diff --git a/swh/fuse/cli.py b/swh/fuse/cli.py
--- a/swh/fuse/cli.py
+++ b/swh/fuse/cli.py
@@ -134,6 +134,33 @@
         asyncio.run(fuse.main(swhids, path, ctx.obj["config"]))
 
 
+@fuse.command()
+@click.argument(
+    "path",
+    required=True,
+    metavar="PATH",
+    type=click.Path(exists=True, dir_okay=True, file_okay=False),
+)
+@click.pass_context
+def umount(ctx, path):
+    """Unmount a mounted virtual file system.
+
+    Note: this is equivalent to ``fusermount -u PATH``, which can be used to unmount any
+    FUSE-based virtual file system. See ``man fusermount3``.
+
+    """
+    import subprocess
+
+    try:
+        subprocess.run(["fusermount", "-u", path], check=True)
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as err:
+        logging.error(
+            f"cannot unmount virtual file system: "
+            f"\"{' '.join(err.cmd)}\" returned exit status {err.returncode}"
+        )
+        ctx.exit(1)
+
+
 @fuse.command()
 @click.pass_context
 def clean(ctx):