diff --git a/cmd/mount/dir.go b/cmd/mount/dir.go
index c044fcff3..7cf1c75e6 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/dir.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/dir.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ var _ fusefs.Node = (*Dir)(nil)
 // Attr updates the attributes of a directory
 func (d *Dir) Attr(ctx context.Context, a *fuse.Attr) (err error) {
 	defer log.Trace(d, "")("attr=%+v, err=%v", a, &err)
-	a.Valid = d.fsys.opt.AttrTimeout
+	a.Valid = time.Duration(d.fsys.opt.AttrTimeout)
 	a.Gid = d.VFS().Opt.GID
 	a.Uid = d.VFS().Opt.UID
 	a.Mode = os.ModeDir | d.VFS().Opt.DirPerms
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ func (d *Dir) Lookup(ctx context.Context, req *fuse.LookupRequest, resp *fuse.Lo
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, translateError(err)
 	}
-	resp.EntryValid = d.fsys.opt.AttrTimeout
+	resp.EntryValid = time.Duration(d.fsys.opt.AttrTimeout)
 	// Check the mnode to see if it has a fuse Node cached
 	// We must return the same fuse nodes for vfs Nodes
 	node, ok := mnode.Sys().(fusefs.Node)
diff --git a/cmd/mount/file.go b/cmd/mount/file.go
index da0897fb8..6e7b67355 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/file.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/file.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ var _ fusefs.Node = (*File)(nil)
 // Attr fills out the attributes for the file
 func (f *File) Attr(ctx context.Context, a *fuse.Attr) (err error) {
 	defer log.Trace(f, "")("a=%+v, err=%v", a, &err)
-	a.Valid = f.fsys.opt.AttrTimeout
+	a.Valid = time.Duration(f.fsys.opt.AttrTimeout)
 	modTime := f.File.ModTime()
 	Size := uint64(f.File.Size())
 	Blocks := (Size + 511) / 512
diff --git a/cmd/mount/mount.go b/cmd/mount/mount.go
index 4fa832b57..0cc9ae651 100644
--- a/cmd/mount/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount/mount.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package mount
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	"bazil.org/fuse"
 	fusefs "bazil.org/fuse/fs"
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ func mountOptions(VFS *vfs.VFS, device string, opt *mountlib.Options) (options [
 		options = append(options, fuse.WritebackCache())
 	}
 	if opt.DaemonTimeout != 0 {
-		options = append(options, fuse.DaemonTimeout(fmt.Sprint(int(opt.DaemonTimeout.Seconds()))))
+		options = append(options, fuse.DaemonTimeout(fmt.Sprint(int(time.Duration(opt.DaemonTimeout).Seconds()))))
 	}
 	if len(opt.ExtraOptions) > 0 {
 		fs.Errorf(nil, "-o/--option not supported with this FUSE backend")
diff --git a/cmd/mount2/fs.go b/cmd/mount2/fs.go
index 8ede62af1..4aa9afcd0 100644
--- a/cmd/mount2/fs.go
+++ b/cmd/mount2/fs.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package mount2
 import (
 	"os"
 	"syscall"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
 	"github.com/rclone/rclone/cmd/mountlib"
@@ -88,14 +89,14 @@ func setAttr(node vfs.Node, attr *fuse.Attr) {
 // fill in AttrOut from node
 func (f *FS) setAttrOut(node vfs.Node, out *fuse.AttrOut) {
 	setAttr(node, &out.Attr)
-	out.SetTimeout(f.opt.AttrTimeout)
+	out.SetTimeout(time.Duration(f.opt.AttrTimeout))
 }
 
 // fill in EntryOut from node
 func (f *FS) setEntryOut(node vfs.Node, out *fuse.EntryOut) {
 	setAttr(node, &out.Attr)
-	out.SetEntryTimeout(f.opt.AttrTimeout)
-	out.SetAttrTimeout(f.opt.AttrTimeout)
+	out.SetEntryTimeout(time.Duration(f.opt.AttrTimeout))
+	out.SetAttrTimeout(time.Duration(f.opt.AttrTimeout))
 }
 
