diff --git a/libpod/container_top_linux.c b/libpod/container_top_linux.c
index a7192c54c2..636a82699f 100644
--- a/libpod/container_top_linux.c
+++ b/libpod/container_top_linux.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
 #include <errno.h>
+#include <sched.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <sys/mount.h>
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@
 
 /* keep special_exit_code in sync with container_top_linux.go */
 int special_exit_code = 255;
+int join_userns = 0;
 char **argv = NULL;
 
 void
@@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ set_argv (int pos, char *arg)
   argv[pos] = arg;
 }
 
+void
+set_userns ()
+{
+  join_userns = 1;
+}
+
 /*
   We use cgo code here so we can fork then exec separately,
   this is done so we can mount proc after the fork because the pid namespace is
@@ -64,6 +72,23 @@ fork_exec_ps ()
           fprintf (stderr, "mount proc: %m");
           exit (special_exit_code);
         }
+      if (join_userns)
+        {
+          // join the userns to make sure uid mapping match
+          // we are already part of the pidns so so pid 1 is the main container process
+          r = open ("/proc/1/ns/user", O_CLOEXEC | O_RDONLY);
+          if (r < 0)
+            {
+              fprintf (stderr, "open /proc/1/ns/user: %m");
+              exit (special_exit_code);
+            }
+          if ((status = setns (r, CLONE_NEWUSER)) < 0)
+            {
+              fprintf (stderr, "setns NEWUSER: %m");
+              exit (special_exit_code);
+            }
+        }
+
       /* use execve to unset all env vars, we do not want to leak anything into the container */
       execve (argv[0], argv, NULL);
       fprintf (stderr, "execve: %m");
diff --git a/libpod/container_top_linux.go b/libpod/container_top_linux.go
index 7dff973186..0b85a5a705 100644
--- a/libpod/container_top_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_top_linux.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import (
 void fork_exec_ps();
 void create_argv(int len);
 void set_argv(int pos, char *arg);
+void set_userns();
 */
 import "C"
 
@@ -56,13 +57,13 @@ func podmanTopMain() {
 	os.Exit(0)
 }
 
-// podmanTopInner os.Args = {command name} {pid} {psPath} [args...]
+// podmanTopInner os.Args = {command name} {pid} {userns(1/0)} {psPath} [args...]
 // We are rexxec'd in a new mountns, then we need to set some security settings in order
 // to safely execute ps in the container pid namespace. Most notably make sure podman and
 // ps are read only to prevent a process from overwriting it.
 func podmanTopInner() error {
-	if len(os.Args) < 3 {
-		return fmt.Errorf("internal error, need at least two arguments")
+	if len(os.Args) < 4 {
+		return fmt.Errorf("internal error, need at least three arguments")
 	}
 
 	// We have to lock the thread as we a) switch namespace below and b) use PR_SET_PDEATHSIG
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func podmanTopInner() error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("make / mount private: %w", err)
 	}
 
-	psPath := os.Args[2]
+	psPath := os.Args[3]
 
 	// try to mount everything read only
 	if err := unix.MountSetattr(0, "/", unix.AT_RECURSIVE, &unix.MountAttr{
@@ -122,8 +123,13 @@ func podmanTopInner() error {
 	}
 	pidFD.Close()
 
+	userns := os.Args[2]
+	if userns == "1" {
+		C.set_userns()
+	}
+
 	args := []string{psPath}
-	args = append(args, os.Args[3:]...)
+	args = append(args, os.Args[4:]...)
 
 	C.create_argv(C.int(len(args)))
 	for i, arg := range args {
@@ -317,7 +323,14 @@ func (c *Container) execPS(psArgs []string) ([]string, bool, error) {
 		wPipe.Close()
 		return nil, true, err
 	}
-	args := append([]string{podmanTopCommand, strconv.Itoa(c.state.PID), psPath}, psArgs...)
+
+	// see podmanTopInner()
+	userns := "0"
+	if len(c.config.IDMappings.UIDMap) > 0 {
+		userns = "1"
+	}
+
+	args := append([]string{podmanTopCommand, strconv.Itoa(c.state.PID), userns, psPath}, psArgs...)
 
 	cmd := reexec.Command(args...)
 	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
diff --git a/test/e2e/top_test.go b/test/e2e/top_test.go
index d67c607735..262b62111a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/top_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/top_test.go
@@ -119,6 +119,18 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman top", func() {
 		exec := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"top", session.OutputToString(), "aux"})
 		exec.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(exec).Should(ExitWithError(125, "OCI runtime attempted to invoke a command that was not found"))
+
+		session = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "-d", "--uidmap=0:1000:1000", "--user", "9", fedoraMinimal, "sleep", "inf"})
+		session.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(session).Should(ExitCleanly())
+
+		result = podmanTest.Podman([]string{"top", session.OutputToString(), "-ef", "hn"})
+		result.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(result).Should(ExitCleanly())
+		output := result.OutputToString()
+		Expect(output).To(ContainSubstring("sleep inf"))
+		// check for https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/22293
+		Expect(output).To(HavePrefix("9 "), "user id of process")
 	})
 
 	It("podman top with comma-separated options", func() {