diff --git a/fs/overlayfs/super.c b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
index 6366adf81fa316104e8810fcae00ed3160dd4656..2bd570cbe8a4591f58610f9ede56e713b3eb2aa8 100644
--- a/fs/overlayfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/overlayfs/super.c
@@ -2096,6 +2096,7 @@ static struct dentry *ovl_mount(struct file_system_type *fs_type, int flags,
 static struct file_system_type ovl_fs_type = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.name		= "overlay",
+	.fs_flags	= FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
 	.mount		= ovl_mount,
 	.kill_sb	= kill_anon_super,
 };