diff --git a/crates/lib/src/podstorage.rs b/crates/lib/src/podstorage.rs
index fa940a4cf..d55aa2d9b 100644
--- a/crates/lib/src/podstorage.rs
+++ b/crates/lib/src/podstorage.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ pub(crate) fn bind_storage_roots(
             // But...how did we avoid that circular dependency by using the process cwd?
             //
             // I tried making the mounts recursively private, but that didn't help.
+            // (We do make them private below, but for a different reason.)
             let oldwd = rustix::fs::open(
                 ".",
                 OFlags::DIRECTORY | OFlags::CLOEXEC | OFlags::RDONLY,
@@ -133,6 +134,16 @@ pub(crate) fn bind_storage_roots(
             )?;
             rustix::process::fchdir(&storage_root)?;
             rustix::thread::unshare_unsafe(rustix::thread::UnshareFlags::NEWNS)?;
+            // The new namespace inherits the caller's propagation. If that is shared
+            // (e.g. `install to-existing-root --source-imgref` run directly on a systemd
+            // host, which skips our usual unshare), the bind below would propagate back
+            // and stay mounted on the host's /run/bootc/storage after we exit.
+            // https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/issues/2455
+            rustix::mount::mount_change(
+                c"/",
+                rustix::mount::MountPropagationFlags::PRIVATE
+                    | rustix::mount::MountPropagationFlags::REC,
+            )?;
             rustix::mount::mount_bind(".", STORAGE_ALIAS_DIR)?;
             rustix::process::fchdir(&oldwd)?;
             Ok(())
diff --git a/tmt/plans/integration.fmf b/tmt/plans/integration.fmf
index 805a7c125..924613753 100644
--- a/tmt/plans/integration.fmf
+++ b/tmt/plans/integration.fmf
@@ -392,4 +392,12 @@ execute:
     enabled: true
   extra-try_bind_storage: true
   extra-skip_if_ostree: true
+
+/plan-63-install-shared-propagation:
+  summary: Install from a shared mount namespace without leaking the storage bind mount
+  discover:
+    how: fmf
+    test:
+      - /tmt/tests/tests/test-63-install-shared-propagation
+  extra-fixme_skip_if_composefs: true
 # END GENERATED PLANS
diff --git a/tmt/tests/booted/test-install-shared-propagation.nu b/tmt/tests/booted/test-install-shared-propagation.nu
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36d9d5dfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tmt/tests/booted/test-install-shared-propagation.nu
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+# number: 63
+# tmt:
+#   summary: Install from a shared mount namespace without leaking the storage bind mount
+#   duration: 30m
+# extra:
+#   # bootloader=none is not supported for composefs (see test-install-no-boot-dir.nu)
+#   fixme_skip_if_composefs: true
+#
+# Regression test for https://github.com/bootc-dev/bootc/issues/2455
+#
+# Installing with --source-imgref skips bootc's own mount namespace unshare,
+# so on a host where / is shared (the systemd default) the bind mount made
+# for podman onto /run/bootc/storage used to propagate back and stay mounted.
+# run_install already uses MountFlags=slave, which hides that, so make /
+# shared again inside that namespace before installing.
+
+use std assert
+use tap.nu
+
+def main [] {
+    tap begin "install to-filesystem with shared mount propagation"
+
+    bootc image copy-to-storage
+    let target_image = "containers-storage:localhost/bootc"
+
+    mkdir /var/mnt
+    truncate -s 10G disk.img
+    mkfs.ext4 disk.img
+    mount -o loop disk.img /var/mnt
+
+    setenforce 0
+
+    tap run_install $"mount --make-rshared /
+bootc install to-filesystem --disable-selinux --bootloader=none --source-imgref ($target_image) /var/mnt
+if findmnt /run/bootc/storage; then echo 'error: /run/bootc/storage mount leaked'; exit 1; fi"
+
+    umount /var/mnt
+    rm -f disk.img
+
+    tap ok
+}
diff --git a/tmt/tests/tests.fmf b/tmt/tests/tests.fmf
index a34425545..114715154 100644
--- a/tmt/tests/tests.fmf
+++ b/tmt/tests/tests.fmf
@@ -251,3 +251,8 @@ check:
   - when: boot_type == aboot
     enabled: true
   test: python3 booted/test-aboot-update-rollback.py
+
+/test-63-install-shared-propagation:
+  summary: Install from a shared mount namespace without leaking the storage bind mount
+  duration: 30m
+  test: nu booted/test-install-shared-propagation.nu