diff --git a/mount_darwin.go b/mount_darwin.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aeac78cda5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mount_darwin.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package docker
+
+import "errors"
+
+func mount(source string, target string, fstype string, flags uintptr, data string) (err error) {
+	return errors.New("mount is not implemented on darwin")
+}
diff --git a/mount_linux.go b/mount_linux.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5a24e8480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mount_linux.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package docker
+
+import "syscall"
+
+
+func mount(source string, target string, fstype string, flags uintptr, data string) (err error) {
+	return syscall.Mount(source, target, fstype, flags, data)
+}