diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_fuse.c b/src/lxc/lxc_fuse.c
index fbd0d56c95..3f4787b789 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_fuse.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_fuse.c
@@ -306,6 +306,7 @@ int lxcSetupFuse(virLXCFusePtr *f, virDomainDefPtr def)
     /* process name is libvirt_lxc */
     if (fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "libvirt_lxc") == -1 ||
         fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-odirect_io") == -1 ||
+        fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-oallow_other") == -1 ||
         fuse_opt_add_arg(&args, "-ofsname=libvirt") == -1)
         goto cleanup1;