diff --git a/lib/Model/Mount.php b/lib/Model/Mount.php
index 75d9ce447..25c1c35d2 100644
--- a/lib/Model/Mount.php
+++ b/lib/Model/Mount.php
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager as ExternalShareManager;
 use OCP\Federation\ICloudIdManager;
 use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
+use OCP\IUser;
 
 /**
  * Class Mount
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ class Mount extends ManagedModel implements IDeserializable, IQueryRow, JsonSeri
 	private ICloudIdManager $cloudIdManager;
 	private IClientService $httpClientService;
 	private ExternalShareManager $externalShareManager;
+	private IUser $recipient;
 	private string $remote = '';
 	private int $remoteShareId = 0;
 
@@ -316,6 +318,16 @@ public function getExternalShareManager(): ExternalShareManager {
 		return $this->externalShareManager;
 	}
 
+	public function setRecipient(IUser $recipient): self {
+		$this->recipient = $recipient;
+
+		return $this;
+	}
+
+	public function getRecipient(): IUser {
+		return $this->recipient;
+	}
+
 	public function setRemote(string $remote): void {
 		$this->remote = $remote;
 	}
@@ -346,6 +358,7 @@ public function toMount(): array {
 			'mountpoint' => $this->getMountPoint(false),
 			'HttpClientService' => $this->getHttpClientService(),
 			'manager' => $this->getExternalShareManager(),
+			'recipient' => $this->getRecipient(),
 			'cloudId' => $this->getCloudIdManager()->getCloudId(
 				$member->getUserId(),
 				$member->getRemoteInstance()->getRoot()
diff --git a/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProvider.php b/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProvider.php
index 3964129b3..28e52d1eb 100644
--- a/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProvider.php
+++ b/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProvider.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function getMountsForUser(IUser $user, IStorageFactory $loader): array {
 		foreach ($items as $item) {
 			try {
 				$this->fixDuplicateFile($user->getUID(), $item);
-				$mounts[] = $this->generateCircleMount($item, $loader);
+				$mounts[] = $this->generateCircleMount($item, $loader, $user);
 			} catch (\Exception $e) {
 				$this->logger->warning('issue with teams\' mounts', ['exception' => $e]);
 			}
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ public function getMountsForUser(IUser $user, IStorageFactory $loader): array {
 	 * @throws InitiatorNotFoundException
 	 * @throws MountPointConstructionException
 	 */
-	public function generateCircleMount(Mount $mount, IStorageFactory $storageFactory): CircleMount {
+	public function generateCircleMount(Mount $mount, IStorageFactory $storageFactory, IUser $user): CircleMount {
 		$initiator = $mount->getInitiator();
 
 		// TODO: right now, limited to Local Nextcloud User
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ public function generateCircleMount(Mount $mount, IStorageFactory $storageFactor
 
 		$mount->setCloudIdManager($this->cloudIdManager)
 			->setHttpClientService($this->clientService)
-			->setExternalShareManager($this->externalShareManager);
+			->setExternalShareManager($this->externalShareManager)
+			->setRecipient($user);
 
