diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
index 6033f6a7..28934afb 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/create-test.c
@@ -1370,9 +1370,10 @@ void create_tests(void)
     TEST(create_fileattr_test);
     TEST(create_readonlydir_test);
     TEST(create_related_test);
-    TEST(create_allocation_test);
+    if (!OptFuseExternal)
+        TEST(create_allocation_test);
     TEST(create_sd_test);
-    if (!OptNoTraverseToken && !OptShareName)
+    if (!OptFuseExternal && !OptNoTraverseToken && !OptShareName)
         TEST(create_notraverse_test);
     TEST(create_backup_test);
     TEST(create_restore_test);
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/ea-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/ea-test.c
index 4c3215d3..cee11c9e 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/ea-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/ea-test.c
@@ -170,7 +170,11 @@ static NTSTATUS ea_check_ea_enumerate(
 
     if (0 == strcmp(SingleEa->EaName, "BNAMETWO"))
     {
-        ASSERT(FILE_NEED_EA == SingleEa->Flags);
+        if (!OptFuseExternal)
+        {
+            /* FUSE has no concept of FILE_NEED_EA */
+            ASSERT(FILE_NEED_EA == SingleEa->Flags);
+        }
         ASSERT(SingleEa->EaNameLength == (UCHAR)strlen("BNAMETWO"));
         ASSERT(SingleEa->EaValueLength == (UCHAR)strlen("second"));
         ASSERT(0 == memcmp(SingleEa->EaName + SingleEa->EaNameLength + 1, "second", SingleEa->EaValueLength));
@@ -720,12 +724,17 @@ static void ea_create_dotest(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix, ULONG FileInfoTimeout)
     ASSERT(STATUS_SUCCESS == Result);
     CloseHandle(FileHandle);
 
-    Result = NtCreateFile(&FileHandle,
-        FILE_GENERIC_READ | FILE_GENERIC_WRITE | DELETE, &Obja, &Iosb,
-        &LargeZero, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0,
-        FILE_OPEN, FILE_NO_EA_KNOWLEDGE,
-        0, 0);
-    ASSERT(STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED == Result);
+    if (!OptFuseExternal)
+    {
+        /* FUSE has no concept of FILE_NEED_EA */
+
+        Result = NtCreateFile(&FileHandle,
+            FILE_GENERIC_READ | FILE_GENERIC_WRITE | DELETE, &Obja, &Iosb,
+            &LargeZero, FILE_ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, 0,
+            FILE_OPEN, FILE_NO_EA_KNOWLEDGE,
+            0, 0);
+        ASSERT(STATUS_ACCESS_DENIED == Result);
+    }
 
     Result = NtCreateFile(&FileHandle,
         FILE_GENERIC_READ | FILE_GENERIC_WRITE | DELETE, &Obja, &Iosb,
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/info-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/info-test.c
index 11a6f3ba..349774b1 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/info-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/info-test.c
@@ -2213,10 +2213,11 @@ void query_winfsp_test(void)
 
 void info_tests(void)
 {
-    if (!OptShareName)
+    if (!OptFuseExternal && !OptShareName)
         TEST(getfileattr_test);
     TEST(getfileinfo_test);
-    TEST(getfileinfo_name_test);
+    if (!OptFuseExternal)
+        TEST(getfileinfo_name_test);
     TEST(setfileinfo_test);
     TEST(delete_test);
     TEST(delete_access_test);
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/reparse-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/reparse-test.c
index 6ccae1a1..2d90b1af 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/reparse-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/reparse-test.c
@@ -192,20 +192,25 @@ static void reparse_nfs_dotest(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix, ULONG FileInfoTimeout)
         0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, 0);
     ASSERT(INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE != Handle);
 
-    ReparseDataBuf.D.ReparseDataLength = 0;
+    if (!OptFuseExternal)
+    {
+        /* FUSE cannot delete reparse points */
 
-    Success = DeviceIoControl(Handle, FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT,
-        &ReparseDataBuf, REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE + ReparseDataBuf.D.ReparseDataLength,
-        0, 0,
-        &Bytes, 0);
-    ASSERT(Success);
+        ReparseDataBuf.D.ReparseDataLength = 0;
 
