diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dad561aae3..472aa38339 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ For older changes see the [archived Singularity change log](https://github.com/a
   `fuse-overlayfs` and `fusermount` for overlay mounting and unmounting.
 - OCI-mode now suppports the `APPTAINER_CONTAINLIBS` env var, to specify
   libraries to bind into `/.singularity.d/libs/` in the container.
+- OCI-mode now supports the `--no-privs` flag to drop all capabilities from the
+  container process, and enable the NoNewPrivileges flag.
 
 ### Developer / API
 
diff --git a/cmd/internal/cli/action_flags.go b/cmd/internal/cli/action_flags.go
index ac7c3453dd..3d62f3fe8b 100644
--- a/cmd/internal/cli/action_flags.go
+++ b/cmd/internal/cli/action_flags.go
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ var actionNoPrivsFlag = cmdline.Flag{
 	Value:        &noPrivs,
 	DefaultValue: false,
 	Name:         "no-privs",
-	Usage:        "drop all privileges from root user in container)",
+	Usage:        "drop all privileges in container (root only in non-OCI mode)",
 	EnvKeys:      []string{"NO_PRIVS"},
 }
 
diff --git a/e2e/security/oci.go b/e2e/security/oci.go
index d731f967b5..0a38125df0 100644
--- a/e2e/security/oci.go
+++ b/e2e/security/oci.go
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ func (c ctx) ociCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct {
 		name       string
-		profile    e2e.Profile
+		options    []string
+		profiles   []e2e.Profile
 		expectInh  string
 		expectPrm  string
 		expectEff  string
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ func (c ctx) ociCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			name:      "DefaultUser",
-			profile:   e2e.OCIUserProfile,
+			profiles:  []e2e.Profile{e2e.OCIUserProfile},
 			expectInh: nullCapString,
 			expectPrm: nullCapString,
 			expectEff: nullCapString,
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ func (c ctx) ociCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 		{
 			name:      "DefaultRoot",
-			profile:   e2e.OCIRootProfile,
+			profiles:  []e2e.Profile{e2e.OCIRootProfile, e2e.OCIFakerootProfile},
 			expectInh: nullCapString,
 			expectPrm: ociDefaultCapString,
 			expectEff: ociDefaultCapString,
@@ -55,12 +56,13 @@ func (c ctx) ociCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 			expectAmb: nullCapString,
 		},
 		{
-			name:      "DefaultFakeroot",
-			profile:   e2e.OCIRootProfile,
+			name:      "NoPrivs",
+			options:   []string{"--no-privs"},
+			profiles:  []e2e.Profile{e2e.OCIRootProfile, e2e.OCIFakerootProfile, e2e.OCIUserProfile},
 			expectInh: nullCapString,
-			expectPrm: ociDefaultCapString,
-			expectEff: ociDefaultCapString,
-			expectBnd: ociDefaultCapString,
+			expectPrm: nullCapString,
+			expectEff: nullCapString,
+			expectBnd: nullCapString,
 			expectAmb: nullCapString,
 		},
 	}
@@ -68,20 +70,22 @@ func (c ctx) ociCapabilities(t *testing.T) {
 	e2e.EnsureImage(t, c.env)
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
-		args := []string{imageRef, "grep", "^Cap...:", "/proc/self/status"}
-		c.env.RunApptainer(
-			t,
-			e2e.AsSubtest(tt.name),
-			e2e.WithProfile(tt.profile),
-			e2e.WithCommand("exec"),
-			e2e.WithArgs(args...),
-			e2e.ExpectExit(tt.expectExit,
-				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapInh:\t"+tt.expectInh),
-				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapPrm:\t"+tt.expectPrm),
-				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapEff:\t"+tt.expectEff),
-				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapBnd:\t"+tt.expectBnd),
-				e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapAmb:\t"+tt.expectAmb),
-			),
-		)
+		for _, p := range tt.profiles {
+			args := append(tt.options, imageRef, "grep", "^Cap...:", "/proc/self/status")
+			c.env.RunApptainer(
+				t,
+				e2e.AsSubtest(tt.name+"/"+p.String()),
+				e2e.WithProfile(p),
+				e2e.WithCommand("exec"),
+				e2e.WithArgs(args...),
+				e2e.ExpectExit(tt.expectExit,
+					e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapInh:\t"+tt.expectInh),
+					e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapPrm:\t"+tt.expectPrm),
+					e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapEff:\t"+tt.expectEff),
+					e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapBnd:\t"+tt.expectBnd),
+					e2e.ExpectOutput(e2e.ContainMatch, "CapAmb:\t"+tt.expectAmb),
+				),
+			)
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/launcher_linux.go b/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/launcher_linux.go
index e1a45e66d7..6a09188446 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/launcher_linux.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/launcher_linux.go
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ func checkOpts(lo launcher.Options) error {
 	if lo.KeepPrivs {
 		badOpt = append(badOpt, "KeepPrivs")
 	}
-	if lo.NoPrivs {
-		badOpt = append(badOpt, "NoPrivs")
-	}
 	if len(lo.SecurityOpts) > 0 {
 		badOpt = append(badOpt, "SecurityOpts")
 	}
diff --git a/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/process_linux.go b/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/process_linux.go
index 7b7babe930..2fcb648cb2 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/process_linux.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/runtime/launcher/oci/process_linux.go
@@ -62,13 +62,21 @@ func (l *Launcher) getProcess(ctx context.Context, imgSpec imgspecv1.Image, imag
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	// OCI default is NoNewPrivileges = false
+	noNewPrivs := false
+	// --no-privs sets NoNewPrivileges
+	if l.cfg.NoPrivs {
+		noNewPrivs = true
+	}
+
 	p := specs.Process{
-		Args:         getProcessArgs(imgSpec, process, args),
-		Capabilities: getProcessCapabilities(u.UID),
-		Cwd:          cwd,
-		Env:          getProcessEnv(imgSpec, rtEnv),
-		User:         u,
-		Terminal:     getProcessTerminal(),
+		Args:            getProcessArgs(imgSpec, process, args),
+		Capabilities:    l.getProcessCapabilities(u.UID),
+		Cwd:             cwd,
+		Env:             getProcessEnv(imgSpec, rtEnv),
+		NoNewPrivileges: noNewPrivs,
+		User:            u,
+		Terminal:        getProcessTerminal(),
 	}
 
 	return &p, nil
@@ -339,7 +347,11 @@ func envFileMap(ctx context.Context, f string) (map[string]string, error) {
 // getProcessCapabilities returns the capabilities that are enabled for the
 // container. These follow OCI specified defaults. A non-root container user has
 // no effective/permitted capabilities.
-func getProcessCapabilities(targetUID uint32) *specs.LinuxCapabilities {
+func (l *Launcher) getProcessCapabilities(targetUID uint32) *specs.LinuxCapabilities {
+	if l.cfg.NoPrivs {
+		return &specs.LinuxCapabilities{}
+	}
+
 	if targetUID == 0 {
 		return &specs.LinuxCapabilities{
 			Bounding:  oci.DefaultCaps,