diff --git a/src/libcrun/linux.c b/src/libcrun/linux.c
index 34a5450abd..bd7ca89226 100644
--- a/src/libcrun/linux.c
+++ b/src/libcrun/linux.c
@@ -409,6 +409,27 @@ do_mount_setattr (const char *target, int targetfd, uint64_t clear, uint64_t set
   return 0;
 }
 
+static int
+get_bind_mount (const char *src, libcrun_error_t *err)
+{
+  cleanup_close int open_tree_fd = -1;
+  struct mount_attr_s attr = {
+    0,
+  };
+  int ret;
+
+  open_tree_fd = syscall_open_tree (-1, src,
+                                    AT_NO_AUTOMOUNT | AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW | OPEN_TREE_CLOEXEC | OPEN_TREE_CLONE);
+  if (UNLIKELY (open_tree_fd < 0))
+    return crun_make_error (err, errno, "open `%s`", src);
+
+  ret = syscall_mount_setattr (open_tree_fd, "", AT_EMPTY_PATH, &attr);
+  if (UNLIKELY (ret < 0))
+    return crun_make_error (err, errno, "mount_setattr `%s`", src);
+
+  return get_and_reset (&open_tree_fd);
+}
+
 static int
 get_idmapped_mount (const char *src, pid_t pid, libcrun_error_t *err)
 {
@@ -1627,7 +1648,15 @@ do_mounts (libcrun_container_t *container, int rootfsfd, const char *rootfs, con
 
       if (def->mounts[i]->source && (flags & MS_BIND))
         {
-          is_dir = crun_dir_p (def->mounts[i]->source, false, err);
+          char proc_buf[64];
+          const char *path = def->mounts[i]->source;
+          if (mount_fds->fds[i] >= 0)
+            {
+              sprintf (proc_buf, "/proc/self/fd/%d", mount_fds->fds[i]);
+              path = proc_buf;
+            }
+
+          is_dir = crun_dir_p (path, false, err);
           if (UNLIKELY (is_dir < 0))
             return is_dir;
 
@@ -3332,11 +3361,27 @@ is_idmapped (runtime_spec_schema_defs_mount *mnt)
   return false;
 }
 
+static bool
+is_bind_mount (runtime_spec_schema_defs_mount *mnt)
+{
+  size_t i;
+
+  for (i = 0; i < mnt->options_len; i++)
+    {
+      if (strcmp (mnt->options[i], "bind") == 0)
+        return true;
+      if (strcmp (mnt->options[i], "rbind") == 0)
+        return true;
+    }
+  return false;
+}
+
 static int
 prepare_and_send_mounts (libcrun_container_t *container, pid_t pid, int sync_socket_host, libcrun_error_t *err)
 {
   runtime_spec_schema_config_schema *def = container->container_def;
   cleanup_close_map struct libcrun_fd_map *mount_fds = NULL;
+  bool has_userns = (get_private_data (container)->unshare_flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) ? true : false;
   size_t how_many = 0;
   size_t i;
   int ret;
@@ -3358,6 +3403,12 @@ prepare_and_send_mounts (libcrun_container_t *container, pid_t pid, int sync_soc
 
           mount_fds->fds[i] = fd;
         }
+      else if (has_userns && is_bind_mount (def->mounts[i]))
+        {
+          mount_fds->fds[i] = get_bind_mount (def->mounts[i]->source, err);
+          if (UNLIKELY (mount_fds->fds[i] < 0))
+            crun_error_release (err);
+        }
 
       if (mount_fds->fds[i] >= 0)
         how_many++;
@@ -3650,10 +3701,6 @@ init_container (libcrun_container_t *container, int sync_socket_container, struc
   if (UNLIKELY (ret < 0))
     return ret;
 
