diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index c9044cb859..f8ecf39717 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.5.1
 	github.com/ghodss/yaml v1.0.0
 	github.com/godbus/dbus/v5 v5.0.6
+	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.3.0
 	github.com/gorilla/handlers v1.5.1
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index afa351c173..5222513d07 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -373,6 +373,14 @@ func (c *Container) generateSpec(ctx context.Context) (*spec.Spec, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 
+	if err := c.makeRunHostMount(g); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if err := c.injectContainerUUID(g); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	// Get host UID and GID based on the container process UID and GID.
 	hostUID, hostGID, err := butil.GetHostIDs(util.IDtoolsToRuntimeSpec(c.config.IDMappings.UIDMap), util.IDtoolsToRuntimeSpec(c.config.IDMappings.GIDMap), uint32(execUser.Uid), uint32(execUser.Gid))
 	if err != nil {
@@ -513,6 +521,9 @@ func (c *Container) generateSpec(ctx context.Context) (*spec.Spec, error) {
 		if dstPath == "/dev/shm" && c.state.BindMounts["/dev/shm"] == c.config.ShmDir {
 			newMount.Options = append(newMount.Options, "nosuid", "noexec", "nodev")
 		}
+		if dstPath == "/run/host" {
+			newMount.Options = append(newMount.Options, "ro", "nosuid", "noexec", "nodev")
+		}
 		if !MountExists(g.Mounts(), dstPath) {
 			g.AddMount(newMount)
 		} else {
@@ -909,6 +920,72 @@ func (c *Container) mountNotifySocket(g generate.Generator) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (c *Container) runHostDir() string {
+	return filepath.Join(c.state.RunDir, "run-host")
+}
+
+// makeRunHostMount creates the run-host bind mount for the container
+// https://systemd.io/CONTAINER_INTERFACE/#the-runhost-hierarchy
+func (c *Container) makeRunHostMount(g generate.Generator) error {
+	src := c.runHostDir()
+	if _, err := os.Stat(src); err == nil || !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return err
+	}
+	oldUmask := umask.Set(0)
+	defer umask.Set(oldUmask)
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(src, 0755); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := label.Relabel(src, c.config.MountLabel, false); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if err := os.Chown(src, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	c.state.BindMounts["/run/host"] = src
+
+	src = filepath.Join(src, "container-manager")
+	if err := os.Remove(src); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error removing %s for container %s", src, c.ID())
+	}
+	if err := writeStringToPath(src, "podman\n", c.config.MountLabel, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error writing %s for container %s", src, c.ID())
+	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(src, 0444); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (c *Container) injectContainerUUID(g generate.Generator) error {
+	uuid := c.ID()[:32]
+	addEnv := true
+	for _, checkEnv := range g.Config.Process.Env {
+		if strings.SplitN(checkEnv, "=", 2)[0] == "container_uuid" {
+			addEnv = false
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	if addEnv {
+		g.AddProcessEnv("container_uuid", uuid)
+	}
+
+	src := filepath.Join(c.runHostDir(), "container-uuid")
+	if err := os.Remove(src); err != nil && !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error removing %s for container %s", src, c.ID())
+	}
+	if err := writeStringToPath(src, uuid+"\n", c.config.MountLabel, c.RootUID(), c.RootGID()); err != nil {
+		return errors.Wrapf(err, "error writing %s for container %s", src, c.ID())
+	}
+	if err := os.Chmod(src, 0444); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 // systemd expects to have /run, /run/lock and /tmp on tmpfs
 // It also expects to be able to write to /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd and /var/log/journal
 func (c *Container) setupSystemd(mounts []spec.Mount, g generate.Generator) error {
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux_test.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux_test.go
index a7dd0fc319..f0e008d944 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux_test.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux_test.go
@@ -4,11 +4,18 @@
 package libpod
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/namespaces"
+	"github.com/containers/storage"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/idtools"
+	"github.com/containers/storage/pkg/stringid"
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	spec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 )
@@ -97,3 +104,96 @@ func TestAppendLocalhost(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal(t, "127.0.0.1\tlocalhost", c.appendLocalhost("127.0.0.1\tlocalhost"))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestContainerUUIDEnv(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	c := makeTestContainer(t)
+
+	s, err := c.generateSpec(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assert.True(t, hasProcessEnv(t, s, "container_uuid="+c.config.ID[:32]))
+
+	c.config.Spec.Process.Env = append(c.config.Spec.Process.Env, "container_uuid=test")
+	s, err = c.generateSpec(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assert.True(t, hasProcessEnv(t, s, "container_uuid=test"))
+}
+
+func TestContainerRunHost(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	c := makeTestContainer(t)
+
+	s, err := c.generateSpec(ctx)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	assert.True(t, hasMount(t, s, spec.Mount{
+		Destination: "/run/host",
+		Source:      c.runHostDir(),
+		Type:        "bind",
+		Options:     []string{"bind", "rprivate", "ro", "nosuid", "noexec", "nodev"}},
+	), "run-host mount not found: %+v", s.Mounts)
+	b, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(c.runHostDir(), "container-manager"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadFile failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, string(b), "podman\n")
+	b, err = os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(c.runHostDir(), "container-uuid"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ReadFile failed: %v", err)
+	}
+	assert.Equal(t, string(b), c.config.ID[:32]+"\n")
+}
+
+func makeTestContainer(t *testing.T) Container {
+	t.Helper()
+	return Container{
+		config: &ContainerConfig{
+			Spec: &spec.Spec{
+				Process: &spec.Process{},
+				Root:    &spec.Root{},
+				Linux: &spec.Linux{
+					Namespaces: []spec.LinuxNamespace{{Type: spec.NetworkNamespace, Path: ""}},
+				},
+			},
+			ID: stringid.GenerateNonCryptoID(),
+			IDMappings: storage.IDMappingOptions{
+				UIDMap: []idtools.IDMap{{ContainerID: 0, HostID: os.Geteuid(), Size: 1}},
+				GIDMap: []idtools.IDMap{{ContainerID: 0, HostID: os.Getegid(), Size: 1}},
+			},
+			ContainerNetworkConfig: ContainerNetworkConfig{UseImageHosts: true},
+			ContainerMiscConfig:    ContainerMiscConfig{CgroupManager: config.SystemdCgroupsManager},
+		},
+		state: &ContainerState{
+			BindMounts: map[string]string{"/run/.containerenv": ""},
+			RunDir:     t.TempDir(),
+		},
+		runtime: &Runtime{
+			config: &config.Config{Containers: config.ContainersConfig{}},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+func hasProcessEnv(t *testing.T, s *spec.Spec, want string) bool {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, checkEnv := range s.Process.Env {
+		if checkEnv == want {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
+
+func hasMount(t *testing.T, s *spec.Spec, want spec.Mount) bool {
+	t.Helper()
+	for _, m := range s.Mounts {
+		if cmp.Equal(want, m) {
+			return true
+		}
+	}
+	return false
+}
diff --git a/libpod/diff.go b/libpod/diff.go
index 794b26b482..c0143736df 100644
--- a/libpod/diff.go
+++ b/libpod/diff.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ var initInodes = map[string]bool{
 	"/etc/resolv.conf":   true,
 	"/proc":              true,
 	"/run":               true,
+	"/run/host":          true,
 	"/run/notify":        true,
 	"/run/.containerenv": true,
 	"/run/secrets":       true,
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index 0b125179f1..590925f66a 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -413,6 +413,7 @@ github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/any
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/duration
 github.com/golang/protobuf/ptypes/timestamp
 # github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.7
+## explicit
 github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp
 github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/internal/diff
 github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/internal/flags