diff --git a/etc/rc.conf.Linux b/etc/rc.conf.Linux
index 4fb48ae9..d85b1c1b 100644
--- a/etc/rc.conf.Linux
+++ b/etc/rc.conf.Linux
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 # consolefont, numlock, etc ...)
 rc_tty_number=12
 
+# This is how long fuser should wait for a remote server to respond. The
+# default is 60 seconds, but  it can be adjusted here.
+#rc_fuser_timeout=60
+
 ##############################################################################
 # CGROUPS RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
 
diff --git a/sh/rc-mount.sh b/sh/rc-mount.sh
index 2bb14504..454f9f92 100644
--- a/sh/rc-mount.sh
+++ b/sh/rc-mount.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@ do_unmount()
 		retry=4 # Effectively TERM, sleep 1, TERM, sleep 1, KILL, sleep 1
 		while ! LC_ALL=C $cmd "$mnt" 2>/dev/null; do
 			if type fuser >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-				pids="$(fuser $f_opts "$mnt" 2>/dev/null)"
+				pids="$(timeout -k 10 -s KILL "${rc_fuser_timeout:-60}" \
+					fuser $f_opts "$mnt" 2>/dev/null)"
 			fi
 			case " $pids " in
 				*" $$ "*)