diff --git a/src/channel.rs b/src/channel.rs
index add5c831..fae35afb 100644
--- a/src/channel.rs
+++ b/src/channel.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
-use std::{fs::File, io, os::unix::prelude::AsRawFd, sync::Arc};
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io,
+    os::{
+        fd::{AsFd, BorrowedFd},
+        unix::prelude::AsRawFd,
+    },
+    sync::Arc,
+};
 
 use libc::{c_int, c_void, size_t};
 
@@ -8,6 +16,12 @@ use crate::reply::ReplySender;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub struct Channel(Arc<File>);
 
+impl AsFd for Channel {
+    fn as_fd(&self) -> BorrowedFd<'_> {
+        self.0.as_fd()
+    }
+}
+
 impl Channel {
     /// Create a new communication channel to the kernel driver by mounting the
     /// given path. The kernel driver will delegate filesystem operations of
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index d1f126bd..e3d8dcf9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ pub use reply::{
     ReplyStatfs, ReplyWrite,
 };
 pub use request::Request;
-pub use session::{BackgroundSession, Session, SessionUnmounter};
+pub use session::{BackgroundSession, Session, SessionACL, SessionUnmounter};
 #[cfg(feature = "abi-7-28")]
 use std::cmp::max;
 #[cfg(feature = "abi-7-13")]
diff --git a/src/session.rs b/src/session.rs
index 44919264..9f9e742d 100644
--- a/src/session.rs
+++ b/src/session.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ use libc::{EAGAIN, EINTR, ENODEV, ENOENT};
 use log::{info, warn};
 use nix::unistd::geteuid;
 use std::fmt;
-use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+use std::os::fd::{AsFd, BorrowedFd, OwnedFd};
+use std::path::Path;
 use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use std::thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 use std::{io, ops::DerefMut};
@@ -31,10 +32,15 @@ pub const MAX_WRITE_SIZE: usize = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
 /// up to MAX_WRITE_SIZE bytes in a write request, we use that value plus some extra space.
 const BUFFER_SIZE: usize = MAX_WRITE_SIZE + 4096;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
-pub(crate) enum SessionACL {
+#[derive(Default, Debug, Eq, PartialEq)]
+/// How requests should be filtered based on the calling UID.
+pub enum SessionACL {
+    /// Allow requests from any user. Corresponds to the `allow_other` mount option.
     All,
+    /// Allow requests from root. Corresponds to the `allow_root` mount option.
     RootAndOwner,
+    /// Allow requests from the owning UID. This is FUSE's default mode of operation.
+    #[default]
     Owner,
 }
 
@@ -47,8 +53,6 @@ pub struct Session<FS: Filesystem> {
     ch: Channel,
     /// Handle to the mount.  Dropping this unmounts.
     mount: Arc<Mutex<Option<Mount>>>,
-    /// Mount point
-    mountpoint: PathBuf,
     /// Whether to restrict access to owner, root + owner, or unrestricted
     /// Used to implement allow_root and auto_unmount
     pub(crate) allowed: SessionACL,
@@ -64,6 +68,12 @@ pub struct Session<FS: Filesystem> {
     pub(crate) destroyed: bool,
 }
 
+impl<FS: Filesystem> AsFd for Session<FS> {
+    fn as_fd(&self) -> BorrowedFd<'_> {
+        self.ch.as_fd()
+    }
+}
+
 impl<FS: Filesystem> Session<FS> {
     /// Create a new session by mounting the given filesystem to the given mountpoint
     pub fn new<P: AsRef<Path>>(
@@ -101,7 +111,6 @@ impl<FS: Filesystem> Session<FS> {
             filesystem,
             ch,
             mount: Arc::new(Mutex::new(Some(mount))),
-            mountpoint: mountpoint.to_owned(),
             allowed,
             session_owner: geteuid().as_raw(),
             proto_major: 0,
@@ -111,9 +120,21 @@ impl<FS: Filesystem> Session<FS> {
         })
     }
 
-    /// Return path of the mounted filesystem
-    pub fn mountpoint(&self) -> &Path {
-        &self.mountpoint
+    /// Wrap an existing /dev/fuse file descriptor. This doesn't mount the
+    /// filesystem anywhere; that must be done separately.
+    pub fn from_fd(filesystem: FS, fd: OwnedFd, acl: SessionACL) -> Self {
+        let ch = Channel::new(Arc::new(fd.into()));
+        Session {
+            filesystem,
+            ch,
+            mount: Arc::new(Mutex::new(None)),
+            allowed: acl,
+            session_owner: geteuid().as_raw(),
+            proto_major: 0,
+            proto_minor: 0,
+            initialized: false,
+            destroyed: false,
+        }
     }
 
     /// Run the session loop that receives kernel requests and dispatches them to method
@@ -210,14 +231,11 @@ impl<FS: Filesystem> Drop for Session<FS> {
             self.filesystem.destroy();
             self.destroyed = true;
         }
-        info!("Unmounted {}", self.mountpoint().display());
     }
 }
 
 /// The background session data structure
 pub struct BackgroundSession {
-    /// Path of the mounted filesystem
-    pub mountpoint: PathBuf,
     /// Thread guard of the background session
     pub guard: JoinHandle<io::Result<()>>,
     /// Object for creating Notifiers for client use
@@ -232,7 +250,6 @@ impl BackgroundSession {
     /// session loop in a background thread. If the returned handle is dropped,
     /// the filesystem is unmounted and the given session ends.
     pub fn new<FS: Filesystem + Send + 'static>(se: Session<FS>) -> io::Result<BackgroundSession> {
-        let mountpoint = se.mountpoint().to_path_buf();
         #[cfg(feature = "abi-7-11")]
         let sender = se.ch.sender();
         // Take the fuse_session, so that we can unmount it
@@ -243,7 +260,6 @@ impl BackgroundSession {
             se.run()
         });
         Ok(BackgroundSession {
-            mountpoint,
             guard,
             #[cfg(feature = "abi-7-11")]
             sender,
@@ -253,7 +269,6 @@ impl BackgroundSession {
     /// Unmount the filesystem and join the background thread.
     pub fn join(self) {
         let Self {
-            mountpoint: _,
             guard,
             #[cfg(feature = "abi-7-11")]
                 sender: _,
@@ -274,10 +289,6 @@ impl BackgroundSession {
 // thread_scoped::JoinGuard
 impl fmt::Debug for BackgroundSession {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> Result<(), fmt::Error> {
-        write!(
-            f,
-            "BackgroundSession {{ mountpoint: {:?}, guard: JoinGuard<()> }}",
-            self.mountpoint
-        )
+        write!(f, "BackgroundSession {{ guard: JoinGuard<()> }}",)
     }
 }