diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_common.go b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
index a389abe4eb..7dfceac8a6 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_common.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_common.go
@@ -2203,6 +2203,12 @@ func (c *Container) getHostsEntries() (etchosts.HostEntries, error) {
 	switch {
 	case c.config.NetMode.IsBridge():
 		entries = etchosts.GetNetworkHostEntries(c.state.NetworkStatus, names...)
+	case c.config.NetMode.IsPasta():
+		ip, err := getPastaIP(c.state)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		entries = etchosts.HostEntries{{IP: ip.String(), Names: names}}
 	case c.config.NetMode.IsSlirp4netns():
 		ip, err := getSlirp4netnsIP(c.slirp4netnsSubnet)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/libpod/networking_freebsd.go b/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
index aa0f9bbb3a..ab2d4557de 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
@@ -271,3 +271,7 @@ func (c *Container) reloadRootlessRLKPortMapping() error {
 func (c *Container) setupRootlessNetwork() error {
 	return nil
 }
+
+func getPastaIP(state *ContainerState) (net.IP, error) {
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("pasta networking is Linux only")
+}
diff --git a/libpod/networking_linux.go b/libpod/networking_linux.go
index 8e45759153..b8485a2844 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_linux.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/common/libnetwork/resolvconf"
 	"github.com/containers/common/libnetwork/slirp4netns"
 	"github.com/containers/common/libnetwork/types"
+	netUtil "github.com/containers/common/libnetwork/util"
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/netns"
 	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v4/pkg/rootless"
@@ -757,3 +758,13 @@ func (c *Container) inspectJoinedNetworkNS(networkns string) (q types.StatusBloc
 	})
 	return result, err
 }
+
+func getPastaIP(state *ContainerState) (net.IP, error) {
+	var ip string
+	err := ns.WithNetNSPath(state.NetNS, func(_ ns.NetNS) error {
+		// get the first ip in the netns
+		ip = netUtil.GetLocalIP()
+		return nil
+	})
+	return net.ParseIP(ip), err
+}
diff --git a/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats b/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
index e3f0e97f8a..137bf4f7ee 100644
--- a/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
+++ b/test/system/505-networking-pasta.bats
@@ -235,6 +235,21 @@ function teardown() {
            "Container has IPv6 global address with IPv6 disabled"
 }
 
+@test "podman networking with pasta(1) - podman puts pasta IP in /etc/hosts" {
+    skip_if_no_ipv4 "IPv4 not routable on the host"
+
+    pname="p$(random_string 30)"
+    ip="$(default_addr 4)"
+
+    run_podman pod create --net=pasta --name "${pname}"
+    run_podman run --pod="${pname}" "${IMAGE}" getent hosts "${pname}"
+
+    assert "$(echo ${output} | cut -f1 -d' ')" = "${ip}" "Correct /etc/hsots entry missing"
+
+    run_podman pod rm "${pname}"
+    run_podman rmi $(pause_image)
+}
+
 ### Routes #####################################################################
 
 @test "podman networking with pasta(1) - IPv4 default route" {