diff --git a/arch-nspawn.in b/arch-nspawn.in
index 8a87b96..5817143 100644
--- a/arch-nspawn.in
+++ b/arch-nspawn.in
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ build_mount_args() {
 }
 
 copy_hostconf () {
-	gpg --homedir "$working_dir"/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ --no-permission-warning --quiet --batch --import --import-options import-local-sigs "$(pacman-conf GpgDir)"/pubring.gpg >/dev/null 2>&1
+	unshare --fork --pid gpg --homedir "$working_dir"/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ --no-permission-warning --quiet --batch --import --import-options import-local-sigs "$(pacman-conf GpgDir)"/pubring.gpg >/dev/null 2>&1
 	pacman-key --gpgdir "$working_dir"/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ --import-trustdb "$(pacman-conf GpgDir)" >/dev/null 2>&1
 	printf 'Server = %s\n' "${host_mirrors[@]}" >"$working_dir/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist"