diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go
index 19a541b4ec..80d7d7f316 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_create.go
@@ -435,6 +435,7 @@ func cliOpts(cc handlers.CreateContainerConfig, rtc *config.Config) (*entities.C
 		Rm:                cc.HostConfig.AutoRemove,
 		SecurityOpt:       cc.HostConfig.SecurityOpt,
 		StopSignal:        cc.Config.StopSignal,
+		StopTimeout:       rtc.Engine.StopTimeout, // podman default
 		StorageOpts:       stringMaptoArray(cc.HostConfig.StorageOpt),
 		Sysctl:            stringMaptoArray(cc.HostConfig.Sysctls),
 		Systemd:           "true", // podman default
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
index f11a92085f..63d0f657b9 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/play.go
@@ -65,6 +65,10 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) createServiceContainer(ctx context.Context, name stri
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("image for service container: %w", err)
 	}
 
+	rtc, err := ic.Libpod.GetConfigNoCopy()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	ctrOpts := entities.ContainerCreateOptions{
 		// Inherited from infra containers
 		ImageVolume:      define.TypeBind,
@@ -73,7 +77,8 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) createServiceContainer(ctx context.Context, name stri
 		ReadOnly:         true,
 		ReadWriteTmpFS:   false,
 		// No need to spin up slirp etc.
-		Net: &entities.NetOptions{Network: specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.NoNetwork}},
+		Net:         &entities.NetOptions{Network: specgen.Namespace{NSMode: specgen.NoNetwork}},
+		StopTimeout: rtc.Engine.StopTimeout,
 	}
 
 	// Create and fill out the runtime spec.
diff --git a/test/apiv2/20-containers.at b/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
index 92074b0b28..a0a652ac60 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/20-containers.at
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ cid_top=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
 t GET containers/${cid_top}/json 200 \
   .Config.Entrypoint[0]="top" \
   .Config.Cmd='[]' \
+  .Config.StopTimeout="10" \
   .Path="top" \
   .NetworkSettings.Networks.podman.NetworkID=podman
 t POST  containers/${cid_top}/start 204
diff --git a/test/system/700-play.bats b/test/system/700-play.bats
index 122e4ccc45..efa8eced50 100644
--- a/test/system/700-play.bats
+++ b/test/system/700-play.bats
@@ -206,6 +206,9 @@ EOF
     run_podman container inspect $service_container --format "{{.State.Running}}"
     is "$output" "true"
 
+    run_podman container inspect $service_container --format '{{.Config.StopTimeout}}'
+    is "$output" "10" "StopTimeout should be initialized to 10"
+
     # Stop the *main* container and make sure that
     #  1) The pod transitions to Exited
     #  2) The service container is stopped