-    Success = DeviceIoControl(Handle, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT,
-        0, 0,
-        &ReparseDataBuf, sizeof ReparseDataBuf,
-        &Bytes, 0);
-    ASSERT(!Success);
-    ASSERT(ERROR_NOT_A_REPARSE_POINT == GetLastError());
+        Success = DeviceIoControl(Handle, FSCTL_DELETE_REPARSE_POINT,
+            &ReparseDataBuf, REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_HEADER_SIZE + ReparseDataBuf.D.ReparseDataLength,
+            0, 0,
+            &Bytes, 0);
+        ASSERT(Success);
+
+        Success = DeviceIoControl(Handle, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT,
+            0, 0,
+            &ReparseDataBuf, sizeof ReparseDataBuf,
+            &Bytes, 0);
+        ASSERT(!Success);
+        ASSERT(ERROR_NOT_A_REPARSE_POINT == GetLastError());
+    }
 
     CloseHandle(Handle);
 
@@ -241,7 +246,7 @@ static void reparse_symlink_dotest0(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix,
     PUINT8 NameInfoBuf[sizeof(FILE_NAME_INFO) + MAX_PATH];
     PFILE_NAME_INFO PNameInfo = (PVOID)NameInfoBuf;
 
-    Success = CreateSymbolicLinkW(LinkPath, TargetPath, 0);
+    Success = BestEffortCreateSymbolicLinkW(LinkPath, TargetPath, 0);
     if (Success)
     {
         Handle = CreateFileW(FilePath,
@@ -401,7 +406,7 @@ static BOOL my_symlink_fn(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix, void *memfs, PWSTR LinkName
         StringCbPrintfW(FilePath, sizeof FilePath, L"%s",
             FileName);
 
-    return CreateSymbolicLinkW(LinkPath,
+    return BestEffortCreateSymbolicLinkW(LinkPath,
         -1 == Flags && L'\\' == FileName[0] ? FilePath + 6 : FilePath,
         SymlinkFlags);
 }
@@ -422,7 +427,57 @@ static BOOL my_namecheck_fn(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix, void *memfs, PWSTR FileNa
         FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
         0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS, 0);
     if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == Handle)
-        return FALSE;
+    {
+        /*
+         * Prior to Windows 11 it used to be the case that NTFS open with FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS
+         * did not care about SYMLINK/SYMLINKD difference!
+         *
+         * On Windows 11 this no longer appears to be true. In order to keep this test around, we perform
+         * an alternative name check in this case.
+         */
+
+        if (-1 == Flags && (ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED == GetLastError() || ERROR_DIRECTORY == GetLastError()))
+            ; /* Windows 11: if NTFS and appropriate error then ignore */
+        else
+            return FALSE;
+
+        Handle = CreateFileW(FilePath, FILE_READ_ATTRIBUTES,
+            FILE_SHARE_READ | FILE_SHARE_WRITE | FILE_SHARE_DELETE,
+            0, OPEN_EXISTING, FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS | FILE_FLAG_OPEN_REPARSE_POINT, 0);
+        if (INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE == Handle)
+            return FALSE;
+
+        union
+        {
+            REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER D;
+            UINT8 B[MAXIMUM_REPARSE_DATA_BUFFER_SIZE];
+        } ReparseDataBuf;
+        DWORD Bytes;
+        BOOL Success;
+
+        Success = DeviceIoControl(Handle, FSCTL_GET_REPARSE_POINT,
+            0, 0,
+            &ReparseDataBuf, sizeof ReparseDataBuf,
+            &Bytes, 0);
+        if (Success)
+        {
+            Success = Success &&
+                ReparseDataBuf.D.ReparseTag == IO_REPARSE_TAG_SYMLINK;
+            Success = Success &&
+                ReparseDataBuf.D.SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength ==
+                    wcslen(ExpectedPath + 6) * sizeof(WCHAR);
+            Success = Success &&
+                0 == mywcscmp(
+                    ExpectedPath + 6,
+                    -1,
+                    ReparseDataBuf.D.SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.PathBuffer +
+                        ReparseDataBuf.D.SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameOffset / sizeof(WCHAR),
+                    ReparseDataBuf.D.SymbolicLinkReparseBuffer.SubstituteNameLength / sizeof(WCHAR));
+        }
+
+        CloseHandle(Handle);
+        return Success;
+    }
 
     if (GetFileInformationByHandleEx(Handle, FileNameInfo, PNameInfo, sizeof NameInfoBuf))
     {
@@ -500,7 +555,11 @@ static void reparse_symlink_relative_dotest(ULONG Flags, PWSTR Prefix, ULONG Fil
     my_failcheck(L"\\loop");
     ASSERT(ERROR_CANT_RESOLVE_FILENAME == GetLastError());
 
