diff --git a/run_linux.go b/run_linux.go
index aeb9f5bbb33..cbf207c0c1f 100644
--- a/run_linux.go
+++ b/run_linux.go
@@ -181,6 +181,17 @@ func (b *Builder) Run(command []string, options RunOptions) error {
 		}
 		bindFiles["/etc/resolv.conf"] = resolvFile
 	}
+	// Empty file, so no need to recreate if it exists
+	if _, ok := bindFiles["/run/.containerenv"]; !ok {
+		// Empty string for now, but we may consider populating this later
+		containerenvPath := filepath.Join(path, "/run/.containerenv")
+		emptyFile, err := os.Create(containerenvPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		emptyFile.Close()
+		bindFiles["/run/.containerenv"] = containerenvPath
+	}
 
 	err = b.setupMounts(mountPoint, spec, path, options.Mounts, bindFiles, volumes, b.CommonBuildOpts.Volumes, b.CommonBuildOpts.ShmSize, namespaceOptions)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/tests/run.bats b/tests/run.bats
index e5eaa584a7b..0812d7d072a 100644
--- a/tests/run.bats
+++ b/tests/run.bats
@@ -370,3 +370,13 @@ function configure_and_check_user() {
 	cid=$(buildah from --pull --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json alpine)
 	run_buildah 42 run ${cid} sh -c 'exit 42'
 }
+
+@test "Verify /run/.containerenv exist" {
+	if ! which runc ; then
+		skip "no runc in PATH"
+	fi
+	cid=$(buildah from --pull --signature-policy ${TESTSDIR}/policy.json alpine)
+	# test a standard mount to /run/.containerenv
+	run_buildah --log-level=error run $cid ls -1 /run/.containerenv
+	expect_output --substring "/run/.containerenv"
+}