diff --git a/include/sys/mntent.h b/include/sys/mntent.h
index e6ce117769..7284f05b1d 100644
--- a/include/sys/mntent.h
+++ b/include/sys/mntent.h
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@
 #define	MNTOPT_LOUD	"loud"		/* verbose mount */
 #define	MNTOPT_BIND	"bind"		/* remount part of a tree */
 #define	MNTOPT_RBIND	"rbind"		/* include subtrees */
+#define	MNTOPT_DIRXATTR	"dirxattr"	/* enable directory xattrs */
+#define	MNTOPT_SAXATTR	"saxattr"	/* enable system-attribute xattrs */
 #define	MNTOPT_XATTR	"xattr"		/* enable extended attributes */
 #define	MNTOPT_NOXATTR	"noxattr"	/* disable extended attributes */
 #define	MNTOPT_COMMENT	"comment"	/* comment */
diff --git a/include/sys/zfs_vfsops.h b/include/sys/zfs_vfsops.h
index 3d2b249c9f..28407c6f76 100644
--- a/include/sys/zfs_vfsops.h
+++ b/include/sys/zfs_vfsops.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ struct znode;
 typedef struct zfs_mntopts {
 	char		*z_osname;	/* Objset name */
 	char		*z_mntpoint;	/* Primary mount point */
+	uint64_t	z_xattr;
 	boolean_t	z_readonly;
 	boolean_t	z_do_readonly;
 	boolean_t	z_setuid;
@@ -52,7 +53,6 @@ typedef struct zfs_mntopts {
 	boolean_t	z_do_exec;
 	boolean_t	z_devices;
 	boolean_t	z_do_devices;
-	boolean_t	z_xattr;
 	boolean_t	z_do_xattr;
 	boolean_t	z_atime;
 	boolean_t	z_do_atime;
diff --git a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c
index 0e3332e0e3..c01ec105e4 100644
--- a/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c
+++ b/lib/libzfs/libzfs_mount.c
@@ -371,8 +371,6 @@ zfs_add_options(zfs_handle_t *zhp, char *options, int len)
 	    ZFS_PROP_READONLY, MNTOPT_RO, MNTOPT_RW);
 	error = error ? error : zfs_add_option(zhp, options, len,
 	    ZFS_PROP_SETUID, MNTOPT_SETUID, MNTOPT_NOSETUID);
-	error = error ? error : zfs_add_option(zhp, options, len,
-	    ZFS_PROP_XATTR, MNTOPT_XATTR, MNTOPT_NOXATTR);
 	error = error ? error : zfs_add_option(zhp, options, len,
 	    ZFS_PROP_NBMAND, MNTOPT_NBMAND, MNTOPT_NONBMAND);
 
diff --git a/man/man8/mount.zfs.8 b/man/man8/mount.zfs.8
index b4e2406a22..362a8332fb 100644
--- a/man/man8/mount.zfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/mount.zfs.8
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ under that mountpoint.
 This flag sets the SELinux context for the filesytem being mounted.
 .TP
 .BI "\-o defcontext"
-This flag sets the SELinux context for unlabled files.
+This flag sets the SELinux context for unlabeled files.
 .TP
 .BI "\-o rootcontext"
 This flag sets the SELinux context for the root inode of the filesystem.
@@ -97,8 +97,16 @@ has an entry in the /etc/fstab file.
 This private flag disables extended attributes.
 .TP
 .BI "\-o xattr
-This private flag enables extended attributes and, if appropriate,
-adds a ZFS context to the selinux system policy.
+This private flag enables directory-based extended attributes and, if
+appropriate, adds a ZFS context to the selinux system policy.
+.TP
+.BI "\-o saxattr
+This private flag enables system attributed-based extended attributes and, if
+appropriate, adds a ZFS context to the selinux system policy.
+.TP
+.BI "\-o dirxattr
+Equivalent to
+.BR xattr .
 .TP
 .BI "\-o zfsutil"
 This private flag indicates that
diff --git a/module/zfs/zpl_super.c b/module/zfs/zpl_super.c
index 80cc15725c..87895d6ba2 100644
--- a/module/zfs/zpl_super.c
+++ b/module/zfs/zpl_super.c
@@ -193,6 +193,8 @@ enum {
 	TOKEN_NOEXEC,
 	TOKEN_DEVICES,
 	TOKEN_NODEVICES,
+	TOKEN_DIRXATTR,
+	TOKEN_SAXATTR,
 	TOKEN_XATTR,
 	TOKEN_NOXATTR,
 	TOKEN_ATIME,
@@ -214,6 +216,8 @@ static const match_table_t zpl_tokens = {
 	{ TOKEN_NOEXEC,		MNTOPT_NOEXEC },
 	{ TOKEN_DEVICES,	MNTOPT_DEVICES },
 	{ TOKEN_NODEVICES,	MNTOPT_NODEVICES },
+	{ TOKEN_DIRXATTR,	MNTOPT_DIRXATTR },
+	{ TOKEN_SAXATTR,	MNTOPT_SAXATTR },
 	{ TOKEN_XATTR,		MNTOPT_XATTR },
 	{ TOKEN_NOXATTR,	MNTOPT_NOXATTR },
 	{ TOKEN_ATIME,		MNTOPT_ATIME },
@@ -262,12 +266,20 @@ zpl_parse_option(char *option, int token, substring_t *args, zfs_mntopts_t *zmo)
 		zmo->z_devices = B_FALSE;
 		zmo->z_do_devices = B_TRUE;
 		break;
+	case TOKEN_DIRXATTR:
+		zmo->z_xattr = ZFS_XATTR_DIR;
+		zmo->z_do_xattr = B_TRUE;
+		break;
+	case TOKEN_SAXATTR:
+		zmo->z_xattr = ZFS_XATTR_SA;
+		zmo->z_do_xattr = B_TRUE;
+		break;
 	case TOKEN_XATTR:
-		zmo->z_xattr = B_TRUE;
+		zmo->z_xattr = ZFS_XATTR_DIR;
 		zmo->z_do_xattr = B_TRUE;
 		break;
 	case TOKEN_NOXATTR:
-		zmo->z_xattr = B_FALSE;
+		zmo->z_xattr = ZFS_XATTR_OFF;
 		zmo->z_do_xattr = B_TRUE;
 		break;
 	case TOKEN_ATIME: