diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/completion.go b/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
index a2ce3834d6ac..9ebdcda2b725 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/completion.go
@@ -1308,3 +1308,17 @@ func AutocompleteCompressionFormat(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete
 	types := []string{"gzip", "zstd", "zstd:chunked"}
 	return types, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
 }
+
+// AutocompleteClone - Autocomplete container and image names
+func AutocompleteClone(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string, toComplete string) ([]string, cobra.ShellCompDirective) {
+	if !validCurrentCmdLine(cmd, args, toComplete) {
+		return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
+	}
+	switch len(args) {
+	case 0:
+		return getContainers(cmd, toComplete, completeDefault)
+	case 2:
+		return getImages(cmd, toComplete)
+	}
+	return nil, cobra.ShellCompDirectiveNoFileComp
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index 1121806d5ed7..634b49db7bcf 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ func ContainerToPodOptions(containerCreate *entities.ContainerCreateOptions, pod
 }
 
 // DefineCreateFlags declares and instantiates the container create flags
-func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions, isInfra bool) {
+func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions, isInfra bool, clone bool) {
 	createFlags := cmd.Flags()
 
-	if !isInfra {
+	if !isInfra && !clone { // regular create flags
 		annotationFlagName := "annotation"
 		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
 			&cf.Annotation,
@@ -103,45 +103,6 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cgroupsFlagName, AutocompleteCgroupMode)
 
-		cpuPeriodFlagName := "cpu-period"
-		createFlags.Uint64Var(
-			&cf.CPUPeriod,
-			cpuPeriodFlagName, 0,
-			"Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period",
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuPeriodFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-
-		cpuQuotaFlagName := "cpu-quota"
-		createFlags.Int64Var(
-			&cf.CPUQuota,
-			cpuQuotaFlagName, 0,
-			"Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota",
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuQuotaFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-
-		cpuRtPeriodFlagName := "cpu-rt-period"
-		createFlags.Uint64Var(
-			&cf.CPURTPeriod,
-			cpuRtPeriodFlagName, 0,
-			"Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds",
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuRtPeriodFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-
-		cpuRtRuntimeFlagName := "cpu-rt-runtime"
-		createFlags.Int64Var(
-			&cf.CPURTRuntime,
-			cpuRtRuntimeFlagName, 0,
-			"Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds",
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuRtRuntimeFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-
-		cpuSharesFlagName := "cpu-shares"
-		createFlags.Uint64Var(
-			&cf.CPUShares,
-			cpuSharesFlagName, 0,
-			"CPU shares (relative weight)",
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuSharesFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 		cidfileFlagName := "cidfile"
 		createFlags.StringVar(
 			&cf.CIDFile,
@@ -149,13 +110,6 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 			"Write the container ID to the file",
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cidfileFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
-		cpusetMemsFlagName := "cpuset-mems"
-		createFlags.StringVar(
-			&cf.CPUSetMems,
-			cpusetMemsFlagName, "",
-			"Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.",
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusetMemsFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
 		deviceCgroupRuleFlagName := "device-cgroup-rule"
 		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
@@ -358,14 +312,6 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		)
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(logOptFlagName, AutocompleteLogOpt)
 
-		memoryFlagName := "memory"
-		createFlags.StringVarP(
-			&cf.Memory,
-			memoryFlagName, "m", "",
-			"Memory limit "+sizeWithUnitFormat,
-		)
-		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(memoryFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-
 		memoryReservationFlagName := "memory-reservation"
 		createFlags.StringVar(
 			&cf.MemoryReservation,
@@ -703,199 +649,256 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 			`If a container with the same name exists, replace it`,
 		)
 	}
+	if isInfra || (!clone && !isInfra) { // infra container flags, create should also pick these up
+		sysctlFlagName := "sysctl"
+		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+			&cf.Sysctl,
+			sysctlFlagName, []string{},
+			"Sysctl options",
+		)
+		//TODO: Add function for sysctl completion.
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(sysctlFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	sysctlFlagName := "sysctl"
-	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
-		&cf.Sysctl,
-		sysctlFlagName, []string{},
-		"Sysctl options",
-	)
-	//TODO: Add function for sysctl completion.
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(sysctlFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
-
-	securityOptFlagName := "security-opt"
-	createFlags.StringArrayVar(
-		&cf.SecurityOpt,
-		securityOptFlagName, []string{},
-		"Security Options",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(securityOptFlagName, AutocompleteSecurityOption)
-
-	subgidnameFlagName := "subgidname"
-	createFlags.StringVar(
-		&cf.SubUIDName,
-		subgidnameFlagName, "",
-		"Name of range listed in /etc/subgid for use in user namespace",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(subgidnameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteSubgidName)
+		securityOptFlagName := "security-opt"
+		createFlags.StringArrayVar(
+			&cf.SecurityOpt,
+			securityOptFlagName, []string{},
+			"Security Options",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(securityOptFlagName, AutocompleteSecurityOption)
 
-	subuidnameFlagName := "subuidname"
-	createFlags.StringVar(
-		&cf.SubGIDName,
-		subuidnameFlagName, "",
-		"Name of range listed in /etc/subuid for use in user namespace",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(subuidnameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteSubuidName)
+		subgidnameFlagName := "subgidname"
+		createFlags.StringVar(
+			&cf.SubUIDName,
+			subgidnameFlagName, "",
+			"Name of range listed in /etc/subgid for use in user namespace",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(subgidnameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteSubgidName)
 
-	gidmapFlagName := "gidmap"
-	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
-		&cf.GIDMap,
-		gidmapFlagName, []string{},
-		"GID map to use for the user namespace",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(gidmapFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		subuidnameFlagName := "subuidname"
+		createFlags.StringVar(
+			&cf.SubGIDName,
+			subuidnameFlagName, "",
+			"Name of range listed in /etc/subuid for use in user namespace",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(subuidnameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteSubuidName)
 
-	uidmapFlagName := "uidmap"
-	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
-		&cf.UIDMap,
-		uidmapFlagName, []string{},
-		"UID map to use for the user namespace",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(uidmapFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		gidmapFlagName := "gidmap"
+		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+			&cf.GIDMap,
+			gidmapFlagName, []string{},
+			"GID map to use for the user namespace",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(gidmapFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	usernsFlagName := "userns"
-	createFlags.String(
-		usernsFlagName, os.Getenv("PODMAN_USERNS"),
-		"User namespace to use",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(usernsFlagName, AutocompleteUserNamespace)
+		uidmapFlagName := "uidmap"
+		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+			&cf.UIDMap,
+			uidmapFlagName, []string{},
+			"UID map to use for the user namespace",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(uidmapFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	cgroupParentFlagName := "cgroup-parent"
-	createFlags.StringVar(
-		&cf.CgroupParent,
-		cgroupParentFlagName, "",
-		"Optional parent cgroup for the container",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cgroupParentFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+		usernsFlagName := "userns"
+		createFlags.String(
+			usernsFlagName, os.Getenv("PODMAN_USERNS"),
+			"User namespace to use",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(usernsFlagName, AutocompleteUserNamespace)
 
-	conmonPidfileFlagName := ""
-	if !isInfra {
-		conmonPidfileFlagName = "conmon-pidfile"
-	} else {
-		conmonPidfileFlagName = "infra-conmon-pidfile"
-	}
-	createFlags.StringVar(
-		&cf.ConmonPIDFile,
-		conmonPidfileFlagName, "",
-		"Path to the file that will receive the PID of conmon",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(conmonPidfileFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+		cgroupParentFlagName := "cgroup-parent"
+		createFlags.StringVar(
+			&cf.CgroupParent,
+			cgroupParentFlagName, "",
+			"Optional parent cgroup for the container",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cgroupParentFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+		conmonPidfileFlagName := ""
+		if !isInfra {
+			conmonPidfileFlagName = "conmon-pidfile"
+		} else {
+			conmonPidfileFlagName = "infra-conmon-pidfile"
+		}
+		createFlags.StringVar(
+			&cf.ConmonPIDFile,
+			conmonPidfileFlagName, "",
+			"Path to the file that will receive the PID of conmon",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(conmonPidfileFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
-	cpusFlagName := "cpus"
-	createFlags.Float64Var(
-		&cf.CPUS,
-		cpusFlagName, 0,
-		"Number of CPUs. The default is 0.000 which means no limit",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		entrypointFlagName := ""
+		if !isInfra {
+			entrypointFlagName = "entrypoint"
+		} else {
+			entrypointFlagName = "infra-command"
+		}
 
