diff --git a/libcontainer/nsinit/init.go b/libcontainer/nsinit/init.go
index af60d73..25b5fc4 100644
--- a/libcontainer/nsinit/init.go
+++ b/libcontainer/nsinit/init.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func Init(container *libcontainer.Container, uncleanRootfs, consolePath string,
 		return fmt.Errorf("set process label %s", err)
 	}
 	if container.Context["restrictions"] != "" {
-		if err := restrict.Restrict("proc", "sys"); err != nil {
+		if err := restrict.Restrict("proc/sys", "proc/sysrq-trigger", "proc/irq", "proc/bus", "sys"); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libcontainer/security/restrict/restrict.go b/libcontainer/security/restrict/restrict.go
index 361d076..a22a1aa 100644
--- a/libcontainer/security/restrict/restrict.go
+++ b/libcontainer/security/restrict/restrict.go
@@ -10,12 +10,31 @@ import (
 	"github.com/dotcloud/docker/pkg/system"
 )
 
+const defaultMountFlags = syscall.MS_NOEXEC | syscall.MS_NOSUID | syscall.MS_NODEV
+
+func mountReadonly(path string) error {
+	if err := system.Mount("", path, "", syscall.MS_REMOUNT|syscall.MS_RDONLY, ""); err != nil {
+		if err == syscall.EINVAL {
+			// Probably not a mountpoint, use bind-mount
+			if err := system.Mount(path, path, "", syscall.MS_BIND, ""); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if err := system.Mount(path, path, "", syscall.MS_BIND|syscall.MS_REMOUNT|syscall.MS_RDONLY|syscall.MS_REC|defaultMountFlags, ""); err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // This has to be called while the container still has CAP_SYS_ADMIN (to be able to perform mounts).
 // However, afterwards, CAP_SYS_ADMIN should be dropped (otherwise the user will be able to revert those changes).
 func Restrict(mounts ...string) error {
 	// remount proc and sys as readonly
 	for _, dest := range mounts {
-		if err := system.Mount("", dest, "", syscall.MS_REMOUNT|syscall.MS_RDONLY, ""); err != nil {
+		if err := mountReadonly(dest); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("unable to remount %s readonly: %s", dest, err)
 		}
 	}