-  /* Move ownership.  */
-  get_private_data (container)->mount_fds = mount_fds;
-  mount_fds = NULL;
-
   return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcrun/utils.h b/src/libcrun/utils.h
index f7ae23acae..c27b4675dc 100644
--- a/src/libcrun/utils.h
+++ b/src/libcrun/utils.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ cleanup_pidp (void *p)
 }
 
 struct
-    libcrun_fd_map
+libcrun_fd_map
 {
   size_t nfds;
   int fds[];
diff --git a/tests/test_mounts.py b/tests/test_mounts.py
index f16ced78f9..84b0d1d55a 100755
--- a/tests/test_mounts.py
+++ b/tests/test_mounts.py
@@ -178,22 +178,56 @@ def test_mount_dev():
         return -1
     return 0
 
+
+def test_userns_bind_mount():
+    if is_rootless():
+        return 77
+    conf = base_config()
+    add_all_namespaces(conf, userns=True)
+
+    fullMapping = [
+        {
+            "containerID": 0,
+            "hostID": 1,
+            "size": 10
+        }
+    ]
+    conf['linux']['uidMappings'] = fullMapping
+    conf['linux']['gidMappings'] = fullMapping
+
+    bind_dir_parent = os.path.join(get_tests_root(), "bind-mount-userns")
+    bind_dir = os.path.join(bind_dir_parent, "m")
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(bind_dir)
+        mount_opt = {"destination": "/foo", "type": "bind", "source": bind_dir, "options": ["bind", "ro"]}
+        conf['mounts'].append(mount_opt)
+        os.chown(bind_dir_parent, 0, 0)
+        os.chmod(bind_dir_parent, 0o000)
+
+        conf['process']['args'] = ['/init', 'true']
+        run_and_get_output(conf, chown_rootfs_to=1)
+    finally:
+        shutil.rmtree(bind_dir)
+
+    return 0
+
 all_tests = {
-    "test-mount-ro" : test_mount_ro,
-    "test-mount-rw" : test_mount_rw,
-    "test-mount-relatime" : test_mount_relatime,
-    "test-mount-strictatime" : test_mount_strictatime,
-    "test-mount-exec" : test_mount_exec,
-    "test-mount-noexec" : test_mount_noexec,
-    "test-mount-suid" : test_mount_suid,
-    "test-mount-nosuid" : test_mount_nosuid,
-    "test-mount-sync" : test_mount_sync,
-    "test-mount-dirsync" : test_mount_dirsync,
-    "test-mount-symlink" : test_mount_symlink,
-    "test-mount-symlink-not-existing" : test_mount_symlink_not_existing,
-    "test-mount-dev" : test_mount_dev,
-    "test-mount-nodev" : test_mount_nodev,
-    "test-mount-path-with-multiple-slashes" : test_mount_path_with_multiple_slashes,
+    "mount-ro" : test_mount_ro,
+    "mount-rw" : test_mount_rw,
+    "mount-relatime" : test_mount_relatime,
+    "mount-strictatime" : test_mount_strictatime,
+    "mount-exec" : test_mount_exec,
+    "mount-noexec" : test_mount_noexec,
+    "mount-suid" : test_mount_suid,
+    "mount-nosuid" : test_mount_nosuid,
+    "mount-sync" : test_mount_sync,
+    "mount-dirsync" : test_mount_dirsync,
+    "mount-symlink" : test_mount_symlink,
+    "mount-symlink-not-existing" : test_mount_symlink_not_existing,
+    "mount-dev" : test_mount_dev,
+    "mount-nodev" : test_mount_nodev,
+    "mount-path-with-multiple-slashes" : test_mount_path_with_multiple_slashes,
+    "mount-userns-bind-mount" : test_userns_bind_mount,
 }
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
diff --git a/tests/test_uid_gid.py b/tests/test_uid_gid.py
index 40b8218c07..643f3114e4 100755
--- a/tests/test_uid_gid.py
+++ b/tests/test_uid_gid.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_userns_full_mapping():
     if is_rootless():
         return 77
     conf = base_config()
-    add_all_namespaces(conf)
+    add_all_namespaces(conf, userns=True)
 
     fullMapping = [
         {
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ def test_userns_full_mapping():
 
     return 0
 
-
 def test_uid():
     if is_rootless():
         return 77