diff --git a/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs.rs b/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs.rs
index f4b52eab..1343fb82 100644
--- a/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs.rs
+++ b/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ use nix::unistd::Pid;
 use proxmox_tools::fs::file_read_firstline;
 use proxmox_tools::parse::hex_nibble;
 
+pub mod mountinfo;
+
 /// POSIX sysconf call
 pub fn sysconf(name: i32) -> i64 {
     extern "C" {
diff --git a/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs/mountinfo.rs b/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs/mountinfo.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f5325e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proxmox-sys/src/linux/procfs/mountinfo.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+//! `/proc/PID/mountinfo` handling.
+
+use std::ffi::{OsStr, OsString};
+use std::os::unix::ffi::OsStrExt;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use failure::{bail, format_err, Error};
+use nix::sys::stat;
+use nix::unistd::Pid;
+
+/// A mount ID as found within `/proc/PID/mountinfo`.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+#[repr(transparent)]
+pub struct MountId(usize);
+
+impl FromStr for MountId {
+    type Err = <usize as FromStr>::Err;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        s.parse().map(Self)
+    }
+}
+
+/// A device node entry (major:minor). This is a more strongly typed version of dev_t.
+#[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+pub struct Device {
+    major: u32,
+    minor: u32,
+}
+
+impl Device {
+    pub fn from_dev_t(dev: stat::dev_t) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            major: stat::major(dev) as u32,
+            minor: stat::minor(dev) as u32,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn into_dev_t(self) -> stat::dev_t {
+        stat::makedev(u64::from(self.major), u64::from(self.minor))
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Device {
+    type Err = Error;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let (major, minor) = s.split_at(
+            s.find(':')
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("expected 'major:minor' format"))?,
+        );
+        Ok(Self {
+            major: major.parse()?,
+            minor: minor[1..].parse()?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[cfg_attr(test, derive(Eq, PartialEq))]
+pub struct Tag {
+    pub tag: OsString,
+    pub value: Option<OsString>,
+}
+
+impl Tag {
+    fn parse(tag: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        Ok(match tag.iter().position(|b| *b == b':') {
+            Some(pos) => {
+                let (tag, value) = tag.split_at(pos);
+                Self {
+                    tag: OsStr::from_bytes(tag).to_owned(),
+                    value: Some(OsStr::from_bytes(&value[1..]).to_owned()),
+                }
+            }
+            None => Self {
+                tag: OsStr::from_bytes(tag).to_owned(),
+                value: None,
+            },
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Entry {
+    /// unique identifier of the mount (may be reused after being unmounted)
+    pub id: MountId,
+
+    /// id of the parent (or of self for the top of the mount tree)
+    pub parent: MountId,
+
+    /// value of st_dev for files on this file system
+    pub device: Device,
+
+    /// root of the mount within the file system
+    pub root: PathBuf,
+
+    /// mount point relative to the process' root
+    pub mount_point: PathBuf,
+
+    /// per-mount options
+    pub mount_options: OsString,
+
+    /// tags
+    pub tags: Vec<Tag>,
+
+    /// Name of the file system in the form "type[.subtype]".
+    pub fs_type: String,
+
+    /// File system specific mount source information.
+    pub mount_source: Option<OsString>,
+
+    /// superblock options
+    pub super_options: OsString,
+}
+
+impl Entry {
+    /// Parse a line from a `mountinfo` file.
+    pub fn parse(line: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut parts = line.split(u8::is_ascii_whitespace);
+
+        let mut next = || {
+            parts
+                .next()
+                .ok_or_else(|| format_err!("incomplete mountinfo line"))
+        };
+
+        let this = Self {
+            id: std::str::from_utf8(next()?)?.parse()?,
+            parent: std::str::from_utf8(next()?)?.parse()?,
+            device: std::str::from_utf8(next()?)?.parse()?,
+            root: OsStr::from_bytes(next()?).to_owned().into(),
+            mount_point: OsStr::from_bytes(next()?).to_owned().into(),
+            mount_options: OsStr::from_bytes(next()?).to_owned(),
+            tags: next()?.split(|b| *b == b',').try_fold(
+                Vec::new(),
+                |mut acc, tag| -> Result<_, Error> {
+                    acc.push(Tag::parse(tag)?);
+                    Ok(acc)
+                },
+            )?,
+            fs_type: std::str::from_utf8({
+                next()?;
+                next()?
