diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
index e2cafd9b55..80d4351652 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
@@ -657,10 +657,11 @@ Attach a filesystem mount to the container.
 This is equivalent to the Podman `--mount` option, and
 generally has the form `type=TYPE,TYPE-SPECIFIC-OPTION[,...]`.
 
-As a special case, for `type=volume` if `source` ends with `.volume`, a Podman named volume called
-`systemd-$name` is used as the source, and the generated systemd service contains
-a dependency on the `$name-volume.service`. Such a volume can be automatically be lazily
-created by using a `$name.volume` Quadlet file.
+There are two special cases.
+1. For `type=volume`, if `source` ends with `.volume`, the Podman named volume generated by the corresponding `.volume` file is used.
+2. For `type=image`, if `source` ends with `.image`, the image generated by the corresponding `.image` file is used.
+
+In both cases, the generated systemd service will contain a dependency on the service generated for the corresponding unit.
 
 This key can be listed multiple times.
 
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 3e957200de..ff0a157e6f 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -1874,7 +1874,7 @@ func handleLogOpt(unitFile *parser.UnitFile, groupName string, podman *PodmanCmd
 	}
 }
 
-func handleStorageSource(quadletUnitFile, serviceUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, source string, unitsInfoMap map[string]*UnitInfo) (string, error) {
+func handleStorageSource(quadletUnitFile, serviceUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, source string, unitsInfoMap map[string]*UnitInfo, checkImage bool) (string, error) {
 	if source[0] == '.' {
 		var err error
 		source, err = getAbsolutePath(quadletUnitFile, source)
@@ -1885,18 +1885,18 @@ func handleStorageSource(quadletUnitFile, serviceUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, sour
 	if source[0] == '/' {
 		// Absolute path
 		serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "RequiresMountsFor", source)
-	} else if strings.HasSuffix(source, ".volume") {
-		volumeUnitInfo, ok := unitsInfoMap[source]
+	} else if strings.HasSuffix(source, ".volume") || (checkImage && strings.HasSuffix(source, ".image")) {
+		sourceUnitInfo, ok := unitsInfoMap[source]
 		if !ok {
-			return "", fmt.Errorf("requested Quadlet image %s was not found", source)
+			return "", fmt.Errorf("requested Quadlet source %s was not found", source)
 		}
 
 		// the systemd unit name is $serviceName.service
-		volumeServiceName := volumeUnitInfo.ServiceFileName()
-		serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "Requires", volumeServiceName)
-		serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "After", volumeServiceName)
+		sourceServiceName := sourceUnitInfo.ServiceFileName()
+		serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "Requires", sourceServiceName)
+		serviceUnitFile.Add(UnitGroup, "After", sourceServiceName)
 
-		source = volumeUnitInfo.ResourceName
+		source = sourceUnitInfo.ResourceName
 	}
 
 	return source, nil
@@ -2053,7 +2053,13 @@ func resolveContainerMountParams(containerUnitFile, serviceUnitFile *parser.Unit
 	}
 
 	// Source resolution is required only for these types of mounts
-	if !(mountType == "volume" || mountType == "bind" || mountType == "glob") {
+	sourceResultionRequired := map[string]struct{}{
+		"volume": {},
+		"bind":   {},
+		"glob":   {},
+		"image":  {},
+	}
+	if _, ok := sourceResultionRequired[mountType]; !ok {
 		return mount, nil
 	}
 
@@ -2070,7 +2076,7 @@ func resolveContainerMountParams(containerUnitFile, serviceUnitFile *parser.Unit
 		}
 	}
 
-	resolvedSource, err := handleStorageSource(containerUnitFile, serviceUnitFile, originalSource, unitsInfoMap)
+	resolvedSource, err := handleStorageSource(containerUnitFile, serviceUnitFile, originalSource, unitsInfoMap, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -2158,7 +2164,7 @@ func addVolumes(quadletUnitFile, serviceUnitFile *parser.UnitFile, groupName str
 
 		if source != "" {
 			var err error
-			source, err = handleStorageSource(quadletUnitFile, serviceUnitFile, source, unitsInfoMap)
+			source, err = handleStorageSource(quadletUnitFile, serviceUnitFile, source, unitsInfoMap, false)
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/mount.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/mount.container
index 615fe58631..0f431c1ee2 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/mount.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/mount.container
@@ -9,13 +9,15 @@ Mount=type=bind,src=/path/on/host,dst=/path/in/container,relabel=shared,U=true
 ## assert-podman-args-key-val "--mount" "," "type=volume,source=vol1,destination=/path/in/container,ro=true"
 Mount=type=volume,source=vol1,destination=/path/in/container,ro=true
 ## assert-podman-args-key-val "--mount" "," "type=volume,source=systemd-basic,destination=/path/in/container,ro=true"
-## assert-key-is "Unit" "Requires" "basic-volume.service"
-## assert-key-is-regex "Unit" "After" "network-online.target|podman-user-wait-network-online.service" "basic-volume.service"
+## assert-key-is "Unit" "Requires" "basic-volume.service" "basic-image.service"
+## assert-key-is-regex "Unit" "After" "network-online.target|podman-user-wait-network-online.service" "basic-volume.service" "basic-image.service"
 Mount=type=volume,source=basic.volume,destination=/path/in/container,ro=true
 ## assert-podman-args-key-val "--mount" "," "type=tmpfs,tmpfs-size=512M,destination=/path/in/container"
 Mount=type=tmpfs,tmpfs-size=512M,destination=/path/in/container
 ## assert-podman-args-key-val "--mount" "," "type=image,source=fedora,destination=/fedora-image,rw=true"
 Mount=type=image,source=fedora,destination=/fedora-image,rw=true
+## assert-podman-args-key-val "--mount" "," "type=image,source=localhost/imagename,destination=/fedora-image,rw=true"
+Mount=type=image,source=basic.image,destination=/fedora-image,rw=true
 ## assert-podman-args-key-val "--mount" "," "type=devpts,destination=/dev/pts"
 Mount=type=devpts,destination=/dev/pts
 ## assert-podman-args-key-val-regex "--mount" "," "type=bind,source=.*/podman-e2e-.*/subtest-.*/quadlet/path/on/host,destination=/path/in/container"
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
index ffed49a8a2..2238adc3ce 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
@@ -1094,7 +1094,7 @@ BOGUS=foo
 
 			runSuccessQuadletTestCase(fileName)
 		},
-		Entry("Container - Mount", "mount.container", []string{"basic.volume"}),
+		Entry("Container - Mount", "mount.container", []string{"basic.image", "basic.volume"}),
 		Entry("Container - Quadlet Network", "network.quadlet.container", []string{"basic.network"}),
 		Entry("Container - Quadlet Volume", "volume.container", []string{"basic.volume"}),
 		Entry("Container - Mount overriding service name", "mount.servicename.container", []string{"service-name.volume"}),