diff --git a/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go b/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go
index 01f6986b..8dffbfac 100644
--- a/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go
+++ b/cmd/skopeo/unshare_linux.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ var neededCapabilities = []capability.Cap{
 	capability.CAP_FSETID,
 	capability.CAP_MKNOD,
 	capability.CAP_SETFCAP,
+	capability.CAP_SYS_ADMIN,
 }
 
 func maybeReexec() error {