diff --git a/man/systemd-mount.xml b/man/systemd-mount.xml
index 18f14b3ed0..63e4fc40f1 100644
--- a/man/systemd-mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-mount.xml
@@ -260,8 +260,8 @@
         which can be mount points, devices, <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> style node names, or backing files
         corresponding to loop devices, like
         <command>systemd-mount --umount /path/to/umount /dev/sda1 UUID=xxxxxx-xxxx LABEL=xxxxx /path/to/disk.img</command>.
-      </para>
-        </listitem>
+        Note that when <option>-H</option> or <option>-M</option> is specified, only absolute paths to mount points are
+        supported.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
diff --git a/src/mount/mount-tool.c b/src/mount/mount-tool.c
index 52b8ef5683..81c6ef5f74 100644
--- a/src/mount/mount-tool.c
+++ b/src/mount/mount-tool.c
@@ -311,8 +311,13 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 }
 
                 if (arg_transport != BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) {
-                        log_error("Unmounting devices only supported locally.");
-                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+                        int i;
+
+                        for (i = optind; i < argc; i++)
+                                if (!path_is_absolute(argv[i]) ) {
+                                        log_error("Only absolute path is supported: %s", argv[i]);
+                                        return -EINVAL;
+                                }
                 }
         } else {
                 if (optind >= argc) {
@@ -918,6 +923,23 @@ static int action_umount(
 
         int i, r, r2 = 0;
 
+        if (arg_transport != BUS_TRANSPORT_LOCAL) {
+                for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
+                        _cleanup_free_ char *p = NULL;
+
+                        p = strdup(argv[i]);
+                        if (!p)
+                                return log_oom();
+
+                        path_kill_slashes(p);
+
+                        r = stop_mounts(bus, p);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                r2 = r;
+                }
+                return r2;
+        }
+
         for (i = optind; i < argc; i++) {
                 _cleanup_free_ char *u = NULL, *p = NULL;
                 struct stat st;