-	cpusetCpusFlagName := "cpuset-cpus"
-	createFlags.StringVar(
-		&cf.CPUSetCPUs,
-		cpusetCpusFlagName, "",
-		"CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusetCpusFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		createFlags.String(entrypointFlagName, "",
+			"Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(entrypointFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	entrypointFlagName := ""
-	if !isInfra {
-		entrypointFlagName = "entrypoint"
-	} else {
-		entrypointFlagName = "infra-command"
-	}
+		hostnameFlagName := "hostname"
+		createFlags.StringVarP(
+			&cf.Hostname,
+			hostnameFlagName, "h", "",
+			"Set container hostname",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(hostnameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	createFlags.String(entrypointFlagName, "",
-		"Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(entrypointFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		labelFlagName := "label"
+		createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
+			&cf.Label,
+			labelFlagName, "l", []string{},
+			"Set metadata on container",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(labelFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	hostnameFlagName := "hostname"
-	createFlags.StringVarP(
-		&cf.Hostname,
-		hostnameFlagName, "h", "",
-		"Set container hostname",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(hostnameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		labelFileFlagName := "label-file"
+		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+			&cf.LabelFile,
+			labelFileFlagName, []string{},
+			"Read in a line delimited file of labels",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(labelFileFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
 
-	labelFlagName := "label"
-	createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
-		&cf.Label,
-		labelFlagName, "l", []string{},
-		"Set metadata on container",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(labelFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		if isInfra {
+			nameFlagName := "infra-name"
+			createFlags.StringVar(
+				&cf.Name,
+				nameFlagName, "",
+				"Assign a name to the container",
+			)
+			_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(nameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		}
 
-	labelFileFlagName := "label-file"
-	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
-		&cf.LabelFile,
-		labelFileFlagName, []string{},
-		"Read in a line delimited file of labels",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(labelFileFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+		createFlags.Bool(
+			"help", false, "",
+		)
 
-	nameFlagName := ""
-	if !isInfra {
-		nameFlagName = "name"
+		pidFlagName := "pid"
 		createFlags.StringVar(
-			&cf.Name,
-			nameFlagName, "",
-			"Assign a name to the container",
+			&cf.PID,
+			pidFlagName, "",
+			"PID namespace to use",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(pidFlagName, AutocompleteNamespace)
+
+		volumeDesciption := "Bind mount a volume into the container"
+		if registry.IsRemote() {
+			volumeDesciption = "Bind mount a volume into the container. Volume source will be on the server machine, not the client"
+		}
+		volumeFlagName := "volume"
+		createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
+			&cf.Volume,
+			volumeFlagName, "v", volumes(),
+			volumeDesciption,
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(volumeFlagName, AutocompleteVolumeFlag)
+
+		deviceFlagName := "device"
+		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+			&cf.Devices,
+			deviceFlagName, devices(),
+			"Add a host device to the container",
 		)
-	} else {
-		nameFlagName = "infra-name"
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(deviceFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+
+		deviceReadBpsFlagName := "device-read-bps"
+		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+			&cf.DeviceReadBPs,
+			deviceReadBpsFlagName, []string{},
+			"Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(deviceReadBpsFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+
+		volumesFromFlagName := "volumes-from"
+		createFlags.StringArrayVar(
+			&cf.VolumesFrom,
+			volumesFromFlagName, []string{},
+			"Mount volumes from the specified container(s)",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(volumesFromFlagName, AutocompleteContainers)
+	}
+	if clone || !isInfra { // clone and create only flags, we need this level of separation so clone does not pick up all of the flags
+		nameFlagName := "name"
 		createFlags.StringVar(
 			&cf.Name,
 			nameFlagName, "",
 			"Assign a name to the container",
 		)
-	}
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(nameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(nameFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	createFlags.Bool(
-		"help", false, "",
-	)
+		cpuPeriodFlagName := "cpu-period"
+		createFlags.Uint64Var(
+			&cf.CPUPeriod,
+			cpuPeriodFlagName, 0,
+			"Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuPeriodFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	pidFlagName := "pid"
-	createFlags.StringVar(
-		&cf.PID,
-		pidFlagName, "",
-		"PID namespace to use",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(pidFlagName, AutocompleteNamespace)
+		cpuQuotaFlagName := "cpu-quota"
+		createFlags.Int64Var(
+			&cf.CPUQuota,
+			cpuQuotaFlagName, 0,
+			"Limit the CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuQuotaFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	volumeDesciption := "Bind mount a volume into the container"
-	if registry.IsRemote() {
-		volumeDesciption = "Bind mount a volume into the container. Volume source will be on the server machine, not the client"
-	}
-	volumeFlagName := "volume"
-	createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
-		&cf.Volume,
-		volumeFlagName, "v", volumes(),
-		volumeDesciption,
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(volumeFlagName, AutocompleteVolumeFlag)
+		cpuRtPeriodFlagName := "cpu-rt-period"
+		createFlags.Uint64Var(
+			&cf.CPURTPeriod,
+			cpuRtPeriodFlagName, 0,
+			"Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuRtPeriodFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	deviceFlagName := "device"
-	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
-		&cf.Devices,
-		deviceFlagName, devices(),
-		"Add a host device to the container",
-	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(deviceFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+		cpuRtRuntimeFlagName := "cpu-rt-runtime"
+		createFlags.Int64Var(
+			&cf.CPURTRuntime,
+			cpuRtRuntimeFlagName, 0,
+			"Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuRtRuntimeFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
+		cpuSharesFlagName := "cpu-shares"
+		createFlags.Uint64Var(
+			&cf.CPUShares,
+			cpuSharesFlagName, 0,
+			"CPU shares (relative weight)",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpuSharesFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
+		cpusetMemsFlagName := "cpuset-mems"
+		createFlags.StringVar(
+			&cf.CPUSetMems,
+			cpusetMemsFlagName, "",
+			"Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.",
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusetMemsFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	deviceReadBpsFlagName := "device-read-bps"
-	createFlags.StringSliceVar(
-		&cf.DeviceReadBPs,
-		deviceReadBpsFlagName, []string{},
-		"Limit read rate (bytes per second) from a device (e.g. --device-read-bps=/dev/sda:1mb)",
+		memoryFlagName := "memory"
+		createFlags.StringVarP(
+			&cf.Memory,
+			memoryFlagName, "m", "",
+			"Memory limit "+sizeWithUnitFormat,
+		)
+		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(memoryFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
+	}
+	//anyone can use these
+	cpusFlagName := "cpus"
+	createFlags.Float64Var(
+		&cf.CPUS,
+		cpusFlagName, 0,
+		"Number of CPUs. The default is 0.000 which means no limit",
 	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(deviceReadBpsFlagName, completion.AutocompleteDefault)
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 
-	volumesFromFlagName := "volumes-from"
-	createFlags.StringArrayVar(
-		&cf.VolumesFrom,
-		volumesFromFlagName, []string{},
-		"Mount volumes from the specified container(s)",
+	cpusetCpusFlagName := "cpuset-cpus"
+	createFlags.StringVar(
+		&cf.CPUSetCPUs,
+		cpusetCpusFlagName, "",
+		"CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1)",
 	)
-	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(volumesFromFlagName, AutocompleteContainers)
+	_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(cpusetCpusFlagName, completion.AutocompleteNone)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go b/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d095d24ba664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/clone.go
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+package containers
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/common"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/cmd/podman/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	cloneDescription = `Creates a copy of an existing container.`
+
+	containerCloneCommand = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:               "clone [options] CONTAINER NAME IMAGE",
+		Short:             "Clone an existing container",
+		Long:              cloneDescription,
+		RunE:              clone,
+		Args:              cobra.RangeArgs(1, 3),
+		ValidArgsFunction: common.AutocompleteClone,
+		Example:           `podman container clone container_name new_name image_name`,
+	}
+)
+
+var (
+	ctrClone entities.ContainerCloneOptions
+)
+
+func cloneFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	flags := cmd.Flags()
+
+	destroyFlagName := "destroy"
+	flags.BoolVar(&ctrClone.Destroy, destroyFlagName, false, "destroy the original container")
+
+	runFlagName := "run"
+	flags.BoolVar(&ctrClone.Run, runFlagName, false, "run the new container")
+
+	common.DefineCreateFlags(cmd, &ctrClone.CreateOpts, false, true)
+}
+func init() {
+	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
+		Command: containerCloneCommand,
+		Parent:  containerCmd,
+	})
+
+	cloneFlags(containerCloneCommand)
+}
+
+func clone(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	switch len(args) {
+	case 0:
+		return errors.Wrapf(define.ErrInvalidArg, "Must Specify at least 1 argument")
+	case 2:
+		ctrClone.CreateOpts.Name = args[1]
+	case 3:
+		ctrClone.CreateOpts.Name = args[1]
+		ctrClone.Image = args[2]
+		rawImageName := ""
+		if !cliVals.RootFS {
+			rawImageName = args[0]
+			name, err := PullImage(ctrClone.Image, ctrClone.CreateOpts)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			ctrClone.Image = name
+			ctrClone.RawImageName = rawImageName
+		}
+	}
+	ctrClone.ID = args[0]
+	ctrClone.CreateOpts.IsClone = true
+	rep, err := registry.ContainerEngine().ContainerClone(registry.GetContext(), ctrClone)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	fmt.Println(rep.Id)
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
index 89d2e5515038..de1a41e25335 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ func createFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	)
 
 	flags.SetInterspersed(false)
-	common.DefineCreateFlags(cmd, &cliVals, false)
+	common.DefineCreateFlags(cmd, &cliVals, false, false)
 	common.DefineNetFlags(cmd)
 
