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diff --git a/cmd/podman/machine/start.go b/cmd/podman/machine/start.go
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+// +build amd64,linux amd64,darwin arm64,darwin
+
+package machine
+
+import (
+	"github.com/containers/common/pkg/completion"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/cmd/podman/registry"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/machine/qemu"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+)
+
+var (
+	startCmd = &cobra.Command{
+		Use:               "start [NAME]",
+		Short:             "Start an existing machine",
+		Long:              "Start an existing machine ",
+		RunE:              start,
+		Args:              cobra.MaximumNArgs(1),
+		Example:           `podman machine start myvm`,
+		ValidArgsFunction: completion.AutocompleteNone,
+	}
+)
+
+func init() {
+	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
+		Mode:    []entities.EngineMode{entities.ABIMode, entities.TunnelMode},
+		Command: startCmd,
+		Parent:  machineCmd,
+	})
+}
+
+func start(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	var (
+		err    error
+		vm     machine.VM
+		vmType string
+	)
+	vmName := defaultMachineName
+	if len(args) > 0 && len(args[0]) > 0 {
+		vmName = args[0]
+	}
+	switch vmType {
+	default:
+		vm, err = qemu.LoadVMByName(vmName)
+	}
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return vm.Start(vmName, machine.StartOptions{})
+}