You will need to load the kernel module 'fuse' to use this package. To load this at boot time, add the following line to /boot/loader.conf: fuse_load="YES" If you want unprivileged users to be able to use unionfs, add the following line to /etc/sysctl.conf: vfs.usermount=1 You can enable them immediately with: kldload fuse sysctl vfs.usermount=1