 	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.AliasFlags)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
index 5a64b8c321be..1d98eb3b3476 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func runFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags := cmd.Flags()
 
 	flags.SetInterspersed(false)
-	common.DefineCreateFlags(cmd, &cliVals, false)
+	common.DefineCreateFlags(cmd, &cliVals, false, false)
 	common.DefineNetFlags(cmd)
 
 	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(utils.AliasFlags)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/create.go b/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
index 1cd36008e56a..ab3a6d578c75 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/create.go
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func init() {
 	})
 	flags := createCommand.Flags()
 	flags.SetInterspersed(false)
-	common.DefineCreateFlags(createCommand, &infraOptions, true)
+	common.DefineCreateFlags(createCommand, &infraOptions, true, false)
 	common.DefineNetFlags(createCommand)
 
 	flags.BoolVar(&createOptions.Infra, "infra", true, "Create an infra container associated with the pod to share namespaces with")
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-clone.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-clone.1.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..52fa023f383d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container-clone.1.md
@@ -0,0 +1,180 @@
+% podman-container-clone(1)
+
+## NAME
+podman\-container\-clone - Creates a copy of an existing container
+
+## SYNOPSIS
+**podman container clone** [*options*] *container* *name* *image*
+
+## DESCRIPTION
+**podman container clone** creates a copy of a container, recreating the original with an identical configuration. This command takes three arguments: the first being the container id or name ot clone, the second argument in this command can change the name of the clone from the default of $ORIGINAL_NAME-clone, and the third is a new image to use in the cloned container.
+
+## OPTIONS
+
+#### **--name**
+
+Set a custom name for the cloned container. The default if not specified is of the syntax: **<ORIGINAL_NAME>-clone**
+
+#### **--destroy**
+
+Remove the original container that we are cloning once used to mimic the configuration.
+
+#### **--cpus**
+
+Set a number of CPUs for the container that overrides the original containers CPU limits. If none are specified, the original container's Nano CPUs are used.
+
+This is shorthand
+for **--cpu-period** and **--cpu-quota**, so only **--cpus** or either both the **--cpu-period** and **--cpu-quota** options can be set.
+
+#### **--cpuset-cpus**
+
+CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). If none are specified, the original container's CPUset is used.
+
+#### **--cpu-period**=*limit*
+
+Set the CPU period for the Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS), which is a
+duration in microseconds. Once the container's CPU quota is used up, it will
+not be scheduled to run until the current period ends. Defaults to 100000
+microseconds.
+
+On some systems, changing the CPU limits may not be allowed for non-root
+users. For more details, see
+https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/master/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-cpu-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
+
+If none is specified, the original container's cpu period is used
+
+#### **--cpu-shares**=*shares*
+
+CPU shares (relative weight)
+
+By default, all containers get the same proportion of CPU cycles. This proportion
+can be modified by changing the container's CPU share weighting relative
+to the weighting of all other running containers.
+
+To modify the proportion from the default of 1024, use the **--cpu-shares**
+option to set the weighting to 2 or higher.
+
+The proportion will only apply when CPU-intensive processes are running.
+When tasks in one container are idle, other containers can use the
+left-over CPU time. The actual amount of CPU time will vary depending on
+the number of containers running on the system.
+
+For example, consider three containers, one has a cpu-share of 1024 and
+two others have a cpu-share setting of 512. When processes in all three
+containers attempt to use 100% of CPU, the first container would receive
+50% of the total CPU time. If a fourth container is added with a cpu-share
+of 1024, the first container only gets 33% of the CPU. The remaining containers
+receive 16.5%, 16.5% and 33% of the CPU.
+
+On a multi-core system, the shares of CPU time are distributed over all CPU
+cores. Even if a container is limited to less than 100% of CPU time, it can
+use 100% of each individual CPU core.
+
+For example, consider a system with more than three cores.
+container **{C0}** is started with **-c=512** running one process, and another container
+**{C1}** with **-c=1024** running two processes, this can result in the following
+division of CPU shares:
+
+PID    container	CPU	CPU share
+100    {C0}		0	100% of CPU0
+101    {C1}		1	100% of CPU1
+102    {C1}		2	100% of CPU2
+
+If none are specified, the original container's CPU shares are used.
+
+#### **--cpuset-mems**=*nodes*
+
+Memory nodes (MEMs) in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1). Only effective on NUMA systems.
+
+If there are four memory nodes on the system (0-3), use `--cpuset-mems=0,1`
+then processes in the container will only use memory from the first
+two memory nodes.
+
+If none are specified, the original container's CPU memory nodes are used.
+
+#### **--cpu-quota**=*limit*
+
+Limit the CPU Completely Fair Scheduler (CFS) quota.
+
+Limit the container's CPU usage. By default, containers run with the full
+CPU resource. The limit is a number in microseconds. If a number is provided,
+the container will be allowed to use that much CPU time until the CPU period
+ends (controllable via **--cpu-period**).
+
+On some systems, changing the CPU limits may not be allowed for non-root
+users. For more details, see
+https://github.com/containers/podman/blob/master/troubleshooting.md#26-running-containers-with-cpu-limits-fails-with-a-permissions-error
+
+If none is specified, the original container's CPU quota are used.
+
+#### **--cpu-rt-period**=*microseconds*
+
+Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds
+
+Limit the container's Real Time CPU usage. This option tells the kernel to restrict the container's Real Time CPU usage to the period specified.
+
+This option is not supported on cgroups V2 systems.
+
+If none is specified, the original container's CPU runtime period is used.
+
+
+#### **--cpu-rt-runtime**=*microseconds*
+
+Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds.
+
+Limit the containers Real Time CPU usage. This option tells the kernel to limit the amount of time in a given CPU period Real Time tasks may consume. Ex:
+Period of 1,000,000us and Runtime of 950,000us means that this container could consume 95% of available CPU and leave the remaining 5% to normal priority tasks.
+
+The sum of all runtimes across containers cannot exceed the amount allotted to the parent cgroup.
+
+This option is not supported on cgroup V2 systems.
+
+#### **--memory**, **-m**=*limit*
+
+Memory limit (format: `<number>[<unit>]`, where unit = b (bytes), k (kilobytes), m (megabytes), or g (gigabytes))
+
+Allows the memory available to a container to be constrained. If the host
+supports swap memory, then the **-m** memory setting can be larger than physical
+RAM. If a limit of 0 is specified (not using **-m**), the container's memory is
+not limited. The actual limit may be rounded up to a multiple of the operating
+system's page size (the value would be very large, that's millions of trillions).
+
+If no memory limits are specified, the original container's will be used.
+
+#### **--run**
+
+When set to true, this flag runs the newly created container after the
+clone process has completed, this specifies a detached running mode.
+
+## EXAMPLES
+```
+# podman container clone d0cf1f782e2ed67e8c0050ff92df865a039186237a4df24d7acba5b1fa8cc6e7
+6b2c73ff8a1982828c9ae2092954bcd59836a131960f7e05221af9df5939c584
+```
+
+```
+# podman container clone --name=clone d0cf1f782e2ed67e8c0050ff92df865a039186237a4df24d7acba5b1fa8cc6e7
+6b2c73ff8a1982828c9ae2092954bcd59836a131960f7e05221af9df5939c584
+```
+
+```
+# podman container clone --destroy --cpus=5 d0cf1f782e2ed67e8c0050ff92df865a039186237a4df24d7acba5b1fa8cc6e7
+6b2c73ff8a1982828c9ae2092954bcd59836a131960f7e05221af9df5939c584
+```
+
+```
+# podman container clone 2d4d4fca7219b4437e0d74fcdc272c4f031426a6eacd207372691207079551de new_name fedora
+Resolved "fedora" as an alias (/etc/containers/registries.conf.d/shortnames.conf)
+Trying to pull registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora:latest...
+Getting image source signatures
+Copying blob c6183d119aa8 done
+Copying config e417cd49a8 done
+Writing manifest to image destination
+Storing signatures
+5a9b7851013d326aa4ac4565726765901b3ecc01fcbc0f237bc7fd95588a24f9
+```
+## SEE ALSO
+**[podman-create(1)](podman-create.1.md)**, **[cgroups(7)](https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man7/cgroups.7.html)**
+
+## HISTORY
+January 2022, Originally written by Charlie Doern <cdoern@redhat.com>
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container.1.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container.1.md
index 540ebc7238df..36623c718825 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-container.1.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-container.1.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ The container command allows you to manage containers
 | attach     | [podman-attach(1)](podman-attach.1.md)              | Attach to a running container.                                               |
 | checkpoint | [podman-container-checkpoint(1)](podman-container-checkpoint.1.md)  | Checkpoints one or more running containers.                  |
 | cleanup    | [podman-container-cleanup(1)](podman-container-cleanup.1.md)    | Cleanup the container's network and mountpoints.                 |
+| clone      | [podman-container-clone(1)](podman-container-clone.1.md)      |  Creates a copy of an existing container.                          |
 | commit     | [podman-commit(1)](podman-commit.1.md)              | Create new image based on the changed container.                             |
 | cp         | [podman-cp(1)](podman-cp.1.md)                      | Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem.             |
 | create     | [podman-create(1)](podman-create.1.md)              | Create a new container.                                                      |
diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index e280b87a89e9..578f16905010 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -417,7 +417,10 @@ func (c *Container) MountLabel() string {
 
