diff --git a/docs/checks/commands/check_mount.md b/docs/checks/commands/check_mount.md
index be807fc3..2bbf9947 100644
--- a/docs/checks/commands/check_mount.md
+++ b/docs/checks/commands/check_mount.md
@@ -20,8 +20,14 @@ Checks the status for a mounted filesystem
 
 ### Default Check
 
-    check_mount mount=/ options=rw,relatime fstype=ext4
-    OK - mounts are as expected
+    check_mount
+    OK - 3 mounts(s) found
+
+	check_mount mount=/ options=rw,relatime fstype=ext4
+	OK - 1 mount(s) found
+
+	check_mount mount=X:
+	CRITICAL - mount X: not mounted
 
 ### Example using NRPE and Naemon
 
@@ -48,7 +54,7 @@ Naemon Config
 | empty-state   | 3 (UNKNOWN)                                           |
 | empty-syntax  | check_mount failed to find anything with this filter. |
 | top-syntax    | \${status} - \${problem_list}                         |
-| ok-syntax     | \${status} - mounts are as expected                   |
+| ok-syntax     | \${status} - \${count} mount(s) found                 |
 | detail-syntax | mount \${mount} \${issues}                            |
 
 ## Check Specific Arguments
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/check_mount.go b/pkg/snclient/check_mount.go
index 48e68bd0..b48e7575 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/check_mount.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/check_mount.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 type CheckMount struct {
-	mountPoint    string
+	mountPoints   []string
 	expectOptions string
 	expectFSType  string
 }
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ func (l *CheckMount) Build() *CheckData {
 			State: CheckExitOK,
 		},
 		args: map[string]CheckArgument{
-			"mount":   {value: &l.mountPoint, description: "The mount point to check"},
+			"mount":   {value: &l.mountPoints, description: "The mount point to check"},
 			"options": {value: &l.expectOptions, description: "The mount options to expect"},
 			"fstype":  {value: &l.expectFSType, description: "The fstype to expect"},
 		},
 		detailSyntax:    "mount ${mount} ${issues}",
-		okSyntax:        "${status} - mounts are as expected",
+		okSyntax:        "${status} - ${count} mount(s) found",
 		topSyntax:       "${status} - ${problem_list}",
 		defaultWarning:  "issues != ''",
 		defaultCritical: "issues like 'not mounted'",
@@ -54,17 +54,29 @@ func (l *CheckMount) Build() *CheckData {
 			{name: "issues", description: "Issues found"},
 		},
 		exampleDefault: `
-    check_mount mount=/ options=rw,relatime fstype=ext4
-    OK - mounts are as expected
+    check_mount
+    OK - 3 mounts(s) found
+
+	check_mount mount=/ options=rw,relatime fstype=ext4
+	OK - 1 mount(s) found
+
+	check_mount mount=X:
+	CRITICAL - mount X: not mounted
 	`,
 		exampleArgs: `'mount=/' 'options=rw,relatime'`,
 	}
 }
 
+//nolint:funlen // no need to split this up
 func (l *CheckMount) Check(ctx context.Context, _ *Agent, check *CheckData, _ []Argument) (*CheckResult, error) {
-	if len(l.mountPoint) > 1 {
-		l.mountPoint = strings.TrimSuffix(l.mountPoint, string(os.PathSeparator))
+	if check.output != OutputInventory && len(l.mountPoints) == 0 && l.expectOptions == "" && l.expectFSType == "" {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("must specify at least one of mount/options/fstype")
 	}
+
+	for idx := range l.mountPoints {
+		l.mountPoints[idx] = trimTrailingSeparator(l.mountPoints[idx])
+	}
+
 	partitionMap := map[string]bool{}
 	partitions, err := l.getDrives(ctx, partitionMap)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -121,16 +133,18 @@ func (l *CheckMount) Check(ctx context.Context, _ *Agent, check *CheckData, _ []
 	}
 
 	// check if a mountpoint was supplied but not yet found
-	if l.mountPoint != "" {
-		if _, ok := partitionMap[l.mountPoint]; !ok {
-			entry := map[string]string{
-				"mount":   l.mountPoint,
-				"device":  "",
-				"fstype":  "",
-				"options": "",
-				"issues":  "not mounted",
+	if len(l.mountPoints) > 0 {
+		for _, mountPoint := range l.mountPoints {
+			if _, ok := partitionMap[mountPoint]; !ok {
+				entry := map[string]string{
+					"mount":   mountPoint,
+					"device":  "",
+					"fstype":  "",
+					"options": "",
+					"issues":  "not mounted",
+				}
+				check.listData = append(check.listData, entry)
 			}
-			check.listData = append(check.listData, entry)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -147,42 +161,43 @@ func (l *CheckMount) getDrives(ctx context.Context, partitionMap map[string]bool
 
