diff --git a/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md b/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md
index 638c393d25..b35f340cc9 100644
--- a/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md
+++ b/common/docs/containers.conf.5.md
@@ -378,6 +378,10 @@ Environment variables to be used when running the container engine (e.g., Podman
 Note these environment variables will not be used within the container. Set the env section under [containers] table,
 if you want to set environment variables for the container.
 
+**events_logfile_path**=""
+
+Define where event logs will be stored, when events_logger is "file".
+
 **events_logger**="journald"
 
 Default method to use when logging events.
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/config_test.go b/common/pkg/config/config_test.go
index 812e1c9308..14f2c42161 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/config_test.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/config_test.go
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ image_copy_tmp_dir="storage"`
 				gomega.Expect(config.Engine.EventsLogger).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo("file"))
 				gomega.Expect(config.Containers.LogDriver).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo("k8s-file"))
 			}
+			gomega.Expect(config.Engine.EventsLogFilePath).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo(config.Engine.TmpDir + "/events/events.log"))
 
 		})
 
@@ -380,6 +381,7 @@ image_copy_tmp_dir="storage"`
 			gomega.Expect(config.Containers.LogSizeMax).To(gomega.Equal(int64(100000)))
 			gomega.Expect(config.Engine.ImageParallelCopies).To(gomega.Equal(uint(10)))
 			gomega.Expect(config.Engine.ImageDefaultFormat).To(gomega.Equal("v2s2"))
+			gomega.Expect(config.Engine.EventsLogFilePath).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo("/tmp/events.log"))
 			path, err := config.ImageCopyTmpDir()
 			gomega.Expect(err).To(gomega.BeNil())
 			gomega.Expect(path).To(gomega.BeEquivalentTo("/tmp/foobar"))
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/containers.conf b/common/pkg/config/containers.conf
index 4e8ad21f8b..10a65437f4 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/containers.conf
+++ b/common/pkg/config/containers.conf
@@ -351,6 +351,9 @@ default_sysctls = [
 #
 #env = []
 
+# Define where event logs will be stored, when events_logger is "file".
+#events_logfile_path=""
+
 # Selects which logging mechanism to use for container engine events.
 # Valid values are `journald`, `file` and `none`.
 #
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/testdata/containers_override.conf b/common/pkg/config/testdata/containers_override.conf
index cde9d3d85d..563847158d 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/testdata/containers_override.conf
+++ b/common/pkg/config/testdata/containers_override.conf
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ log_size_max = 100000
 image_parallel_copies=10
 image_default_format="v2s2"
 image_copy_tmp_dir="/tmp/foobar"
+events_logfile_path = "/tmp/events.log"
 
 [secrets]
 driver = "pass"