 // Translate errors from mountlib into Syscall error numbers
diff --git a/cmd/mount2/mount.go b/cmd/mount2/mount.go
index 7eee41057..4548705a5 100644
--- a/cmd/mount2/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mount2/mount.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
 	"runtime"
+	"time"
 
 	fusefs "github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fs"
 	"github.com/hanwen/go-fuse/v2/fuse"
@@ -215,8 +216,8 @@ func mount(VFS *vfs.VFS, mountpoint string, opt *mountlib.Options) (<-chan error
 	// FIXME fill out
 	opts := fusefs.Options{
 		MountOptions: *mountOpts,
-		EntryTimeout: &opt.AttrTimeout,
-		AttrTimeout:  &opt.AttrTimeout,
+		EntryTimeout: (*time.Duration)(&opt.AttrTimeout),
+		AttrTimeout:  (*time.Duration)(&opt.AttrTimeout),
 		GID:          VFS.Opt.GID,
 		UID:          VFS.Opt.UID,
 	}
diff --git a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
index c8c0ac6fb..5fdf991ac 100644
--- a/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
+++ b/cmd/mountlib/mount.go
@@ -45,16 +45,16 @@ type Options struct {
 	DefaultPermissions bool
 	WritebackCache     bool
 	Daemon             bool
-	DaemonWait         time.Duration // time to wait for ready mount from daemon, maximum on Linux or constant on macOS/BSD
+	DaemonWait         fs.Duration // time to wait for ready mount from daemon, maximum on Linux or constant on macOS/BSD
 	MaxReadAhead       fs.SizeSuffix
 	ExtraOptions       []string
 	ExtraFlags         []string
-	AttrTimeout        time.Duration // how long the kernel caches attribute for
+	AttrTimeout        fs.Duration // how long the kernel caches attribute for
 	DeviceName         string
 	VolumeName         string
 	NoAppleDouble      bool
 	NoAppleXattr       bool
-	DaemonTimeout      time.Duration // OSXFUSE only
+	DaemonTimeout      fs.Duration // OSXFUSE only
 	AsyncRead          bool
 	NetworkMode        bool // Windows only
 	DirectIO           bool // use Direct IO for file access
@@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ type Options struct {
 // DefaultOpt is the default values for creating the mount
 var DefaultOpt = Options{
 	MaxReadAhead:  128 * 1024,
-	AttrTimeout:   1 * time.Second, // how long the kernel caches attribute for
-	NoAppleDouble: true,            // use noappledouble by default
-	NoAppleXattr:  false,           // do not use noapplexattr by default
-	AsyncRead:     true,            // do async reads by default
+	AttrTimeout:   fs.Duration(1 * time.Second), // how long the kernel caches attribute for
+	NoAppleDouble: true,                         // use noappledouble by default
+	NoAppleXattr:  false,                        // do not use noapplexattr by default
+	AsyncRead:     true,                         // do async reads by default
 }
 
 type (
@@ -111,18 +111,18 @@ func init() {
 	case "darwin":
 		// DaemonTimeout defaults to non-zero for macOS
 		// (this is a macOS specific kernel option unrelated to DaemonWait)
-		DefaultOpt.DaemonTimeout = 10 * time.Minute
+		DefaultOpt.DaemonTimeout = fs.Duration(10 * time.Minute)
 	}
 
 	switch runtime.GOOS {
 	case "linux":
 		// Linux provides /proc/mounts to check mount status
 		// so --daemon-wait means *maximum* time to wait
-		DefaultOpt.DaemonWait = 60 * time.Second
+		DefaultOpt.DaemonWait = fs.Duration(60 * time.Second)
 	case "darwin", "openbsd", "freebsd", "netbsd":
 		// On BSD we can't check mount status yet
 		// so --daemon-wait is just a *constant* delay
-		DefaultOpt.DaemonWait = 5 * time.Second
+		DefaultOpt.DaemonWait = fs.Duration(5 * time.Second)
 	}
 
