diff --git a/libpod/container_inspect.go b/libpod/container_inspect.go
index 55055b43ee..b3d680bcb5 100644
--- a/libpod/container_inspect.go
+++ b/libpod/container_inspect.go
@@ -427,6 +427,8 @@ func (c *Container) generateInspectContainerConfig(spec *spec.Spec) *define.Insp
 	ctrConfig.StopSignal = signal.ToDockerFormat(c.config.StopSignal)
 	// TODO: should JSON deep copy this to ensure internal pointers don't
 	// leak.
+	ctrConfig.StartupHealthCheck = c.config.StartupHealthCheckConfig
+
 	ctrConfig.Healthcheck = c.config.HealthCheckConfig
 
 	ctrConfig.HealthcheckOnFailureAction = c.config.HealthCheckOnFailureAction.String()
diff --git a/libpod/define/container_inspect.go b/libpod/define/container_inspect.go
index 4062e7bc9d..1f5b225c3f 100644
--- a/libpod/define/container_inspect.go
+++ b/libpod/define/container_inspect.go
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ type InspectContainerConfig struct {
 	Annotations map[string]string `json:"Annotations"`
 	// Container stop signal
 	StopSignal string `json:"StopSignal"`
+	// Configured startup healthcheck for the container
+	StartupHealthCheck *StartupHealthCheck `json:"StartupHealthCheck,omitempty"`
 	// Configured healthcheck for the container
 	Healthcheck *manifest.Schema2HealthConfig `json:"Healthcheck,omitempty"`
 	// HealthcheckOnFailureAction defines an action to take once the container turns unhealthy.
diff --git a/test/system/220-healthcheck.bats b/test/system/220-healthcheck.bats
index 43c8e1d012..662ecf8ff6 100644
--- a/test/system/220-healthcheck.bats
+++ b/test/system/220-healthcheck.bats
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ function _check_health {
     run_podman inspect $ctrname --format "{{.Config.HealthcheckOnFailureAction}}"
     is "$output" "kill" "on-failure action is set to kill"
 
+    run_podman inspect $ctrname --format "{{.Config.StartupHealthCheck.Test}}"
+    is "$output" "[CMD-SHELL /home/podman/healthcheck]" ".Config.StartupHealthCheck.Test"
+
     current_time=$(date --iso-8601=ns)
     # We can't check for 'starting' because a 1-second interval is too
     # short; it could run healthcheck before we get to our first check.