 	for i := range partitions {
 		partition := partitions[i]
-		partitionMap[partition.Mountpoint] = true
-		if l.mountPoint != "" {
-			if partition.Mountpoint != l.mountPoint {
-				log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - not matching mount argument", partition.Mountpoint)
+		mountpoint := trimTrailingSeparator(partition.Mountpoint)
+		partitionMap[mountpoint] = true
+		if len(l.mountPoints) > 0 {
+			if !slices.Contains(l.mountPoints, mountpoint) {
+				log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - not matching mount argument", mountpoint)
 
 				continue
 			}
 		} else {
 			// skip internal filesystems
 			if slices.Contains(excludes, partition.Fstype) {
-				log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - fstype %s is excluded", partition.Mountpoint, partition.Fstype)
+				log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - fstype %s is excluded", mountpoint, partition.Fstype)
 
 				continue
 			}
 			// skip some know internal locations
 			switch {
-			case strings.HasPrefix(partition.Mountpoint, "/run"),
-				strings.HasPrefix(partition.Mountpoint, "/proc"),
-				strings.HasPrefix(partition.Mountpoint, "/sys"),
-				strings.HasPrefix(partition.Mountpoint, "/dev"):
+			case strings.HasPrefix(mountpoint, "/run"),
+				strings.HasPrefix(mountpoint, "/proc"),
+				strings.HasPrefix(mountpoint, "/sys"),
+				strings.HasPrefix(mountpoint, "/dev"):
 
-				log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - prefix matched internal system mounts", partition.Mountpoint)
+				log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - prefix matched internal system mounts", mountpoint)
 
 				continue
 			}
 		}
 
-		if partition.Fstype == "" && partition.Device == "" && partition.Mountpoint == "" {
-			log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - empty device, fstype and mountpoint", partition.Mountpoint)
+		if partition.Fstype == "" && partition.Device == "" && mountpoint == "" {
+			log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - empty device, fstype and mountpoint", mountpoint)
 
 			continue
 		}
 
 		device := utils.ReplaceCommonPasswordPattern(partition.Device)
 		entry := map[string]string{
-			"mount":   partition.Mountpoint,
+			"mount":   mountpoint,
 			"device":  device,
 			"fstype":  partition.Fstype,
 			"options": strings.Join(partition.Opts, ","),
@@ -193,3 +208,12 @@ func (l *CheckMount) getDrives(ctx context.Context, partitionMap map[string]bool
 
 	return drives, nil
 }
+
+// trimTrailingSeparator removes a trailing path separator, but keeps a single-character mountpoint like "/" or "C:" intact so that it stays a valid root path.
+func trimTrailingSeparator(path string) string {
+	if len(path) > 1 {
+		return strings.TrimSuffix(path, string(os.PathSeparator))
+	}
+
+	return path
+}
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/check_mount_test.go b/pkg/snclient/check_mount_test.go
index 69c50976..49b01ff5 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/check_mount_test.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/check_mount_test.go
@@ -21,14 +21,77 @@ func TestMount(t *testing.T) {
 		res = snc.RunCheck("check_mount", []string{"mount=/"})
 	}
 	assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitOK, res.State, "state OK")
-	assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "OK - mounts are as expected", "output matches")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "OK - 1 mount(s) found", "output matches")
 
