diff --git a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
index f5bd679be46b..b067bd8c49d0 100644
--- a/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
+++ b/include/linux/pid_namespace.h
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ struct pid_namespace {
 #endif
 	gid_t pid_gid;
 	int hide_pid;
+	int reboot;	/* group exit code if this pidns was rebooted */
 };
 
 extern struct pid_namespace init_pid_ns;
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ static inline struct pid_namespace *get_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 extern struct pid_namespace *copy_pid_ns(unsigned long flags, struct pid_namespace *ns);
 extern void free_pid_ns(struct kref *kref);
 extern void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns);
+extern int reboot_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, int cmd);
 
 static inline void put_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
@@ -75,11 +77,15 @@ static inline void put_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 }
 
-
 static inline void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *ns)
 {
 	BUG();
 }
+
+static inline int reboot_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, int cmd)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 #endif /* CONFIG_PID_NS */
 
 extern struct pid_namespace *task_active_pid_ns(struct task_struct *tsk);
diff --git a/kernel/pid_namespace.c b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
index 17b232869a04..57bc1fd35b3c 100644
--- a/kernel/pid_namespace.c
+++ b/kernel/pid_namespace.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/acct.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/proc_fs.h>
+#include <linux/reboot.h>
 
 #define BITS_PER_PAGE		(PAGE_SIZE*8)
 
@@ -183,6 +184,9 @@ void zap_pid_ns_processes(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns)
 		rc = sys_wait4(-1, NULL, __WALL, NULL);
 	} while (rc != -ECHILD);
 
+	if (pid_ns->reboot)
+		current->signal->group_exit_code = pid_ns->reboot;
+
 	acct_exit_ns(pid_ns);
 	return;
 }
@@ -217,6 +221,35 @@ static struct ctl_table pid_ns_ctl_table[] = {
 
 static struct ctl_path kern_path[] = { { .procname = "kernel", }, { } };
 
+int reboot_pid_ns(struct pid_namespace *pid_ns, int cmd)
+{
+	if (pid_ns == &init_pid_ns)
+		return 0;
+
+	switch (cmd) {
+	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2:
+	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART:
+		pid_ns->reboot = SIGHUP;
+		break;
+
+	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_POWER_OFF:
+	case LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_HALT:
+		pid_ns->reboot = SIGINT;
+		break;
+	default:
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	read_lock(&tasklist_lock);
+	force_sig(SIGKILL, pid_ns->child_reaper);
+	read_unlock(&tasklist_lock);
+
+	do_exit(0);
+
+	/* Not reached */
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static __init int pid_namespaces_init(void)
 {
 	pid_ns_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(pid_namespace, SLAB_PANIC);
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index 9eb7fcab8df6..e7006eb6c1e4 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -444,6 +444,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(reboot, int, magic1, int, magic2, unsigned int, cmd,
 	                magic2 != LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2C))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	/*
+	 * If pid namespaces are enabled and the current task is in a child
+	 * pid_namespace, the command is handled by reboot_pid_ns() which will
+	 * call do_exit().
+	 */
+	ret = reboot_pid_ns(task_active_pid_ns(current), cmd);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
 	/* Instead of trying to make the power_off code look like
 	 * halt when pm_power_off is not set do it the easy way.
 	 */