diff --git a/nsinit/mount.go b/nsinit/mount.go
index 3b0cf13b..dd6b1c8a 100644
--- a/nsinit/mount.go
+++ b/nsinit/mount.go
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ func mountSystem(rootfs string, mountLabel string) error {
 	}{
 		{source: "proc", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "proc"), device: "proc", flags: defaultMountFlags},
 		{source: "sysfs", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "sys"), device: "sysfs", flags: defaultMountFlags},
-		{source: "shm", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "shm"), device: "tmpfs", flags: defaultMountFlags, data: label.FormatMountLabel("mode=1755,size=65536k", mountLabel)},
+		{source: "shm", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "shm"), device: "tmpfs", flags: defaultMountFlags, data: label.FormatMountLabel("mode=1777,size=65536k", mountLabel)},
 		{source: "devpts", path: filepath.Join(rootfs, "dev", "pts"), device: "devpts", flags: syscall.MS_NOSUID | syscall.MS_NOEXEC, data: label.FormatMountLabel("newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=620,gid=5", mountLabel)},
 	} {
 		if err := os.MkdirAll(m.path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {