diff --git a/src/cli.rs b/src/cli.rs
index 6688475..52cfb5e 100644
--- a/src/cli.rs
+++ b/src/cli.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ pub struct Args {
     #[arg(long)]
     pub no_config: bool,
 
+    /// Hide a path inside the sandbox with a tmpfs overlay (repeatable)
+    #[arg(long = "mask", value_name = "PATH", action = clap::ArgAction::Append)]
+    pub mask: Vec<PathBuf>,
+
     /// Command and arguments to run inside the sandbox
     #[arg(trailing_var_arg = true, allow_hyphen_values = true)]
     pub command_and_args: Vec<OsString>,
diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 1606fcf..eb292a5 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub fn build(args: Args, file_config: Option<FileConfig>) -> Result<SandboxConfi
         chdir: resolve_chdir(args.chdir, profile.chdir, globals.chdir)?,
         extra_rw: merge_paths(args.extra_rw, &profile.rw, &globals.rw)?,
         extra_ro: merge_paths(args.extra_ro, &profile.ro, &globals.ro)?,
+        mask: merge_mask(args.mask, &profile.mask, &globals.mask),
         command,
         command_args,
     })
@@ -98,6 +99,10 @@ fn merge_paths(
     Ok(config_paths.chain(cli_paths).collect())
 }
 
+fn merge_mask(cli: Vec<PathBuf>, profile: &[PathBuf], globals: &[PathBuf]) -> Vec<PathBuf> {
+    globals.iter().chain(profile).cloned().chain(cli).collect()
+}
+
 fn resolve_command(
     mut positional: Vec<OsString>,
     profile_cmd: Option<CommandValue>,
@@ -180,6 +185,8 @@ pub struct Options {
     pub rw: Vec<PathBuf>,
     #[serde(default)]
     pub ro: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    #[serde(default)]
+    pub mask: Vec<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 impl Options {
@@ -193,10 +200,19 @@ impl Options {
         if let Some(ref chdir) = self.chdir {
             self.chdir = Some(expand_and_canonicalize(chdir)?);
         }
+        for p in &mut self.mask {
+            *p = expand_and_require_absolute(p)?;
+        }
         Ok(())
     }
 }
 
+fn expand_and_require_absolute(path: &Path) -> Result<PathBuf, SandboxError> {
+    let expanded = expand_tilde(path)?;
+    require_absolute(&expanded)?;
+    Ok(expanded)
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize, Clone)]
 #[serde(untagged)]
 pub enum CommandValue {
@@ -531,6 +547,72 @@ mod tests {
         ));
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn build_tilde_expansion_in_config_paths() {
+        let home = std::env::var("HOME").unwrap();
+        let file_config = FileConfig {
+            options: Options {
+                rw: vec![PathBuf::from("~/")],
+                ..Options::default()
+            },
+            ..FileConfig::default()
+        };
+        let config = build(args_with_command(), Some(file_config)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.extra_rw, vec![PathBuf::from(&home)]);
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_relative_config_path_rejected() {
+        let file_config = FileConfig {
+            options: Options {
+                rw: vec![PathBuf::from("relative/path")],
+                ..Options::default()
+            },
+            ..FileConfig::default()
+        };
+        assert!(matches!(
+            build(args_with_command(), Some(file_config)),
+            Err(SandboxError::ConfigPathNotAbsolute(_))
+        ));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_chdir_from_config() {
+        let file_config = FileConfig {
+            options: Options {
+                chdir: Some(PathBuf::from("/tmp")),
+                ..Options::default()
+            },
+            ..FileConfig::default()
+        };
+        let config = build(args_with_command(), Some(file_config)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.chdir, std::fs::canonicalize("/tmp").unwrap());
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn build_mask_accumulates() {
+        let file_config = FileConfig {
+            options: Options {
+                mask: vec![PathBuf::from("/tmp/a")],
+                ..Options::default()
+            },
+            profile: HashMap::from([(
+                "extra".into(),
+                Options {
+                    mask: vec![PathBuf::from("/tmp/b")],
+                    ..Options::default()
+                },
+            )]),
+        };
+        let args = Args {
+            profile: Some("extra".into()),
+            mask: vec![PathBuf::from("/tmp/c")],
+            ..args_with_command()
+        };
+        let config = build(args, Some(file_config)).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(config.mask.len(), 3);
+    }
+
     fn assert_paths(actual: &[PathBuf], expected: &[&str]) {
         let expected: Vec<PathBuf> = expected.iter().map(PathBuf::from).collect();
         assert_eq!(actual, &expected);
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4fcfc8b..381bc6c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ pub struct SandboxConfig {
     pub no_net: bool,
     pub extra_rw: Vec<PathBuf>,
     pub extra_ro: Vec<PathBuf>,
+    pub mask: Vec<PathBuf>,
     pub command: PathBuf,
     pub command_args: Vec<OsString>,
     pub chdir: PathBuf,
diff --git a/src/sandbox.rs b/src/sandbox.rs
index 1337a2f..4ad1c37 100644
--- a/src/sandbox.rs
+++ b/src/sandbox.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::path::Path;
+use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::process::Command;
 
