diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 88b6a47..6f6e71f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 - allow only one master map read task at a time.
 - fix misc memory leaks.
 - mitigate manual umount of automounts where possible.
+- fix multiply recursive bind mounts.
 
 1/9/2006 autofs-5.0.1 rc2
 -------------------------
diff --git a/daemon/spawn.c b/daemon/spawn.c
index 84df3b9..7510b96 100644
--- a/daemon/spawn.c
+++ b/daemon/spawn.c
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ static int do_spawn(logger *log, unsigne
 	unsigned int use_lock = options & SPAWN_OPT_LOCK;
 	unsigned int use_opendir = options & SPAWN_OPT_OPENDIR;
 	sigset_t allsigs, tmpsig, oldsig;
+	struct thread_stdenv_vars *tsv;
+	pid_t euid = 0;
+	gid_t egid = 0;
 
 	if (pipe(pipefd))
 		return -1;
@@ -111,6 +114,12 @@ static int do_spawn(logger *log, unsigne
 			fatal(status);
 	}
 
+	tsv = pthread_getspecific(key_thread_stdenv_vars);
+	if (tsv) {
+		euid = tsv->uid;
+		egid = tsv->gid;
+	}
+
 	f = fork();
 	if (f == 0) {
 		reset_signals();
@@ -131,11 +140,23 @@ static int do_spawn(logger *log, unsigne
 				argc++;
 			argc -= 2;
 
-			/* Set non-autofs program group to trigger mount */
+			/*
+			 * Pretend to be requesting user and set non-autofs
+			 * program group to trigger mount
+			 */
+			if (euid) {
+				seteuid(euid);
+				setegid(egid);
+			}
 			setpgrp();
+
+			/* Trigger the recursive mount */
 			if ((dfd = opendir(argv[argc])) == NULL)
 				_exit(errno);
 			closedir(dfd);
+
+			seteuid(0);
+			setegid(0);
 			setpgid(0, pgrp);
 		}