 // Systemd returns whether the container will be running in systemd mode
 func (c *Container) Systemd() bool {
-	return c.config.Systemd
+	if c.config.Systemd != nil {
+		return *c.config.Systemd
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 // User returns the user who the container is run as
diff --git a/libpod/container_config.go b/libpod/container_config.go
index d5374aaafc47..e56f1342abe7 100644
--- a/libpod/container_config.go
+++ b/libpod/container_config.go
@@ -375,8 +375,8 @@ type ContainerMiscConfig struct {
 	IsInfra bool `json:"pause"`
 	// SdNotifyMode tells libpod what to do with a NOTIFY_SOCKET if passed
 	SdNotifyMode string `json:"sdnotifyMode,omitempty"`
-	// Systemd tells libpod to setup the container in systemd mode
-	Systemd bool `json:"systemd"`
+	// Systemd tells libpod to setup the container in systemd mode, a value of nil denotes false
+	Systemd *bool `json:"systemd,omitempty"`
 	// HealthCheckConfig has the health check command and related timings
 	HealthCheckConfig *manifest.Schema2HealthConfig `json:"healthcheck"`
 	// PreserveFDs is a number of additional file descriptors (in addition
diff --git a/libpod/container_inspect.go b/libpod/container_inspect.go
index 1344fc6597bf..07b28ba93ec5 100644
--- a/libpod/container_inspect.go
+++ b/libpod/container_inspect.go
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ func (c *Container) generateInspectContainerConfig(spec *spec.Spec) *define.Insp
 	ctrConfig.Timeout = c.config.Timeout
 	ctrConfig.OpenStdin = c.config.Stdin
 	ctrConfig.Image = c.config.RootfsImageName
-	ctrConfig.SystemdMode = c.config.Systemd
+	ctrConfig.SystemdMode = c.Systemd()
 
 	// Leave empty is not explicitly overwritten by user
 	if len(c.config.Command) != 0 {
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index 51533b3bfb83..3c21cade8e06 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ func (c *Container) setupStorage(ctx context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func (c *Container) processLabel(processLabel string) (string, error) {
-	if !c.config.Systemd && !c.ociRuntime.SupportsKVM() {
+	if !c.Systemd() && !c.ociRuntime.SupportsKVM() {
 		return processLabel, nil
 	}
 	ctrSpec, err := c.specFromState()
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ func (c *Container) processLabel(processLabel string) (string, error) {
 		switch {
 		case c.ociRuntime.SupportsKVM():
 			return selinux.KVMLabel(processLabel)
-		case c.config.Systemd:
+		case c.Systemd():
 			return selinux.InitLabel(processLabel)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index afa351c173b0..cef9e2c04701 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ func (c *Container) generateSpec(ctx context.Context) (*spec.Spec, error) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if c.config.Systemd {
+	if c.Systemd() {
 		if err := c.setupSystemd(g.Mounts(), g); err != nil {
 			return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "error adding systemd-specific mounts")
 		}
diff --git a/libpod/options.go b/libpod/options.go
index e0502a72dd1a..1ee4e7322dbe 100644
--- a/libpod/options.go
+++ b/libpod/options.go
@@ -566,7 +566,8 @@ func WithSystemd() CtrCreateOption {
 			return define.ErrCtrFinalized
 		}
 
-		ctr.config.Systemd = true
+		t := true
+		ctr.config.Systemd = &t
 		return nil
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/containers_create.go b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/containers_create.go
index 8e5fc1c1c1b0..61f437fafc9b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/containers_create.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/containers_create.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func CreateContainer(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
 		return
 	}
-	rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(context.Background(), runtime, &sg)
+	rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(context.Background(), runtime, &sg, false, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		utils.InternalServerError(w, err)
 		return
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go b/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go
index d39a707325bd..e9bce0eb70b3 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/containers.go
@@ -463,3 +463,13 @@ type ContainerRenameOptions struct {
 	// NewName is the new name that will be given to the container.
 	NewName string
 }
+
+// ContainerCloneOptions contains options for cloning an existing continer
+type ContainerCloneOptions struct {
+	ID           string
+	Destroy      bool
+	CreateOpts   ContainerCreateOptions
+	Image        string
+	RawImageName string
+	Run          bool
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go b/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go
index 5dedceaccfdd..21272d33ffe9 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/engine_container.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ type ContainerEngine interface {
 	ContainerAttach(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options AttachOptions) error
 	ContainerCheckpoint(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, options CheckpointOptions) ([]*CheckpointReport, error)
 	ContainerCleanup(ctx context.Context, namesOrIds []string, options ContainerCleanupOptions) ([]*ContainerCleanupReport, error)
+	ContainerClone(ctx context.Context, ctrClone ContainerCloneOptions) (*ContainerCreateReport, error)
 	ContainerCommit(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options CommitOptions) (*CommitReport, error)
 	ContainerCopyFromArchive(ctx context.Context, nameOrID, path string, reader io.Reader, options CopyOptions) (ContainerCopyFunc, error)
 	ContainerCopyToArchive(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, path string, writer io.Writer) (ContainerCopyFunc, error)
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go b/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
index 7922db4e6f61..6fb3db1b5cc7 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/pods.go
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ type ContainerCreateOptions struct {
 	SeccompPolicy     string
 	PidFile           string
 	IsInfra           bool
+	IsClone           bool
 
 	Net *NetOptions `json:"net,omitempty"`
 
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
index a5c4647d7cce..92f5b1a80613 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -648,7 +649,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerCreate(ctx context.Context, s *specgen.SpecG
 	for _, w := range warn {
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", w)
 	}
-	rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(context.Background(), ic.Libpod, s)
+	rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(context.Background(), ic.Libpod, s, false, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -971,7 +972,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerRun(ctx context.Context, opts entities.Conta
 		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", w)
 	}
 
