diff --git a/tty.go b/tty.go
index c919d417d..284ed449b 100644
--- a/tty.go
+++ b/tty.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"os"
+	"syscall"
 
 	"github.com/docker/docker/pkg/term"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer"
@@ -18,34 +19,45 @@ func newTty(create bool, p *libcontainer.Process, rootuid int) (*tty, error) {
 	if create {
 		return createTty(p, rootuid)
 	}
-	return createStdioPipes(p)
+	return createStdioPipes(p, rootuid)
 }
 
 // setup standard pipes so that the TTY of the calling runc process
 // is not inherited by the container.
-func createStdioPipes(p *libcontainer.Process) (*tty, error) {
-	t := &tty{}
+func createStdioPipes(p *libcontainer.Process, rootuid int) (*tty, error) {
+	var (
+		t   = &tty{}
+		fds []int
+	)
 	r, w, err := os.Pipe()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	fds = append(fds, int(r.Fd()), int(w.Fd()))
 	go io.Copy(w, os.Stdin)
 	t.closers = append(t.closers, w)
 	p.Stdin = r
 	if r, w, err = os.Pipe(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	fds = append(fds, int(r.Fd()), int(w.Fd()))
 	go io.Copy(os.Stdout, r)
 	p.Stdout = w
 	t.closers = append(t.closers, r)
 	if r, w, err = os.Pipe(); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	fds = append(fds, int(r.Fd()), int(w.Fd()))
 	go io.Copy(os.Stderr, r)
 	p.Stderr = w
 	t.closers = append(t.closers, r)
+	// change the ownership of the pipe fds incase we are in a user namespace.
+	for _, fd := range fds {
+		if err := syscall.Fchown(fd, rootuid, rootuid); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
 	return t, nil
-
 }
 
 func createTty(p *libcontainer.Process, rootuid int) (*tty, error) {