diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d01b95d53..c231c5174 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ The general format of the Cloudfuse Linux commands is `cloudfuse [command] [argu
 * `mount all` - Mounts all the containers in an S3 Account or Azure account supported by mount
   - Example: cloudfuse mount all \<mount path> --config-file=\<config file>
 * `mount list` - Lists all Cloudfuse filesystems.
-  - cloudfuse mount list
+  - Example: cloudfuse mount list
 * `unmount` - Unmounts the Cloudfuse filesystem.
-  - Example: cloudfuse unmount \<mount path>
+  - Add "--lazy" (or "-z") flag to use lazy unmount (prevents busy errors)
+  - Example: cloudfuse unmount --lazy \<mount path>
 * `unmount all` - Unmounts all Cloudfuse filesystems.
-  - Example: cloudfuse unmount all
+  - Add "--lazy" (or "-z") flag to use lazy unmount (prevents busy errors)
+  - Example: cloudfuse unmount all --lazy
 
 ### Windows:
 
diff --git a/cmd/unmount_all_linux.go b/cmd/unmount_all_linux.go
index df2dd8fbc..085e86a73 100644
--- a/cmd/unmount_all_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/unmount_all_linux.go
@@ -42,19 +42,24 @@ var umntAllCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long:              "Unmount all instances of Cloudfuse. Only available on Linux",
 	SuggestFor:        []string{"al", "all"},
 	FlagErrorHandling: cobra.ExitOnError,
-	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
 		lstMnt, err := common.ListMountPoints()
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to list mount points [%s]", err.Error())
 		}
 
+		lazy, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("lazy")
+		if err != nil {
+			lazy = false
+		}
+
 		mountfound := 0
 		unmounted := 0
 		errMsg := "failed to unmount - \n"
 
 		for _, mntPath := range lstMnt {
 			mountfound += 1
-			err := unmountCloudfuse(mntPath)
+			err := unmountCloudfuse(mntPath, lazy)
 			if err == nil {
 				unmounted += 1
 			} else {
diff --git a/cmd/unmount_linux.go b/cmd/unmount_linux.go
index 8430550ed..5cd6247e0 100644
--- a/cmd/unmount_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/unmount_linux.go
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ var unmountCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	SuggestFor:        []string{"unmount", "unmnt"},
 	Args:              cobra.ExactArgs(1),
 	FlagErrorHandling: cobra.ExitOnError,
-	RunE: func(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		lazy, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("lazy")
+		if err != nil {
+			lazy = false
+		}
 		if strings.Contains(args[0], "*") {
 			mntPathPrefix := args[0]
 
@@ -55,14 +59,14 @@ var unmountCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			for _, mntPath := range lstMnt {
 				match, _ := regexp.MatchString(mntPathPrefix, mntPath)
 				if match {
-					err := unmountCloudfuse(mntPath)
+					err := unmountCloudfuse(mntPath, lazy)
 					if err != nil {
 						return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmount %s [%s]", mntPath, err.Error())
 					}
 				}
 			}
 		} else {
-			err := unmountCloudfuse(args[0])
+			err := unmountCloudfuse(args[0], lazy)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -80,13 +84,18 @@ var unmountCmd = &cobra.Command{
 }
 
 // Attempts to unmount the directory and returns true if the operation succeeded
-func unmountCloudfuse(mntPath string) error {
+func unmountCloudfuse(mntPath string, lazy bool) error {
 	unmountCmd := []string{"fusermount3", "fusermount"}
 
 	var errb bytes.Buffer
 	var err error
 	for _, umntCmd := range unmountCmd {
-		cliOut := exec.Command(umntCmd, "-u", mntPath)
+		var args []string
+		if lazy {
+			args = append(args, "-z")
+		}
+		args = append(args, "-u", mntPath)
+		cliOut := exec.Command(umntCmd, args...)
 		cliOut.Stderr = &errb
 		_, err = cliOut.Output()
 
@@ -106,5 +115,6 @@ func unmountCloudfuse(mntPath string) error {
 
 func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(unmountCmd)
+	unmountCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolP("lazy", "z", false, "Use lazy unmount")
 	unmountCmd.AddCommand(umntAllCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/unmount_linux_test.go b/cmd/unmount_linux_test.go
index a04063a39..433d06b4e 100644
--- a/cmd/unmount_linux_test.go
+++ b/cmd/unmount_linux_test.go
@@ -100,6 +100,40 @@ func (suite *unmountTestSuite) TestUnmountCmd() {
 	suite.assert.Nil(err)
 }
 
+func (suite *unmountTestSuite) TestUnmountCmdLazy() {
+	defer suite.cleanupTest()
+
+	lazyFlags := []string{"--lazy", "-z"}
+	flagBeforePath := false
+	flagAfterPath := !flagBeforePath
+	possibleFlagPositions := []bool{flagBeforePath, flagAfterPath}
+	baseCommand := "unmount"
+
+	for _, lazyFlag := range lazyFlags {
+		for _, flagPosition := range possibleFlagPositions {
+			mountDirectory1, _ := os.MkdirTemp("", "TestUnMountTemp")
+			os.MkdirAll(mountDirectory1, 0777)
+			defer os.RemoveAll(mountDirectory1)
+
+			cmd := exec.Command("../cloudfuse", "mount", mountDirectory1, fmt.Sprintf("--config-file=%s", confFileUnMntTest))
+			_, err := cmd.Output()
+			suite.assert.Nil(err)
+
+			time.Sleep(time.Second)
+
+			args := []string{baseCommand}
+			if flagPosition == flagBeforePath {
+				args = append(args, lazyFlag, mountDirectory1)
+			} else {
+				args = append(args, mountDirectory1, lazyFlag)
+			}
+
+			_, err = executeCommandC(rootCmd, args...)
+			suite.assert.Nil(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 func (suite *unmountTestSuite) TestUnmountCmdFail() {
 	defer suite.cleanupTest()
 
diff --git a/gui/mountPrimaryWindow.py b/gui/mountPrimaryWindow.py
index fb25c2805..77babd48c 100644
--- a/gui/mountPrimaryWindow.py
+++ b/gui/mountPrimaryWindow.py
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ def unmountBucket(self):
             else:
                 # Create the mount command to send to subprocess. If shell=True is set and the command is not in one string
                 #   the subprocess will interpret the additional arguments as separate commands.
-                cmd = "./cloudfuse unmount " + directory
+                cmd = "./cloudfuse unmount --lazy " + directory
                 unmount = subprocess.run([cmd], shell=True, capture_output=True)
 
             # Print to the text edit window the results of the unmount