diff --git a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_linux.go b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_linux.go
index 5dd72f2bf..70c3517a3 100644
--- a/drivers/shared/executor/executor_linux.go
+++ b/drivers/shared/executor/executor_linux.go
@@ -581,6 +581,7 @@ func configureIsolation(cfg *lconfigs.Config, command *ExecCommand) error {
 	// launch with mount namespace
 	cfg.Namespaces = lconfigs.Namespaces{
 		{Type: lconfigs.NEWNS},
+		{Type: lconfigs.NEWPID},
 	}
 
 	if command.NetworkIsolation != nil {
diff --git a/e2e/e2e_test.go b/e2e/e2e_test.go
index fdde940a5..887de6d00 100644
--- a/e2e/e2e_test.go
+++ b/e2e/e2e_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/deployment"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/events"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/example"
+	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/isolation"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/lifecycle"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/metrics"
 	_ "github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/namespaces"
diff --git a/e2e/isolation/input/echo_pid.nomad b/e2e/isolation/input/echo_pid.nomad
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9ebc167c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/isolation/input/echo_pid.nomad
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+job "echo_pid" {
+  datacenters = ["dc1"]
+  type        = "batch"
+
+  constraint {
+    attribute = "${attr.kernel.name}"
+    value     = "linux"
+  }
+
+  group "echo_pid" {
+    task "echo_pid" {
+      driver = "exec"
+
+      config {
+        command = "bash"
+        args = [
+          "-c", "local/pid.sh"
+        ]
+      }
+
+      template {
+        data = <<EOF
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+echo my pid is $BASHPID
+EOF
+
+        destination = "local/pid.sh"
+        perms       = "777"
+        change_mode = "noop"
+      }
+
+      resources {
+        cpu    = 100
+        memory = 64
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/e2e/isolation/isolation.go b/e2e/isolation/isolation.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b58d5500d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/isolation/isolation.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package isolation
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/e2eutil"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/e2e/framework"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/helper/uuid"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+type IsolationTest struct {
+	framework.TC
+
+	jobIDs []string
+}
+
+func init() {
+	framework.AddSuites(&framework.TestSuite{
+		Component:   "Isolation",
+		CanRunLocal: true,
+		Cases: []framework.TestCase{
+			new(IsolationTest),
+		},
+	})
+}
+
+func (tc *IsolationTest) BeforeAll(f *framework.F) {
+	t := f.T()
+	e2eutil.WaitForLeader(t, tc.Nomad())
+	e2eutil.WaitForNodesReady(t, tc.Nomad(), 1)
+}
+
+func (tc *IsolationTest) AfterEach(f *framework.F) {
+	for _, jobID := range tc.jobIDs {
+		tc.Nomad().Jobs().Deregister(jobID, true, nil)
+	}
+	tc.jobIDs = []string{}
+	tc.Nomad().System().GarbageCollect()
+}
+
+func (tc *IsolationTest) TestIsolation_ExecDriver_PIDNamespacing(f *framework.F) {
+	t := f.T()
+
+	clientNodes, err := e2eutil.ListLinuxClientNodes(tc.Nomad())
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	if len(clientNodes) == 0 {
+		t.Skip("no Linux clients")
+	}
+
+	uuid := uuid.Generate()
+	jobID := "isolation-pid-namespace-" + uuid[0:8]
+	file := "isolation/input/echo_pid.nomad"
+	allocs := e2eutil.RegisterAndWaitForAllocs(t, tc.Nomad(), file, jobID, "")
+	require.Equal(t, len(allocs), 1, fmt.Sprintf("failed to register %s", jobID))
+
+	tc.jobIDs = append(tc.jobIDs, jobID)
+
+	allocID := allocs[0].ID
+	e2eutil.WaitForAllocStopped(t, tc.Nomad(), allocID)
+
+	out, err := e2eutil.AllocLogs(allocID, e2eutil.LogsStdOut)
+	require.NoError(t, err, fmt.Sprintf("could not get logs for alloc %s", allocID))
+
+	require.Contains(t, out, "my pid is 1\n")
+}