diff --git a/gio/gfile.c b/gio/gfile.c
index 447da3cfb..43c5c3d74 100644
--- a/gio/gfile.c
+++ b/gio/gfile.c
@@ -4166,7 +4166,9 @@ g_file_delete_finish (GFile         *file,
  * Sends @file to the "Trashcan", if possible. This is similar to
  * deleting it, but the user can recover it before emptying the trashcan.
  * Not all file systems support trashing, so this call can return the
- * %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED error.
+ * %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED error. Since GLib 2.66, the `x-gvfs-notrash` unix
+ * mount option can be used to disable g_file_trash() support for certain
+ * mounts, the %G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED error will be returned in that case.
  *
  * If @cancellable is not %NULL, then the operation can be cancelled by
  * triggering the cancellable object from another thread. If the operation
diff --git a/gio/glocalfile.c b/gio/glocalfile.c
index e7481454e..cb0ecdafb 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfile.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfile.c
@@ -1858,6 +1858,52 @@ try_make_relative (const char *path,
   return g_strdup (path);
 }
 
+static gboolean
+ignore_trash_mount (GUnixMountEntry *mount)
+{
+  GUnixMountPoint *mount_point = NULL;
+  const gchar *mount_options;
+  gboolean retval = TRUE;
+
+  if (g_unix_mount_is_system_internal (mount))
+    return TRUE;
+
+  mount_options = g_unix_mount_get_options (mount);
+  if (mount_options == NULL)
+    {
+      mount_point = g_unix_mount_point_at (g_unix_mount_get_mount_path (mount),
+                                           NULL);
+      if (mount_point != NULL)
+        mount_options = g_unix_mount_point_get_options (mount_point);
+    }
+
+  if (mount_options == NULL ||
+      strstr (mount_options, "x-gvfs-notrash") == NULL)
+    retval = FALSE;
+
+  g_clear_pointer (&mount_point, g_unix_mount_point_free);
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
+static gboolean
+ignore_trash_path (const gchar *topdir)
+{
+  GUnixMountEntry *mount;
+  gboolean retval = TRUE;
+
+  mount = g_unix_mount_at (topdir, NULL);
+  if (mount == NULL)
+    goto out;
+
+  retval = ignore_trash_mount (mount);
+
+ out:
+  g_clear_pointer (&mount, g_unix_mount_free);
+
+  return retval;
+}
+
 gboolean
 _g_local_file_has_trash_dir (const char *dirname, dev_t dir_dev)
 {
@@ -1886,6 +1932,13 @@ _g_local_file_has_trash_dir (const char *dirname, dev_t dir_dev)
   if (topdir == NULL)
     return FALSE;
 
+  if (ignore_trash_path (topdir))
+    {
+      g_free (topdir);
+
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
   globaldir = g_build_filename (topdir, ".Trash", NULL);
   if (g_lstat (globaldir, &global_stat) == 0 &&
       S_ISDIR (global_stat.st_mode) &&
@@ -2041,7 +2094,16 @@ g_local_file_trash (GFile         *file,
                           file, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED);
 	  return FALSE;
 	}
-      
+
+      if (ignore_trash_path (topdir))
+        {
+          g_set_error (error, G_IO_ERROR, G_IO_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED,
+                       _("Trashing on system internal mounts is not supported"));
+          g_free (topdir);
+
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+
       /* Try looking for global trash dir $topdir/.Trash/$uid */
       globaldir = g_build_filename (topdir, ".Trash", NULL);
       if (g_lstat (globaldir, &global_stat) == 0 &&