diff --git a/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template.go b/daemon/execdriver/lxc/lxc_template.go
index 08b3e7c82..229b0a514 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-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
index cd3f302f1..d02ebb54e 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_run_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"sort"
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/mount"
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/networkfs/resolvconf"
 )
 
@@ -1142,6 +1144,44 @@ func TestDisallowBindMountingRootToRoot(t *testing.T) {
 	logDone("run - bind mount /:/ as volume should fail")
 }
 
+// Test recursive bind mount works by default
+func TestDockerRunWithVolumesIsRecursive(t *testing.T) {
+	tmpDir, err := ioutil.TempDir("", "docker_recursive_mount_test")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpDir)
+
+	// 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)
+	}
+
+	f, err := ioutil.TempFile(tmpfsDir, "touch-me")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	runCmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "--name", "test-data", "--volume", fmt.Sprintf("%s:/tmp:ro", tmpDir), "busybox:latest", "ls", "/tmp/tmpfs")
+	out, stderr, exitCode, err := runCommandWithStdoutStderr(runCmd)
+	if err != nil && exitCode != 0 {
+		t.Fatal(out, stderr, err)
+	}
+	if !strings.Contains(out, filepath.Base(f.Name())) {
+		t.Fatal("Recursive bind mount test failed. Expected file not found")
+	}
+
+	deleteAllContainers()
+
+	logDone("run - volumes are bind mounted recuursively")
+}
+
 func TestDnsDefaultOptions(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd := exec.Command(dockerBinary, "run", "busybox", "cat", "/etc/resolv.conf")