diff --git a/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c b/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c
index e03b4ea4..de873085 100644
--- a/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c
+++ b/bin/xbps-uchroot/main.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ bindmount(uid_t ruid, const char *chrootdir, const char *dir, const char *dest)
 
 	if (fsuid_chdir(ruid, dir) == -1)
 		die("Couldn't chdir to %s", dir);
-	if (mount(".", mountdir, NULL, MS_BIND|MS_PRIVATE, NULL) == -1)
+	if (mount(".", mountdir, NULL, MS_BIND|MS_REC|MS_PRIVATE, NULL) == -1)
 		die("Failed to bind mount %s at %s", dir, mountdir);
 }