 	inv, err := snc.getInventoryEntry(t.Context(), "check_mount")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NotEmptyf(t, inv, "expected mounts list to be non-empty")
 	res = snc.RunCheck("check_mount", []string{"mount=" + inv[0]["mount"], "options=" + inv[0]["options"], "fstype=" + inv[0]["fstype"]})
 	assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitOK, res.State, "state OK")
-	assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "OK - mounts are as expected", "output matches")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "OK - 1 mount(s) found", "output matches")
+
+	StopTestAgent(t, snc)
+}
+
+func TestMountNoMountArgument(t *testing.T) {
+	snc := StartTestAgent(t, "")
+
+	// mount= left empty means all mounts are checked
+	res := snc.RunCheck("check_mount", []string{})
+	assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitUnknown, res.State, "state UNKNOWN")
+	assert.Equalf(t, "UNKNOWN - must specify at least one of mount/options/fstype", string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "output matches")
+
+	StopTestAgent(t, snc)
+}
+
+func TestMountMultipleMounts(t *testing.T) {
+	snc := StartTestAgent(t, "")
+
+	inv, err := snc.getInventoryEntry(t.Context(), "check_mount")
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	require.NotEmptyf(t, inv, "expected mounts list to be non-empty")
+
+	realMounts := []string{}
+	for _, entry := range inv {
+		if entry["mount"] != "" {
+			realMounts = append(realMounts, entry["mount"])
+		}
+	}
+	require.NotEmptyf(t, realMounts, "expected at least one mount")
+
+	// checking multiple existing mounts at once must be ok
+	args := make([]string, 0, min(len(realMounts), 3)+1)
+	for _, mount := range realMounts[:min(len(realMounts), 3)] {
+		args = append(args, "mount="+mount)
+	}
+	res := snc.RunCheck("check_mount", args)
+	assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitOK, res.State, "state OK")
+	assert.Regexp(t, `OK - [\d]+ mount\(s\) found`, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "output matches")
+
+	// if one of them is missing, the whole check must raise critical
+	missing := "not_mounted_xyz"
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		missing = `\\?\Volume{ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff}`
+	}
+	res = snc.RunCheck("check_mount", append(args, "mount="+missing))
+	assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitCritical, res.State, "state Critical")
+	assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "mount "+missing+" not mounted", "output matches")
+
+	StopTestAgent(t, snc)
+}
+
+func TestMountSingleSpecifiedMount(t *testing.T) {
+	snc := StartTestAgent(t, "")
+
+	if runtime.GOOS == "windows" {
+		res := snc.RunCheck("check_mount", []string{"mount=C:\\"})
+		assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitOK, res.State, "state OK")
+		assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "OK - 1 mount(s) found", "output matches")
+	} else {
+		res := snc.RunCheck("check_mount", []string{"mount=/"})
+		assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitOK, res.State, "state OK")
+		assert.Contains(t, string(res.BuildPluginOutput()), "OK - 1 mount(s) found", "output matches")
+	}
 
 	StopTestAgent(t, snc)
 }
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows.go b/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows.go
index bc205369..20966736 100644
--- a/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows.go
+++ b/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows.go
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ package snclient
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"os"
 	"slices"
-	"strings"
 )
 
 // getVolumes retrieves volumes and their details, excluding specified partitions, and returns a list of drives and any potential errors.
@@ -26,16 +24,19 @@ func (l *CheckMount) getVolumes(ctx context.Context, check *CheckData, partition
 				continue
 			}
 		}
-		mountPoint := strings.TrimSuffix(partition["drive_or_id"], string(os.PathSeparator))
+
+		mountPoint := trimTrailingSeparator(partition["drive_or_name"])
 		if _, ok := partitionMap[mountPoint]; ok {
 			continue
 		}
+
 		partitionMap[mountPoint] = true
-		if l.mountPoint != "" && mountPoint != l.mountPoint {
+		if len(l.mountPoints) > 0 && !slices.Contains(l.mountPoints, mountPoint) {
 			log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - not matching mount argument", mountPoint)
 
 			continue
 		}
+
 		// skip internal filesystems
 		if slices.Contains(excludes, partition["fstype"]) {
 			log.Tracef("skipped mountpoint: %s - fstype %s is excluded", mountPoint, partition["fstype"])
diff --git a/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows_test.go b/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24877aac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/snclient/check_mount_windows_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//go:build windows
+
+package snclient
+
+import (
+	"regexp"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+// TestMountWindowsNoDuplicateEntries makes sure a drive that is reported by both
+// the partition discovery (getDrives) and
+// the volume discovery (getVolumes)
+// is only listed once in the output.
+func TestMountWindowsNoDuplicateEntries(t *testing.T) {
+	snc := StartTestAgent(t, "")
+
+	// force every entry into the problem list so all mounts end up in the output
+	res := snc.RunCheck("check_mount", []string{"detail-syntax=mount=${mount}", "fstype=NTFS", "show-all"})
+	assert.Equalf(t, CheckExitOK, res.State, "state OK")
+	output := string(res.BuildPluginOutput())
+
+	mountRe := regexp.MustCompile(`mount=(\S+)`)
+	mountSeen := map[string]int{}
+	for _, match := range mountRe.FindAllStringSubmatch(output, -1) {
+		mountSeen[match[1]]++
+	}
+
+	require.NotEmptyf(t, mountSeen, "expected at least one mount in output")
+
+	for mount, count := range mountSeen {
+		assert.Equalf(t, 1, count, "mount %s reported %d times, expected exactly once", mount, count)
+	}
+
+	StopTestAgent(t, snc)
+}