diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6cf23cd8..92b85522 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ Security implications
 
 The *fusermount3* program is installed setuid root. This is done to
 allow normal users to mount their own filesystem implementations.
+If built, the *fuservicemount3* program will also be installed setuid
+root so that normal users can access containerized filesystem
+implementations.
 
 To limit the harm that malicious users can do this way, *fusermount3*
 enforces the following limitations:
diff --git a/test/ci-build.sh b/test/ci-build.sh
index 799f13b2..91ac44d5 100755
--- a/test/ci-build.sh
+++ b/test/ci-build.sh
@@ -75,11 +75,18 @@ non_sanitized_build()
 
         # libfuse will first try the install path and then system defaults
         sudo chmod 4755 ${PREFIX_DIR}/bin/fusermount3
+        test -x "${PREFIX_DIR}/sbin/fuservicemount3" && \
+                sudo chmod 4755 ${PREFIX_DIR}/sbin/fuservicemount3
 
         # also needed for some of the tests
         sudo chown root:root util/fusermount3
         sudo chmod 4755 util/fusermount3
 
+        if [ -x util/fuservicemount3 ]; then
+                sudo chown root:root util/fuservicemount3
+                sudo chmod 4755 util/fuservicemount3
+        fi
+
         ${TEST_CMD}
         popd
         rm -fr build-${CC}
@@ -117,11 +124,18 @@ sanitized_build()
     ninja
     sudo env PATH=$PATH ninja install
     sudo chmod 4755 ${PREFIX_DIR}/bin/fusermount3
+    test -x "${PREFIX_DIR}/sbin/fuservicemount3" && \
+        sudo chmod 4755 ${PREFIX_DIR}/sbin/fuservicemount3
 
     # also needed for some of the tests
     sudo chown root:root util/fusermount3
     sudo chmod 4755 util/fusermount3
 
+    if [ -x util/fuservicemount3 ]; then
+        sudo chown root:root util/fuservicemount3
+        sudo chmod 4755 util/fuservicemount3
+    fi
+
     # Test as root and regular user
     sudo env PATH=$PATH ${TEST_CMD}
     # Cleanup temporary files (since they are now owned by root)
diff --git a/util/install_helper.sh b/util/install_helper.sh
index 76f2b47f..4c6f9dc3 100755
--- a/util/install_helper.sh
+++ b/util/install_helper.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ bindir="$2"
 udevrulesdir="$3"
 useroot="$4"
 initscriptdir="$5"
+sbindir="$6"
 
 # Both sysconfdir and bindir are absolute paths (since they are joined
 # with --prefix in meson.build), but need to be interpreted relative
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ if $useroot; then
     chown root:root "${DESTDIR}${bindir}/fusermount3"
     chmod u+s "${DESTDIR}${bindir}/fusermount3"
 
+    if [ -e "${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/fuservicemount3" ]; then
+        chown root:root "${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/fuservicemount3"
+        chmod u+s "${DESTDIR}${sbindir}/fuservicemount3"
+    fi
+
     if test ! -e "${DESTDIR}/dev/fuse"; then
         mkdir -p "${DESTDIR}/dev"
         mknod "${DESTDIR}/dev/fuse" -m 0666 c 10 229
diff --git a/util/meson.build b/util/meson.build
index a77775c3..db18aed8 100644
--- a/util/meson.build
+++ b/util/meson.build
@@ -47,4 +47,5 @@ meson.add_install_script('install_helper.sh',
                          join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('bindir')),
                          udevrulesdir,
                          '@0@'.format(get_option('useroot')),
-                         get_option('initscriptdir'))
+                         get_option('initscriptdir'),
+                         join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('sbindir')))