diff --git a/cmd/up.go b/cmd/up.go
index d87f3050c..d4ad540d7 100644
--- a/cmd/up.go
+++ b/cmd/up.go
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+const (
+	MountConsistencyConsistent = "consistent"
+	MountConsistencyCached     = "cached"
+	MountConsistencyDelegated  = "delegated"
+)
+
 // UpCmd holds the up cmd flags.
 type UpCmd struct {
 	provider2.CLIOptions
@@ -144,6 +150,17 @@ func (cmd *UpCmd) validate() error {
 		}
 		cmd.ExtraDevContainerPath = absPath
 	}
+	if cmd.WorkspaceMountConsistency != "" {
+		switch cmd.WorkspaceMountConsistency {
+		case MountConsistencyConsistent, MountConsistencyCached, MountConsistencyDelegated:
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"invalid --workspace-mount-consistency value %q: must be one of %s, %s, %s",
+				cmd.WorkspaceMountConsistency,
+				MountConsistencyConsistent, MountConsistencyCached, MountConsistencyDelegated,
+			)
+		}
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -298,6 +315,9 @@ func (cmd *UpCmd) registerWorkspaceFlags(upCmd *cobra.Command) {
 		StringArrayVar(&cmd.CacheFrom, "cache-from", []string{},
 			"Cache sources for the build (e.g., myregistry.io/cache:latest or type=registry,ref=...). "+
 				"Takes priority over devcontainer.json build.cacheFrom")
+	upCmd.Flags().
+		StringVar(&cmd.WorkspaceMountConsistency, "workspace-mount-consistency", "",
+			"Consistency mode for the workspace bind mount (consistent, cached, delegated)")
 }
 
 func (cmd *UpCmd) registerTestingFlags(upCmd *cobra.Command) {
diff --git a/cmd/up_test.go b/cmd/up_test.go
index 602642f47..fe38cbe9c 100644
--- a/cmd/up_test.go
+++ b/cmd/up_test.go
@@ -56,3 +56,59 @@ func TestUpCmd_FlagParsesValue(t *testing.T) {
 	flag := upCmd.Flags().Lookup("default-user-env-probe")
 	assert.Equal(t, probeNone, flag.Value.String())
 }
+
+func TestUpCmd_WorkspaceMountConsistencyFlag(t *testing.T) {
+	upCmd := NewUpCmd(&flags.GlobalFlags{})
+	flag := upCmd.Flags().Lookup("workspace-mount-consistency")
+	require.NotNil(t, flag)
+	assert.Equal(t, "", flag.DefValue)
+}
+
+func TestUpCmd_WorkspaceMountConsistencyFlagParsesValue(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		value string
+	}{
+		{name: "consistent", value: MountConsistencyConsistent},
+		{name: "cached", value: MountConsistencyCached},
+		{name: "delegated", value: MountConsistencyDelegated},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			upCmd := NewUpCmd(&flags.GlobalFlags{})
+			err := upCmd.ParseFlags([]string{"--workspace-mount-consistency", tt.value})
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			flag := upCmd.Flags().Lookup("workspace-mount-consistency")
+			assert.Equal(t, tt.value, flag.Value.String())
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUpCmd_ValidateWorkspaceMountConsistency(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name    string
+		value   string
+		wantErr bool
+	}{
+		{name: "empty is valid", value: "", wantErr: false},
+		{name: "consistent", value: MountConsistencyConsistent, wantErr: false},
+		{name: "cached", value: MountConsistencyCached, wantErr: false},
+		{name: "delegated", value: MountConsistencyDelegated, wantErr: false},
+		{name: "invalid value", value: "bogus", wantErr: true},
+		{name: "partial match", value: "cache", wantErr: true},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			cmd := &UpCmd{GlobalFlags: &flags.GlobalFlags{}}
+			cmd.WorkspaceMountConsistency = tt.value
+			err := cmd.validate()
+			if tt.wantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "invalid --workspace-mount-consistency")
+			} else {
+				assert.NoError(t, err)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/config.go b/pkg/devcontainer/config.go
index ada9ccba5..6a0800931 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/config.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/config.go
@@ -189,6 +189,13 @@ func (r *runner) substitute(
 		substitutionContext.WorkspaceMount = parsedConfig.WorkspaceMount
 	}
 
+	if options.WorkspaceMountConsistency != "" {
+		substitutionContext.WorkspaceMount = mountSetConsistency(
+			substitutionContext.WorkspaceMount,
+			options.WorkspaceMountConsistency,
+		)
+	}
+
 	if options.DevContainerImage != "" {
 		parsedConfig.Build = nil
 		parsedConfig.Dockerfile = ""
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/config_test.go b/pkg/devcontainer/config_test.go
index db7c604a1..9cace35e7 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/config_test.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/config_test.go
@@ -247,4 +247,52 @@ func (s *SubstituteTestSuite) TestSubstitute_AdditionalFeaturesEmpty() {
 	s.Nil(result.Config.Features)
 }
 
