diff --git a/cmd/quadlet/main.go b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
index 88483b78d9..ff113499da 100644
--- a/cmd/quadlet/main.go
+++ b/cmd/quadlet/main.go
@@ -449,6 +449,18 @@ func generateServiceFile(service *parser.UnitFile) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+func gatherDependentSymlinks(service *parser.UnitFile, key, dir, filename string) []string {
+	symlinks := make([]string, 0)
+	groupBy := service.LookupAllStrv(quadlet.InstallGroup, key)
+	for _, groupByUnit := range groupBy {
+		// Only allow filenames, not paths
+		if !strings.Contains(groupByUnit, "/") {
+			symlinks = append(symlinks, fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s/%s", groupByUnit, dir, filename))
+		}
+	}
+	return symlinks
+}
+
 // This parses the `Install` group of the unit file and creates the required
 // symlinks to get systemd to start the newly generated file as needed.
 // In a traditional setup this is done by "systemctl enable", but that doesn't
@@ -476,21 +488,9 @@ func enableServiceFile(outputPath string, service *parser.UnitFile) {
 	}
 
 	if serviceFilename != "" {
-		wantedBy := service.LookupAllStrv(quadlet.InstallGroup, "WantedBy")
-		for _, wantedByUnit := range wantedBy {
-			// Only allow filenames, not paths
-			if !strings.Contains(wantedByUnit, "/") {
-				symlinks = append(symlinks, fmt.Sprintf("%s.wants/%s", wantedByUnit, serviceFilename))
-			}
-		}
-
-		requiredBy := service.LookupAllStrv(quadlet.InstallGroup, "RequiredBy")
-		for _, requiredByUnit := range requiredBy {
-			// Only allow filenames, not paths
-			if !strings.Contains(requiredByUnit, "/") {
-				symlinks = append(symlinks, fmt.Sprintf("%s.requires/%s", requiredByUnit, serviceFilename))
-			}
-		}
+		symlinks = append(symlinks, gatherDependentSymlinks(service, "WantedBy", "wants", serviceFilename)...)
+		symlinks = append(symlinks, gatherDependentSymlinks(service, "RequiredBy", "requires", serviceFilename)...)
+		symlinks = append(symlinks, gatherDependentSymlinks(service, "UpheldBy", "upholds", serviceFilename)...)
 	}
 
 	for _, symlinkRel := range symlinks {
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
index b5dfd8970e..1eb05d522f 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ For example, to start a container on boot, add something like this to the file:
 WantedBy=default.target
 ```
 
-Currently, only the `Alias`, `WantedBy` and `RequiredBy` keys are supported.
+Currently, only the `Alias`, `WantedBy`, `RequiredBy`, and `UpheldBy` keys are supported.
 
 The Install section can be part of the main file, or it can be in a
 separate drop-in file as described above. The latter allows you to
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/install.container b/test/e2e/quadlet/install.container
index 80c1cd19a1..2d79fcffca 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet/install.container
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/install.container
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 ## assert-symlink req1.service.requires/install.service ../install.service
 ## assert-symlink req2.service.requires/install.service ../install.service
 ## assert-symlink req3.service.requires/install.service ../install.service
+## assert-symlink up1.service.upholds/install.service ../install.service
+## assert-symlink up2.service.upholds/install.service ../install.service
+## assert-symlink up3.service.upholds/install.service ../install.service
 
 [Container]
 Image=localhost/imagename
@@ -19,3 +22,5 @@ WantedBy=want1.service want2.service
 WantedBy=want3.service
 RequiredBy=req1.service req2.service
 RequiredBy=req3.service
+UpheldBy=up1.service up2.service
+UpheldBy=up3.service