diff --git a/app-containers/podman/files/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.confd b/app-containers/podman/files/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.confd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..6d08beeaf282a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-containers/podman/files/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.confd
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Config file for /etc/user/init.d/podman
+
+# Sets the API service daemon log level
+# valid levels: debug, info, warn, error, fatal or panic
+#LOG_LEVEL="error"
+
diff --git a/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild b/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild
index 04adb613e4fed..6007e6e92ad54 100644
--- a/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 		exeinto /etc/user/init.d
 		newexe "${FILESDIR}/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd"
+
+		insinto /etc/user/conf.d
+		newins "${FILESDIR}/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.confd"
 	fi
 
 	keepdir /var/lib/containers
diff --git a/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild b/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild
index 04adb613e4fed..6007e6e92ad54 100644
--- a/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild
@@ -126,6 +126,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 		exeinto /etc/user/init.d
 		newexe "${FILESDIR}/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd"
+
+		insinto /etc/user/conf.d
+		newins "${FILESDIR}/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.confd"
 	fi
 
 	keepdir /var/lib/containers