diff --git a/xdg-app-helper.c b/xdg-app-helper.c
index e34eddf32..992da5c13 100644
--- a/xdg-app-helper.c
+++ b/xdg-app-helper.c
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ static const mount_table_t mount_table[] = {
 };
 
 const char *dont_mount_in_root[] = {
-  ".", "..", "lib", "lib32", "lib64", "bin", "sbin", "usr", "boot",
+  ".", "..", "lib", "lib32", "lib64", "bin", "sbin", "usr", "boot", "root",
   "tmp", "etc", "self", "run", "proc", "sys", "dev", "var"
 };