diff --git a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
index 229fefcf7131..74764207dd65 100644
--- a/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
+++ b/cmd/minikube/cmd/delete.go
@@ -517,7 +517,23 @@ func deleteMachineDirectories(cc *config.ClusterConfig) {
 
 // killMountProcess kills the mount process, if it is running
 func killMountProcess() error {
-	pidPath := filepath.Join(localpath.MiniPath(), constants.MountProcessFileName)
+	profile := viper.GetString("profile")
+	paths := []string{
+		localpath.MiniPath(), // legacy mount-process path for backwards compatibility
+		localpath.Profile(profile),
+	}
+
+	for _, path := range paths {
+		if err := killProcess(path); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func killProcess(path string) error {
+	pidPath := filepath.Join(path, constants.MountProcessFileName)
 	if _, err := os.Stat(pidPath); os.IsNotExist(err) {
 		return nil
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/minikube/node/config.go b/pkg/minikube/node/config.go
index 5d3d926e7393..81ebe1011b9e 100644
--- a/pkg/minikube/node/config.go
+++ b/pkg/minikube/node/config.go
@@ -65,7 +65,8 @@ func configureMounts(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	if klog.V(8).Enabled() {
 		mountDebugVal = 1
 	}
-	mountCmd := exec.Command(path, "mount", fmt.Sprintf("--v=%d", mountDebugVal), viper.GetString(mountString))
+	profile := viper.GetString("profile")
+	mountCmd := exec.Command(path, "mount", "-p", profile, fmt.Sprintf("--v=%d", mountDebugVal), viper.GetString(mountString))
 	mountCmd.Env = append(os.Environ(), constants.IsMinikubeChildProcess+"=true")
 	if klog.V(8).Enabled() {
 		mountCmd.Stdout = os.Stdout
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ func configureMounts(wg *sync.WaitGroup) {
 	if err := mountCmd.Start(); err != nil {
 		exit.Error(reason.GuestMount, "Error starting mount", err)
 	}
-	if err := lock.WriteFile(filepath.Join(localpath.MiniPath(), constants.MountProcessFileName), []byte(strconv.Itoa(mountCmd.Process.Pid)), 0o644); err != nil {
+	if err := lock.WriteFile(filepath.Join(localpath.Profile(profile), constants.MountProcessFileName), []byte(strconv.Itoa(mountCmd.Process.Pid)), 0o644); err != nil {
 		exit.Error(reason.HostMountPid, "Error writing mount pid", err)
 	}
 }
diff --git a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md
index b33a96a8eced..fe73f90df1cf 100644
--- a/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md
+++ b/site/content/en/docs/contrib/tests.en.md
@@ -243,6 +243,15 @@ verifies the docker driver and run with an existing network
 ## TestingKicBaseImage
 will return true if the integraiton test is running against a passed --base-image flag
 
+## TestMountStart
+tests using the mount command on start
+
+#### validateStartWithMount
+starts a cluster with mount enabled
+
+#### validateMount
+checks if the cluster has a folder mounted
+
 ## TestMultiNode
 tests all multi node cluster functionality
 
diff --git a/test/integration/mount_start_test.go b/test/integration/mount_start_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..104c3095c1ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/mount_start_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+//go:build integration
+// +build integration
+
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"os/exec"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+// TestMountStart tests using the mount command on start
+func TestMountStart(t *testing.T) {
+	if NoneDriver() {
+		t.Skip("skipping: none driver does not support mount")
+	}
+
+	MaybeParallel(t)
+
+	type validateFunc func(context.Context, *testing.T, string)
+	profile1 := UniqueProfileName("mount-start-1")
+	profile2 := UniqueProfileName("mount-start-2")
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), Minutes(15))
+	defer Cleanup(t, profile1, cancel)
+	defer Cleanup(t, profile2, cancel)
+
+	// Serial tests
+	t.Run("serial", func(t *testing.T) {
+		tests := []struct {
+			name      string
+			validator validateFunc
+			profile   string
+		}{
+			{"StartWithMountFirst", validateStartWithMount, profile1},
+			{"StartWithMountSecond", validateStartWithMount, profile2},
+			{"VerifyMountFirst", validateMount, profile1},
+			{"VerifyMountSecond", validateMount, profile2},
+			{"DeleteFirst", validateDelete, profile1},
+			{"VerifyMountPostDelete", validateMount, profile2},
+		}
+
+		for _, test := range tests {
+			if ctx.Err() == context.DeadlineExceeded {
+				t.Fatalf("Unable to run more tests (deadline exceeded)")
+			}
+
+			t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+				test.validator(ctx, t, test.profile)
+			})
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+// validateStartWithMount starts a cluster with mount enabled
+func validateStartWithMount(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
+	defer PostMortemLogs(t, profile)
+
+	args := []string{"start", "-p", profile, "--memory=2048", "--mount"}
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to start minikube with args: %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+}
+
+// validateMount checks if the cluster has a folder mounted
+func validateMount(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, profile string) {
+	defer PostMortemLogs(t, profile)
+
+	args := []string{"-p", profile, "ssh", "ls", "/minikube-host"}
+	rr, err := Run(t, exec.CommandContext(ctx, Target(), args...))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("mount failed: %q : %v", rr.Command(), err)
+	}
+}