 use crate::agents;
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ pub fn build_command(config: &SandboxConfig) -> Result<Command, SandboxError> {
     cmd.arg("--die-with-parent");
     cmd.arg("--chdir").arg(&config.chdir);
 
+    apply_masks(&mut cmd, &config.mask);
+
     cmd.arg("--")
         .arg(&config.command)
         .args(&config.command_args);
@@ -46,6 +48,16 @@ pub fn build_command(config: &SandboxConfig) -> Result<Command, SandboxError> {
     Ok(cmd)
 }
 
+fn apply_masks(cmd: &mut Command, masks: &[PathBuf]) {
+    for path in masks {
+        if path.is_file() {
+            cmd.arg("--ro-bind").arg("/dev/null").arg(path);
+        } else {
+            cmd.arg("--tmpfs").arg(path);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 fn add_blacklist_mode(cmd: &mut Command) -> Result<(), SandboxError> {
     let ctx = blacklist::resolve_path_context()?;
     cmd.args(["--ro-bind", "/", "/"]);
diff --git a/tests/integration.rs b/tests/integration.rs
index e5beb30..1290bf1 100644
--- a/tests/integration.rs
+++ b/tests/integration.rs
@@ -577,3 +577,79 @@ fn config_invalid_toml_errors() {
         "expected parse error, got: {stderr}"
     );
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn mask_hides_directory() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    fs::write(dir.path().join("secret.txt"), "sensitive").expect("failed to write");
+    let dir_str = dir.path().canonicalize().unwrap();
+
+    let output = sandbox(&["--mask", dir_str.to_str().unwrap()])
+        .args([
+            "--",
+            "bash",
+            "-c",
+            &format!("ls {} 2>/dev/null | wc -l", dir_str.display()),
+        ])
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to execute");
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
+    assert_eq!(
+        stdout, "0",
+        "expected masked directory to be empty, got {stdout} entries"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mask_hides_file() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let file = dir.path().join("secret.txt");
+    fs::write(&file, "sensitive").expect("failed to write");
+    let file_str = file.canonicalize().unwrap();
+
+    let output = sandbox(&["--mask", file_str.to_str().unwrap()])
+        .args([
+            "--",
+            "bash",
+            "-c",
+            &format!("cat {} 2>/dev/null || echo HIDDEN", file_str.display()),
+        ])
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to execute");
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    assert!(
+        !stdout.contains("sensitive"),
+        "expected masked file contents to be hidden, got: {stdout}"
+    );
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn mask_nonexistent_path_becomes_tmpfs() {
+    let dir = TempDir::new().unwrap();
+    let fake = dir.path().join("does_not_exist");
+    let fake_str = fake.to_str().unwrap();
+
+    let output = sandbox(&["--mask", fake_str])
+        .args([
+            "--",
+            "bash",
+            "-c",
+            &format!(
+                "test -d {fake_str} && touch {fake_str}/canary && echo WRITABLE || echo MISSING"
+            ),
+        ])
+        .output()
+        .expect("failed to execute");
+
+    let stdout = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout);
+    assert!(
+        stdout.contains("WRITABLE"),
+        "expected nonexistent mask to create a writable tmpfs, got: {stdout}"
+    );
+    assert!(
+        !fake.join("canary").exists(),
+        "tmpfs writes should not leak to host"
+    );
+}