diff --git a/types/options.go b/types/options.go
index f1a900b8d8..4aaa91c0c0 100644
--- a/types/options.go
+++ b/types/options.go
@@ -457,8 +457,11 @@ func ReloadConfigurationFile(configFile string, storeOptions *StoreOptions) erro
 	if config.Storage.RootlessStoragePath != "" {
 		storeOptions.RootlessStoragePath = config.Storage.RootlessStoragePath
 	}
-	for _, s := range config.Storage.Options.AdditionalImageStores {
-		storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions = append(storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.imagestore=%s", config.Storage.Driver, s))
+	if len(config.Storage.Options.AdditionalImageStores) > 0 {
+		imageStore := config.Storage.Options.AdditionalImageStores[0]
+		additionalImageStores := strings.Join(config.Storage.Options.AdditionalImageStores, ",")
+		storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions = append(storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.imagestore=%s", config.Storage.Driver, imageStore))
+		storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions = append(storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.additionalimagestores=%s", config.Storage.Driver, additionalImageStores))
 	}
 	for _, s := range config.Storage.Options.AdditionalLayerStores {
 		storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions = append(storeOptions.GraphDriverOptions, fmt.Sprintf("%s.additionallayerstore=%s", config.Storage.Driver, s))
diff --git a/types/options_test.go b/types/options_test.go
index dd0de0fc9c..01ce065ca6 100644
--- a/types/options_test.go
+++ b/types/options_test.go
@@ -125,13 +125,52 @@ func TestGetRootlessStorageOpts2(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestReloadConfigurationFile(t *testing.T) {
-	content := bytes.NewBufferString("")
-	logrus.SetOutput(content)
-	var storageOpts StoreOptions
-	err := ReloadConfigurationFile("./storage_broken.conf", &storageOpts)
-	require.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, storageOpts.RunRoot, "/run/containers/test")
-	logrus.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, strings.Contains(content.String(), "Failed to decode the keys [\\\"foo\\\" \\\"storage.options.graphroot\\\"] from \\\"./storage_broken.conf\\\"\""), true)
+	t.Run("broken", func(t *testing.T) {
+		content := bytes.NewBufferString("")
+		logrus.SetOutput(content)
+		var storageOpts StoreOptions
+		err := ReloadConfigurationFile("./storage_broken.conf", &storageOpts)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Equal(t, storageOpts.RunRoot, "/run/containers/test")
+		logrus.SetOutput(os.Stderr)
+		assert.Equal(t, strings.Contains(content.String(), "Failed to decode the keys [\\\"foo\\\" \\\"storage.options.graphroot\\\"] from \\\"./storage_broken.conf\\\"\""), true)
+	})
+	t.Run("imagestore-empty", func(t *testing.T) {
+		expectedStore := ""
+		expectedAdditionalStores := ""
+		var storageOpts StoreOptions
+		err := ReloadConfigurationFile("./storage_test.conf", &storageOpts)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		var actualStore, actualAdditionalStores string
+		for _, o := range storageOpts.GraphDriverOptions {
+			option := strings.Split(o, "=")
+			switch option[0] {
+			case storageOpts.GraphDriverName + ".imagestore":
+				actualStore = option[1]
+			case storageOpts.GraphDriverName + ".additionalimagestores":
+				actualAdditionalStores = option[1]
+			}
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, actualStore, expectedStore)
+		assert.Equal(t, actualAdditionalStores, expectedAdditionalStores)
+	})
+	t.Run("imagestore-many", func(t *testing.T) {
+		expectedStore := "/var/lib/containers/storage1"
+		expectedAdditionalStores := "/var/lib/containers/storage1,/var/lib/containers/storage2"
+		var storageOpts StoreOptions
+		err := ReloadConfigurationFile("./storage_imagestores_test.conf", &storageOpts)
+		require.NoError(t, err)
+		var actualStore, actualAdditionalStores string
+		for _, o := range storageOpts.GraphDriverOptions {
+			option := strings.Split(o, "=")
+			switch option[0] {
+			case storageOpts.GraphDriverName + ".imagestore":
+				actualStore = option[1]
+			case storageOpts.GraphDriverName + ".additionalimagestores":
+				actualAdditionalStores = option[1]
+			}
+		}
+		assert.Equal(t, actualStore, expectedStore)
+		assert.Equal(t, actualAdditionalStores, expectedAdditionalStores)
+	})
 }
diff --git a/types/storage_imagestores_test.conf b/types/storage_imagestores_test.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5caad38101
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/storage_imagestores_test.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[storage.options]
+additionalimagestores = [
+    "/var/lib/containers/storage1",
+    "/var/lib/containers/storage2"
+]