diff --git a/validate/validate_test.go b/validate/validate_test.go
index 9c3e3ea29..4de21622b 100644
--- a/validate/validate_test.go
+++ b/validate/validate_test.go
@@ -61,6 +61,40 @@ func TestJSONSchema(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			error: "process.args: Invalid type. Expected: array, given: null",
 		},
+		{
+			config: &rspec.Spec{
+				Version: "1.0.0",
+				Linux:   &rspec.Linux{},
+			},
+			error: "",
+		},
+		{
+			config: &rspec.Spec{
+				Version: "1.0.0",
+				Linux: &rspec.Linux{
+					RootfsPropagation: "",
+				},
+			},
+			error: "",
+		},
+		{
+			config: &rspec.Spec{
+				Version: "1.0.0",
+				Linux: &rspec.Linux{
+					RootfsPropagation: "shared",
+				},
+			},
+			error: "",
+		},
+		{
+			config: &rspec.Spec{
+				Version: "1.0.0",
+				Linux: &rspec.Linux{
+					RootfsPropagation: "rshared",
+				},
+			},
+			error: "linux.rootfsPropagation: linux.rootfsPropagation must be one of the following: \"private\", \"shared\", \"slave\", \"unbindable\"",
+		},
 		{
 			config: &rspec.Spec{
 				Version: "1.0.0-rc5",