diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/images_remove.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/images_remove.go
index 71d6a644f0..58bdf5f2a0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/images_remove.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/images_remove.go
@@ -29,11 +29,6 @@ func RemoveImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		utils.Error(w, http.StatusBadRequest, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse parameters for %s: %w", r.URL.String(), err))
 		return
 	}
-	if _, found := r.URL.Query()["noprune"]; found {
-		if query.NoPrune {
-			utils.UnSupportedParameter("noprune")
-		}
-	}
 	name := utils.GetName(r)
 	possiblyNormalizedName, err := utils.NormalizeToDockerHub(r, name)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -44,7 +39,8 @@ func RemoveImage(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	imageEngine := abi.ImageEngine{Libpod: runtime}
 
 	options := entities.ImageRemoveOptions{
-		Force: query.Force,
+		Force:   query.Force,
+		NoPrune: query.NoPrune,
 	}
 	report, rmerrors := imageEngine.Remove(r.Context(), []string{possiblyNormalizedName}, options)
 	if len(rmerrors) > 0 && rmerrors[0] != nil {
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/register_images.go b/pkg/api/server/register_images.go
index 7172cf6c5f..318b1f1c70 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/register_images.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/register_images.go
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ func (s *APIServer) registerImagesHandlers(r *mux.Router) error {
 	//  - in: query
 	//    name: noprune
 	//    type: boolean
-	//    description: not supported. will be logged as an invalid parameter if enabled
+	//    description: do not remove dangling parent images
 	// produces:
 	//  - application/json
 	// responses:
diff --git a/test/apiv2/10-images.at b/test/apiv2/10-images.at
index 733a56f448..91355822fa 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/10-images.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/10-images.at
@@ -266,4 +266,34 @@ t GET "libpod/events?stream=false&since=$START"  200  \
 t GET "events?stream=false&since=$START"  200  \
   'select(.status | contains("delete")).Action=delete'
 
+# Test image removal with `noprune={true,false}`
+podman create --name c_test1 $IMAGE true
+podman commit -q c_test1 i_test1
+podman create --name c_test2 i_test1 true
+podman commit -q c_test2 i_test2
+podman create --name c_test3 i_test2 true
+podman commit -q c_test3 i_test3
+
+t GET libpod/images/i_test1/json 200
+iid_test1=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
+t GET libpod/images/i_test2/json 200
+iid_test2=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
+t GET libpod/images/i_test3/json 200
+iid_test3=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
+
+podman untag $iid_test1
+podman untag $iid_test2
+
+podman rm -af
+
+# Deleting i_test3 with --no-prune must not remove _2 and _1.
+t DELETE images/$iid_test3?noprune=true  200
+t GET libpod/images/i_test3/exists    404
+t GET libpod/images/$iid_test1/exists 204
+t GET libpod/images/$iid_test2/exists 204
+
+t DELETE images/$iid_test2?noprune=false 200
+t GET libpod/images/$iid_test1/exists 404
+t GET libpod/images/$iid_test2/exists 404
+
 # vim: filetype=sh