-	rtSpec, spec, optsN, err := generate.MakeContainer(ctx, ic.Libpod, opts.Spec)
+	rtSpec, spec, optsN, err := generate.MakeContainer(ctx, ic.Libpod, opts.Spec, false, nil)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -1490,3 +1491,89 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerRename(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string,
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerClone(ctx context.Context, ctrCloneOpts entities.ContainerCloneOptions) (*entities.ContainerCreateReport, error) {
+	spec := specgen.NewSpecGenerator(ctrCloneOpts.Image, ctrCloneOpts.CreateOpts.RootFS)
+	var c *libpod.Container
+	c, err := generate.ConfigToSpec(ic.Libpod, spec, ctrCloneOpts.ID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = specgenutil.FillOutSpecGen(spec, &ctrCloneOpts.CreateOpts, []string{})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	out, err := generate.CompleteSpec(ctx, ic.Libpod, spec)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// Print warnings
+	if len(out) > 0 {
+		for _, w := range out {
+			fmt.Println("Could not properly complete the spec as expected:")
+			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "%s\n", w)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if len(ctrCloneOpts.CreateOpts.Name) > 0 {
+		spec.Name = ctrCloneOpts.CreateOpts.Name
+	} else {
+		n := c.Name()
+		_, err := ic.Libpod.LookupContainer(c.Name() + "-clone")
+		if err == nil {
+			n += "-clone"
+		}
+		switch {
+		case strings.Contains(n, "-clone"):
+			ind := strings.Index(n, "-clone") + 6
+			num, _ := strconv.Atoi(n[ind:])
+			if num == 0 { // clone1 is hard to get with this logic, just check for it here.
+				_, err = ic.Libpod.LookupContainer(n + "1")
+				if err != nil {
+					spec.Name = n + "1"
+					break
+				}
+			} else {
+				n = n[0:ind]
+			}
+			err = nil
+			count := num
+			for err == nil {
+				count++
+				tempN := n + strconv.Itoa(count)
+				_, err = ic.Libpod.LookupContainer(tempN)
+			}
+			n += strconv.Itoa(count)
+			spec.Name = n
+		default:
+			spec.Name = c.Name() + "-clone"
+		}
+	}
+
+	rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(context.Background(), ic.Libpod, spec, true, c)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	ctr, err := generate.ExecuteCreate(ctx, ic.Libpod, rtSpec, spec, false, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	if ctrCloneOpts.Destroy {
+		var time *uint
+		err := ic.Libpod.RemoveContainer(context.Background(), c, false, false, time)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	if ctrCloneOpts.Run {
+		if err := ctr.Start(ctx, true); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+
+	return &entities.ContainerCreateReport{Id: ctr.ID()}, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
index b8ca591bb395..1cd80a6d2787 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) playKubePod(ctx context.Context, podName string, podY
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(ctx, ic.Libpod, specGen)
+		rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(ctx, ic.Libpod, specGen, false, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) playKubePod(ctx context.Context, podName string, podY
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
-			rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(ctx, ic.Libpod, specGen)
+			rtSpec, spec, opts, err := generate.MakeContainer(ctx, ic.Libpod, specGen, false, nil)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
index 67e709486371..aa4baf846ceb 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
@@ -958,3 +958,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ShouldRestart(_ context.Context, id string) (bool, er
 func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerRename(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, opts entities.ContainerRenameOptions) error {
 	return containers.Rename(ic.ClientCtx, nameOrID, new(containers.RenameOptions).WithName(opts.NewName))
 }
+
+func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerClone(ctx context.Context, ctrCloneOpts entities.ContainerCloneOptions) (*entities.ContainerCreateReport, error) {
+	return nil, errors.New("cloning a container is not supported on the remote client")
+}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
index a4d862a6093a..64669f34d878 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package generate
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
 	"os"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
@@ -335,3 +336,152 @@ func FinishThrottleDevices(s *specgen.SpecGenerator) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+// ConfigToSpec takes a completed container config and converts it back into a specgenerator for purposes of cloning an exisiting container
+func ConfigToSpec(rt *libpod.Runtime, specg *specgen.SpecGenerator, contaierID string) (*libpod.Container, error) {
+	c, err := rt.LookupContainer(contaierID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conf := c.Config()
+
+	tmpSystemd := conf.Systemd
+	tmpMounts := conf.Mounts
+
+	conf.Systemd = nil
+	conf.Mounts = []string{}
+
+	specg.Pod = conf.Pod
+
+	matching, err := json.Marshal(conf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	err = json.Unmarshal(matching, specg)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	conf.Systemd = tmpSystemd
+	conf.Mounts = tmpMounts
+
+	if conf.Spec != nil && conf.Spec.Linux != nil && conf.Spec.Linux.Resources != nil {
+		if specg.ResourceLimits == nil {
+			specg.ResourceLimits = conf.Spec.Linux.Resources
+		}
+	}
+
+	nameSpaces := []string{"pid", "net", "cgroup", "ipc", "uts", "user"}
+	containers := []string{conf.PIDNsCtr, conf.NetNsCtr, conf.CgroupNsCtr, conf.IPCNsCtr, conf.UTSNsCtr, conf.UserNsCtr}
+	place := []*specgen.Namespace{&specg.PidNS, &specg.NetNS, &specg.CgroupNS, &specg.IpcNS, &specg.UtsNS, &specg.UserNS}
+	for i, ns := range containers {
+		if len(ns) > 0 {
+			ns := specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.FromContainer, Value: ns}
+			place[i] = &ns
+		} else {
+			switch nameSpaces[i] {
+			case "pid":
+				specg.PidNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Default} //default
+			case "net":
+				switch {
+				case conf.NetMode.IsBridge():
+					toExpose := make(map[uint16]string, len(conf.ExposedPorts))
+					for _, expose := range []map[uint16][]string{conf.ExposedPorts} {
+						for port, proto := range expose {
+							toExpose[port] = strings.Join(proto, ",")
+						}
+					}
+					specg.Expose = toExpose
+					specg.PortMappings = conf.PortMappings
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Bridge}
+				case conf.NetMode.IsSlirp4netns():
+					toExpose := make(map[uint16]string, len(conf.ExposedPorts))
+					for _, expose := range []map[uint16][]string{conf.ExposedPorts} {
+						for port, proto := range expose {
+							toExpose[port] = strings.Join(proto, ",")
+						}
+					}
+					specg.Expose = toExpose
+					specg.PortMappings = conf.PortMappings
+					netMode := strings.Split(string(conf.NetMode), ":")
+					var val string
+					if len(netMode) > 1 {
+						val = netMode[1]
+					}
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Slirp, Value: val}
+				case conf.NetMode.IsPrivate():
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Private}
+				case conf.NetMode.IsDefault():
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Default}
+				case conf.NetMode.IsUserDefined():
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Path, Value: strings.Split(string(conf.NetMode), ":")[1]}
+				case conf.NetMode.IsContainer():
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.FromContainer, Value: strings.Split(string(conf.NetMode), ":")[1]}
+				case conf.NetMode.IsPod():
+					specg.NetNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.FromPod, Value: strings.Split(string(conf.NetMode), ":")[1]}
+				}
+			case "cgroup":
+				specg.CgroupNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Default} //default
+			case "ipc":
+				if conf.ShmDir == "/dev/shm" {
+					specg.IpcNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Host}
+				} else {
+					specg.IpcNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Default} //default
+				}
+			case "uts":
+				specg.UtsNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Default} //default
+			case "user":
+				if conf.AddCurrentUserPasswdEntry {
+					specg.UserNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.KeepID}
+				} else {
+					specg.UserNS = specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.Default} //default
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	specg.IDMappings = &conf.IDMappings
+	specg.ContainerCreateCommand = conf.CreateCommand
+	if len(specg.Rootfs) == 0 {
+		specg.Rootfs = conf.Rootfs
+	}
+	if len(specg.Image) == 0 {
+		specg.Image = conf.RootfsImageID
+	}
+	var named []*specgen.NamedVolume
+	if len(conf.NamedVolumes) != 0 {
+		for _, v := range conf.NamedVolumes {
+			named = append(named, &specgen.NamedVolume{
+				Name:    v.Name,
+				Dest:    v.Dest,
+				Options: v.Options,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	specg.Volumes = named
+	var image []*specgen.ImageVolume
+	if len(conf.ImageVolumes) != 0 {
+		for _, v := range conf.ImageVolumes {
+			image = append(image, &specgen.ImageVolume{
+				Source:      v.Source,
+				Destination: v.Dest,
+				ReadWrite:   v.ReadWrite,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	specg.ImageVolumes = image
+	var overlay []*specgen.OverlayVolume
+	if len(conf.OverlayVolumes) != 0 {
+		for _, v := range conf.OverlayVolumes {
+			overlay = append(overlay, &specgen.OverlayVolume{
+				Source:      v.Source,
+				Destination: v.Dest,
+				Options:     v.Options,
+			})
+		}
+	}
+	specg.OverlayVolumes = overlay
+	specg.Mounts = conf.Spec.Mounts
+	specg.HostDeviceList = conf.DeviceHostSrc
+	return c, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
index a7a7353d08a2..c0b23953f043 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/container_create.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 
 	cdi "github.com/container-orchestrated-devices/container-device-interface/pkg/cdi"
 	"github.com/containers/common/libimage"
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/cgroups"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/namespaces"
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 // MakeContainer creates a container based on the SpecGenerator.
 // Returns the created, container and any warnings resulting from creating the
 // container, or an error.
-func MakeContainer(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGenerator) (*spec.Spec, *specgen.SpecGenerator, []libpod.CtrCreateOption, error) {
+func MakeContainer(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, clone bool, c *libpod.Container) (*spec.Spec, *specgen.SpecGenerator, []libpod.CtrCreateOption, error) {
 	rtc, err := rt.GetConfigNoCopy()
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
@@ -170,6 +171,42 @@ func MakeContainer(ctx context.Context, rt *libpod.Runtime, s *specgen.SpecGener
 		options = append(options, opts...)
 	}
 	runtimeSpec, err := SpecGenToOCI(ctx, s, rt, rtc, newImage, finalMounts, pod, command, compatibleOptions)
+	if clone { // the container fails to start if cloned due to missing Linux spec entries
+		if c == nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, errors.New("the given container could not be retrieved")
+		}
+		conf := c.Config()
+		out, err := json.Marshal(conf.Spec.Linux)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(out, runtimeSpec.Linux)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
+
+		switch {
+		case s.ResourceLimits.CPU != nil:
+			runtimeSpec.Linux.Resources.CPU = s.ResourceLimits.CPU
+		case s.ResourceLimits.Memory != nil:
+			runtimeSpec.Linux.Resources.Memory = s.ResourceLimits.Memory
+		case s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO != nil:
+			runtimeSpec.Linux.Resources.BlockIO = s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO
+		case s.ResourceLimits.Devices != nil:
+			runtimeSpec.Linux.Resources.Devices = s.ResourceLimits.Devices
+		}
+
+		cgroup2, err := cgroups.IsCgroup2UnifiedMode()
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, nil, nil, err
+		}
+		if cgroup2 && s.ResourceLimits.Memory != nil && s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Swappiness != nil { // conf.Spec.Linux contains memory swappiness established after the spec process we need to remove that
+			s.ResourceLimits.Memory.Swappiness = nil
+			if runtimeSpec.Linux.Resources.Memory != nil {
+				runtimeSpec.Linux.Resources.Memory.Swappiness = nil
+			}
+		}
+	}
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, nil, nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/oci.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/oci.go
index 945c994ea8a8..8b3550e36a52 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/oci.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/oci.go
@@ -301,7 +301,14 @@ func SpecGenToOCI(ctx context.Context, s *specgen.SpecGenerator, rt *libpod.Runt
 	}
 
