diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
index 11235acc432..f731387ab86 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ func CreateLibcontainerConfig(opts *CreateOpts) (*configs.Config, error) {
 
 func createLibcontainerMount(cwd string, m specs.Mount) *configs.Mount {
 	flags, pgflags, data, ext := parseMountOptions(m.Options)
+	if m.Type == "bind" {
+		flags |= unix.MS_BIND
+	}
 	source := m.Source
 	device := m.Type
 	if flags&unix.MS_BIND != 0 {
diff --git a/tests/integration/mounts.bats b/tests/integration/mounts.bats
index bd41dc6ea77..4e4a01f04bd 100644
--- a/tests/integration/mounts.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/mounts.bats
@@ -19,3 +19,12 @@ function teardown() {
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 	[[ "${lines[0]}" == *'/tmp/bind/config.json'* ]]
 }
+
+@test "runc run [bind mount w/o explicit \"bind\" opt but w/ explicit \"bind\" type]" {
+	update_config 	' .mounts += [{"source": ".", "destination": "/tmp/bind", "type":"bind"}]
+			| .process.args |= ["ls", "/tmp/bind/config.json"]'
+
+	runc run test_bind_mount
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+	[[ "${lines[0]}" == *'/tmp/bind/config.json'* ]]
+}