diff --git a/test/zdtm.py b/test/zdtm.py
index 37ebe63b7..e3ddc762a 100755
--- a/test/zdtm.py
+++ b/test/zdtm.py
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ class zdtm_test:
         self._bins = [name]
         self._env = {'TMPDIR': os.environ.get('TMPDIR', '/tmp')}
         self._deps = desc.get('deps', [])
+        self._bind = desc.get('bind')
         self.auto_reap = True
 
     def __make_action(self, act, env=None, root=None):
@@ -513,6 +514,8 @@ class zdtm_test:
         if self.__flavor.ns:
             env['ZDTM_NEWNS'] = "1"
             env['ZDTM_ROOT'] = self.__flavor.root
+            if self._bind:
+                env['ZDTM_BIND'] = self._bind
             env['ZDTM_DEV'] = self.__flavor.devpath
             env['PATH'] = "/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin"
 
diff --git a/test/zdtm/lib/ns.c b/test/zdtm/lib/ns.c
index 3c0dbdeb8..5fe81561f 100644
--- a/test/zdtm/lib/ns.c
+++ b/test/zdtm/lib/ns.c
@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@ extern int pivot_root(const char *new_root, const char *put_old);
 static int prepare_mntns(void)
 {
 	int dfd, ret;
-	char *root, *criu_path, *dev_path;
+	char *root, *criu_path, *dev_path, *zdtm_bind;
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	char bind_path[PATH_MAX];
 
 	root = getenv("ZDTM_ROOT");
 	if (!root) {
@@ -52,6 +53,18 @@ static int prepare_mntns(void)
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	zdtm_bind = getenv("ZDTM_BIND");
+	if (zdtm_bind) {
+		/*
+		 * Bindmount the directory to itself.
+		 */
+		snprintf(bind_path, sizeof(bind_path),  "%s/%s", root, zdtm_bind);
+		if (mount(bind_path, bind_path, NULL, MS_BIND, NULL)) {
+			fprintf(stderr, "Can't bind-mount ZDTM_BIND: %m\n");
+			return -1;
+		}
+	}
+
 	dev_path = getenv("ZDTM_DEV");
 	if (dev_path) {
 		snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/dev", root);