diff --git a/include/namespaces.h b/include/namespaces.h
index 73af5202e..7e0f97fa3 100644
--- a/include/namespaces.h
+++ b/include/namespaces.h
@@ -9,9 +9,18 @@ struct cr_options;
 struct ns_desc {
 	unsigned int	cflag;
 	char		*str;
+	size_t		len;
 };
 
+#define NS_DESC_ENTRY(_cflag, _str)			\
+	{						\
+		.cflag		= _cflag,		\
+		.str		= _str,			\
+		.len		= sizeof(_str) - 1,	\
+	}
+
 extern struct ns_desc pid_ns_desc;
+extern struct ns_desc user_ns_desc;
 extern unsigned long current_ns_mask;
 
 int dump_namespaces(struct pid *pid, unsigned int ns_flags);
diff --git a/ipc_ns.c b/ipc_ns.c
index 8511fb801..0fd531189 100644
--- a/ipc_ns.c
+++ b/ipc_ns.c
@@ -938,7 +938,4 @@ int prepare_ipc_ns(int pid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct ns_desc ipc_ns_desc = {
-	.cflag = CLONE_NEWIPC,
-	.str = "ipc",
-};
+struct ns_desc ipc_ns_desc = NS_DESC_ENTRY(CLONE_NEWIPC, "ipc");
diff --git a/mount.c b/mount.c
index 66e263c1f..5c40b0334 100644
--- a/mount.c
+++ b/mount.c
@@ -812,7 +812,4 @@ int mntns_collect_root(pid_t pid)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct ns_desc mnt_ns_desc = {
-	.cflag = CLONE_NEWNS,
-	.str = "mnt",
-};
+struct ns_desc mnt_ns_desc = NS_DESC_ENTRY(CLONE_NEWNS, "mnt");
diff --git a/namespaces.c b/namespaces.c
index a182d4087..5b1b57536 100644
--- a/namespaces.c
+++ b/namespaces.c
@@ -313,7 +313,5 @@ int try_show_namespaces(int ns_pid, struct cr_options *o)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-struct ns_desc pid_ns_desc = {
-	.cflag = CLONE_NEWPID,
-	.str = "pid",
-};
+struct ns_desc pid_ns_desc = NS_DESC_ENTRY(CLONE_NEWPID, "pid");
+struct ns_desc user_ns_desc = NS_DESC_ENTRY(CLONE_NEWUSER, "user");
diff --git a/net.c b/net.c
index 19c23f640..456f4bbfb 100644
--- a/net.c
+++ b/net.c
@@ -404,7 +404,4 @@ void network_unlock(void)
 	run_scripts("network-unlock");
 }
 
-struct ns_desc net_ns_desc = {
-	.cflag = CLONE_NEWNET,
-	.str = "net",
-};
+struct ns_desc net_ns_desc = NS_DESC_ENTRY(CLONE_NEWNET, "net");
diff --git a/uts_ns.c b/uts_ns.c
index dec80e885..985c6442b 100644
--- a/uts_ns.c
+++ b/uts_ns.c
@@ -70,7 +70,4 @@ void show_utsns(int fd)
 	pb_show_vertical(fd, PB_UTSNS);
 }
 
-struct ns_desc uts_ns_desc = {
-	.cflag = CLONE_NEWUTS,
-	.str = "uts",
-};
+struct ns_desc uts_ns_desc = NS_DESC_ENTRY(CLONE_NEWUTS, "uts");