diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index 2d18a80bac..2bb5abb704 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ func createContainerOptions(rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, pod *l
 		retries       uint
 	)
 	// If the container is running in a pod, use the pod's restart policy for all the containers
-	if pod != nil && !s.IsInitContainer() {
+	if pod != nil && !s.IsInitContainer() && s.RestartPolicy == "" {
 		podConfig := pod.ConfigNoCopy()
 		if podConfig.RestartRetries != nil {
 			retries = *podConfig.RestartRetries
diff --git a/test/system/200-pod.bats b/test/system/200-pod.bats
index 54b27c27fc..c8ef3a80c4 100644
--- a/test/system/200-pod.bats
+++ b/test/system/200-pod.bats
@@ -577,6 +577,21 @@ io.max          | $lomajmin rbps=1048576 wbps=1048576 riops=max wiops=max
     run_podman 1 pod exists $podname
 }
 
+@test "podman pod create restart tests" {
+    podname=pod$(random_string)
+
+    run_podman pod create --restart=on-failure --name $podname
+    run_podman create --name test-ctr --pod $podname $IMAGE
+    run_podman container inspect --format '{{ .HostConfig.RestartPolicy.Name }}' test-ctr
+    is "$output" "on-failure" "container inherits from pod"
+
+    run_podman create --replace --restart=always --name test-ctr --pod $podname $IMAGE
+    run_podman container inspect --format '{{ .HostConfig.RestartPolicy.Name }}' test-ctr
+    is "$output" "always" "container overrides restart policy from pod"
+
+    run_podman pod rm -f -a
+}
+
 # Helper used by pod ps --filter test. Creates one pod or container
 # with a UNIQUE two-character CID prefix.
 function thingy_with_unique_id() {