--- misc/fsck.8.in
+++ misc/fsck.8.in
@@ -180,6 +180,10 @@
 will use the specified filesystem type.  If this type is not
 available, then the default file system type (currently ext2) is used. 
 .TP
+.B \-m
+Do not check mounted filesystems and return an exit code of 0
+for mounted filesystems.
+.TP
 .B \-A
 Walk through the
 .I /etc/fstab
--- misc/fsck.c
+++ misc/fsck.c
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 int serialize = 0;
 int skip_root = 0;
 int like_mount = 0;
+int ignore_mounted = 0;
 int notitle = 0;
 int parallel_root = 0;
 int progress = 0;
@@ -851,6 +852,56 @@
 	return (cmp->negate ? !ret : ret);
 }
 
+/* Check to see whether a filesystem is already mounted */
+static int is_mounted(struct fs_info *fs)
+{
+	struct stat st_buf;
+	dev_t fs_rdev;
+	char *testdir;
+	int retval = 0;
+
+	if (!fs->mountpt) {
+		/*
+		 * We have already read /proc/mounts
+		 * so any device without a mountpoint
+		 * is indeed not mounted.
+		 */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (!strcmp(fs->mountpt,"/")) {
+		/* Root should be always mounted */
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	if (stat(fs->mountpt, &st_buf) < 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (!S_ISDIR(st_buf.st_mode)) {
+		/* This is not a directory, cannot be mounted */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	fs_rdev = st_buf.st_dev;
+
+	/* Compare with the upper directory */
+	testdir = malloc(strlen(fs->mountpt) + 4);
+	strcpy(testdir,fs->mountpt);
+	if (fs->mountpt[strlen(fs->mountpt) - 1] == '/')
+		strcat(testdir,"..");
+	else
+		strcat(testdir,"/..");
+
+	if (stat(testdir, &st_buf) == 0) {
+		if (st_buf.st_dev != fs_rdev) {
+			retval = 1;
+		}
+	}
+	free(testdir);
+
+	return retval;
+}
+
 /* Check if we should ignore this filesystem. */
 static int ignore(struct fs_info *fs)
 {
@@ -997,6 +1048,15 @@
 				not_done_yet++;
 				continue;
 			}
+			if (ignore_mounted) {
+				/*
+				 * Ignore mounted devices.
+				 */
+				if (is_mounted(fs)) {
+					fs->flags |= FLAG_DONE;
+					continue;
+				}
+			}
 			/*
 			 * If a filesystem on a particular device has
 			 * already been spawned, then we need to defer
@@ -1174,6 +1234,9 @@
 			case 'P':
 				parallel_root++;
 				break;
+			case 'm':
+				ignore_mounted++;
+				break;
 			case 's':
 				serialize++;
 				break;
@@ -1249,6 +1312,10 @@
 		fstab = _PATH_MNTTAB;
 	load_fs_info(fstab);
 
+	/* Load info from /proc/mounts, too */
+	if (ignore_mounted)
+		load_fs_info("/proc/mounts");
+
 	/* Update our search path to include uncommon directories. */
 	if (oldpath) {
 		fsck_path = malloc (strlen (fsck_prefix_path) + 1 +
@@ -1301,6 +1368,14 @@
 			if (!fs)
 				continue;
 		}
+		if (ignore_mounted) {
+			/*
+			 * Ignore mounted devices.
+			 */
+			if (is_mounted(fs)) {
+				continue;
+			}
+		}
 		fsck_device(fs, interactive);
 		if (serialize ||
 		    (max_running && (num_running >= max_running))) {