount_option(PasscommandArgs(options))
+    assert "BORG_PASSCOMMAND" not in os.environ
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("var", ["BORG_PASSPHRASE", "BORG_PASSCOMMAND", "BORG_PASSPHRASE_FD"])
+def test_passcommand_mount_option_exclusive(no_passphrase_env, monkeypatch, var):
+    # like the passphrase environment variables, the passcommand mount option is mutually exclusive with them.
+    monkeypatch.setenv(var, "0")
+    args = PasscommandArgs("allow_other,passcommand=/usr/local/sbin/pass")
+    with pytest.raises(RTError, match=f"The passcommand mount option and {var} are mutually exclusive"):
+        use_passcommand_mount_option(args)
+    assert os.environ[var] == "0"