diff --git a/plugins/sftp/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
index 84e014dd2..746904867 100644
--- a/plugins/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/sftp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Find fusermount -- otherwise fallback to umount
+find_program(HAVE_FUSERMOUNT fusermount)
+configure_file(config-sftp.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config-sftp.h )
+
 find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Notifications KIO)
 
 set(kdeconnect_sftp_SRCS
diff --git a/plugins/sftp/config-sftp.h.cmake b/plugins/sftp/config-sftp.h.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0692c2699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/sftp/config-sftp.h.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#cmakedefine01 HAVE_FUSERMOUNT
diff --git a/plugins/sftp/mounter.cpp b/plugins/sftp/mounter.cpp
index c2e7d6dee..14114092d 100644
--- a/plugins/sftp/mounter.cpp
+++ b/plugins/sftp/mounter.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include <KLocalizedString>
 
 #include "mountloop.h"
+#include "config-sftp.h"
 #include "sftp_debug.h"
 #include "kdeconnectconfig.h"
 
@@ -234,7 +235,11 @@ void Mounter::unmount(bool finished)
             m_proc->deleteLater();
 
         //Free mount point (won't always succeed if the path is in use)
+#if defined(HAVE_FUSERMOUNT)
         KProcess::execute(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("fusermount") << QStringLiteral("-u") << m_mountPoint, 10000);
+#else
+        KProcess::execute(QStringList() << QStringLiteral("umount") << m_mountPoint, 10000);
+#endif
         m_proc = nullptr;
     }
     m_started = false;