diff --git a/fuse/switchfs.go b/fuse/switchfs.go
index a9c071d2fd7c45a5406238e2b997402a6055d8ed..0a765addae44ad3dcac62eb4a8c9af9e9f26f5b4 100644
--- a/fuse/switchfs.go
+++ b/fuse/switchfs.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 // it also works if the encompassing file system already has the
 // mounted directory.
 type SwitchFileSystem struct {
+	DefaultFileSystem
 	fileSystems SwitchedFileSystems
 }