diff --git a/mxmount/mxmount b/mxmount/mxmount
index 237771a..af0926c 100755
--- a/mxmount/mxmount
+++ b/mxmount/mxmount
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@ my %D;
 our $USAGE=<<"_EOF_";
 usage: $0
        $0 --reexport-only
+       $0 --noexport
 _EOF_
 
-our ($opt_reexport_only);
+our ($opt_reexport_only,$opt_noexport);
 
 $fullhostname = hostname();
 ($hostname) = $fullhostname =~ /^([^.]*)/;
@@ -52,12 +53,13 @@ add_data0_if_not_present();
 my %options;
 GetOptions (
     'reexport-only' => \$opt_reexport_only,
+    'noexport' => \$opt_noexport,
 ) or die $USAGE;
 @ARGV and die $USAGE;
 
 mount_all() unless $opt_reexport_only;
 create_exports();
-system("exportfs -ra");
+system("exportfs -ra") unless $opt_noexport;
 
 sub safe_qx { open my $pipe,'-|',@_; return join('',<$pipe>) }
 
diff --git a/mxmount/mxmount.service b/mxmount/mxmount.service
index 6434001..c5d64ae 100644
--- a/mxmount/mxmount.service
+++ b/mxmount/mxmount.service
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ConditionPathExists=/etc/mxmounts
 
 [Service]
 Type=oneshot
-ExecStart=/usr/bin/mxmount
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/mxmount --noexport
 RemainAfterExit=yes
 
 [Install]