-    /* NTFS open with FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS does not care about SYMLINK/SYMLINKD difference! */
+    /*
+     * NTFS open with FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS does not care about SYMLINK/SYMLINKD difference!
+     *
+     * UPDATE: Appears to no longer be true on Windows 11!
+     */
     my_namecheck(L"\\lf", L"\\1");
     my_namecheck(L"\\ld", L"\\1\\1.1\\1.1.1");
 
@@ -555,7 +614,8 @@ void reparse_symlink_relative_test(void)
 
 void reparse_tests(void)
 {
-    TEST(reparse_guid_test);
+    if (!OptFuseExternal)
+        TEST(reparse_guid_test);
     TEST(reparse_nfs_test);
     TEST(reparse_symlink_test);
     TEST(reparse_symlink_relative_test);
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/security-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/security-test.c
index 613d6a79..0f880262 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/security-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/security-test.c
@@ -333,6 +333,7 @@ void security_stress_meta_test(void)
 void security_tests(void)
 {
     TEST(getsecurity_test);
-    TEST(setsecurity_test);
+    if (!OptFuseExternal)
+        TEST(setsecurity_test);
     TEST_OPT(security_stress_meta_test);
 }
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/stream-tests.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/stream-tests.c
index 85b87cf0..9f8a7d22 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/stream-tests.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/stream-tests.c
@@ -2287,6 +2287,9 @@ void stream_dirnotify_test(void)
 
 void stream_tests(void)
 {
+    if (OptFuseExternal)
+        return;
+
     TEST(stream_create_test);
     if (!OptOplock)
         TEST(stream_create_overwrite_test);
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.c
index 9fe244f4..1fb31b1f 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.c
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ int WinFspDiskTests = 1;
 int WinFspNetTests = 1;
 
 BOOLEAN OptExternal = FALSE;
+BOOLEAN OptFuseExternal = FALSE;
 BOOLEAN OptResilient = FALSE;
 BOOLEAN OptCaseInsensitiveCmp = FALSE;
 BOOLEAN OptCaseInsensitive = FALSE;
@@ -270,6 +271,15 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 WinFspNetTests = 0;
                 rmarg(argv, argc, argi);
             }
+            else if (0 == strcmp("--fuse-external", a))
+            {
+                OptExternal = TRUE;
+                OptFuseExternal = TRUE;
+                NtfsTests = 1;
+                WinFspDiskTests = 0;
+                WinFspNetTests = 0;
+                rmarg(argv, argc, argi);
+            }
             else if (0 == strcmp("--resilient", a))
             {
                 OptResilient = TRUE;
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.h b/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.h
index c3d41b89..02bdcdbb 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.h
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/winfsp-tests.h
@@ -132,6 +132,24 @@ BOOL WINAPI ResilientDeleteFileW(
 BOOL WINAPI ResilientRemoveDirectoryW(
     LPCWSTR lpPathName);
 
+static inline
+BOOLEAN BestEffortCreateSymbolicLinkW(
+    PWSTR SymlinkFileName,
+    PWSTR TargetFileName,
+    DWORD Flags)
+{
+    BOOLEAN Success = CreateSymbolicLinkW(
+        SymlinkFileName,
+        TargetFileName,
+        Flags | SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE);
+    if (!Success && ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER == GetLastError())
+        Success = CreateSymbolicLinkW(
+            SymlinkFileName,
+            TargetFileName,
+            Flags & ~SYMBOLIC_LINK_FLAG_ALLOW_UNPRIVILEGED_CREATE);
+    return Success;
+}
+
 typedef struct
 {
     BOOLEAN Disposition;
@@ -154,6 +172,7 @@ extern int WinFspDiskTests;
 extern int WinFspNetTests;
 
 extern BOOLEAN OptExternal;
+extern BOOLEAN OptFuseExternal;
 extern BOOLEAN OptResilient;
 extern BOOLEAN OptCaseInsensitiveCmp;
 extern BOOLEAN OptCaseInsensitive;
diff --git a/tst/winfsp-tests/wsl-test.c b/tst/winfsp-tests/wsl-test.c
index b0cf1d8e..04dc0bb1 100644
--- a/tst/winfsp-tests/wsl-test.c
+++ b/tst/winfsp-tests/wsl-test.c
@@ -184,5 +184,8 @@ static void wsl_stat_test(void)
 
 void wsl_tests(void)
 {
+    if (OptFuseExternal)
+        return;
+
     TEST_OPT(wsl_stat_test);
 }