diff --git a/common/pkg/config/config_darwin.go b/common/pkg/config/config_darwin.go
index 5283665e17..13bd3a3769 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/config_darwin.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/config_darwin.go
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultContainersConfig holds the default containers config path
 	DefaultContainersConfig = "/usr/share/" + _configPath
+
+	// DefaultSignaturePolicyPath is the default value for the
+	// policy.json file.
+	DefaultSignaturePolicyPath = "/etc/containers/policy.json"
 )
 
 // podman remote clients on darwin cannot use unshare.isRootless() to determine the configuration file locations.
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/config_freebsd.go b/common/pkg/config/config_freebsd.go
index d698123566..903f0b47ce 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/config_freebsd.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/config_freebsd.go
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultContainersConfig holds the default containers config path
 	DefaultContainersConfig = "/usr/local/share/" + _configPath
+
+	// DefaultSignaturePolicyPath is the default value for the
+	// policy.json file.
+	DefaultSignaturePolicyPath = "/usr/local/etc/containers/policy.json"
 )
 
 // podman remote clients on freebsd cannot use unshare.isRootless() to determine the configuration file locations.
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/config_linux.go b/common/pkg/config/config_linux.go
index 0f622bb787..4ce5d03209 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/config_linux.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/config_linux.go
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultContainersConfig holds the default containers config path
 	DefaultContainersConfig = "/usr/share/" + _configPath
+
+	// DefaultSignaturePolicyPath is the default value for the
+	// policy.json file.
+	DefaultSignaturePolicyPath = "/etc/containers/policy.json"
 )
 
 func selinuxEnabled() bool {
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/config_windows.go b/common/pkg/config/config_windows.go
index 6c9d58485c..b5838072eb 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/config_windows.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/config_windows.go
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ const (
 
 	// DefaultContainersConfig holds the default containers config path
 	DefaultContainersConfig = "/usr/share/" + _configPath
+
+	// DefaultSignaturePolicyPath is the default value for the
+	// policy.json file.
+	DefaultSignaturePolicyPath = "/etc/containers/policy.json"
 )
 
 // podman remote clients on windows cannot use unshare.isRootless() to determine the configuration file locations.
diff --git a/common/pkg/config/default.go b/common/pkg/config/default.go
index d15fa01fd3..5f083156b6 100644
--- a/common/pkg/config/default.go
+++ b/common/pkg/config/default.go
@@ -149,9 +149,6 @@ const (
 	DefaultPidsLimit = 2048
 	// DefaultPullPolicy pulls the image if it does not exist locally.
 	DefaultPullPolicy = "missing"
-	// DefaultSignaturePolicyPath is the default value for the
-	// policy.json file.
-	DefaultSignaturePolicyPath = "/etc/containers/policy.json"
 	// DefaultSubnet is the subnet that will be used for the default
 	// network.
 	DefaultSubnet = "10.88.0.0/16"