diff --git a/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml b/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml
index 16a341000c..2d414f269b 100644
--- a/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml
+++ b/deployment/podman/podman-baremetal-ansible.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ parameters:
           username: pa55word
         '192.0.2.1:8787':
           registry_username: password
+  ContainerDefaultPidsLimit:
+    type: number
+    default: 4096
+    description: Setting to configure the default pids_limit in /etc/container/container.conf.
+                 This is supported starting with podman 2.0.x
   SystemdDropInDependencies:
     default: true
     description: tell the container manager (e.g. paunch) to inject
@@ -85,6 +90,7 @@ outputs:
               # default that is overwritten by the heat -> dict conversion
               container_registry_logins: {}
               container_registry_logins_json: {get_param: ContainerImageRegistryCredentials}
+              container_default_pids_limit: {get_param: ContainerDefaultPidsLimit}
 
           - name: Convert logins json to dict
             set_fact:
@@ -108,6 +114,7 @@ outputs:
               tasks_from: tripleo_podman_install.yml
             vars:
               tripleo_container_registry_insecure_registries: "{{ container_registry_insecure_registries }}"
+              tripleo_container_default_pids_limit: "{{ container_default_pids_limit }}"
 
           - name: Run podman login
             include_role: