diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1caacd3..3285a46 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ Create a 10GB volume with 1000 provisioned iops, format it with XFS, and mount i
 
 `mount_options` are optional and will default to `noatime,nobootwait` on all platforms except Amazon linux, where they will default to `noatime`.
 
+`pass` The pass number used by the file system check (fsck) command while creating a file systems table (fstab) entry. Optional property (Default: 2).
+
 ## Credentials
 
 Expects a `credentials` databag with an `aws` item that contains `aws_access_key_id` and `aws_secret_access_key`.
diff --git a/recipes/volumes.rb b/recipes/volumes.rb
index efb2d1f..21ae48e 100644
--- a/recipes/volumes.rb
+++ b/recipes/volumes.rb
@@ -53,7 +53,14 @@
   mount mount_point do
     fstype options[:fstype]
     device device
-    options 'noatime,nobootwait'
+    unless options[:mount_options]
+        options 'noatime,nobootwait'
+    else
+        options options[:mount_options]
+    end
+    if options[:pass]
+        pass options[:pass]
+    end
     action [:mount, :enable]
   end