diff --git a/cephfs/cephfs.go b/cephfs/cephfs.go
index 288ab47..cf773f9 100644
--- a/cephfs/cephfs.go
+++ b/cephfs/cephfs.go
@@ -70,6 +70,28 @@ func (mount *MountInfo) ReadDefaultConfigFile() error {
 	return getError(ret)
 }
 
+// ParseConfigArgv configures the mount using a unix style command line
+// argument vector.
+//
+// Implements:
+//  int ceph_conf_parse_argv(struct ceph_mount_info *cmount, int argc, const char **argv);
+func (mount *MountInfo) ParseConfigArgv(argv []string) error {
+	if err := mount.validate(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(argv) == 0 {
+		return ErrEmptyArgument
+	}
+	cargv := make([]*C.char, len(argv))
+	for i := range argv {
+		cargv[i] = C.CString(argv[i])
+		defer C.free(unsafe.Pointer(cargv[i]))
+	}
+
+	ret := C.ceph_conf_parse_argv(mount.mount, C.int(len(cargv)), &cargv[0])
+	return getError(ret)
+}
+
 // SetConfigOption sets the value of the configuration option identified by
 // the given name.
 //
diff --git a/cephfs/cephfs_test.go b/cephfs/cephfs_test.go
index ddbd112..da36030 100644
--- a/cephfs/cephfs_test.go
+++ b/cephfs/cephfs_test.go
@@ -270,6 +270,35 @@ func TestGetSetConfigOption(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, origVal, currVal)
 }
 
+func TestParseConfigArgv(t *testing.T) {
+	mount, err := CreateMount()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotNil(t, mount)
+	defer func() { assert.NoError(t, mount.Release()) }()
+
+	origVal, err := mount.GetConfigOption("log_file")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	err = mount.ParseConfigArgv(
+		[]string{"cephfs.test", "--log_file", "/dev/null"})
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	currVal, err := mount.GetConfigOption("log_file")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, "/dev/null", currVal)
+	assert.NotEqual(t, "/dev/null", origVal)
+
+	// ensure that an empty slice triggers an error (not a crash)
+	err = mount.ParseConfigArgv([]string{})
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	// ensure we get an error for an invalid mount value
+	badMount := &MountInfo{}
+	err = badMount.ParseConfigArgv(
+		[]string{"cephfs.test", "--log_file", "/dev/null"})
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+}
+
 func TestValidate(t *testing.T) {
 	mount, err := CreateMount()
 	assert.NoError(t, err)