diff --git a/tests/integration/cwd.bats b/tests/integration/cwd.bats
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+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+
+load helpers
+
+function setup() {
+	teardown_busybox
+	setup_busybox
+}
+
+function teardown() {
+	teardown_busybox
+}
+
+# Test case for https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/2086
+@test "runc exec --user with no access to cwd" {
+	requires root
+
+	chown 42 rootfs/root
+	chmod 700 rootfs/root
+
+	update_config '	  .process.cwd = "/root"
+			| .process.user.uid = 42
+			| .process.args |= ["sleep", "1h"]'
+
+	runc run -d --console-socket "$CONSOLE_SOCKET" test_busybox
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+
+	runc exec --user 0 test_busybox true
+	[ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+}