diff --git a/cmd/podman/kube/play.go b/cmd/podman/kube/play.go
index c850641eaf..c21dc6ef7c 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/kube/play.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/kube/play.go
@@ -176,6 +176,9 @@ func playFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 	flags.BoolVar(&playOptions.UseLongAnnotations, noTruncFlagName, false, "Use annotations that are not truncated to the Kubernetes maximum length of 63 characters")
 	_ = flags.MarkHidden(noTruncFlagName)
 
+	noPodPrefix := "no-pod-prefix"
+	flags.BoolVar(&playOptions.NoPodPrefix, noPodPrefix, false, "Do not prefix container name with pod name")
+
 	if !registry.IsRemote() {
 		certDirFlagName := "cert-dir"
 		flags.StringVar(&playOptions.CertDir, certDirFlagName, "", "`Pathname` of a directory containing TLS certificates and keys")
@@ -205,9 +208,6 @@ func playFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
 		exitFlagName := "service-exit-code-propagation"
 		flags.StringVar(&playOptions.ExitCodePropagation, exitFlagName, "", "Exit-code propagation of the service container")
 		_ = flags.MarkHidden(exitFlagName)
-
-		noPodPrefix := "no-pod-prefix"
-		flags.BoolVar(&playOptions.NoPodPrefix, noPodPrefix, false, "Don't use pod name as prefix in resulting container name.")
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-kube-play.1.md.in b/docs/source/markdown/podman-kube-play.1.md.in
index 1aef64c2a6..9876af730f 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-kube-play.1.md.in
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-kube-play.1.md.in
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ This option conflicts with host added in the Kubernetes YAML.
 
 #### **--no-pod-prefix**
 
-Don't use pod name as prefix in resulting container name.
+Do not prefix container name with pod name.
 
 #### **--publish**=*[[ip:][hostPort]:]containerPort[/protocol]*
 
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go
index 9e2f7ecbb4..6b6a47e2d0 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/libpod/kube.go
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ func KubePlay(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Userns           string            `schema:"userns"`
 		Wait             bool              `schema:"wait"`
 		Build            bool              `schema:"build"`
+		NoPodPrefix      bool              `schema:"noPodPrefix"`
 	}{
 		TLSVerify: true,
 		Start:     true,
@@ -198,6 +199,7 @@ func KubePlay(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		Userns:             query.Userns,
 		Wait:               query.Wait,
 		ContextDir:         contextDirectory,
+		NoPodPrefix:        query.NoPodPrefix,
 	}
 	if _, found := r.URL.Query()["build"]; found {
 		options.Build = types.NewOptionalBool(query.Build)
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/kube/types.go b/pkg/bindings/kube/types.go
index c2e86a2dda..38c22b1c60 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/kube/types.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/kube/types.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ type PlayOptions struct {
 	// Wait - indicates whether to return after having created the pods
 	Wait             *bool
 	ServiceContainer *bool
+	NoPodPrefix      *bool
 }
 
 // ApplyOptions are optional options for applying kube YAML files to a k8s cluster
diff --git a/pkg/bindings/kube/types_play_options.go b/pkg/bindings/kube/types_play_options.go
index e7c82eaf31..2323df08f0 100644
--- a/pkg/bindings/kube/types_play_options.go
+++ b/pkg/bindings/kube/types_play_options.go
@@ -407,3 +407,18 @@ func (o *PlayOptions) GetServiceContainer() bool {
 	}
 	return *o.ServiceContainer
 }
+
+// WithNoPodPrefix set field NoPodPrefix to given value
+func (o *PlayOptions) WithNoPodPrefix(value bool) *PlayOptions {
+	o.NoPodPrefix = &value
+	return o
+}
+
+// GetNoPodPrefix returns value of field NoPodPrefix
+func (o *PlayOptions) GetNoPodPrefix() bool {
+	if o.NoPodPrefix == nil {
+		var z bool
+		return z
+	}
+	return *o.NoPodPrefix
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/play.go b/pkg/domain/entities/play.go
index cc5a4fa5f5..9df0dbda46 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/play.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/play.go
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ type PlayKubeOptions struct {
 	Wait bool
 	// SystemContext - used when building the image
 	SystemContext *types.SystemContext
-	// Don't use pod name as prefix in resulting container name.
+	// Do not prefix container name with pod name
 	NoPodPrefix bool
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/kube.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/kube.go
index 9e27c52957..e9198590dc 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/kube.go
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) PlayKube(_ context.Context, body io.Reader, opts enti
 	options.WithPublishPorts(opts.PublishPorts)
 	options.WithPublishAllPorts(opts.PublishAllPorts)
 	options.WithNoTrunc(opts.UseLongAnnotations)
+	options.WithNoPodPrefix(opts.NoPodPrefix)
 	return play.KubeWithBody(ic.ClientCtx, body, options)
 }
 
diff --git a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
index b1996961d0..6842d6d900 100644
--- a/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/play_kube_test.go
@@ -222,6 +222,19 @@ spec:
       - sleep
       - "3600"`
 
+var simpleWithoutPodPrefixYaml = `
+apiVersion: v1
+kind: Pod
+metadata:
+  name: libpod-test
+spec:
+  containers:
+  - name: simpleWithoutPodPrefix
+    image: ` + CITEST_IMAGE + `
+    command:
+      - sleep
+      - "3600"`
+
 var unknownKindYaml = `
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: UnknownKind
@@ -6422,11 +6435,11 @@ spec:
 	})
 
 	It("test container name without Pod name prefix", func() {
-		err := writeYaml(podnameEqualsContainerNameYaml, kubeYaml)
+		err := writeYaml(simpleWithoutPodPrefixYaml, kubeYaml)
 		Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
 
 		podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("kube", "play", "--no-pod-prefix", kubeYaml)
-		inspect := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("inspect", "podnameEqualsContainerNameYaml")
-		Expect(inspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].Name).Should(Equal("podnameEqualsContainerNameYaml"))
+		inspect := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("inspect", "simpleWithoutPodPrefix")
+		Expect(inspect.InspectContainerToJSON()[0].Name).Should(Equal("simpleWithoutPodPrefix"))
 	})
 })