 		return new CircleMount(
 			$mount,
diff --git a/tests/unit/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProviderTest.php b/tests/unit/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProviderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1045a712b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/unit/lib/MountManager/CircleMountProviderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+namespace OCA\Circles\Tests\MountManager;
+
+use OC\Files\Storage\StorageFactory;
+use OCA\Circles\Db\MountPointRequest;
+use OCA\Circles\Db\MountRequest;
+use OCA\Circles\Model\Federated\RemoteInstance;
+use OCA\Circles\Model\FederatedUser;
+use OCA\Circles\Model\Member;
+use OCA\Circles\Model\Mount;
+use OCA\Circles\MountManager\CircleMountProvider;
+use OCA\Circles\Service\ConfigService;
+use OCA\Circles\Service\FederatedUserService;
+use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Manager as ExternalShareManager;
+use OCA\Files_Sharing\External\Storage as ExternalStorage;
+use OCP\Federation\ICloudIdManager;
+use OCP\Files\Cache\ICache;
+use OCP\Files\Folder;
+use OCP\Files\IRootFolder;
+use OCP\Files\Mount\IMountPoint;
+use OCP\Files\Storage\IStorage;
+use OCP\Http\Client\IClientService;
+use OCP\IUser;
+use OCP\OCM\Exceptions\OCMProviderException;
+use OCP\OCM\IOCMDiscoveryService;
+use OCP\Server;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\MockObject\MockObject;
+use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
+use Test\TestCase;
+
+class CircleMountProviderTest extends TestCase {
+	private IRootFolder&MockObject $rootFolder;
+	private MountRequest&MockObject $mountRequest;
+	private FederatedUserService&MockObject $federatedUserService;
+	private IUser&MockObject $user;
+	private CircleMountProvider $provider;
+
+	#[\Override]
+	protected function setUp(): void {
+		parent::setUp();
+
+		$this->rootFolder = $this->createMock(IRootFolder::class);
+		$this->mountRequest = $this->createMock(MountRequest::class);
+		$this->federatedUserService = $this->createMock(FederatedUserService::class);
+		$configService = $this->createMock(ConfigService::class);
+		$configService->method('isLocalInstance')
+			->willReturn(true);
+		$this->user = $this->createMock(IUser::class);
+		$this->user->method('getUID')
+			->willReturn('alice');
+
+		$this->provider = new CircleMountProvider(
+			$this->createMock(IClientService::class),
+			$this->rootFolder,
+			Server::get(ICloudIdManager::class),
+			$this->mountRequest,
+			$this->createMock(MountPointRequest::class),
+			$this->federatedUserService,
+			$configService,
+			$this->createMock(LoggerInterface::class),
+			$this->createMock(ExternalShareManager::class),
+		);
+	}
+
+	private function createTeamMount(): Mount {
+		$localUser = new FederatedUser();
+		$localUser->setUserId('alice')
+			->setUserType(Member::TYPE_USER)
+			->setInstance('');
+		$initiator = new Member();
+		$initiator->setUserId('alice')
+			->setInheritedBy($localUser);
+
+		$remoteInstance = new RemoteInstance();
+		$remoteInstance->setRoot('https://remote.example');
+		$owner = new Member();
+		$owner->setUserId('bob')
+			->setRemoteInstance($remoteInstance);
+
+		$mount = new Mount();
+		$mount->setMountId('mount-id')
+			->setOriginalMountPoint('/team-share')
+			->setToken('token')
+			->setOwner($owner)
+			->setInitiator($initiator);
+
+		return $mount;
+	}
+
+	private function mockFreeMountPoint(): void {
+		$cache = $this->createMock(ICache::class);
+		$cache->method('inCache')
+			->willReturn(false);
+		$storage = $this->createMock(IStorage::class);
+		$storage->method('getCache')
+			->willReturn($cache);
+		$homeMount = $this->createMock(IMountPoint::class);
+		$homeMount->method('getStorage')
+			->willReturn($storage);
+		$userFolder = $this->createMock(Folder::class);
+		$userFolder->method('getMountPoint')
+			->willReturn($homeMount);
+		$this->rootFolder->method('getUserFolder')
+			->with('alice')
+			->willReturn($userFolder);
+
+		$federatedUser = new FederatedUser();
+		$federatedUser->setSingleId('alice-single-id');
+		$this->federatedUserService->method('getLocalFederatedUser')
+			->with('alice')
+			->willReturn($federatedUser);
+	}
+
+	public function testGenerateCircleMountCreatesExternalStorageForUser(): void {
+		$discoveryService = $this->createMock(IOCMDiscoveryService::class);
+		$discoveryService->method('discover')
+			->willThrowException(new OCMProviderException());
+		$this->overwriteService(IOCMDiscoveryService::class, $discoveryService);
+		$mount = $this->createTeamMount();
+
+		$circleMount = $this->provider->generateCircleMount($mount, new StorageFactory(), $this->user);
+
+		$this->assertSame($this->user, $mount->toMount()['recipient']);
+		$this->assertTrue($circleMount->getStorage()->instanceOfStorage(ExternalStorage::class));
+	}
+
+	public function testGetMountsForUserPassesUserAsRecipient(): void {
+		$this->mockFreeMountPoint();
+		$mount = $this->createTeamMount();
+		$this->mountRequest->method('getForUser')
+			->willReturn([$mount]);
+
+		$mounts = $this->provider->getMountsForUser($this->user, new StorageFactory());
+
+		$this->assertCount(1, $mounts);
+		$this->assertSame($this->user, $mount->toMount()['recipient']);
+	}
+}