diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
index ea250af0d7..4687ac4c18 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
@@ -563,10 +563,14 @@ int mount_all(const char *dest,
                   MOUNT_FATAL|MOUNT_MKDIR },
                 { "tmpfs",                  "/run",                         "tmpfs", "mode=755" TMPFS_LIMITS_RUN,      MS_NOSUID|MS_NODEV|MS_STRICTATIME,
                   MOUNT_FATAL|MOUNT_MKDIR },
-                { "/usr/lib/os-release",    "/run/host/usr/lib/os-release", NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND|MS_RDONLY|MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV,
-                  MOUNT_FATAL|MOUNT_MKDIR|MOUNT_TOUCH },
-                { "/etc/os-release",        "/run/host/etc/os-release",     NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND|MS_RDONLY|MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV,
+                { "/usr/lib/os-release",    "/run/host/usr/lib/os-release", NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND,
+                  MOUNT_FATAL|MOUNT_MKDIR|MOUNT_TOUCH }, /* As per kernel interface requirements, bind mount first (creating mount points) and make read-only later */
+                { NULL,                     "/run/host/usr/lib/os-release", NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND|MS_RDONLY|MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV|MS_REMOUNT,
+                  0 },
+                { "/etc/os-release",        "/run/host/etc/os-release",     NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND,
                   MOUNT_MKDIR|MOUNT_TOUCH },
+                { NULL,                     "/run/host/etc/os-release",     NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND|MS_RDONLY|MS_NOSUID|MS_NOEXEC|MS_NODEV|MS_REMOUNT,
+                  0 },
 
 #if HAVE_SELINUX
                 { "/sys/fs/selinux",        "/sys/fs/selinux",              NULL,    NULL,                             MS_BIND,
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-13.sh b/test/units/testsuite-13.sh
index dd1c9575c4..0ad75ac8b0 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-13.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-13.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ if [ -n "${VERSION_ID:+set}" ] && [ "${VERSION_ID}" != "${container_host_version
 if [ -n "${BUILD_ID:+set}" ] && [ "${BUILD_ID}" != "${container_host_build_id}" ]; then exit 1; fi
 if [ -n "${VARIANT_ID:+set}" ] && [ "${VARIANT_ID}" != "${container_host_variant_id}" ]; then exit 1; fi
 cd /tmp; (cd /run/host/usr/lib; md5sum os-release) | md5sum -c
+if echo test >> /run/host/usr/lib/os-release; then exit 1; fi
+if echo test >> /run/host/etc/os-release; then exit 1; fi
 '
 
     systemd-nspawn --register=no -D /testsuite-13.nc-container --bind=/etc/os-release:/tmp/os-release /bin/sh -x -e -c "$_cmd"