 	if compatibleOptions.InfraResources == nil && s.ResourceLimits != nil {
-		g.Config.Linux.Resources = s.ResourceLimits
+		out, err := json.Marshal(s.ResourceLimits)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		err = json.Unmarshal(out, g.Config.Linux.Resources)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	} else if s.ResourceLimits != nil { // if we have predefined resource limits we need to make sure we keep the infra and container limits
 		originalResources, err := json.Marshal(s.ResourceLimits)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/pod_create.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/pod_create.go
index 68fda3ad7d5e..8450fe7ce152 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/pod_create.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/pod_create.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func MakePod(p *entities.PodSpec, rt *libpod.Runtime) (*libpod.Pod, error) {
 			return nil, err
 		}
 		p.PodSpecGen.InfraContainerSpec.User = "" // infraSpec user will get incorrectly assigned via the container creation process, overwrite here
-		rtSpec, spec, opts, err := MakeContainer(context.Background(), rt, p.PodSpecGen.InfraContainerSpec)
+		rtSpec, spec, opts, err := MakeContainer(context.Background(), rt, p.PodSpecGen.InfraContainerSpec, false, nil)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/createparse.go b/pkg/specgenutil/createparse.go
index 9666e4be00c2..a513962274c7 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/createparse.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/createparse.go
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ func validate(c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions) error {
 	if _, ok := imageVolType[c.ImageVolume]; !ok {
 		if c.IsInfra {
 			c.ImageVolume = "bind"
+		} else if c.IsClone { // the image volume type will be deduced later from the container we are cloning
+			return nil
 		} else {
 			return errors.Errorf("invalid image-volume type %q. Pick one of bind, tmpfs, or ignore", c.ImageVolume)
 		}
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
index 17699a0380f8..b037e14cc57e 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
@@ -256,38 +256,43 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	if err := setNamespaces(s, c); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	userNS := namespaces.UsernsMode(s.UserNS.NSMode)
-	tempIDMap, err := util.ParseIDMapping(namespaces.UsernsMode(c.UserNS), []string{}, []string{}, "", "")
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	s.IDMappings, err = util.ParseIDMapping(userNS, c.UIDMap, c.GIDMap, c.SubUIDName, c.SubGIDName)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if len(s.IDMappings.GIDMap) == 0 {
-		s.IDMappings.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalGIDMappings = tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalGIDMappings
-		if s.UserNS.NSMode == specgen.NamespaceMode("auto") {
-			s.IDMappings.AutoUserNs = true
+
+	if s.IDMappings == nil {
+		userNS := namespaces.UsernsMode(s.UserNS.NSMode)
+		tempIDMap, err := util.ParseIDMapping(namespaces.UsernsMode(c.UserNS), []string{}, []string{}, "", "")
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
-	}
-	if len(s.IDMappings.UIDMap) == 0 {
-		s.IDMappings.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalUIDMappings = tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalUIDMappings
-		if s.UserNS.NSMode == specgen.NamespaceMode("auto") {
-			s.IDMappings.AutoUserNs = true
+		s.IDMappings, err = util.ParseIDMapping(userNS, c.UIDMap, c.GIDMap, c.SubUIDName, c.SubGIDName)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		if len(s.IDMappings.GIDMap) == 0 {
+			s.IDMappings.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalGIDMappings = tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalGIDMappings
+			if s.UserNS.NSMode == specgen.NamespaceMode("auto") {
+				s.IDMappings.AutoUserNs = true
+			}
+		}
+		if len(s.IDMappings.UIDMap) == 0 {
+			s.IDMappings.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalUIDMappings = tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.AdditionalUIDMappings
+			if s.UserNS.NSMode == specgen.NamespaceMode("auto") {
+				s.IDMappings.AutoUserNs = true
+			}
+		}
+		if tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.Size != 0 {
+			s.IDMappings.AutoUserNsOpts.Size = tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.Size
+		}
+		// If some mappings are specified, assume a private user namespace
+		if userNS.IsDefaultValue() && (!s.IDMappings.HostUIDMapping || !s.IDMappings.HostGIDMapping) {
+			s.UserNS.NSMode = specgen.Private
+		} else {
+			s.UserNS.NSMode = specgen.NamespaceMode(userNS)
 		}
-	}
-	if tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.Size != 0 {
-		s.IDMappings.AutoUserNsOpts.Size = tempIDMap.AutoUserNsOpts.Size
-	}
-	// If some mappings are specified, assume a private user namespace
-	if userNS.IsDefaultValue() && (!s.IDMappings.HostUIDMapping || !s.IDMappings.HostGIDMapping) {
-		s.UserNS.NSMode = specgen.Private
-	} else {
-		s.UserNS.NSMode = specgen.NamespaceMode(userNS)
 	}
 
-	s.Terminal = c.TTY
+	if !s.Terminal {
+		s.Terminal = c.TTY
+	}
 
 	if err := verifyExpose(c.Expose); err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -297,8 +302,13 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	if c.Net != nil {
 		s.PortMappings = c.Net.PublishPorts
 	}
-	s.PublishExposedPorts = c.PublishAll
-	s.Pod = c.Pod
+	if !s.PublishExposedPorts {
+		s.PublishExposedPorts = c.PublishAll
+	}
+
+	if len(s.Pod) == 0 {
+		s.Pod = c.Pod
+	}
 
 	if len(c.PodIDFile) > 0 {
 		if len(s.Pod) > 0 {
@@ -315,7 +325,10 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	s.Expose = expose
+
+	if len(s.Expose) == 0 {
+		s.Expose = expose
+	}
 
 	if sig := c.StopSignal; len(sig) > 0 {
 		stopSignal, err := util.ParseSignal(sig)
@@ -341,8 +354,13 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		return errors.Wrap(err, "error parsing host environment variables")
 	}
 
-	s.EnvHost = c.EnvHost
-	s.HTTPProxy = c.HTTPProxy
+	if !s.EnvHost {
+		s.EnvHost = c.EnvHost
+	}
+
+	if !s.HTTPProxy {
+		s.HTTPProxy = c.HTTPProxy
+	}
 
 	// env-file overrides any previous variables
 	for _, f := range c.EnvFile {
@@ -359,7 +377,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		return err
 	}
 
-	s.Env = envLib.Join(env, parsedEnv)
+	if len(s.Env) == 0 {
+		s.Env = envLib.Join(env, parsedEnv)
+	}
 
 	// LABEL VARIABLES
 	labels, err := parse.GetAllLabels(c.LabelFile, c.Label)
@@ -371,7 +391,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		labels[systemdDefine.EnvVariable] = systemdUnit
 	}
 
-	s.Labels = labels
+	if len(s.Labels) == 0 {
+		s.Labels = labels
+	}
 
 	// ANNOTATIONS
 	annotations := make(map[string]string)
@@ -390,7 +412,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		}
 		annotations[splitAnnotation[0]] = splitAnnotation[1]
 	}
-	s.Annotations = annotations
+	if len(s.Annotations) == 0 {
+		s.Annotations = annotations
+	}
 
 	if len(c.StorageOpts) > 0 {
 		opts := make(map[string]string, len(c.StorageOpts))
@@ -403,7 +427,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		}
 		s.StorageOpts = opts
 	}
-	s.WorkDir = c.Workdir
+	if len(s.WorkDir) == 0 {
+		s.WorkDir = c.Workdir
+	}
 	if c.Entrypoint != nil {
 		entrypoint := []string{}
 		// Check if entrypoint specified is json
@@ -415,7 +441,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 
 	// Include the command used to create the container.
 
