diff --git a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
index f9902e85b..2ad61df97 100644
--- a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
@@ -340,6 +340,13 @@ func mountToRootfs(m *configs.Mount, rootfs, mountLabel string, enableCgroupns b
 	case "tmpfs":
 		copyUp := m.Extensions&configs.EXT_COPYUP == configs.EXT_COPYUP
 		tmpDir := ""
+		// dest might be an absolute symlink, so it needs
+		// to be resolved under rootfs.
+		dest, err := securejoin.SecureJoin(rootfs, m.Destination)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		m.Destination = dest
 		stat, err := os.Stat(dest)
 		if err != nil {
 			if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/integration/mounts.bats b/tests/integration/mounts.bats
index 9b6d31d88..a4b9f296e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/mounts.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/mounts.bats
@@ -9,23 +9,47 @@ function setup() {
 
 function teardown() {
 	teardown_busybox
-	teardown_running_container test_bind_mount
 }
 
 @test "runc run [bind mount]" {
-	update_config ' .mounts += [{"source": ".", "destination": "/tmp/bind", "options": ["bind"]}]
+	update_config '	  .mounts += [{
+					source: ".",
+					destination: "/tmp/bind",
+					options: ["bind"]
+				}]
 			| .process.args |= ["ls", "/tmp/bind/config.json"]'
 
-	runc run test_bind_mount
+	runc run test_busybox
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 	[[ "${lines[0]}" == *'/tmp/bind/config.json'* ]]
 }
 
 @test "runc run [ro tmpfs mount]" {
-	update_config ' .mounts += [{"source": "tmpfs", "destination": "/mnt", "type": "tmpfs", "options": ["ro", "nodev", "nosuid", "mode=755"]}] 
+	update_config '	  .mounts += [{
+					source: "tmpfs",
+					destination: "/mnt",
+					type: "tmpfs",
+					options: ["ro", "nodev", "nosuid", "mode=755"]
+				}]
 			| .process.args |= ["grep", "^tmpfs /mnt", "/proc/mounts"]'
 
-	runc run test_ro_tmpfs_mount
+	runc run test_busybox
 	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
 	[[ "${lines[0]}" == *'ro,'* ]]
 }
+
+# https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/issues/2683
+@test "runc run [tmpfs mount with absolute symlink]" {
+	# in container, /conf -> /real/conf
+	mkdir -p rootfs/real/conf
+	ln -s /real/conf rootfs/conf
+	update_config '	  .mounts += [{
+					type: "tmpfs",
+					source: "tmpfs",
+					destination: "/conf/stack",
+					options: ["ro", "nodev", "nosuid"]
+				}]
+			| .process.args |= ["true"]'
+	runc run test_busybox
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}