diff --git a/src/mounts.js b/src/mounts.js
index ab05ea73d..081270d57 100644
--- a/src/mounts.js
+++ b/src/mounts.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ exports = module.exports = {
     MOUNT_TYPE_EXT4: 'ext4',
     MOUNT_TYPE_XFS: 'xfs',
     MOUNT_TYPE_DISK: 'disk',
+    MOUNT_TYPE_LOOPBACK: 'loopback'
 };
 
 const assert = require('assert'),
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ function validateMountOptions(type, options) {
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_EXT4:
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_XFS:
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_DISK:
+    case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_LOOPBACK:
         if (typeof options.diskPath !== 'string') return new BoxError(BoxError.BAD_FIELD, 'diskPath is not a string');
         return null;
     default:
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ function isManagedProvider(provider) {
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_EXT4:
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_XFS:
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_DISK:
+    case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_LOOPBACK:
         return true;
     default:
         return false;
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ async function renderMountFile(mount) {
 
     const { name, hostPath, mountType, mountOptions } = mount;
 
-    let options, what, type;
+    let options, what, type, dependsOn;
     switch (mountType) {
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_CIFS: {
         const out = await shell.spawn('systemd-escape', [ '-p', hostPath ], { encoding: 'utf8' }); // this ensures uniqueness of creds file
@@ -106,12 +109,14 @@ async function renderMountFile(mount) {
         type = 'cifs';
         what = `//${mountOptions.host}` + path.join('/', mountOptions.remoteDir);
         options = `credentials=${credentialsFilePath},rw,${mountOptions.seal ? 'seal,' : ''}iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0666,dir_mode=0777,uid=yellowtent,gid=yellowtent`;
+        dependsOn = 'network-online.target';
         break;
     }
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_NFS:
         type = 'nfs';
         what = `${mountOptions.host}:${mountOptions.remoteDir}`;
         options = 'noauto'; // noauto means it is not a blocker for local-fs.target. _netdev is implicit. rw,hard,tcp,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14
+        dependsOn = 'network-online.target';
         break;
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_EXT4:
         type = 'ext4';
@@ -135,14 +140,21 @@ async function renderMountFile(mount) {
         type = 'fuse.sshfs';
         what = `${mountOptions.user}@${mountOptions.host}:${mountOptions.remoteDir}`;
         options = `allow_other,port=${mountOptions.port},IdentityFile=${keyFilePath},StrictHostKeyChecking=no,reconnect`; // allow_other means non-root users can access it
+        dependsOn = 'network-online.target';
         break;
     }
+    case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_LOOPBACK:
+        type = 'ext4';
+        what = mountOptions.diskPath;
+        options = 'loop';
+        dependsOn = mountOptions.dependsOn;
+        break;
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_FILESYSTEM:
     case exports.MOUNT_TYPE_MOUNTPOINT:
         return;
     }
 
-    return ejs.render(SYSTEMD_MOUNT_EJS, { name, what, where: hostPath, options, type });
+    return ejs.render(SYSTEMD_MOUNT_EJS, { name, what, where: hostPath, options, type, dependsOn });
 }
 
 async function removeMount(mount) {
diff --git a/src/systemd-mount.ejs b/src/systemd-mount.ejs
index 1798414e1..08432456d 100644
--- a/src/systemd-mount.ejs
+++ b/src/systemd-mount.ejs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 [Unit]
 Description=<%= name %>
 <% if ( type === 'cifs' || type === 'nfs' || type === 'fuse.sshfs' ) { %>
-Requires=network-online.target
-After=network-online.target
+Requires=<%= dependsOn %>
+After=<%= dependsOn %>
 Before=docker.service
+<% } else if ( type === 'loopback' ) { %>
+Requires=<%= dependsOn %>
+After=<%= dependsOn %>
 <% } %>
 
 [Mount]