diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
index 98da5a096d91..0223c0df1f22 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/podman.nix
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ in
           }));
       };
 
+      systemd.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
+      systemd.services.podman.serviceConfig = {
+        ExecStart = [ "" "${cfg.package}/bin/podman $LOGGING system service" ];
+      };
+
+      systemd.sockets.podman.wantedBy = [ "sockets.target" ];
+
+      systemd.tmpfiles.packages = [ cfg.package ];
+
       assertions = [
         {
           assertion = cfg.dockerCompat -> !config.virtualisation.docker.enable;
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
index e3ff4fc417d2..0f212aedfa6b 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/default.nix
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ buildGoModule rec {
     installShellCompletion --fish completions/fish/*
     installShellCompletion --zsh completions/zsh/*
     MANDIR=$man/share/man make install.man-nobuild
+  '' + lib.optionalString stdenv.isLinux ''
+    install -Dm644 contrib/tmpfile/podman.conf -t $out/lib/tmpfiles.d
+    install -Dm644 contrib/systemd/system/podman.{socket,service} -t $out/lib/systemd/system
   '';
 
   passthru.tests = { inherit (nixosTests) podman; };
diff --git a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix
index 976ba6c67b36..ae163583e699 100644
--- a/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix
+++ b/pkgs/applications/virtualization/podman/wrapper.nix
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ in runCommand podman.name {
   ln -s ${podman.man} $man
 
   mkdir -p $out/bin
+  ln -s ${podman-unwrapped}/lib $out/lib
   ln -s ${podman-unwrapped}/share $out/share
   makeWrapper ${podman-unwrapped}/bin/podman $out/bin/podman \
     --prefix PATH : ${binPath}