diff --git a/libpod/networking_common.go b/libpod/networking_common.go
index db06abfddb..a7c388a5dd 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_common.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_common.go
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ func (c *Container) getContainerNetworkInfo() (*define.InspectNetworkSettings, e
 	}
 
 	if c.state.NetNS == "" {
-		if networkNSPath := c.joinedNetworkNSPath(); networkNSPath != "" {
+		if networkNSPath, set := c.joinedNetworkNSPath(); networkNSPath != "" {
 			if result, err := c.inspectJoinedNetworkNS(networkNSPath); err == nil {
 				// fallback to dummy configuration
 				settings.InspectBasicNetworkConfig = resultToBasicNetworkConfig(result)
@@ -258,6 +258,12 @@ func (c *Container) getContainerNetworkInfo() (*define.InspectNetworkSettings, e
 				logrus.Errorf("Inspecting network namespace: %s of container %s: %v", networkNSPath, c.ID(), err)
 			}
 			return settings, nil
+		} else if set {
+			// network none case, if running allow user to join netns via sandbox key
+			// https://github.com/containers/podman/issues/16716
+			if c.state.PID > 0 {
+				settings.SandboxKey = fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/ns/net", c.state.PID)
+			}
 		}
 		// We can't do more if the network is down.
 		// We still want to make dummy configurations for each network
diff --git a/libpod/networking_freebsd.go b/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
index ab2d4557de..cce4af4b60 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_freebsd.go
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ func getContainerNetIO(ctr *Container) (*LinkStatistics64, error) {
 	return &LinkStatistics64{}, nil
 }
 
-func (c *Container) joinedNetworkNSPath() string {
-	return c.state.NetNS
+func (c *Container) joinedNetworkNSPath() (string, bool) {
+	return c.state.NetNS, false
 }
 
 func (c *Container) inspectJoinedNetworkNS(networkns string) (q types.StatusBlock, retErr error) {
diff --git a/libpod/networking_linux.go b/libpod/networking_linux.go
index feb125faf4..7741ec3c46 100644
--- a/libpod/networking_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/networking_linux.go
@@ -694,13 +694,14 @@ func getContainerNetIO(ctr *Container) (*netlink.LinkStatistics, error) {
 	return netStats, err
 }
 
-func (c *Container) joinedNetworkNSPath() string {
+// joinedNetworkNSPath returns netns path and bool if netns was set
+func (c *Container) joinedNetworkNSPath() (string, bool) {
 	for _, namespace := range c.config.Spec.Linux.Namespaces {
 		if namespace.Type == specs.NetworkNamespace {
-			return namespace.Path
+			return namespace.Path, true
 		}
 	}
-	return ""
+	return "", false
 }
 
 func (c *Container) inspectJoinedNetworkNS(networkns string) (q types.StatusBlock, retErr error) {
diff --git a/test/system/500-networking.bats b/test/system/500-networking.bats
index fdca1af440..d6dc585102 100644
--- a/test/system/500-networking.bats
+++ b/test/system/500-networking.bats
@@ -834,10 +834,18 @@ EOF
         run_podman create --network=$network $IMAGE
         cid=${output}
         run_podman inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.Networks }}' $cid
-        is "$output" "map\[$network:.*" "NeworkSettincs should contain one network named $network"
+        is "$output" "map\[$network:.*" "NeworkSettings should contain one network named $network"
+        run_podman inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.SandboxKey }}' $cid
+        assert "$output" == "" "SandboxKey for network=$network should be empty when not running"
         run_podman rm $cid
     done
 
+    run_podman run -d --network=none $IMAGE top
+    cid=${output}
+    run_podman inspect --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.SandboxKey }}' $cid
+    assert "$output" =~ "^/proc/[0-9]+/ns/net\$" "SandboxKey for network=none when running"
+    run_podman rm -f -t0 $cid
+
     # Check with ns:/PATH
     if ! is_rootless; then
         netns=netns$(random_string)