diff --git a/volume/mounts/linux_parser.go b/volume/mounts/linux_parser.go
index eef1cc2ec8..1532187c77 100644
--- a/volume/mounts/linux_parser.go
+++ b/volume/mounts/linux_parser.go
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ func (p *linuxParser) validateMountConfigImpl(mnt *mount.Mount, validateBindSour
 			if err != nil {
 				return &errMountConfig{mnt, err}
 			}
-			if !exists {
+
+			createMountpoint := mnt.BindOptions != nil && mnt.BindOptions.CreateMountpoint
+			if !exists && !createMountpoint {
 				return &errMountConfig{mnt, errBindSourceDoesNotExist(mnt.Source)}
 			}
 		}