-	s.ContainerCreateCommand = os.Args
+	if len(s.ContainerCreateCommand) == 0 {
+		s.ContainerCreateCommand = os.Args
+	}
 
 	if len(inputCommand) > 0 {
 		s.Command = inputCommand
@@ -444,24 +472,37 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		s.NetworkOptions = c.Net.NetworkOptions
 		s.UseImageHosts = c.Net.NoHosts
 	}
-	s.HostUsers = c.HostUsers
-	s.ImageVolumeMode = c.ImageVolume
+	if len(s.HostUsers) == 0 || len(c.HostUsers) != 0 {
+		s.HostUsers = c.HostUsers
+	}
+	if len(s.ImageVolumeMode) == 0 || len(c.ImageVolume) != 0 {
+		s.ImageVolumeMode = c.ImageVolume
+	}
 	if s.ImageVolumeMode == "bind" {
 		s.ImageVolumeMode = "anonymous"
 	}
 
-	s.Systemd = strings.ToLower(c.Systemd)
-	s.SdNotifyMode = c.SdNotifyMode
+	if len(s.Systemd) == 0 || len(c.Systemd) != 0 {
+		s.Systemd = strings.ToLower(c.Systemd)
+	}
+	if len(s.SdNotifyMode) == 0 || len(c.SdNotifyMode) != 0 {
+		s.SdNotifyMode = c.SdNotifyMode
+	}
 	if s.ResourceLimits == nil {
 		s.ResourceLimits = &specs.LinuxResources{}
 	}
-	s.ResourceLimits.Memory, err = getMemoryLimits(s, c)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+
+	if s.ResourceLimits.Memory == nil || (len(c.Memory) != 0 || len(c.MemoryReservation) != 0 || len(c.MemorySwap) != 0 || c.MemorySwappiness != 0) {
+		s.ResourceLimits.Memory, err = getMemoryLimits(s, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
-	s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO, err = getIOLimits(s, c)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO == nil || (len(c.BlkIOWeight) != 0 || len(c.BlkIOWeightDevice) != 0) {
+		s.ResourceLimits.BlockIO, err = getIOLimits(s, c)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 	if c.PIDsLimit != nil {
 		pids := specs.LinuxPids{
@@ -470,7 +511,10 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 
 		s.ResourceLimits.Pids = &pids
 	}
-	s.ResourceLimits.CPU = getCPULimits(c)
+
+	if s.ResourceLimits.CPU == nil || (c.CPUPeriod != 0 || c.CPUQuota != 0 || c.CPURTPeriod != 0 || c.CPURTRuntime != 0 || c.CPUS != 0 || len(c.CPUSetCPUs) != 0 || len(c.CPUSetMems) != 0 || c.CPUShares != 0) {
+		s.ResourceLimits.CPU = getCPULimits(c)
+	}
 
 	unifieds := make(map[string]string)
 	for _, unified := range c.CgroupConf {
@@ -495,8 +539,12 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	if ld := c.LogDriver; len(ld) > 0 {
 		s.LogConfiguration.Driver = ld
 	}
-	s.CgroupParent = c.CgroupParent
-	s.CgroupsMode = c.CgroupsMode
+	if len(s.CgroupParent) == 0 || len(c.CgroupParent) != 0 {
+		s.CgroupParent = c.CgroupParent
+	}
+	if len(s.CgroupsMode) == 0 {
+		s.CgroupsMode = c.CgroupsMode
+	}
 	if s.CgroupsMode == "" {
 		rtc, err := config.Default()
 		if err != nil {
@@ -506,9 +554,13 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		s.CgroupsMode = rtc.Cgroups()
 	}
 
-	s.Groups = c.GroupAdd
+	if len(s.Groups) == 0 || len(c.GroupAdd) != 0 {
+		s.Groups = c.GroupAdd
+	}
 
-	s.Hostname = c.Hostname
+	if len(s.Hostname) == 0 || len(c.Hostname) != 0 {
+		s.Hostname = c.Hostname
+	}
 	sysctl := map[string]string{}
 	if ctl := c.Sysctl; len(ctl) > 0 {
 		sysctl, err = util.ValidateSysctls(ctl)
@@ -516,15 +568,29 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	s.Sysctl = sysctl
+	if len(s.Sysctl) == 0 || len(c.Sysctl) != 0 {
+		s.Sysctl = sysctl
+	}
 
-	s.CapAdd = c.CapAdd
-	s.CapDrop = c.CapDrop
-	s.Privileged = c.Privileged
-	s.ReadOnlyFilesystem = c.ReadOnly
-	s.ConmonPidFile = c.ConmonPIDFile
+	if len(s.CapAdd) == 0 || len(c.CapAdd) != 0 {
+		s.CapAdd = c.CapAdd
+	}
+	if len(s.CapDrop) == 0 || len(c.CapDrop) != 0 {
+		s.CapDrop = c.CapDrop
+	}
+	if !s.Privileged {
+		s.Privileged = c.Privileged
+	}
+	if !s.ReadOnlyFilesystem {
+		s.ReadOnlyFilesystem = c.ReadOnly
+	}
+	if len(s.ConmonPidFile) == 0 || len(c.ConmonPIDFile) != 0 {
+		s.ConmonPidFile = c.ConmonPIDFile
+	}
 
-	s.DependencyContainers = c.Requires
+	if len(s.DependencyContainers) == 0 || len(c.Requires) != 0 {
+		s.DependencyContainers = c.Requires
+	}
 
 	// TODO
 	// outside of specgen and oci though
@@ -540,7 +606,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		}
 		sysmap[splitCtl[0]] = splitCtl[1]
 	}
-	s.Sysctl = sysmap
+	if len(s.Sysctl) == 0 || len(c.Sysctl) != 0 {
+		s.Sysctl = sysmap
+	}
 
 	if c.CIDFile != "" {
 		s.Annotations[define.InspectAnnotationCIDFile] = c.CIDFile
@@ -584,9 +652,13 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		}
 	}
 
-	s.SeccompPolicy = c.SeccompPolicy
+	if len(s.SeccompPolicy) == 0 || len(c.SeccompPolicy) != 0 {
+		s.SeccompPolicy = c.SeccompPolicy
+	}
 
-	s.VolumesFrom = c.VolumesFrom
+	if len(s.VolumesFrom) == 0 || len(c.VolumesFrom) != 0 {
+		s.VolumesFrom = c.VolumesFrom
+	}
 
 	// Only add read-only tmpfs mounts in case that we are read-only and the
 	// read-only tmpfs flag has been set.
@@ -594,10 +666,19 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	s.Mounts = mounts
-	s.Volumes = volumes
-	s.OverlayVolumes = overlayVolumes
-	s.ImageVolumes = imageVolumes
+	if len(s.Mounts) == 0 || len(c.Mount) != 0 {
+		s.Mounts = mounts
+	}
+	if len(s.Volumes) == 0 || len(c.Volume) != 0 {
+		s.Volumes = volumes
+	}
+	// TODO make sure these work in clone
+	if len(s.OverlayVolumes) == 0 {
+		s.OverlayVolumes = overlayVolumes
+	}
+	if len(s.ImageVolumes) == 0 {
+		s.ImageVolumes = imageVolumes
+	}
 
 	for _, dev := range c.Devices {
 		s.Devices = append(s.Devices, specs.LinuxDevice{Path: dev})
@@ -611,9 +692,15 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		s.DeviceCgroupRule = append(s.DeviceCgroupRule, dev)
 	}
 
-	s.Init = c.Init
-	s.InitPath = c.InitPath
-	s.Stdin = c.Interactive
+	if !s.Init {
+		s.Init = c.Init
+	}
+	if len(s.InitPath) == 0 || len(c.InitPath) != 0 {
+		s.InitPath = c.InitPath
+	}
+	if !s.Stdin {
+		s.Stdin = c.Interactive
+	}
 	// quiet
 	// DeviceCgroupRules: c.StringSlice("device-cgroup-rule"),
 
