diff --git a/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf b/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf
index 5cc4c0d70e..afb3d5bb2b 100644
--- a/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf
+++ b/contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # /tmp/podman-run-* directory can contain content for Podman containers that have run
-# for many days. This following line prevents systemd from removing this content.
+# for many days. The following lines prevents systemd from removing this content.
+# At the same time, these directories must also be cleaned on reboot.
+# Thus, each path has two lines: x to not periodically clean, R! to recursively
+# remove on reboot.
 x /tmp/podman-run-*
+R! /tmp/podman-run-*
 x /tmp/storage-run-*
+R! /tmp/storage-run-*
 x /tmp/containers-user-*
+R! /tmp/containers-user-*
 x /tmp/run-*/libpod
+R! /tmp/run-*/libpod
 D! /var/lib/containers/storage/tmp 0700 root root
 D! /run/podman 0700 root root
 D! /var/lib/cni/networks