diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
index fbb09737fc..d085574741 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
@@ -301,3 +301,14 @@ func TestDockerRunWithRelativePath(t *testing.T) {
 
 	logDone("run - volume with relative path")
 }
+
+func TestVolumesMountedAsReadonly(t *testing.T) {
+	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "-v", "/test:/test:ro", "busybox", "touch", "/test/somefile")
+	if code, err := runCommand(cmd); err == nil || code == 0 {
+		t.Fatalf("run should fail because volume is ro: exit code %d", code)
+	}
+
+	deleteAllContainers()
+
+	logDone("run - volumes as readonly mount")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go
index 4b5a42b1ac..3b0cf13bc9 100644
--- a/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go
+++ b/pkg/libcontainer/nsinit/mount.go
@@ -37,14 +37,21 @@ func setupNewMountNamespace(rootfs string, bindMounts []libcontainer.Mount, cons
 	}
 
 	for _, m := range bindMounts {
-		flags := syscall.MS_BIND | syscall.MS_REC
+		var (
+			flags = syscall.MS_BIND | syscall.MS_REC
+			dest  = filepath.Join(rootfs, m.Destination)
+		)
 		if !m.Writable {
 			flags = flags | syscall.MS_RDONLY
 		}
-		dest := filepath.Join(rootfs, m.Destination)
 		if err := system.Mount(m.Source, dest, "bind", uintptr(flags), ""); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("mounting %s into %s %s", m.Source, dest, err)
 		}
+		if !m.Writable {
+			if err := system.Mount(m.Source, dest, "bind", uintptr(flags|syscall.MS_REMOUNT), ""); err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("remounting %s into %s %s", m.Source, dest, err)
+			}
+		}
 		if m.Private {
 			if err := system.Mount("", dest, "none", uintptr(syscall.MS_PRIVATE), ""); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("mounting %s private %s", dest, err)