@@ -656,11 +743,19 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 			logOpts[split[0]] = split[1]
 		}
 	}
-	s.LogConfiguration.Options = logOpts
-	s.Name = c.Name
-	s.PreserveFDs = c.PreserveFDs
+	if len(s.LogConfiguration.Options) == 0 || len(c.LogOptions) != 0 {
+		s.LogConfiguration.Options = logOpts
+	}
+	if len(s.Name) == 0 || len(c.Name) != 0 {
+		s.Name = c.Name
+	}
+	if s.PreserveFDs == 0 || c.PreserveFDs != 0 {
+		s.PreserveFDs = c.PreserveFDs
+	}
 
-	s.OOMScoreAdj = &c.OOMScoreAdj
+	if s.OOMScoreAdj == nil || c.OOMScoreAdj != 0 {
+		s.OOMScoreAdj = &c.OOMScoreAdj
+	}
 	if c.Restart != "" {
 		splitRestart := strings.Split(c.Restart, ":")
 		switch len(splitRestart) {
@@ -685,9 +780,11 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		s.RestartPolicy = splitRestart[0]
 	}
 
-	s.Secrets, s.EnvSecrets, err = parseSecrets(c.Secrets)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if len(s.Secrets) == 0 || len(c.Secrets) != 0 {
+		s.Secrets, s.EnvSecrets, err = parseSecrets(c.Secrets)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if c.Personality != "" {
@@ -695,21 +792,43 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 		s.Personality.Domain = specs.LinuxPersonalityDomain(c.Personality)
 	}
 
-	s.Remove = c.Rm
-	s.StopTimeout = &c.StopTimeout
-	s.Timeout = c.Timeout
-	s.Timezone = c.Timezone
-	s.Umask = c.Umask
-	s.PidFile = c.PidFile
-	s.Volatile = c.Rm
-	s.UnsetEnv = c.UnsetEnv
-	s.UnsetEnvAll = c.UnsetEnvAll
+	if !s.Remove {
+		s.Remove = c.Rm
+	}
+	if s.StopTimeout == nil || c.StopTimeout != 0 {
+		s.StopTimeout = &c.StopTimeout
+	}
+	if s.Timeout == 0 || c.Timeout != 0 {
+		s.Timeout = c.Timeout
+	}
+	if len(s.Timezone) == 0 || len(c.Timezone) != 0 {
+		s.Timezone = c.Timezone
+	}
+	if len(s.Umask) == 0 || len(c.Umask) != 0 {
+		s.Umask = c.Umask
+	}
+	if len(s.PidFile) == 0 || len(c.PidFile) != 0 {
+		s.PidFile = c.PidFile
+	}
+	if !s.Volatile {
+		s.Volatile = c.Rm
+	}
+	if len(s.UnsetEnv) == 0 || len(c.UnsetEnv) != 0 {
+		s.UnsetEnv = c.UnsetEnv
+	}
+	if !s.UnsetEnvAll {
+		s.UnsetEnvAll = c.UnsetEnvAll
+	}
 
 	// Initcontainers
-	s.InitContainerType = c.InitContainerType
+	if len(s.InitContainerType) == 0 || len(c.InitContainerType) != 0 {
+		s.InitContainerType = c.InitContainerType
+	}
 
 	t := true
-	s.Passwd = &t
+	if s.Passwd == nil {
+		s.Passwd = &t
+	}
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/container_clone_test.go b/test/e2e/container_clone_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bebc6872be37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/container_clone_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+package integration
+
+import (
+	"os"
+
+	. "github.com/containers/podman/v4/test/utils"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega/gexec"
+)
+
+var _ = Describe("Podman container clone", func() {
+	var (
+		tempdir    string
+		err        error
+		podmanTest *PodmanTestIntegration
+	)
+
+	BeforeEach(func() {
+		SkipIfRemote("podman container clone is not supported in remote")
+		tempdir, err = CreateTempDirInTempDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			os.Exit(1)
+		}
+		podmanTest = PodmanTestCreate(tempdir)
+		podmanTest.Setup()
+		podmanTest.SeedImages()
+	})
+
+	AfterEach(func() {
+		podmanTest.Cleanup()
+		f := CurrentGinkgoTestDescription()
+		processTestResult(f)
+
+	})
+
+	It("podman container clone basic test", func() {
+		SkipIfRootlessCgroupsV1("starting a container with the memory limits not supported")
+		create := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", ALPINE})
+		create.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(create).To(Exit(0))
+		clone := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", create.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		clone = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", clone.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		ctrInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		ctrInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(ctrInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		Expect(ctrInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].Name).To(ContainSubstring("-clone1"))
+
+		ctrStart := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "start", clone.OutputToString()})
+		ctrStart.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(ctrStart).To(Exit(0))
+	})
+
+	It("podman container clone image test", func() {
+		create := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", ALPINE})
+		create.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(create).To(Exit(0))
+		clone := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", create.OutputToString(), "new_name", fedoraMinimal})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		ctrInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		ctrInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(ctrInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		Expect(ctrInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].ImageName).To(Equal(fedoraMinimal))
+		Expect(ctrInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].Name).To(Equal("new_name"))
+	})
+
+	It("podman container clone name test", func() {
+		create := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", ALPINE})
+		create.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(create).To(Exit(0))
+		clone := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", "--name", "testing123", create.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		cloneInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		cloneInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(cloneInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		cloneData := cloneInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+		Expect(cloneData[0].Name).To(Equal("testing123"))
+	})
+
+	It("podman container clone resource limits override", func() {
+		create := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", "--cpus=5", ALPINE})
+		create.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(create).To(Exit(0))
+		clone := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", create.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		createInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", create.OutputToString()})
+		createInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(createInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		createData := createInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+
+		cloneInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		cloneInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(cloneInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		cloneData := cloneInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+		Expect(createData[0].HostConfig.NanoCpus).To(Equal(cloneData[0].HostConfig.NanoCpus))
+
+		create = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", "--memory=5", ALPINE})
+		create.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(create).To(Exit(0))
+		clone = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", "--cpus=6", create.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		createInspect = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", create.OutputToString()})
+		createInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(createInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		createData = createInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+
+		cloneInspect = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		cloneInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(cloneInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		cloneData = cloneInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+		Expect(createData[0].HostConfig.MemorySwap).To(Equal(cloneData[0].HostConfig.MemorySwap))
+
+		create = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"create", "--cpus=5", ALPINE})
+		create.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(create).To(Exit(0))
+		clone = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", "--cpus=4", create.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+
+		var nanoCPUs int64
+		numCpus := 4
+		nanoCPUs = int64(numCpus * 1000000000)
+
+		createInspect = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", create.OutputToString()})
+		createInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(createInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		createData = createInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+
+		cloneInspect = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		cloneInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(cloneInspect).To(Exit(0))
+		cloneData = cloneInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()
+		Expect(createData[0].HostConfig.NanoCpus).ToNot(Equal(cloneData[0].HostConfig.NanoCpus))
+		Expect(cloneData[0].HostConfig.NanoCpus).To(Equal(nanoCPUs))
+	})
+
+	It("podman container clone in a pod", func() {
+		SkipIfRootlessCgroupsV1("starting a container with the memory limits not supported")
+		run := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-dt", "--pod", "new:1234", ALPINE, "sleep", "20"})
+		run.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(run).To(Exit(0))
+		clone := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "clone", run.OutputToString()})
+		clone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(clone).To(Exit(0))
+		ctrStart := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"container", "start", clone.OutputToString()})
+		ctrStart.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(ctrStart).To(Exit(0))
+
+		checkClone := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"ps", "-f", "id=" + clone.OutputToString(), "--ns", "--format", "{{.Namespaces.IPC}} {{.Namespaces.UTS}} {{.Namespaces.NET}}"})
+		checkClone.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(checkClone).Should(Exit(0))
+		cloneArray := checkClone.OutputToStringArray()
+
+		checkCreate := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"ps", "-f", "id=" + run.OutputToString(), "--ns", "--format", "{{.Namespaces.IPC}} {{.Namespaces.UTS}} {{.Namespaces.NET}}"})
+		checkCreate.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(checkCreate).Should(Exit(0))
+		createArray := checkCreate.OutputToStringArray()
+
+		Expect(cloneArray).To(ContainElements(createArray[:]))
+
+		ctrInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", clone.OutputToString()})
+		ctrInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(ctrInspect).Should(Exit(0))
+
+		runInspect := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"inspect", run.OutputToString()})
+		runInspect.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(runInspect).Should(Exit(0))
+
+		Expect(ctrInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].Pod).Should(Equal(runInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].Pod))
+		Expect(ctrInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].HostConfig.NetworkMode).Should(Equal(runInspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].HostConfig.NetworkMode))
+	})
+
+})