1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/pods/start.go b/cmd/podman/pods/start.go
index d0150a3c2..97020b360 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/pods/start.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/pods/start.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/common"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/parse"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/registry"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/cmd/podman/utils"
@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
+// allows for splitting API and CLI-only options
+type podStartOptionsWrapper struct {
+	entities.PodStartOptions
+
+	PodIDFiles []string
+}
+
 var (
 	podStartDescription = `The pod name or ID can be used.
 
@@ -21,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 		Long:  podStartDescription,
 		RunE:  start,
 		Args: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			return parse.CheckAllLatestAndCIDFile(cmd, args, false, false)
+			return parse.CheckAllLatestAndPodIDFile(cmd, args, false, true)
 		},
 		Example: `podman pod start podID
   podman pod start --latest
@@ -30,7 +38,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 var (
-	startOptions = entities.PodStartOptions{}
+	startOptions = podStartOptionsWrapper{}
 )
 
 func init() {
@@ -43,6 +51,7 @@ func init() {
 	flags := startCommand.Flags()
 	flags.BoolVarP(&startOptions.All, "all", "a", false, "Restart all running pods")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&startOptions.Latest, "latest", "l", false, "Restart the latest pod podman is aware of")
+	flags.StringArrayVarP(&startOptions.PodIDFiles, "pod-id-file", "", nil, "Read the pod ID from the file")
 	if registry.IsRemote() {
 		_ = flags.MarkHidden("latest")
 	}
@@ -52,7 +61,14 @@ func start(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var (
 		errs utils.OutputErrors
 	)
-	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().PodStart(context.Background(), args, startOptions)
+
+	ids, err := common.ReadPodIDFiles(startOptions.PodIDFiles)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	args = append(args, ids...)
+
+	responses, err := registry.ContainerEngine().PodStart(context.Background(), args, startOptions.PodStartOptions)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}