diff --git a/man/systemd-mount.xml b/man/systemd-mount.xml
index 40dc70fe702..a27326d2460 100644
--- a/man/systemd-mount.xml
+++ b/man/systemd-mount.xml
@@ -264,6 +264,21 @@
         supported.</para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
+      <varlistentry>
+        <term><option>-G</option></term>
+        <term><option>--collect</option></term>
+
+        <listitem><para>Unload the transient unit after it completed, even if it failed. Normally, without this option,
+        all mount units that mount and failed are kept in memory until the user explicitly resets their failure state with
+        <command>systemctl reset-failed</command> or an equivalent command. On the other hand, units that stopped
+        successfully are unloaded immediately. If this option is turned on the "garbage collection" of units is more
+        agressive, and unloads units regardless if they exited successfully or failed. This option is a shortcut for
+        <command>--property=CollectMode=inactive-or-failed</command>, see the explanation for
+        <varname>CollectMode=</varname> in
+        <citerefentry><refentrytitle>systemd.unit</refentrytitle><manvolnum>5</manvolnum></citerefentry> for further
+        information.</para></listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="user" />
       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="system" />
       <xi:include href="user-system-options.xml" xpointer="host" />
diff --git a/src/mount/mount-tool.c b/src/mount/mount-tool.c
index 79dab5037a2..3a659654c25 100644
--- a/src/mount/mount-tool.c
+++ b/src/mount/mount-tool.c
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ static bool arg_timeout_idle_set = false;
 static char **arg_automount_property = NULL;
 static int arg_bind_device = -1;
 static bool arg_fsck = true;
+static bool arg_aggressive_gc = false;
 
 static void help(void) {
         printf("systemd-mount [OPTIONS...] WHAT [WHERE]\n"
@@ -95,7 +96,8 @@ static void help(void) {
                "                                  Set automount unit property\n"
                "     --bind-device                Bind automount unit to device\n"
                "     --list                       List mountable block devices\n"
-               "  -u --umount                     Unmount mount points\n",
+               "  -u --umount                     Unmount mount points\n"
+               "  -G --collect                    Unload unit after it stopped, even when failed\n",
                program_invocation_short_name,
                streq(program_invocation_short_name, "systemd-umount") ? "" : "--umount ");
 }
@@ -145,6 +147,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                 { "list",               no_argument,       NULL, ARG_LIST               },
                 { "umount",             no_argument,       NULL, 'u'                    },
                 { "unmount",            no_argument,       NULL, 'u'                    },
+                { "collect",            no_argument,       NULL, 'G'                    },
                 {},
         };
 
@@ -156,7 +159,7 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
         if (strstr(program_invocation_short_name, "systemd-umount"))
                         arg_action = ACTION_UMOUNT;
 
-        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hqH:M:t:o:p:Au", options, NULL)) >= 0)
+        while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hqH:M:t:o:p:AuG", options, NULL)) >= 0)
 
                 switch (c) {
 
@@ -271,6 +274,10 @@ static int parse_argv(int argc, char *argv[]) {
                         arg_action = ACTION_UMOUNT;
                         break;
 
+                case 'G':
+                        arg_aggressive_gc = true;
+                        break;
+
                 case '?':
                         return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -410,6 +417,12 @@ static int transient_unit_set_properties(sd_bus_message *m, char **properties) {
                         return r;
         }
 
+        if (arg_aggressive_gc) {
+                r = sd_bus_message_append(m, "(sv)", "CollectMode", "s", "inactive-or-failed");
+                if (r < 0)
+                        return r;
+        }
+
         r = bus_append_unit_property_assignment_many(m, properties);
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;