diff --git a/app-containers/podman/files/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd b/app-containers/podman/files/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b47d68c7fd3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-containers/podman/files/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/sbin/openrc-run
+# Copyright 2015-2024 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+supervisor=supervise-daemon
+description="Podman API Service"
+
+RUN_PATH="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/podman"
+LOG_PATH="${RUN_PATH}/log"
+output_log="${LOG_PATH}/${RC_SVCNAME}.log"
+error_log="${LOG_PATH}/${RC_SVCNAME}.log"
+pidfile="${RUN_PATH}/${RC_SVCNAME}.pid"
+socket="unix://${RUN_PATH}/${RC_SVCNAME}.sock"
+
+# command_user="${RUN_AS_USER:=root:root}"
+command="/usr/bin/podman"
+command_args="--log-level ${LOG_LEVEL:-error} system service --time 0 ${socket}"
+command_background="true"
+
+start() {
+	checkpath -o $USER -d "${RUN_PATH}" "${LOG_PATH}"
+	default_start
+}
diff --git a/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild b/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild
index 1a2de83c6b4ab..04adb613e4fed 100644
--- a/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/podman/podman-5.4.2.ebuild
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 		insinto /etc/logrotate.d
 		newins "${FILESDIR}/podman.logrotated" podman
+
+		exeinto /etc/user/init.d
+		newexe "${FILESDIR}/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd"
 	fi
 
 	keepdir /var/lib/containers
diff --git a/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild b/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild
index 1a2de83c6b4ab..04adb613e4fed 100644
--- a/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild
+++ b/app-containers/podman/podman-9999.ebuild
@@ -123,6 +123,9 @@ src_install() {
 
 		insinto /etc/logrotate.d
 		newins "${FILESDIR}/podman.logrotated" podman
+
+		exeinto /etc/user/init.d
+		newexe "${FILESDIR}/podman-5.0.0_rc4.user.initd"
 	fi
 
 	keepdir /var/lib/containers