diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md b/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md
index 3390e0651c..a44acbf695 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/options/mount.md
@@ -6,25 +6,28 @@
 
 Attach a filesystem mount to the container
 
-Current supported mount TYPEs are **bind**, **devpts**, **glob**, **image**, **tmpfs** and **volume**. <sup>[[1]](#Footnote1)</sup>
+Current supported mount TYPEs are **bind**, **devpts**, **glob**, **image**, **ramfs**, **tmpfs** and **volume**. <sup>[[1]](#Footnote1)</sup>
 
        e.g.
-
        type=bind,source=/path/on/host,destination=/path/in/container
 
        type=bind,src=/path/on/host,dst=/path/in/container,relabel=shared
 
        type=bind,src=/path/on/host,dst=/path/in/container,relabel=shared,U=true
 
+       type=devpts,destination=/dev/pts
+
        type=glob,src=/usr/lib/libfoo*,destination=/usr/lib,ro=true
 
-       type=volume,source=vol1,destination=/path/in/container,ro=true
-
-       type=tmpfs,tmpfs-size=512M,destination=/path/in/container
-
        type=image,source=fedora,destination=/fedora-image,rw=true
 
-       type=devpts,destination=/dev/pts
+       type=ramfs,tmpfs-size=512M,destination=/path/in/container
+
+       type=tmpfs,tmpfs-size=512M,destination=/path/in/container
+
+       type=tmpfs,destination=/path/in/container,noswap
+
+       type=volume,source=vol1,destination=/path/in/container,ro=true
 
        Common Options:
 
@@ -72,17 +75,17 @@ Current supported mount TYPEs are **bind**, **devpts**, **glob**, **image**, **t
 
 	      . U, chown: true or false (default). Change recursively the owner and group of the source volume based on the UID and GID of the container.
 
-       Options specific to tmpfs:
+       Options specific to tmpfs and ramfs:
 
 	      · ro, readonly: true or false (default).
 
-	      · tmpfs-size: Size of the tmpfs mount in bytes. Unlimited by default in Linux.
+	      · tmpfs-size: Size of the tmpfs/ramfs mount in bytes. Unlimited by default in Linux.
 
-	      · tmpfs-mode: File mode of the tmpfs in octal. (e.g. 700 or 0700.) Defaults to 1777 in Linux.
+	      · tmpfs-mode: File mode of the tmpfs/ramfs in octal. (e.g. 700 or 0700.) Defaults to 1777 in Linux.
 
-	      · tmpcopyup: Enable copyup from the image directory at the same location to the tmpfs. Used by default.
+	      · tmpcopyup: Enable copyup from the image directory at the same location to the tmpfs/ramfs. Used by default.
 
-	      · notmpcopyup: Disable copying files from the image to the tmpfs.
+	      · notmpcopyup: Disable copying files from the image to the tmpfs/ramfs.
 
 	      . U, chown: true or false (default). Change recursively the owner and group of the source volume based on the UID and GID of the container.
 
diff --git a/libpod/define/mount.go b/libpod/define/mount.go
index db444fd834..83e643f897 100644
--- a/libpod/define/mount.go
+++ b/libpod/define/mount.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package define
 
 const (
-	// TypeVolume is the type for named volumes
-	TypeVolume = "volume"
-	// TypeTmpfs is the type for mounting tmpfs
-	TypeTmpfs = "tmpfs"
 	// TypeDevpts is the type for creating a devpts
 	TypeDevpts = "devpts"
+	// TypeTmpfs is the type for mounting tmpfs
+	TypeTmpfs = "tmpfs"
+	// TypeRamfs is the type for mounting ramfs
+	TypeRamfs = "ramfs"
+	// TypeVolume is the type for named volumes
+	TypeVolume = "volume"
 )
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go b/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
index 6dae9d1b66..06ad6b4f17 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/volumes.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/rootless"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/specgen"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/util"
 	spec "github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
@@ -211,8 +212,8 @@ func Mounts(mountFlag []string, configMounts []string) (map[string]spec.Mount, m
 					}
 					finalMounts[mount.Destination] = mount
 				}
-			case define.TypeTmpfs:
-				mount, err := getTmpfsMount(tokens)
+			case define.TypeTmpfs, define.TypeRamfs:
+				mount, err := parseMemoryMount(tokens, mountType)
 				if err != nil {
 					return err
 				}
@@ -282,7 +283,7 @@ func Mounts(mountFlag []string, configMounts []string) (map[string]spec.Mount, m
 }
 
 func parseMountOptions(mountType string, args []string) (*spec.Mount, error) {
-	var setTmpcopyup, setRORW, setSuid, setDev, setExec, setRelabel, setOwnership bool
+	var setTmpcopyup, setRORW, setSuid, setDev, setExec, setRelabel, setOwnership, setSwap bool
 
