diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 71a3ca18c87393..023c9867ff435e 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1383,6 +1383,7 @@ static struct file_system_type mqueue_fs_type = {
 	.name = "mqueue",
 	.mount = mqueue_mount,
 	.kill_sb = kill_litter_super,
+	.fs_flags = FS_USERNS_MOUNT,
 };
 
 int mq_init_ns(struct ipc_namespace *ns)