diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml
index 1a9061fa5..07453db36 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml
@@ -76,3 +76,4 @@ tripleo_podman_default_network_config:
 #   - prefix: registry.fedoraproject.org
 #     blocked: true
 tripleo_podman_registries: []
+tripleo_container_default_pids_limit: 4096
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
index 02bd444d8..9bd30296c 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
@@ -61,3 +61,15 @@
         group: root
         setype: etc_t
         mode: '0644'
+
+    - name: Write containers.conf
+      ini_file:
+        path: /etc/containers/containers.conf
+        owner: root
+        group: root
+        setype: etc_t
+        mode: '0644'
+        create: true
+        section: containers
+        option: pids_limit
+        value: "{{ tripleo_container_default_pids_limit }}"