diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 923737bc..a7086c16 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ AC_HEADER_DIRENT
 AC_HEADER_TIME
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([fcntl.h stddef.h stdint.h stdlib.h string.h limits.h])
 AC_CHECK_HEADERS([unistd.h getopt.h fnmatch.h io.h inttypes.h byteswap.h])
-AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h linux/fiemap.h linux/fs.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([sys/time.h sys/file.h sys/ioctl.h sys/vfs.h sys/statfs.h])
+AC_CHECK_HEADERS([linux/fiemap.h linux/fs.h])
 
 dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
 AC_C_CONST
@@ -40,17 +41,32 @@ AC_TYPE_UINT64_T
 AC_TYPE_UINT8_T
 AC_TYPE_INT8_T
 AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct stat.st_mtim.tv_nsec, struct stat.st_mtimensec, struct stat.st_mtimespec.tv_nsec], [], [], [[
+#if HAVE_SYS_TYPES_H
 #include <sys/types.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_SYS_STAT_H
 #include <sys/stat.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_UNISTD_H
 #include <unistd.h>
+#endif
+]])
+AC_CHECK_MEMBERS([struct statfs.f_type], [], [], [[
+#if HAVE_SYS_VFS_H
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
+#endif
+#if HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H
+#include <sys/statfs.h>
+#endif
 ]])
 
 dnl Checks for library functions.
 AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strchr strerror strrchr mkdir gettimeofday strtoul])
 AC_CHECK_FUNCS([getopt getopt_long snprintf vsnprintf])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftruncate fallocate fsync access posix_fallocate posix_fadvise pread pwrite getc_unlocked ferror_unlocked fnmatch])
-AC_CHECK_FUNCS([futimes futimens futimesat fstatat flock])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([ftruncate fallocate fsync access posix_fallocate posix_fadvise])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([pread pwrite getc_unlocked ferror_unlocked fnmatch])
+AC_CHECK_FUNCS([futimes futimens futimesat fstatat flock statfs])
 
 dnl Checks for architecture
 AC_C_BIGENDIAN
diff --git a/mingw.c b/mingw.c
index 5ba518ab..7b1d75f1 100644
--- a/mingw.c
+++ b/mingw.c
@@ -1148,6 +1148,11 @@ int filephy(const char* file, struct stat* st, uint64_t* physical)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int fstype(const char* path)
+{
+	return FSTYPE_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
 #undef strerror
 
 const char* windows_strerror(int err)
diff --git a/portable.h b/portable.h
index d8fd1b96..c9eab0b4 100644
--- a/portable.h
+++ b/portable.h
@@ -107,6 +107,14 @@
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #endif
 
+#if HAVE_SYS_VFS_H
+#include <sys/vfs.h>
+#endif
+
+#if HAVE_SYS_STATFS_H
+#include <sys/statfs.h>
+#endif
+
 #if HAVE_GETOPT_H
 #include <getopt.h>
 #endif
@@ -173,6 +181,16 @@ int devuuid(uint64_t device, char* uuid, size_t size);
  */
 int filephy(const char* path, struct stat* st, uint64_t* physical);
 
+/* Types of filesystem */
+#define FSTYPE_UNKNOWN 0
+#define FSTYPE_FUSE 1
+
+/**
+ * Get the filesystem type.
+ * Returns -1 on error or one of the FSTYPE define.
+ */
+int fstype(const char* path);
+
 /**
  * Initializes the system.
  */
diff --git a/state.c b/state.c
index a5a8b4bb..a470e1c1 100644
--- a/state.c
+++ b/state.c
@@ -113,6 +113,26 @@ static void state_config_check(struct snapraid_state* state, const char* path)
 #endif
 
 			if (!state->opt.force_device) {
+				int ret;
+
+				ret = fstype(disk->dir);
+				if (ret < 0) {
+					fprintf(stderr, "Error accessing disk '%s' to get the filesystem type. %s.\n", disk->dir, strerror(errno));
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+				if (ret == FSTYPE_FUSE) {
+					fprintf(stderr, "Disk '%s' has a filesystem managed by FUSE.\n", disk->dir);
+					fprintf(stderr, "FUSE doesn't support persistent inodes, and it cannot be\n");
+					fprintf(stderr, "used safely with SnapRAID.\n");
+
+					/* in "fix" we allow to continue anyway */
+					if (strcmp(state->command, "fix") == 0) {
+						fprintf(stderr, "You can '%s' anyway, using 'snapraid --force-device %s'.\n", state->command, state->command);
+					}
+
+					exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+				}
+
 				for(j=i->next;j!=0;j=j->next) {
 					struct snapraid_disk* other = j->data;
 					if (disk->device == other->device) {
@@ -675,6 +695,8 @@ static void state_map(struct snapraid_state* state)
 
 	/* removes all the mapping without a disk */
 	/* this happens when a disk is removed from the configuration file */
+	/* From SnapRAID 4.0 mappings are automatically removed if a disk is not used */
+	/* when saving the content file, but we keep this code to import older content files. */
 	for(i=state->maplist;i!=0;) {
 		struct snapraid_map* map = i->data;
 		struct snapraid_disk* disk;
diff --git a/unix.c b/unix.c
index 41912895..21302895 100644
--- a/unix.c
+++ b/unix.c
@@ -168,6 +168,26 @@ int filephy(const char* path, struct stat* st, uint64_t* physical)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int fstype(const char* path)
+{
+/* statfs() is really not portable, and to limit possible incompatibility we limit it to Linux */
+/* for example, Solaris doesn't have the f_type field, BSD has it as "short" */
+#if HAVE_STATFS && HAVE_STRUCT_STATFS_F_TYPE && defined(__linux__)
+	struct statfs st;
+	
+	if (statfs(path, &st) != 0)
+		return -1;
+
+	switch (st.f_type) {
+	case 0x65735546 : return FSTYPE_FUSE;
+	}
+#else
+	(void)path;
+#endif
+
+	return FSTYPE_UNKNOWN;
+}
+
 void os_init(void)
 {
 }