3 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common.go b/cmd/podman/common.go
index 8b42ed673..771738302 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func getCreateFlags(c *cliconfig.PodmanCommand) {
 	)
 	createFlags.String(
 		"healthcheck-interval", "30s",
-		"set an interval for the healthchecks",
+		"set an interval for the healthchecks (a value of disable results in no automatic timer setup)",
 	)
 	createFlags.Uint(
 		"healthcheck-retries", 3,
diff --git a/cmd/podman/ps.go b/cmd/podman/ps.go
index 20638b424..27774f95d 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/ps.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/ps.go
@@ -494,6 +494,14 @@ func generateContainerFilterFuncs(filter, filterValue string, runtime *libpod.Ru
 			}
 			return false
 		}, nil
+	case "health":
+		return func(c *libpod.Container) bool {
+			hcStatus, err := c.HealthCheckStatus()
+			if err != nil {
+				return false
+			}
+			return hcStatus == filterValue
+		}, nil
 	}
 	return nil, errors.Errorf("%s is an invalid filter", filter)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/podman/shared/create.go b/cmd/podman/shared/create.go
index 55eb3ce83..5ce0b8865 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/shared/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/shared/create.go
@@ -868,21 +868,21 @@ func makeHealthCheckFromCli(c *cliconfig.PodmanCommand) (*manifest.Schema2Health
 	hc := manifest.Schema2HealthConfig{
 		Test: cmd,
 	}
+
+	if inInterval == "disable" {
+		inInterval = "0"
+	}
 	intervalDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(inInterval)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid healthcheck-interval %s ", inInterval)
 	}
 
-	if intervalDuration < time.Duration(time.Second*1) {
-		return nil, errors.New("healthcheck-interval must be at least 1 second")
-	}
-
 	hc.Interval = intervalDuration
 
 	if inRetries < 1 {
 		return nil, errors.New("healthcheck-retries must be greater than 0.")
 	}
-
+	hc.Retries = int(inRetries)
 	timeoutDuration, err := time.ParseDuration(inTimeout)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrapf(err, "invalid healthcheck-timeout %s", inTimeout)