diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.c b/src/lxc/conf.c
index 34788e649..2862b8084 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.c
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ lxc_log_define(lxc_conf, lxc);
 #endif
 
 char *lxchook_names[NUM_LXC_HOOKS] = {
-	"pre-start", "mount", "start", "post-stop" };
+	"pre-start", "pre-mount", "mount", "start", "post-stop" };
 
 extern int pivot_root(const char * new_root, const char * put_old);
 
@@ -2253,6 +2253,8 @@ int lxc_setup(const char *name, struct lxc_conf *lxc_conf)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	HOOK(name, "pre-mount", lxc_conf);
+
 	if (setup_rootfs(&lxc_conf->rootfs)) {
 		ERROR("failed to setup rootfs for '%s'", name);
 		return -1;
@@ -2340,6 +2342,8 @@ int run_lxc_hooks(const char *name, char *hook, struct lxc_conf *conf)
 
 	if (strcmp(hook, "pre-start") == 0)
 		which = LXCHOOK_PRESTART;
+	else if (strcmp(hook, "pre-mount") == 0)
+		which = LXCHOOK_PREMOUNT;
 	else if (strcmp(hook, "mount") == 0)
 		which = LXCHOOK_MOUNT;
 	else if (strcmp(hook, "start") == 0)
diff --git a/src/lxc/conf.h b/src/lxc/conf.h
index f75b43061..0c39916c9 100644
--- a/src/lxc/conf.h
+++ b/src/lxc/conf.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ struct lxc_rootfs {
 #endif
  */
 enum lxchooks {
-	LXCHOOK_PRESTART, LXCHOOK_MOUNT, LXCHOOK_START,
+	LXCHOOK_PRESTART, LXCHOOK_PREMOUNT, LXCHOOK_MOUNT, LXCHOOK_START,
 	LXCHOOK_POSTSTOP, NUM_LXC_HOOKS};
 extern char *lxchook_names[NUM_LXC_HOOKS];
 
diff --git a/src/lxc/confile.c b/src/lxc/confile.c
index 1b2a8f096..dd207c101 100644
--- a/src/lxc/confile.c
+++ b/src/lxc/confile.c
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ static struct lxc_config_t config[] = {
 	{ "lxc.pivotdir",             config_pivotdir             },
 	{ "lxc.utsname",              config_utsname              },
 	{ "lxc.hook.pre-start",       config_hook                 },
+	{ "lxc.hook.pre-mount",           config_hook             },
 	{ "lxc.hook.mount",           config_hook                 },
 	{ "lxc.hook.start",           config_hook                 },
 	{ "lxc.hook.post-stop",       config_hook                 },
@@ -801,6 +802,8 @@ static int config_hook(const char *key, char *value,
 	}
 	if (strcmp(key, "lxc.hook.pre-start") == 0)
 		return add_hook(lxc_conf, LXCHOOK_PRESTART, copy);
+	else if (strcmp(key, "lxc.hook.pre-mount") == 0)
+		return add_hook(lxc_conf, LXCHOOK_PREMOUNT, copy);
 	else if (strcmp(key, "lxc.hook.mount") == 0)
 		return add_hook(lxc_conf, LXCHOOK_MOUNT, copy);
 	else if (strcmp(key, "lxc.hook.start") == 0)