diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go
index da14d8fa96..050ba459f6 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_archive.go
@@ -124,9 +124,17 @@ func handlePut(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, decoder *schema.Decoder,
 	containerName := utils.GetName(r)
 	containerEngine := abi.ContainerEngine{Libpod: runtime}
 
+	// Docker API semantics: copyUIDGID=true means "preserve UID/GID from archive"
+	// Podman internal semantics: Chown=true means "chown to container user" (override archive)
+	// For compat requests, we need to invert the value
+	chown := query.Chown
+	if !utils.IsLibpodRequest(r) {
+		chown = !query.Chown
+	}
+
 	copyFunc, err := containerEngine.ContainerCopyFromArchive(r.Context(), containerName, query.Path, r.Body,
 		entities.CopyOptions{
-			Chown:                query.Chown,
+			Chown:                chown,
 			NoOverwriteDirNonDir: query.NoOverwriteDirNonDir,
 			Rename:               rename,
 		})
diff --git a/test/apiv2/23-containersArchive.at b/test/apiv2/23-containersArchive.at
index c1b936e3a7..643689166e 100644
--- a/test/apiv2/23-containersArchive.at
+++ b/test/apiv2/23-containersArchive.at
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ t HEAD "containers/${CTR}/archive?path=%2Fnon%2Fexistent%2Fpath" 404
 t HEAD "containers/${CTR}/archive?path=%2Fetc%2Fpasswd" 200
 
 # Send tarfile to container...
-t PUT "/containers/${CTR}/archive?path=%2Ftmp%2F" ${HELLO_TAR} 200 ''
+t PUT "/containers/${CTR}/archive?path=%2Ftmp%2F&copyUIDGID=true" ${HELLO_TAR} 200 ''
 
 # ...and 'exec cat file' to confirm that it got extracted into place.
 cat >$TMPD/exec.json <<EOF
@@ -80,6 +80,44 @@ EOF
 
 t POST containers/${CTR}/exec $TMPD/exec.json 201 .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\}
 eid=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
-t POST exec/$eid/start 200 $'\001\012'1042:1043
+t POST exec/$eid/start 200
+
+output_uidgid=$(grep -o '[0-9]*:[0-9]*' <<<"$output")
+is "$output_uidgid" "1042:1043" "UID:GID preserved with copyUIDGID=true"
+
+
+FILE_NAME=test1
+TAR_PATH="${TMPD}/${FILE_NAME}.tar"
+echo "Hello2_$(random_string 8)" > ${TMPD}/${FILE_NAME}.txt
+tar --owner=2001 --group=2002 --format=posix -C $TMPD -cvf ${TAR_PATH} ${FILE_NAME}.txt &> /dev/null
+
+t PUT "/containers/${CTR}/archive?path=%2Ftmp%2F" ${TAR_PATH} 200 ''
+
+cat >$TMPD/exec.json <<EOF
+{ "AttachStdout":true,"Cmd":["stat","-c","%u:%g","/tmp/${FILE_NAME}.txt"]}
+EOF
+t POST containers/${CTR}/exec $TMPD/exec.json 201 .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\}
+eid=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
+t POST exec/$eid/start 200
+
+output_uidgid=$(grep -o '[0-9]*:[0-9]*' <<<"$output")
+is "$output_uidgid" "0:0" "UID:GID chowned to container user without copyUIDGID"
+
+# --- libpod
+FILE_NAME=test3
+TAR_PATH="${TMPD}/${FILE_NAME}.tar"
+echo "test3_$(random_string 8)" > ${TMPD}/${FILE_NAME}.txt
+tar --owner=4001 --group=4002 --format=posix -C $TMPD -cvf ${TAR_PATH} ${FILE_NAME}.txt &> /dev/null
+t PUT "libpod/containers/${CTR}/archive?path=%2Ftmp%2F" ${TAR_PATH} 200 ''
+
+cat >$TMPD/exec.json <<EOF
+{ "AttachStdout":true,"Cmd":["stat","-c","%u:%g","/tmp/${FILE_NAME}.txt"]}
+EOF
+t POST containers/${CTR}/exec $TMPD/exec.json 201 .Id~[0-9a-f]\\{64\\}
+eid=$(jq -r '.Id' <<<"$output")
+t POST exec/$eid/start 200
+
+output_uidgid=$(grep -o '[0-9]*:[0-9]*' <<<"$output")
+is "$output_uidgid" "0:0" "libpod API: UID:GID chowned to container user"
 
 cleanUpArchiveTest
diff --git a/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py b/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
index 138372fafd..09166bb3b1 100644
--- a/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
+++ b/test/python/docker/compat/test_containers.py
@@ -191,7 +191,8 @@ class TestContainers(common.DockerTestCase):
             ret, out = ctr.exec_run(["stat", "-c", "%u:%g", "/tmp/a.txt"])
 
             self.assertEqual(ret, 0)
-            self.assertEqual(out.rstrip(), b"1042:1043", "UID/GID of copied file")
+            # Docker-py implementation of put_archive dont do request with copyUIDGID=true
+            self.assertEqual(out.rstrip(), b"0:0", "UID/GID of copied file")
 
             ret, out = ctr.exec_run(["cat", "/tmp/a.txt"])
             self.assertEqual(ret, 0)