diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go
index 1559bfbbcb..e78157c5b5 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ func KubePlay(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		NoTrunc          bool              `schema:"noTrunc"`
 		Replace          bool              `schema:"replace"`
 		PublishPorts     []string          `schema:"publishPorts"`
+		PublishAllPorts  bool              `schema:"publishAllPorts"`
 		ServiceContainer bool              `schema:"serviceContainer"`
 		Start            bool              `schema:"start"`
 		StaticIPs        []string          `schema:"staticIPs"`
@@ -97,6 +98,7 @@ func KubePlay(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		NoHosts:            query.NoHosts,
 		Password:           password,
 		PublishPorts:       query.PublishPorts,
+		PublishAllPorts:    query.PublishAllPorts,
 		Quiet:              true,
 		Replace:            query.Replace,
 		ServiceContainer:   query.ServiceContainer,
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/register_kube.go b/pkg/api/server/register_kube.go
index a944c52a3b..188c9fe441 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/register_kube.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/register_kube.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func (s *APIServer) registerKubeHandlers(r *mux.Router) error {
 	//    items:
 	//         type: string
 	//  - in: query
+	//    name: publishAllPorts
+	//    type: boolean
+	//    description: Whether to publish all ports defined in the K8S YAML file (containerPort, hostPort), if false only hostPort will be published
+	//  - in: query
 	//    name: replace
 	//    type: boolean
 	//    default: false
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index 8581af4384..f4c1a739bd 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -5644,6 +5644,18 @@ spec:
 		testHTTPServer("19003", false, "podman rulez")
 	})
 
+	It("podman play kube should publish containerPort with --publish-all", func() {
+		SkipIfRootless("rootlessport can't expose privileged port 80")
+		err := writeYaml(publishPortsPodWithContainerPort, kubeYaml)
+		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
+
+		kube := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"kube", "play", "--publish-all=true", kubeYaml})
+		kube.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(kube).Should(Exit(0))
+
+		testHTTPServer("80", false, "podman rulez")
+	})
+
 	It("with Host Ports - curl should succeed", func() {
 		err := writeYaml(publishPortsPodWithContainerHostPort, kubeYaml)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())