diff --git a/gqt/runner/runner.go b/gqt/runner/runner.go
index 323b78f1a..c363c41f0 100644
--- a/gqt/runner/runner.go
+++ b/gqt/runner/runner.go
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ type GdnRunnerConfig struct {
 	CleanupProcessDirsOnWait       *bool    `flag:"cleanup-process-dirs-on-wait"`
 	DisablePrivilegedContainers    *bool    `flag:"disable-privileged-containers"`
 	AppArmor                       string   `flag:"apparmor"`
+	NoNewPrivileges                *bool    `flag:"no-new-privileges"`
 	Tag                            string   `flag:"tag"`
 	NetworkPool                    string   `flag:"network-pool"`
 	ContainerdSocket               string   `flag:"containerd-socket"`
diff --git a/gqt/security_test.go b/gqt/security_test.go
index 11d96790f..b17ebbdd2 100644
--- a/gqt/security_test.go
+++ b/gqt/security_test.go
@@ -160,6 +160,111 @@ var _ = Describe("Security", func() {
 		})
 	})
 
+	Describe("NoNewPrivileges", func() {
+		Context("when the --no-new-privileges flag is set", func() {
+			BeforeEach(func() {
+				config.NoNewPrivileges = boolptr(true)
+			})
+
+			Context("when running processes in unprivileged containers", func() {
+				var (
+					container garden.Container
+					err       error
+				)
+
+				JustBeforeEach(func() {
+					container, err = client.Create(garden.ContainerSpec{})
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+				})
+
+				It("should set NoNewPrivileges on the process", func() {
+					buffer := gbytes.NewBuffer()
+
+					_, err = container.Run(garden.ProcessSpec{
+						Path: "grep",
+						Args: []string{"NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"},
+					}, garden.ProcessIO{
+						Stdout: io.MultiWriter(GinkgoWriter, buffer),
+						Stderr: GinkgoWriter,
+					})
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+					Eventually(buffer).Should(gbytes.Say(`NoNewPrivs:\s+1`))
+				})
+
+				Context("when running a pea", func() {
+					var peaRootfs string
+
+					BeforeEach(func() {
+						peaRootfs = createPeaRootfsTar()
+					})
+
+					AfterEach(func() {
+						Expect(os.RemoveAll(filepath.Dir(peaRootfs))).To(Succeed())
+					})
+
+					It("should set NoNewPrivileges on the process", func() {
+						buffer := gbytes.NewBuffer()
+
+						_, err = container.Run(garden.ProcessSpec{
+							Path:  "grep",
+							Args:  []string{"NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"},
+							Image: garden.ImageRef{URI: peaRootfs},
+						}, garden.ProcessIO{
+							Stdout: io.MultiWriter(GinkgoWriter, buffer),
+							Stderr: GinkgoWriter,
+						})
+						Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+						Eventually(buffer).Should(gbytes.Say(`NoNewPrivs:\s+1`))
+					})
+				})
+			})
+
+			Context("when running processes in privileged containers", func() {
+				It("should not set NoNewPrivileges", func() {
+					container, err := client.Create(garden.ContainerSpec{
+						Privileged: true,
+					})
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+					buffer := gbytes.NewBuffer()
+
+					_, err = container.Run(garden.ProcessSpec{
+						Path: "grep",
+						Args: []string{"NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"},
+					}, garden.ProcessIO{
+						Stdout: io.MultiWriter(GinkgoWriter, buffer),
+						Stderr: GinkgoWriter,
+					})
+					Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+					Eventually(buffer).Should(gbytes.Say(`NoNewPrivs:\s+0`))
+				})
+			})
+		})
+
+		Context("when the --no-new-privileges flag is not set", func() {
+			It("should not set NoNewPrivileges on processes in unprivileged containers", func() {
+				container, err := client.Create(garden.ContainerSpec{})
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				buffer := gbytes.NewBuffer()
+
+				_, err = container.Run(garden.ProcessSpec{
+					Path: "grep",
+					Args: []string{"NoNewPrivs", "/proc/self/status"},
+				}, garden.ProcessIO{
+					Stdout: io.MultiWriter(GinkgoWriter, buffer),
+					Stderr: GinkgoWriter,
+				})
+				Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+				Eventually(buffer).Should(gbytes.Say(`NoNewPrivs:\s+0`))
+			})
+		})
+	})
+
 	Describe("ptrace in seccomp allow rules", func() {
 		It("should allow the ptrace syscall without CAP_SYS_PTRACE", func() {
 			container, err := client.Create(garden.ContainerSpec{
diff --git a/guardiancmd/command.go b/guardiancmd/command.go
index 78e930ca6..ea7df75f8 100644
--- a/guardiancmd/command.go
+++ b/guardiancmd/command.go
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ type CommonCommand struct {
 		DefaultGraceTime           time.Duration `long:"default-grace-time" description:"Default time after which idle containers should expire."`
 		DestroyContainersOnStartup bool          `long:"destroy-containers-on-startup" description:"Clean up all the existing containers on startup."`
 		ApparmorProfile            string        `long:"apparmor" description:"Apparmor profile to use for unprivileged container processes"`
+		NoNewPrivileges            bool          `long:"no-new-privileges" description:"Set NoNewPrivileges on unprivileged container processes"`
 	} `group:"Container Lifecycle"`
 
 	Bin struct {
@@ -527,6 +528,10 @@ func (cmd *CommonCommand) wireContainerizer(
 	}
 	unprivilegedBundle.Spec.Linux.Seccomp = seccomp
 
+	if cmd.Containers.NoNewPrivileges {
+		unprivilegedBundle.Spec.Process.NoNewPrivileges = true
+	}
+
 	if cmd.Containers.ApparmorProfile != "" {
 		unprivilegedBundle = unprivilegedBundle.WithApparmorProfile(cmd.Containers.ApparmorProfile)
 	}
diff --git a/rundmc/processes/builder.go b/rundmc/processes/builder.go
index 25f2f66f2..39069143f 100644
--- a/rundmc/processes/builder.go
+++ b/rundmc/processes/builder.go
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ func (p *ProcBuilder) BuildProcess(bndl goci.Bndl, spec garden.ProcessSpec, user
 		Rlimits:         toRlimits(spec.Limits),
 		Terminal:        spec.TTY != nil,
 		ApparmorProfile: bndl.Process().ApparmorProfile,
+		NoNewPrivileges: bndl.Process().NoNewPrivileges,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/rundmc/processes/builder_test.go b/rundmc/processes/builder_test.go
index 29def9dbe..b7e1dd746 100644
--- a/rundmc/processes/builder_test.go
+++ b/rundmc/processes/builder_test.go
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ var _ = Describe("ProcBuilder", func() {
 					Expect(preparedProc.ApparmorProfile).To(Equal("default-profile"))
 				})
 
+				It("passes NoNewPrivileges from the bundle", func() {
+					Expect(preparedProc.NoNewPrivileges).To(BeFalse())
+				})
+
+				Context("when the bundle has NoNewPrivileges set", func() {
+					BeforeEach(func() {
+						bndl.Spec.Process.NoNewPrivileges = true
+					})
+
+					It("propagates NoNewPrivileges to the process", func() {
+						Expect(preparedProc.NoNewPrivileges).To(BeTrue())
+					})
+				})
+
 				It("passes the UID, GID and SGIDs", func() {
 					Expect(preparedProc.User.UID).To(Equal(uint32(1)))
 					Expect(preparedProc.User.GID).To(Equal(uint32(2)))