diff --git a/pkg/machine/config.go b/pkg/machine/config.go
index 29663baaea..d59ede3744 100644
--- a/pkg/machine/config.go
+++ b/pkg/machine/config.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/machine/compression"