diff --git a/libpod/container.go b/libpod/container.go
index 1f5d2298a6..a6a509ae6c 100644
--- a/libpod/container.go
+++ b/libpod/container.go
@@ -669,6 +669,14 @@ func (c *Container) LogTag() string {
 	return c.config.LogTag
 }
 
+// LogSizeMax returns the maximum size of the container's log file.
+func (c *Container) LogSizeMax() int64 {
+	if c.config.LogSize > 0 {
+		return c.config.LogSize
+	}
+	return c.runtime.config.Containers.LogSizeMax
+}
+
 // RestartPolicy returns the container's restart policy.
 func (c *Container) RestartPolicy() string {
 	return c.config.RestartPolicy
diff --git a/libpod/container_config.go b/libpod/container_config.go
index 261158bf49..eaf2d8e907 100644
--- a/libpod/container_config.go
+++ b/libpod/container_config.go
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ type ContainerMiscConfig struct {
 	LogPath string `json:"logPath"`
 	// LogTag is the tag used for logging
 	LogTag string `json:"logTag"`
-	// LogSize is the tag used for logging
+	// LogSize is the maximum size of the container's log file
 	LogSize int64 `json:"logSize"`
 	// LogDriver driver for logs
 	LogDriver string `json:"logDriver"`
diff --git a/libpod/container_inspect.go b/libpod/container_inspect.go
index e893d6fb3b..735d626abb 100644
--- a/libpod/container_inspect.go
+++ b/libpod/container_inspect.go
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ func (c *Container) generateInspectContainerHostConfig(ctrSpec *spec.Spec, named
 	logConfig := new(define.InspectLogConfig)
 	logConfig.Type = c.config.LogDriver
 	logConfig.Path = c.config.LogPath
-	logConfig.Size = units.HumanSize(float64(c.config.LogSize))
+	logConfig.Size = units.HumanSize(float64(c.LogSizeMax()))
 	logConfig.Tag = c.config.LogTag
 
 	hostConfig.LogConfig = logConfig
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
index 1b0f4c42da..02fecd21f1 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_common.go
@@ -1342,10 +1342,7 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) sharedConmonArgs(ctr *Container, cuuid, bundlePath, p
 	logrus.Debugf("%s messages will be logged to syslog", r.conmonPath)
 	args = append(args, "--syslog")
 
-	size := r.logSizeMax
-	if ctr.config.LogSize > 0 {
-		size = ctr.config.LogSize
-	}
+	size := ctr.LogSizeMax()
 	if size > 0 {
 		args = append(args, "--log-size-max", strconv.FormatInt(size, 10))
 	}
diff --git a/test/system/030-run.bats b/test/system/030-run.bats
index 83c5f92eda..ce36b85ab0 100644
--- a/test/system/030-run.bats
+++ b/test/system/030-run.bats
@@ -1804,4 +1804,27 @@ RUN umount /etc/hostname; rm /etc/hostname
     run_podman rmi $randomname
 }
 
+@test "podman run --log-opt size= and containers.conf log_size_max" {
+    skip_if_remote "remote does not support CONTAINERS_CONF"
+
+    containersconf=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/containers.conf
+    cat >$containersconf <<EOF
+[containers]
+log_driver = "k8s-file"
+log_size_max = 400000000
+EOF
+
+    c1name=c1_$(safename)
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman create --name $c1name $IMAGE ls /
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman inspect --format '{{ .HostConfig.LogConfig.Size }}' $c1name
+    is "$output" "400MB"
+
+    c2name=c2_$(safename)
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman create --name $c2name --log-opt max-size=8000 $IMAGE ls /
+    CONTAINERS_CONF_OVERRIDE="$containersconf" run_podman inspect --format '{{ .HostConfig.LogConfig.Size }}' $c2name
+    is "$output" "8kB"
+
+    run_podman rm -f $c1name $c2name
+}
+
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