 	// Opt must be assigned in the init block to ensure changes really get in
@@ -136,12 +136,12 @@ var Opt Options
 func AddFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	rc.AddOption("mount", &Opt)
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DebugFUSE, "debug-fuse", "", Opt.DebugFUSE, "Debug the FUSE internals - needs -v", "Mount")
-	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &Opt.AttrTimeout, "attr-timeout", "", Opt.AttrTimeout, "Time for which file/directory attributes are cached", "Mount")
+	flags.FVarP(flagSet, &Opt.AttrTimeout, "attr-timeout", "", "Time for which file/directory attributes are cached", "Mount")
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(flagSet, &Opt.ExtraOptions, "option", "o", []string{}, "Option for libfuse/WinFsp (repeat if required)", "Mount")
 	flags.StringArrayVarP(flagSet, &Opt.ExtraFlags, "fuse-flag", "", []string{}, "Flags or arguments to be passed direct to libfuse/WinFsp (repeat if required)", "Mount")
 	// Non-Windows only
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.Daemon, "daemon", "", Opt.Daemon, "Run mount in background and exit parent process (as background output is suppressed, use --log-file with --log-format=pid,... to monitor) (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
-	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DaemonTimeout, "daemon-timeout", "", Opt.DaemonTimeout, "Time limit for rclone to respond to kernel (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
+	flags.FVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DaemonTimeout, "daemon-timeout", "", "Time limit for rclone to respond to kernel (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DefaultPermissions, "default-permissions", "", Opt.DefaultPermissions, "Makes kernel enforce access control based on the file mode (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.AllowNonEmpty, "allow-non-empty", "", Opt.AllowNonEmpty, "Allow mounting over a non-empty directory (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.AllowRoot, "allow-root", "", Opt.AllowRoot, "Allow access to root user (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ func AddFlags(flagSet *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	// Windows only
 	flags.BoolVarP(flagSet, &Opt.NetworkMode, "network-mode", "", Opt.NetworkMode, "Mount as remote network drive, instead of fixed disk drive (supported on Windows only)", "Mount")
 	// Unix only
-	flags.DurationVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DaemonWait, "daemon-wait", "", Opt.DaemonWait, "Time to wait for ready mount from daemon (maximum time on Linux, constant sleep time on OSX/BSD) (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
+	flags.FVarP(flagSet, &Opt.DaemonWait, "daemon-wait", "", "Time to wait for ready mount from daemon (maximum time on Linux, constant sleep time on OSX/BSD) (not supported on Windows)", "Mount")
 }
 
 const (
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ func NewMountCommand(commandName string, hidden bool, mount MountFn) *cobra.Comm
 				handle := atexit.Register(func() {
 					killDaemon("Got interrupt")
 				})
-				err = WaitMountReady(mnt.MountPoint, Opt.DaemonWait, mountDaemon)
+				err = WaitMountReady(mnt.MountPoint, time.Duration(Opt.DaemonWait), mountDaemon)
 				if err != nil {
 					killDaemon("Daemon timed out")
 				}
diff --git a/cmd/serve/docker/options.go b/cmd/serve/docker/options.go
index c62327eaf..77ac82b30 100644
--- a/cmd/serve/docker/options.go
+++ b/cmd/serve/docker/options.go
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ func getMountOption(mntOpt *mountlib.Options, opt rc.Params, key string) (ok boo
 	case "debug-fuse":
 		mntOpt.DebugFUSE, err = opt.GetBool(key)
 	case "attr-timeout":
-		mntOpt.AttrTimeout, err = opt.GetDuration(key)
+		mntOpt.AttrTimeout, err = opt.GetFsDuration(key)
 	case "option":
 		mntOpt.ExtraOptions, err = getStringArray(opt, key)
 	case "fuse-flag":
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ func getMountOption(mntOpt *mountlib.Options, opt rc.Params, key string) (ok boo
 	case "daemon":
 		mntOpt.Daemon, err = opt.GetBool(key)
 	case "daemon-timeout":
-		mntOpt.DaemonTimeout, err = opt.GetDuration(key)
+		mntOpt.DaemonTimeout, err = opt.GetFsDuration(key)
 	case "default-permissions":
 		mntOpt.DefaultPermissions, err = opt.GetBool(key)
 	case "allow-non-empty":
diff --git a/fs/rc/params.go b/fs/rc/params.go
index b6d5545f1..392fa9f13 100644
--- a/fs/rc/params.go
+++ b/fs/rc/params.go
@@ -283,6 +283,12 @@ func (p Params) GetDuration(key string) (time.Duration, error) {
 	return duration, nil
 }
 
+// GetFsDuration get the duration parameters from in
+func (p Params) GetFsDuration(key string) (fs.Duration, error) {
+	d, err := p.GetDuration(key)
+	return fs.Duration(d), err
+}
+
 // Error creates the standard response for an errored rc call using an
 // rc.Param from a path, input Params, error and a suggested HTTP
 // response code.