 	mnt := spec.Mount{}
 	for _, val := range args {
@@ -359,6 +360,15 @@ func parseMountOptions(mountType string, args []string) (*spec.Mount, error) {
 			}
 			setSuid = true
 			mnt.Options = append(mnt.Options, kv[0])
+		case "noswap":
+			if setSwap {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot pass 'noswap' mnt.Options more than once: %w", errOptionArg)
+			}
+			if rootless.IsRootless() {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the 'noswap' option is only allowed with rootful tmpfs mounts: %w", errOptionArg)
+			}
+			setSwap = true
+			mnt.Options = append(mnt.Options, kv[0])
 		case "relabel":
 			if setRelabel {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("cannot pass 'relabel' option more than once: %w", errOptionArg)
@@ -525,11 +535,11 @@ func getBindMount(args []string) (spec.Mount, error) {
 	return newMount, nil
 }
 
-// Parse a single tmpfs mount entry from the --mount flag
-func getTmpfsMount(args []string) (spec.Mount, error) {
+// Parse a single tmpfs/ramfs mount entry from the --mount flag
+func parseMemoryMount(args []string, mountType string) (spec.Mount, error) {
 	newMount := spec.Mount{
-		Type:   define.TypeTmpfs,
-		Source: define.TypeTmpfs,
+		Type:   mountType,
+		Source: mountType,
 	}
 
 	var err error
diff --git a/pkg/util/mountOpts.go b/pkg/util/mountOpts.go
index f9aeaba26d..a65dcfbba9 100644
--- a/pkg/util/mountOpts.go
+++ b/pkg/util/mountOpts.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/libpod/define"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/rootless"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ type defaultMountOptions struct {
 // The sourcePath variable, if not empty, contains a bind mount source.
 func ProcessOptions(options []string, isTmpfs bool, sourcePath string) ([]string, error) {
 	var (
-		foundWrite, foundSize, foundProp, foundMode, foundExec, foundSuid, foundDev, foundCopyUp, foundBind, foundZ, foundU, foundOverlay, foundIdmap, foundCopy bool
+		foundWrite, foundSize, foundProp, foundMode, foundExec, foundSuid, foundDev, foundCopyUp, foundBind, foundZ, foundU, foundOverlay, foundIdmap, foundCopy, foundNoSwap bool
 	)
 
 	newOptions := make([]string, 0, len(options))
@@ -133,6 +134,20 @@ func ProcessOptions(options []string, isTmpfs bool, sourcePath string) ([]string
 			foundCopyUp = true
 			// do not propagate notmpcopyup to the OCI runtime
 			continue
+		case "noswap":
+
+			if !isTmpfs {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the 'noswap' option is only allowed with tmpfs mounts: %w", ErrBadMntOption)
+			}
+			if rootless.IsRootless() {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the 'noswap' option is only allowed with rootful tmpfs mounts: %w", ErrBadMntOption)
+			}
+			if foundNoSwap {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the 'tmpswap' option can only be set once: %w", ErrDupeMntOption)
+			}
+			foundNoSwap = true
+			newOptions = append(newOptions, opt)
+			continue
 		case define.TypeBind, "rbind":
 			if isTmpfs {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("the 'bind' and 'rbind' options are not allowed with tmpfs mounts: %w", ErrBadMntOption)
diff --git a/test/system/060-mount.bats b/test/system/060-mount.bats
index 3a12903349..25587785d0 100644
--- a/test/system/060-mount.bats
+++ b/test/system/060-mount.bats
@@ -294,4 +294,18 @@ EOF
     is "$output" "bar1.*bar2.*bar3" "Should match multiple source files on single destination directory"
 }
 
+@test "podman mount noswap memory mounts" {
+    # if volumes source and dest match then pass
+    run_podman run --rm --mount type=ramfs,destination=${PODMAN_TMPDIR} $IMAGE stat -f -c "%T" ${PODMAN_TMPDIR}
+    is "$output" "ramfs" "ramfs mounted"
+
+    if is_rootless; then
+        run_podman 125 run --rm --mount type=tmpfs,destination=${PODMAN_TMPDIR},noswap  $IMAGE stat -f -c "%T" ${PODMAN_TMPDIR}
+        is "$output" "Error: the 'noswap' option is only allowed with rootful tmpfs mounts: must provide an argument for option" "noswap not supported in rootless mode"
+    else
+        run_podman run --rm --mount type=tmpfs,destination=${PODMAN_TMPDIR},noswap  $IMAGE sh -c "mount| grep ${PODMAN_TMPDIR}"
+        is "$output" ".*noswap" "tmpfs noswap mounted"
+    fi
+}
+
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