diff --git a/cmd/podman/kube/play.go b/cmd/podman/kube/play.go
index 663c89de21..77ffd009a8 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/kube/play.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/kube/play.go
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ func playFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	waitFlagName := "wait"
 	flags.BoolVarP(&playOptions.Wait, waitFlagName, "w", false, "Clean up all objects created when a SIGTERM is received or pods exit")
 
+	configmapFlagName := "configmap"
+	flags.StringSliceVar(&playOptions.ConfigMaps, configmapFlagName, []string{}, "`Pathname` of a YAML file containing a kubernetes configmap")
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(configmapFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+
 	if !registry.IsRemote() {
 		certDirFlagName := "cert-dir"
 		flags.StringVar(&playOptions.CertDir, certDirFlagName, "", "`Pathname` of a directory containing TLS certificates and keys")
@@ -170,10 +174,6 @@ func playFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		flags.StringVar(&playOptions.SeccompProfileRoot, seccompProfileRootFlagName, defaultSeccompRoot, "Directory path for seccomp profiles")
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(seccompProfileRootFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
-		configmapFlagName := "configmap"
-		flags.StringSliceVar(&playOptions.ConfigMaps, configmapFlagName, []string{}, "`Pathname` of a YAML file containing a kubernetes configmap")
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(configmapFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
-
 		buildFlagName := "build"
 		flags.BoolVar(&playOptions.BuildCLI, buildFlagName, false, "Build all images in a YAML (given Containerfiles exist)")
 
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/kube/kube.go b/pkg/bindings/kube/kube.go
index 731a35ed00..fefbe1a2f5 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/kube/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/kube/kube.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package kube
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
@@ -49,6 +50,26 @@ func PlayWithBody(ctx context.Context, body io.Reader, options *PlayOptions) (*e
 		params.Set("start", strconv.FormatBool(options.GetStart()))
 	}
 
+	// For the remote case, read any configMaps passed and append it to the main yaml content
+	if options.ConfigMaps != nil {
+		yamlBytes, err := io.ReadAll(body)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		for _, cm := range *options.ConfigMaps {
+			// Add kube yaml splitter
+			yamlBytes = append(yamlBytes, []byte("---\n")...)
+			cmBytes, err := os.ReadFile(cm)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+			cmBytes = append(cmBytes, []byte("\n")...)
+			yamlBytes = append(yamlBytes, cmBytes...)
+		}
+		body = io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(yamlBytes))
+	}
+
 	header, err := auth.MakeXRegistryAuthHeader(&types.SystemContext{AuthFilePath: options.GetAuthfile()}, options.GetUsername(), options.GetPassword())
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 563e9f5cfc..7d4077a2fc 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -2386,7 +2386,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman play kube", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman play kube test env value from configmap", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote("configmap list is not supported as a param")
 		cmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 		cm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("foo"), withConfigMapData("FOO", "foo"))
 		err := generateKubeYaml("configmap", cm, cmYamlPathname)
@@ -2407,7 +2406,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman play kube", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman play kube test env value from configmap and --replace should reuse the configmap volume", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote("configmap list is not supported as a param")
 		cmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 		cm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("foo"), withConfigMapData("FOO", "foo"))
 		err := generateKubeYaml("configmap", cm, cmYamlPathname)
@@ -2433,7 +2431,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman play kube", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman play kube test required env value from configmap with missing key", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote("configmap list is not supported as a param")
 		cmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 		cm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("foo"), withConfigMapData("FOO", "foo"))
 		err := generateKubeYaml("configmap", cm, cmYamlPathname)
@@ -2459,7 +2456,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman play kube", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman play kube test optional env value from configmap with missing key", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote("configmap list is not supported as a param")
 		cmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 		cm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("foo"), withConfigMapData("FOO", "foo"))
 		err := generateKubeYaml("configmap", cm, cmYamlPathname)
@@ -2495,7 +2491,6 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman play kube", func() {
 	})
 
 	It("podman play kube test get all key-value pairs from configmap as envs", func() {
-		SkipIfRemote("configmap list is not supported as a param")
 		cmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 		cm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("foo"), withConfigMapData("FOO1", "foo1"), withConfigMapData("FOO2", "foo2"))
 		err := generateKubeYaml("configmap", cm, cmYamlPathname)
@@ -4408,8 +4403,6 @@ ENV OPENJ9_JAVA_OPTIONS=%q
 
 	Context("with configmap in multi-doc yaml and files", func() {
 		It("podman play kube uses env values from both sources", func() {
-			SkipIfRemote("--configmaps is not supported for remote")
-
 			fsCmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 			fsCm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("fooFs"), withConfigMapData("FOO_FS", "fooFS"))
 			err := generateKubeYaml("configmap", fsCm, fsCmYamlPathname)
@@ -4446,8 +4439,6 @@ ENV OPENJ9_JAVA_OPTIONS=%q
 		})
 
 		It("podman play kube uses all env values from both sources", func() {
-			SkipIfRemote("--configmaps is not supported for remote")
-
 			fsCmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 			fsCm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("fooFs"),
 				withConfigMapData("FOO_FS_1", "fooFS1"),
@@ -4491,7 +4482,8 @@ ENV OPENJ9_JAVA_OPTIONS=%q
 		})
 
 		It("podman play kube reports error when the same configmap name is present in both sources", func() {
-			SkipIfRemote("--configmaps is not supported for remote")
+			// We will never hit this error in the remote case as the configmap content is appended to the main yaml content
+			SkipIfRemote("--configmaps is appended to the main yaml for the remote case")
 
 			fsCmYamlPathname := filepath.Join(podmanTest.TempDir, "foo-cm.yaml")
 			fsCm := getConfigMap(withConfigMapName("foo"), withConfigMapData("FOO", "fooFS"))
diff --git a/test/system/700-play.bats b/test/system/700-play.bats
index ad1e0ba646..6c686ac597 100644
--- a/test/system/700-play.bats
+++ b/test/system/700-play.bats
@@ -653,8 +653,6 @@ spec:
 }
 
 @test "podman kube play with configmaps" {
-    skip_if_remote "the configmap argument is supported only locally"
-
     configmap_file=${PODMAN_TMPDIR}/play_kube_configmap_configmaps$(random_string 6).yaml
     echo "
 ---