diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
index 58508b99fc..195ce79567 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-systemd.unit.5.md
@@ -989,6 +989,7 @@ Valid options for `[Pod]` are listed below:
 | DNSSearch=example.com               | --dns-search example.com               |
 | GIDMap=0:10000:10                   | --gidmap=0:10000:10                    |
 | GlobalArgs=--log-level=debug        | --log-level=debug                      |
+| HostName=name                       | --hostname=name                        |
 | IP=192.5.0.1                        | --ip 192.5.0.1                         |
 | IP6=2001:db8::1                     | --ip6 2001:db8::1                      |
 | Network=host                        | --network host                         |
@@ -1057,6 +1058,15 @@ escaped to allow inclusion of whitespace and other control characters.
 
 This key can be listed multiple times.
 
+### `HostName=`
+
+Set the pod’s hostname inside all containers.
+
+The given hostname is also added to the /etc/hosts file using the container’s primary IP address (also see the `--add-host` option).
+
+Equivalent to the Podman `--hostname` option.
+This key can be listed multiple times.
+
 ### `IP=`
 
 Specify a static IPv4 address for the pod, for example **10.88.64.128**.
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
index 5a8d4ece37..889b43472e 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/quadlet/quadlet.go
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ var (
 		KeyDNSSearch:            true,
 		KeyGIDMap:               true,
 		KeyGlobalArgs:           true,
+		KeyHostName:             true,
 		KeyIP:                   true,
 		KeyIP6:                  true,
 		KeyNetwork:              true,
@@ -1664,6 +1665,7 @@ func ConvertPod(podUnit *parser.UnitFile, name string, unitsInfoMap map[string]*
 		KeyDNSOption:    "--dns-option",
 		KeyDNSSearch:    "--dns-search",
 		KeyAddHost:      "--add-host",
+		KeyHostName:     "--hostname",
 	}
 	lookupAndAddAllStrings(podUnit, PodGroup, allStringsKeys, execStartPre)
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet/hostname.pod b/test/e2e/quadlet/hostname.pod
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..da30abf8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet/hostname.pod
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[Pod]
+## assert-podman-pre-args "--hostname" "my-host-name"
+HostName=my-host-name
diff --git a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
index eeb4f42c68..c182281b41 100644
--- a/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/quadlet_test.go
@@ -1076,6 +1076,7 @@ BOGUS=foo
 		Entry("Pod - DNS Option", "dns-option.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - DNS Search", "dns-search.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - Host", "host.pod"),
+		Entry("Pod - HostName", "hostname.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - IP", "ip.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - Name", "name.pod"),
 		Entry("Pod - Network", "network.pod"),