diff --git a/docs/podman_container_module.html b/docs/podman_container_module.html
index e4476225..d93d1802 100644
--- a/docs/podman_container_module.html
+++ b/docs/podman_container_module.html
@@ -771,6 +771,14 @@ <h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id3" role="doc-backlink">Parameters</a><a clas
 <td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Specify a max size of the log file (e.g 10mb).</p>
 </div></td>
 </tr>
+<tr class="row-odd"><td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
+<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-log_opt/max_file"></div>
+<div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-log_options/max_file"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-container-module-parameter-log-options-max-file"><span id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-container-module-parameter-log-opt-max-file"></span><strong>max_file</strong></p>
+<a class="ansibleOptionLink" href="#parameter-log_opt/max_file" title="Permalink to this option"></a><p class="ansible-option-type-line"><span class="ansible-option-type">string</span></p>
+</div></td>
+<td><div class="ansible-option-indent-desc"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell"><p>Specify a max number of the log files (e.g 10).</p>
+</div></td>
+</tr>
 <tr class="row-even"><td><div class="ansible-option-indent"></div><div class="ansible-option-cell">
 <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-log_opt/path"></div>
 <div class="ansibleOptionAnchor" id="parameter-log_options/path"></div><p class="ansible-option-title" id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-container-module-parameter-log-options-path"><span id="ansible-collections-containers-podman-podman-container-module-parameter-log-opt-path"></span><strong>path</strong></p>
diff --git a/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py b/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py
index 33530fd3..c7df9cc9 100644
--- a/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py
+++ b/plugins/module_utils/podman/podman_container_lib.py
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
     log_opt=dict(type='dict', aliases=['log_options'],
                  options=dict(
         max_size=dict(type='str'),
+        max_file=dict(type='str'),
         path=dict(type='str'),
         tag=dict(type='str'))),
     mac_address=dict(type='str'),
@@ -473,6 +474,16 @@ def addparam_log_opt(self, c):
                                           errors='surrogate_or_strict')])]
         return c
 
+    def addparam_log_opt_file_size(self, c):
+        for k, v in self.params['log_opt'].items():
+            if v is not None:
+                c += ['--log-opt',
+                      b"=".join([to_bytes(k.replace('max_file', 'max-file'),
+                                          errors='surrogate_or_strict'),
+                                 to_bytes(v,
+                                          errors='surrogate_or_strict')])]
+        return c
+
     def addparam_log_level(self, c):
         return c + ['--log-level', self.params['log_level']]
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/podman_container_idempotency/tasks/idem_all.yml b/tests/integration/targets/podman_container_idempotency/tasks/idem_all.yml
index 02387834..045220d8 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/podman_container_idempotency/tasks/idem_all.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/podman_container_idempotency/tasks/idem_all.yml
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@
     log_opt:
       path: /tmp/container3.log
       max_size: 100mb
+      max_file: '10'
       tag: sometag
     command: 1h
 
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/podman_play/tasks/play-with-options.yml b/tests/integration/targets/podman_play/tasks/play-with-options.yml
index aeb79a5b..45c6b0c7 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/podman_play/tasks/play-with-options.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/podman_play/tasks/play-with-options.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
       log_opt:
         path: "{{ log_opt.path }}"
         max_size: "{{ log_opt.size }}"
+        max_file: "{{ log_opt.file }}"
     register: play_pod
 
   - name: Get pod info