diff --git a/virtcontainers/container.go b/virtcontainers/container.go
index 337d07dec7..75fcdc98f2 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/container.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/container.go
@@ -477,7 +477,11 @@ func (c *Container) mountSharedDirMounts(hostSharedDir, guestSharedDir string) (
 	var sharedDirMounts []Mount
 	var ignoredMounts []Mount
 	for idx, m := range c.mounts {
-		if isSystemMount(m.Destination) || m.Type != "bind" {
+		if isSystemMount(m.Destination) && !IsDockerVolume(m.Source) {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if m.Type != "bind" {
 			continue
 		}
 
diff --git a/virtcontainers/mount.go b/virtcontainers/mount.go
index 5ffa7c5713..6dc6b62f38 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/mount.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/mount.go
@@ -326,3 +326,19 @@ func bindUnmountAllRootfs(ctx context.Context, sharedDir string, sandbox *Sandbo
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+const (
+	dockerVolumePrefix = "/var/lib/docker/volumes"
+	dockerVolumeSuffix = "_data"
+)
+
+// IsDockerVolume returns true if the given source path is
+// a docker volume.
+// This uses a very specific path that is used by docker.
+func IsDockerVolume(path string) bool {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(path, dockerVolumePrefix) && filepath.Base(path) == dockerVolumeSuffix {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
diff --git a/virtcontainers/mount_test.go b/virtcontainers/mount_test.go
index 820fd7447c..f39fa3c489 100644
--- a/virtcontainers/mount_test.go
+++ b/virtcontainers/mount_test.go
@@ -282,3 +282,13 @@ func TestIsDeviceMapper(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal()
 	}
 }
+
+func TestIsDockerVolume(t *testing.T) {
+	path := "/var/lib/docker/volumes/00da1347c7cf4f15db35f/_data"
+	isDockerVolume := IsDockerVolume(path)
+	assert.True(t, isDockerVolume)
+
+	path = "/var/lib/testdir"
+	isDockerVolume := IsDockerVolume(path)
+	assert.False(t, isDockerVolume)
+}