diff --git a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
index 56a3b509746..f33284370c0 100644
--- a/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
+++ b/src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static int parse_one_option(const char *option) {
         assert(option);
 
         /* Handled outside of this tool */
-        if (streq(option, "noauto"))
+        if (streq(option, "noauto") || streq(option, "nofail"))
                 return 0;
 
         if (startswith(option, "cipher=")) {