diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
index 54ab054ee2..bcae4af627 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
@@ -880,6 +880,8 @@ Valid options for `[Pod]` are listed below:
 | ContainersConfModule=/etc/nvd\.conf | --module=/etc/nvd\.conf                |
 | GIDMap=0:10000:10                   | --gidmap=0:10000:10                   |
 | GlobalArgs=--log-level=debug        | --log-level=debug                      |
+| IP=192.5.0.1                        | --ip 192.5.0.1                         |
+| IP6=2001:db8::1                     | --ip6 2001:db8::1                      |
 | Network=host                        | --network host                         |
 | NetworkAlias=name                   | --network-alias name                   |
 | PodmanArgs=\-\-cpus=2               | --cpus=2                               |
@@ -919,6 +921,16 @@ escaped to allow inclusion of whitespace and other control characters.
 
 This key can be listed multiple times.
 
+### `IP=`
+
+Specify a static IPv4 address for the pod, for example **10.88.64.128**.
+Equivalent to the Podman `--ip` option.
+
+### `IP6=`
+
+Specify a static IPv6 address for the pod, for example **fd46:db93:aa76:ac37::10**.
+Equivalent to the Podman `--ip6` option.
+
 ### `Network=`
 
 Specify a custom network for the pod.
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 31b3e29b20..d667826f9b 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -384,6 +384,8 @@ var (
 		KeyContainersConfModule: true,
 		KeyGIDMap:               true,
 		KeyGlobalArgs:           true,
+		KeyIP:                   true,
+		KeyIP6:                  true,
 		KeyNetwork:              true,
 		KeyNetworkAlias:         true,
 		KeyPodName:              true,
@@ -1679,6 +1681,16 @@ func ConvertPod(podUnit *parser.UnitFile, name string, unitsInfoMap map[string]*
 	execStartPre.addf("--infra-name=%s-infra", podName)
 	execStartPre.addf("--name=%s", podName)
 
+	ip, ok := podUnit.Lookup(PodGroup, KeyIP)
+	if ok && len(ip) > 0 {
+		execStartPre.addf("--ip=%s", ip)
+	}
+
+	ip6, ok := podUnit.Lookup(PodGroup, KeyIP6)
+	if ok && len(ip6) > 0 {
+		execStartPre.addf("--ip6=%s", ip6)
+	}
+
 	handlePodmanArgs(podUnit, PodGroup, execStartPre)
 
 	service.AddCmdline(ServiceGroup, "ExecStartPre", execStartPre.Args)
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/ip.pod b/test/e2e/quadlet/ip.pod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8df5ed2c55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/ip.pod
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+## assert-podman-pre-args "--ip=10.88.64.128"
+## assert-podman-pre-args "--ip6=fd46:db93:aa76:ac37::10"
+
+[Pod]
+IP=10.88.64.128
+IP6=fd46:db93:aa76:ac37::10
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
index 83cbdab710..bbe5b6e664 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ BOGUS=foo
 		Entry("Build - Variant Key", "variant.build"),
 
 		Entry("Pod - Basic", "basic.pod"),
+		Entry("Pod - IP", "ip.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - Name", "name.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - Network", "network.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - PodmanArgs", "podmanargs.pod"),