diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go b/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
index 1eb8fc0bd5..4e2ce1e344 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
@@ -268,6 +268,8 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *ContainerCLIOpts, args []string
 
 	var command []string
 
+	s.Entrypoint = entrypoint
+
 	// Build the command
 	// If we have an entry point, it goes first
 	if len(entrypoint) > 0 {