diff -urw lxc-0.8.0-rc1.orig/src/lxc/conf.c lxc-0.8.0-rc1/src/lxc/conf.c
--- lxc-0.8.0-rc1.orig/src/lxc/conf.c	2012-03-01 16:42:19.000000000 -0500
+++ lxc-0.8.0-rc1/src/lxc/conf.c	2013-08-18 22:18:46.494499066 -0400
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@
 	}
 
 	if (mount("devpts", "/dev/pts", "devpts", MS_MGC_VAL,
-		  "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666")) {
+		  "newinstance,ptmxmode=0666,mode=0620,gid=5")) {
 		SYSERROR("failed to mount a new instance of '/dev/pts'");
 		return -1;
 	}