diff --git a/global/fs/zfs/default.nix b/global/fs/zfs/default.nix
index 10c88a85..61976560 100644
--- a/global/fs/zfs/default.nix
+++ b/global/fs/zfs/default.nix
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ in {
     fileSystems = (mapAttrs (path: dataset: {
       device = "${cfg.zfs.persist}/${dataset}";
       fsType = "zfs";
+      options = [ "zfsutil" ];
       # required by impermanence
       neededForBoot = true;
     }) cfg.zfs.mountpoints) // {