The best solution I've found today (2017) is to use [Homebrew][1] and [Cask][2] to install [osxfuse][3] and [sshfs][4]. Note that Homebrew core [deprecated all FUSE-related formulae](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/pull/64491) in 2020 so you need to install `sshfs` from a tap: brew install --cask macfuse brew install gromgit/fuse/sshfs-mac And then: sshfs username@hostname:/remote/directory/path /local/mount/point -ovolname=NAME It works! :-) [1]: https://brew.sh/ [2]: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-cask [3]: https://osxfuse.github.io/ [4]: https://github.com/libfuse/sshfs