diff --git a/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go b/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
index 45c6d66cb..98c486054 100644
--- a/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/standard_init_linux.go
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ func (l *linuxStandardInit) Init() error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := unix.Exec(name, l.config.Args[0:], os.Environ()); err != nil {
+	if err := system.Exec(name, l.config.Args[0:], os.Environ()); err != nil {
 		return newSystemErrorWithCause(err, "exec user process")
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/libcontainer/system/linux.go b/libcontainer/system/linux.go
index 4379a2070..b9fd0832d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/system/linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/system/linux.go
@@ -35,7 +35,16 @@ func Execv(cmd string, args []string, env []string) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return unix.Exec(name, args, env)
+	return Exec(name, args, env)
+}
+
+func Exec(cmd string, args []string, env []string) error {
+	for {
+		err := unix.Exec(cmd, args, env)
+		if err != unix.EINTR { //nolint:errorlint // unix errors are bare
+			return err
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 func Prlimit(pid, resource int, limit unix.Rlimit) error {