diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
index e7aa265d1e..90f05ab15f 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ func DefineNetFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		"Set custom DNS options",
 	)
 	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(dnsOptFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+	netFlags.StringSlice(
+		"dns-option", containerConfig.DNSOptions(),
+		"Docker compatibility option== --dns-opt",
+	)
+	_ = netFlags.MarkHidden("dns-option")
 
 	dnsSearchFlagName := "dns-search"
 	netFlags.StringSlice(
@@ -146,6 +151,14 @@ func NetFlagsToNetOptions(opts *entities.NetOptions, flags pflag.FlagSet) (*enti
 		opts.DNSOptions = options
 	}
 
+	if flags.Changed("dns-option") {
+		options, err := flags.GetStringSlice("dns-option")
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		opts.DNSOptions = append(opts.DNSOptions, options...)
+	}
+
 	if flags.Changed("dns-search") {
 		dnsSearches, err := flags.GetStringSlice("dns-search")
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/test/system/500-networking.bats b/test/system/500-networking.bats
index b9a173c2ad..5da7523f31 100644
--- a/test/system/500-networking.bats
+++ b/test/system/500-networking.bats
@@ -767,4 +767,14 @@ EOF
     is "$output" "" "Should print no output"
 }
 
+@test "podman network rm --dns-option " {
+    dns_opt=dns$(random_string)
+    run_podman run --rm --dns-opt=${dns_opt} $IMAGE cat /etc/resolv.conf
+    is "$output" ".*options ${dns_opt}" "--dns-opt was added"
+
+    dns_opt=dns$(random_string)
+    run_podman run --rm --dns-option=${dns_opt} $IMAGE cat /etc/resolv.conf
+    is "$output" ".*options ${dns_opt}" "--dns-option was added"
+}
+
 # vim: filetype=sh