diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template.go b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template.go
index 08b3e7c82b..229b0a5144 100644
--- a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template.go
+++ b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template.go
@@ -75,9 +75,9 @@ lxc.mount.entry = shm {{escapeFstabSpaces $ROOTFS}}/dev/shm tmpfs {{formatMountL
 
 {{range $value := .Mounts}}
 {{if $value.Writable}}
-lxc.mount.entry = {{$value.Source}} {{escapeFstabSpaces $ROOTFS}}/{{escapeFstabSpaces $value.Destination}} none bind,rw 0 0
+lxc.mount.entry = {{$value.Source}} {{escapeFstabSpaces $ROOTFS}}/{{escapeFstabSpaces $value.Destination}} none rbind,rw 0 0
 {{else}}
-lxc.mount.entry = {{$value.Source}} {{escapeFstabSpaces $ROOTFS}}/{{escapeFstabSpaces $value.Destination}} none bind,ro 0 0
+lxc.mount.entry = {{$value.Source}} {{escapeFstabSpaces $ROOTFS}}/{{escapeFstabSpaces $value.Destination}} none rbind,ro 0 0
 {{end}}
 {{end}}
 
diff --git a/integration/container_test.go b/integration/container_test.go
index 4462aba08d..fcf84cf10b 100644
--- a/integration/container_test.go
+++ b/integration/container_test.go
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/runconfig"
 )
 
@@ -385,6 +387,21 @@ func TestBindMounts(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Container failed to read from bind mount")
 	}
 
+	// Test recursive bind mount works by default
+	// Create a temporary tmpfs mount.
+	tmpfsDir := filepath.Join(tmpDir, "tmpfs")
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(tmpfsDir, 0777); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to mkdir at %s - %s", tmpfsDir, err)
+	}
+	if err := mount.Mount("tmpfs", tmpfsDir, "tmpfs", ""); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("failed to create a tmpfs mount at %s - %s", tmpfsDir, err)
+	}
+	writeFile(path.Join(tmpfsDir, "touch-me-again"), "", t)
+	stdout, _ = runContainer(eng, r, []string{"-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/tmp:ro", tmpDir), "_", "ls", "/tmp/tmpfs"}, t)
+	if !strings.Contains(stdout, "touch-me-again") {
+		t.Fatal("Container recursive bind mount test failed. Expected file not found")
+	}
+
 	// test writing to bind mount
 	runContainer(eng, r, []string{"-v", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/tmp:rw", tmpDir), "_", "touch", "/tmp/holla"}, t)
 	readFile(path.Join(tmpDir, "holla"), t) // Will fail if the file doesn't exist