diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
index ca36d751ef..77ac781a5a 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
@@ -302,6 +302,11 @@ func ContainerCreateToContainerCLIOpts(cc handlers.CreateContainerConfig, cgroup
 					staticIP := net.ParseIP(ep.IPAddress)
 					netInfo.StaticIP = &staticIP
 				}
+				// if IPAMConfig.IPv4Address is provided
+				if ep.IPAMConfig != nil && ep.IPAMConfig.IPv4Address != "" {
+					staticIP := net.ParseIP(ep.IPAMConfig.IPv4Address)
+					netInfo.StaticIP = &staticIP
+				}
 				// If MAC address is provided
 				if len(ep.MacAddress) > 0 {
 					staticMac, err := net.ParseMAC(ep.MacAddress)
diff --git a/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/docker-compose.yml b/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d220c02c02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+version: "3.2"
+services:
+  test:
+    image: alpine
+    networks:
+      net1:
+        ipv4_address: 10.123.0.253
+    tty: true
+    command: ["top"]
+
+networks:
+  net1:
+    driver: bridge
+    ipam:
+      driver: default
+      config:
+        - subnet: 10.123.0.0/24
diff --git a/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh b/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ecaf3167e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compose/ipam_set_ip/tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# -*- bash -*-
+
+podman container inspect ipam_set_ip_test_1 --format '{{ .NetworkSettings.Networks.ipam_set_ip_net1.IPAddress }}'
+like "$output" "10.123.0.253" "$testname : ip address is set"