+func (s *SubstituteTestSuite) TestSubstitute_WorkspaceMountConsistencyApplied() {
+	const testVal = "delegated"
+	rawConfig := &config.DevContainerConfig{
+		ImageContainer: config.ImageContainer{Image: "alpine:latest"},
+	}
+	options := provider2.CLIOptions{
+		WorkspaceMountConsistency: testVal,
+	}
+
+	_, ctx, err := s.runner.substitute(options, rawConfig)
+
+	s.NoError(err)
+	s.Contains(ctx.WorkspaceMount, "consistency='"+testVal+"'")
+}
+
+func (s *SubstituteTestSuite) TestSubstitute_WorkspaceMountConsistencyReplacesExisting() {
+	const testVal = "delegated"
+	rawConfig := &config.DevContainerConfig{
+		ImageContainer: config.ImageContainer{Image: "alpine:latest"},
+		NonComposeBase: config.NonComposeBase{
+			WorkspaceMount: "type=bind,source=/src,target=/ws,consistency='consistent'",
+		},
+	}
+	options := provider2.CLIOptions{
+		WorkspaceMountConsistency: testVal,
+	}
+
+	_, ctx, err := s.runner.substitute(options, rawConfig)
+
+	s.NoError(err)
+	s.Contains(ctx.WorkspaceMount, "consistency='"+testVal+"'")
+	s.NotContains(ctx.WorkspaceMount, "consistency='consistent'")
+}
+
+func (s *SubstituteTestSuite) TestSubstitute_WorkspaceMountConsistencyEmpty() {
+	rawConfig := &config.DevContainerConfig{
+		ImageContainer: config.ImageContainer{Image: "alpine:latest"},
+	}
+	options := provider2.CLIOptions{
+		WorkspaceMountConsistency: "",
+	}
+
+	_, ctx, err := s.runner.substitute(options, rawConfig)
+
+	s.NoError(err)
+	s.NotContains(ctx.WorkspaceMount, "consistency=delegated")
+}
+
 func ptr(s string) *string { return &s }
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/run.go b/pkg/devcontainer/run.go
index b305f3c76..51e89bf91 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/run.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/run.go
@@ -322,6 +322,22 @@ func mountHasConsistency(mount string) bool {
 	return false
 }
 
+func mountSetConsistency(mount, value string) string {
+	quoted := "consistency='" + value + "'"
+	var parts []string
+	for part := range strings.SplitSeq(mount, ",") {
+		if strings.HasPrefix(part, "consistency=") {
+			parts = append(parts, quoted)
+		} else {
+			parts = append(parts, part)
+		}
+	}
+	if !mountHasConsistency(mount) {
+		parts = append(parts, quoted)
+	}
+	return strings.Join(parts, ",")
+}
+
 func needsDefaultConsistency() bool {
 	return runtime.GOOS != "linux"
 }
diff --git a/pkg/devcontainer/run_test.go b/pkg/devcontainer/run_test.go
index 13126ea64..4f16cc7fc 100644
--- a/pkg/devcontainer/run_test.go
+++ b/pkg/devcontainer/run_test.go
@@ -235,3 +235,47 @@ func TestMountHasConsistency(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestMountSetConsistency(t *testing.T) {
+	const testConsistency = "delegated"
+	wantSuffix := "consistency='" + testConsistency + "'"
+	tests := []struct {
+		name  string
+		mount string
+		value string
+		want  string
+	}{
+		{
+			name:  "appends when no consistency present",
+			mount: "type=bind,source=/s,target=/t",
+			value: testConsistency,
+			want:  "type=bind,source=/s,target=/t," + wantSuffix,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "replaces existing single-quoted default",
+			mount: "type=bind,source=/s,target=/t,consistency='consistent'",
+			value: testConsistency,
+			want:  "type=bind,source=/s,target=/t," + wantSuffix,
+		},
+		{
+			name:  "replaces existing unquoted value",
+			mount: "type=bind,source=/s,target=/t,consistency=cached",
+			value: testConsistency,
+			want:  "type=bind,source=/s,target=/t," + wantSuffix,
+		},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			got := mountSetConsistency(tt.mount, tt.value)
+			if got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf(
+					"mountSetConsistency(%q, %q) =\n  %q\nwant:\n  %q",
+					tt.mount,
+					tt.value,
+					got,
+					tt.want,
+				)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/provider/workspace.go b/pkg/provider/workspace.go
index cebab0f49..7345c662a 100644
--- a/pkg/provider/workspace.go
+++ b/pkg/provider/workspace.go
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ type CLIOptions struct {
 	GidMap                      []string          `json:"gidMap,omitempty"`
 	IDLabels                    []string          `json:"idLabels,omitempty"`
 	GPUAvailability             string            `json:"gpuAvailability,omitempty"`
+	WorkspaceMountConsistency   string            `json:"workspaceMountConsistency,omitempty"`
 
 	// dotfiles options
 	DotfilesRepo   string `json:"dotfilesRepo,omitempty"`