+            })?
+            .to_string(),
+            mount_source: next().map(|src| match src {
+                b"none" => None,
+                other => Some(OsStr::from_bytes(other).to_owned()),
+            })?,
+            super_options: OsStr::from_bytes(next()?).to_owned(),
+        };
+
+        if parts.next().is_some() {
+            bail!("excess data in mountinfo line");
+        }
+
+        Ok(this)
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO: Add some structure to this? Eg. sort by parent/child relation? Make a tree?
+/// Mount info found in `/proc/PID/mountinfo`.
+pub struct MountInfo {
+    entries: Vec<Entry>,
+}
+
+pub type Iter<'a> = std::slice::Iter<'a, Entry>;
+
+impl MountInfo {
+    /// Read the current mount point information.
+    pub fn read() -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        Self::parse(&std::fs::read("/proc/self/mountinfo")?)
+    }
+
+    /// Read the mount point information of a specific pid.
+    pub fn read_for_pid(pid: Pid) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        Self::parse(&std::fs::read(format!("/proc/{}/mountinfo", pid))?)
+    }
+
+    /// Parse a `mountinfo` file.
+    pub fn parse(statstr: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let entries = statstr.split(|b| *b == b'\n').try_fold(
+            Vec::new(),
+            |mut acc, line| -> Result<_, Error> {
+                acc.push(Entry::parse(line)?);
+                Ok(acc)
+            },
+        )?;
+
+        Ok(Self { entries })
+    }
+
+    /// Iterate over mount entries.
+    pub fn iter(&self) -> Iter {
+        self.entries.iter()
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_entry() {
+    use std::path::Path;
+
+    let l1: &[u8] =
+        b"48 32 0:43 / /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime shared:26 - cgroup \
+          cgroup rw,blkio";
+    let entry = Entry::parse(l1).expect("failed to parse first mountinfo test entry");
+
+    assert_eq!(entry.id, MountId(48));
+    assert_eq!(entry.parent, MountId(32));
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.device,
+        Device {
+            major: 0,
+            minor: 43,
+        }
+    );
+    assert_eq!(entry.root, Path::new("/"));
+    assert_eq!(entry.mount_point, Path::new("/sys/fs/cgroup/blkio"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.mount_options,
+        OsStr::new("rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime")
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.tags,
+        &[Tag {
+            tag: OsString::from("shared"),
+            value: Some(OsString::from("26")),
+        }]
+    );
+    assert_eq!(entry.fs_type, "cgroup");
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.mount_source.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_os_str()),
+        Some(OsStr::new("cgroup"))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(entry.super_options, "rw,blkio");
+
+    let l2 = b"49 28 0:44 / /proxmox/debian rw,relatime shared:27 - autofs systemd-1 \
+               rw,fd=26,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=27726";
+    let entry = Entry::parse(l2).expect("failed to parse second mountinfo test entry");
+    assert_eq!(entry.id, MountId(49));
+    assert_eq!(entry.parent, MountId(28));
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.device,
+        Device {
+            major: 0,
+            minor: 44,
+        }
+    );
+    assert_eq!(entry.root, Path::new("/"));
+    assert_eq!(entry.mount_point, Path::new("/proxmox/debian"));
+    assert_eq!(entry.mount_options, OsStr::new("rw,relatime"));
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.tags,
+        &[Tag {
+            tag: OsString::from("shared"),
+            value: Some(OsString::from("27")),
+        }]
+    );
+    assert_eq!(entry.fs_type, "autofs");
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.mount_source.as_ref().map(|s| s.as_os_str()),
+        Some(OsStr::new("systemd-1"))
+    );
+    assert_eq!(
+        entry.super_options,
+        "rw,fd=26,pgrp=1,timeout=0,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct,pipe_ino=27726"
+    );
+
+    let mount_info = [l1, l2].join(&b"\n"[..]);
+    MountInfo::parse(&mount_info).expect("failed to parse mount info file");
+}