diff --git a/pkg/bindings/containers/logs.go b/pkg/bindings/containers/logs.go
index 9ebfd90dad..9d3fdb8ebe 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/containers/logs.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/containers/logs.go
@@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ func Logs(ctx context.Context, nameOrID string, options *LogOptions, stdoutChan,
 	}
 	defer response.Body.Close()
 
+	// if not success handle and return possible error message
+	if !(response.IsSuccess() || response.IsInformational()) {
+		return response.Process(nil)
+	}
+
 	buffer := make([]byte, 1024)
 	for {
 		fd, l, err := DemuxHeader(response.Body, buffer)
diff --git a/test/e2e/logs_test.go b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
index 5a50869e8f..46d1bd0d42 100644
--- a/test/e2e/logs_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 
 	})
 
+	It("podman logs on not existent container", func() {
+		results := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"logs", "notexist"})
+		results.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
+		Expect(results).To(Exit(125))
+		Expect(results.ErrorToString()).To(Equal(`Error: no container with name or ID "notexist" found: no such container`))
+	})
+
 	for _, log := range []string{"k8s-file", "journald", "json-file"} {
 		// This is important to move the 'log' var to the correct scope under Ginkgo flow.
 		log := log