diff --git a/man/auto.master.5.in b/man/auto.master.5.in
index 98afaa9..69c796e 100644
--- a/man/auto.master.5.in
+++ b/man/auto.master.5.in
@@ -138,6 +138,14 @@ Treat errors when mounting file systems as fatal. This is important when
 multiple file systems should be mounted (`multimounts'). If this option
 is given, no file system is mounted at all if at least one file system
 can't be mounted.
+.TP
+.I "nosymlink"
+This is an autofs specific option that is a pseudo mount option and
+so is given without a leading dash. Historically this option was used
+to prevent symlinking of local NFS mounts. Nowadays it can be used to
+prevent bind mounting of local NFS filesystems as well. If you need to
+prevent bind mounting for only specific entrys in a map then this
+can be done by adding the "port=" mount option to the given entries.
 .SH GENERAL SYSTEM DEFAULTS CONFIGURATION
 .P
 The default value of several general settings may be changed in the
diff --git a/modules/mount_nfs.c b/modules/mount_nfs.c
index 25f72b9..e7a9a8a 100644
--- a/modules/mount_nfs.c
+++ b/modules/mount_nfs.c
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ int mount_mount(struct autofs_point *ap, const char *root, const char *name, int
 			port_opt = strstr(nfsoptions, "port=");
 
 		/* Port option specified, don't try to bind */
-		if (!port_opt && this->proximity == PROXIMITY_LOCAL) {
+		if (!nosymlink && !port_opt && this->proximity == PROXIMITY_LOCAL) {
 			/* Local host -- do a "bind" */
 			const char *bind_options = ro ? "ro" : "";