diff --git a/client/driver/rkt.go b/client/driver/rkt.go
index 17f82e6c8..c959301dd 100644
--- a/client/driver/rkt.go
+++ b/client/driver/rkt.go
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ func (d *RktDriver) Start(ctx *ExecContext, task *structs.Task) (DriverHandle, e
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Failed to find task local directory: %v", task.Name)
 	}
-	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--volume %s,kind=empty,readOnly=false,source=%s --mount volume=data,target=%s", task.Name, local, ctx.AllocDir.SharedDir))
+	cmdArgs = append(cmdArgs, fmt.Sprintf("--volume %s,kind=host,readOnly=false,source=%s --mount volume=%s,target=%s", task.Name, local, task.Name, ctx.AllocDir.SharedDir))
 
 	// Check if the user has overriden the exec command.
 	if execCmd, ok := task.Config["command"]; ok {