diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index d7a6474b6e..7873692168 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -2666,7 +2666,7 @@ static void setup_mounts(const char *source)
     int oldroot;
     int newroot;
 
-    if (mount(source, source, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL) < 0) {
+    if (mount(source, source, NULL, MS_BIND | MS_REC, NULL) < 0) {
         fuse_log(FUSE_LOG_ERR, "mount(%s, %s, MS_BIND): %m\n", source, source);
         exit(1);
     }