diff --git a/collector/filesystem_linux.go b/collector/filesystem_linux.go
index c82933bf..e434c04d 100644
--- a/collector/filesystem_linux.go
+++ b/collector/filesystem_linux.go
@@ -87,6 +87,12 @@ func mountPointDetails() ([]filesystemLabels, error) {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
 	for scanner.Scan() {
 		parts := strings.Fields(scanner.Text())
+
+		// Ensure we handle the translation of \040 and \011
+		// as per fstab(5).
+		parts[1] = strings.Replace(parts[1], "\\040", " ", -1)
+		parts[1] = strings.Replace(parts[1], "\\011", "\t", -1)
+
 		filesystems = append(filesystems, filesystemLabels{
 			device:     parts[0],
 			mountPoint: parts[1],
diff --git a/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go b/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2b0a848b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+// +build !nofilesystem
+
+package collector
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	kingpin "gopkg.in/alecthomas/kingpin.v2"
+)
+
+func TestMountPointDetails(t *testing.T) {
+	if _, err := kingpin.CommandLine.Parse([]string{"--path.procfs", "./fixtures/proc"}); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	expected := map[string]string{
+		"/":                               "",
+		"/sys":                            "",
+		"/proc":                           "",
+		"/dev":                            "",
+		"/dev/pts":                        "",
+		"/run":                            "",
+		"/sys/kernel/security":            "",
+		"/dev/shm":                        "",
+		"/run/lock":                       "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup":                  "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd":          "",
+		"/sys/fs/pstore":                  "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset":           "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct":      "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/devices":          "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/freezer":          "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls,net_prio": "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/blkio":            "",
+		"/sys/fs/cgroup/perf_event":       "",
+		"/proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc":        "",
+		"/dev/mqueue":                     "",
+		"/sys/kernel/debug":               "",
+		"/dev/hugepages":                  "",
+		"/sys/fs/fuse/connections":        "",
+		"/boot":                           "",
+		"/run/rpc_pipefs":                 "",
+		"/run/user/1000":                  "",
+		"/run/user/1000/gvfs":             "",
+		"/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/mounts/[vsanDatastore] bafb9e5a-8856-7e6c-699c-801844e77a4a/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-3eba5bba-48a3-11e8-89ab-005056b92113.vmdk": "",
+		"/var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/mounts/[vsanDatastore]	bafb9e5a-8856-7e6c-699c-801844e77a4a/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-3eba5bba-48a3-11e8-89ab-005056b92113.vmdk": "",
+	}
+
+	filesystems, err := mountPointDetails()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Log(err)
+	}
+
+	for _, fs := range filesystems {
+		if _, ok := expected[fs.mountPoint]; !ok {
+			t.Errorf("Got unexpected %s", fs.mountPoint)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/collector/fixtures/proc/mounts b/collector/fixtures/proc/mounts
index 97d5f6fc..7452d495 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/proc/mounts
+++ b/collector/fixtures/proc/mounts
@@ -28,3 +28,5 @@ rpc_pipefs /run/rpc_pipefs rpc_pipefs rw,relatime 0 0
 binfmt_misc /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc binfmt_misc rw,relatime 0 0
 tmpfs /run/user/1000 tmpfs rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=808860k,mode=700,uid=1000,gid=1000 0 0
 gvfsd-fuse /run/user/1000/gvfs fuse.gvfsd-fuse rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000 0 0
+/dev/sda /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/mounts/[vsanDatastore]\040bafb9e5a-8856-7e6c-699c-801844e77a4a/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-3eba5bba-48a3-11e8-89ab-005056b92113.vmdk ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0
+/dev/sda /var/lib/kubelet/plugins/kubernetes.io/vsphere-volume/mounts/[vsanDatastore]\011bafb9e5a-8856-7e6c-699c-801844e77a4a/kubernetes-dynamic-pvc-3eba5bba-48a3-11e8-89ab-005056b92113.vmdk ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 0