diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/tripleo-podman-enable_socket-f93bdaa47f4b01d9.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/tripleo-podman-enable_socket-f93bdaa47f4b01d9.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..791d74a7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/tripleo-podman-enable_socket-f93bdaa47f4b01d9.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+features:
+  - |
+    tripleo-podman now has the ability to enable podman.socket service when
+    tripleo_podman_enable_socket is enabled.
diff --git a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml
index ca109131b..cbad40022 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/defaults/main.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ tripleo_podman_packages: "{{ _tripleo_podman_packages | default([]) }}"
 tripleo_buildah_packages: "{{ _tripleo_buildah_packages | default([]) }}"
 tripleo_podman_purge_packages: "{{ _tripleo_podman_purge_packages | default([]) }}"
 tripleo_podman_tls_verify: true
+tripleo_podman_enable_socket: false
 tripleo_podman_unqualified_search_registries:
   - registry.redhat.io
   - registry.access.redhat.com
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 367fd1179..8ce998a00 100644
--- a/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
+++ b/tripleo_ansible/roles/tripleo_podman/tasks/tripleo_podman_install.yml
@@ -80,3 +80,11 @@
         - section: engine
           option: events_logger
           value: "\"{{ tripleo_container_events_logger_mechanism }}\""
+
+    - name: Enable podman.socket service
+      when:
+        - tripleo_podman_enable_socket | bool
+      systemd:
+        name: podman.socket
+        state: started
+        enabled: true