diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
index b742a33beb..fa46977afe 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_controller.c
@@ -629,7 +629,8 @@ lxcControllerRun(virDomainDefPtr def,
         }
 
         VIR_DEBUG("Mouting 'devpts' on %s", devpts);
-        if (mount("devpts", devpts, "devpts", 0, "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666") < 0) {
+        if (mount("devpts", devpts, "devpts", 0,
+                  "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=0620,gid=5") < 0) {
             virReportSystemError(errno,
                                  _("Failed to mount devpts on %s"),
                                  devpts);