diff --git a/man/systemd.mount.xml b/man/systemd.mount.xml
index fa17f22dc3..dd08feb5ad 100644
--- a/man/systemd.mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd.mount.xml
@@ -364,6 +364,17 @@
         off.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><varname>ForceUnmount=</varname></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Takes a boolean argument. If true, force an
+        unmount (in case of an unreachable NFS system).
+        This corresponds with
+        <citerefentry project='man-pages'><refentrytitle>umount</refentrytitle><manvolnum>8</manvolnum></citerefentry>'s
+        <parameter>-f</parameter> switch. Defaults to
+        off.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <varlistentry>
         <term><varname>DirectoryMode=</varname></term>
         <listitem><para>Directories of mount points (and any parent
diff --git a/src/core/dbus-mount.c b/src/core/dbus-mount.c
index 4421f26bc1..76a7a7ce97 100644
--- a/src/core/dbus-mount.c
+++ b/src/core/dbus-mount.c
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ const sd_bus_vtable bus_mount_vtable[] = {
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("DirectoryMode", "u", bus_property_get_mode, offsetof(Mount, directory_mode), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("SloppyOptions", "b", bus_property_get_bool, offsetof(Mount, sloppy_options), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("LazyUnmount", "b", bus_property_get_bool, offsetof(Mount, lazy_unmount), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
+        SD_BUS_PROPERTY("ForceUnmount", "b", bus_property_get_bool, offsetof(Mount, force_unmount), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_CONST),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("Result", "s", property_get_result, offsetof(Mount, result), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("UID", "u", NULL, offsetof(Unit, ref_uid), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE),
         SD_BUS_PROPERTY("GID", "u", NULL, offsetof(Unit, ref_gid), SD_BUS_VTABLE_PROPERTY_EMITS_CHANGE),
diff --git a/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4 b/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
index 420d32dbd7..057b92bfa3 100644
--- a/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
+++ b/src/core/load-fragment-gperf.gperf.m4
@@ -356,6 +356,7 @@ Mount.TimeoutSec,                config_parse_sec,                   0,
 Mount.DirectoryMode,             config_parse_mode,                  0,                             offsetof(Mount, directory_mode)
 Mount.SloppyOptions,             config_parse_bool,                  0,                             offsetof(Mount, sloppy_options)
 Mount.LazyUnmount,               config_parse_bool,                  0,                             offsetof(Mount, lazy_unmount)
+Mount.ForceUnmount,              config_parse_bool,                  0,                             offsetof(Mount, force_unmount)
 EXEC_CONTEXT_CONFIG_ITEMS(Mount)m4_dnl
 CGROUP_CONTEXT_CONFIG_ITEMS(Mount)m4_dnl
 KILL_CONTEXT_CONFIG_ITEMS(Mount)m4_dnl
diff --git a/src/core/mount.c b/src/core/mount.c
index 2c2a54edbb..6c794d4073 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.c
+++ b/src/core/mount.c
@@ -678,7 +678,8 @@ static void mount_dump(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *prefix) {
                 "%sFrom /proc/self/mountinfo: %s\n"
                 "%sFrom fragment: %s\n"
                 "%sDirectoryMode: %04o\n"
-                "%sLazyUnmount: %s\n",
+                "%sLazyUnmount: %s\n"
+                "%sForceUnmount: %s\n",
                 prefix, mount_state_to_string(m->state),
                 prefix, mount_result_to_string(m->result),
                 prefix, m->where,
@@ -688,7 +689,8 @@ static void mount_dump(Unit *u, FILE *f, const char *prefix) {
                 prefix, yes_no(m->from_proc_self_mountinfo),
                 prefix, yes_no(m->from_fragment),
                 prefix, m->directory_mode,
-                prefix, yes_no(m->lazy_unmount));
+                prefix, yes_no(m->lazy_unmount),
+                prefix, yes_no(m->force_unmount));
 
         if (m->control_pid > 0)
                 fprintf(f,
@@ -850,6 +852,8 @@ static void mount_enter_unmounting(Mount *m) {
         r = exec_command_set(m->control_command, UMOUNT_PATH, m->where, NULL);
         if (r >= 0 && m->lazy_unmount)
                 r = exec_command_append(m->control_command, "-l", NULL);
+        if (r >= 0 && m->force_unmount)
+                r = exec_command_append(m->control_command, "-f", NULL);
         if (r < 0)
                 goto fail;
 
diff --git a/src/core/mount.h b/src/core/mount.h
index c4a2bff100..9f7326ba6a 100644
--- a/src/core/mount.h
+++ b/src/core/mount.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ struct Mount {
         bool sloppy_options;
 
         bool lazy_unmount;
+        bool force_unmount;
 
         MountResult result;
         MountResult reload_result;