diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index 435afbc77b..45c136985e 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ func DefineCreateFlags(cmd *cobra.Command, cf *entities.ContainerCreateOptions,
 		_ = cmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(logDriverFlagName, AutocompleteLogDriver)
 
 		logOptFlagName := "log-opt"
-		createFlags.StringSliceVar(
+		createFlags.StringArrayVar(
 			&cf.LogOptions,
 			logOptFlagName, []string{},
 			"Logging driver options",
diff --git a/test/e2e/logs_test.go b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
index 66ca09ebe3..1f256e9f84 100644
--- a/test/e2e/logs_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/logs_test.go
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 
 	It("using journald for container with container tag", func() {
 		SkipIfJournaldUnavailable()
-		logc := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--log-driver", "journald", "--log-opt=tag={{.ImageName}}", "-d", ALPINE, "sh", "-c", "echo podman; sleep 0.1; echo podman; sleep 0.1; echo podman"})
+		logc := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"run", "--log-driver", "journald", "--log-opt=tag={{.ImageName}},withcomma", "-d", ALPINE, "sh", "-c", "echo podman; sleep 0.1; echo podman; sleep 0.1; echo podman"})
 		logc.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()
 		Expect(logc).To(ExitCleanly())
 		cid := logc.OutputToString()
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman logs", func() {
 			cmd := exec.Command("journalctl", "--no-pager", "-o", "json", "--output-fields=CONTAINER_TAG", fmt.Sprintf("CONTAINER_ID_FULL=%s", cid))
 			out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 			g.Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-			g.Expect(string(out)).To(ContainSubstring("alpine"))
+			g.Expect(string(out)).To(ContainSubstring(ALPINE + ",withcomma"))
 		}).Should(Succeed())
 	})