3 files changed, 23 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
index 4f634f355..78cfe2f13 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/netflags.go
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func NetFlagsToNetOptions(cmd *cobra.Command, netnsFromConfig bool) (*entities.N
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if len(inputPorts) > 0 {
-		opts.PublishPorts, err = createPortBindings(inputPorts)
+		opts.PublishPorts, err = CreatePortBindings(inputPorts)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/util.go b/cmd/podman/common/util.go
index afee55914..6a0af4dff 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/util.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/util.go
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ func createExpose(expose []string) (map[uint16]string, error) {
 	return toReturn, nil
 }
 
-// createPortBindings iterates ports mappings into SpecGen format.
-func createPortBindings(ports []string) ([]specgen.PortMapping, error) {
+// CreatePortBindings iterates ports mappings into SpecGen format.
+func CreatePortBindings(ports []string) ([]specgen.PortMapping, error) {
 	// --publish is formatted as follows:
 	// [[hostip:]hostport[-endPort]:]containerport[-endPort][/protocol]
 	toReturn := make([]specgen.PortMapping, 0, len(ports))
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/restore.go b/cmd/podman/containers/restore.go
index 3b1848abb..b908ea493 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/restore.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/restore.go
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ var (
 	}
 )
 
-var (
-	restoreOptions entities.RestoreOptions
-)
+var restoreOptions entities.RestoreOptions
 
 func init() {
 	registry.Commands = append(registry.Commands, registry.CliCommand{
@@ -66,10 +64,17 @@ func init() {
 	flags.BoolVar(&restoreOptions.IgnoreStaticIP, "ignore-static-ip", false, "Ignore IP address set via --static-ip")
 	flags.BoolVar(&restoreOptions.IgnoreStaticMAC, "ignore-static-mac", false, "Ignore MAC address set via --mac-address")
 	flags.BoolVar(&restoreOptions.IgnoreVolumes, "ignore-volumes", false, "Do not export volumes associated with container")
+
+	flags.StringSliceP(
+		"publish", "p", []string{},
+		"Publish a container's port, or a range of ports, to the host (default [])",
+	)
+	_ = restoreCommand.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc("publish", completion.AutocompleteNone)
+
 	validate.AddLatestFlag(restoreCommand, &restoreOptions.Latest)
 }
 
-func restore(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+func restore(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 	var errs utils.OutputErrors
 	if rootless.IsRootless() {
 		return errors.New("restoring a container requires root")
@@ -90,6 +95,17 @@ func restore(_ *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 		return errors.Errorf("--tcp-established cannot be used with --name")
 	}
 
+	inputPorts, err := cmd.Flags().GetStringSlice("publish")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(inputPorts) > 0 {
+		restoreOptions.PublishPorts, err = common.CreatePortBindings(inputPorts)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	argLen := len(args)
 	if restoreOptions.Import != "" {
 		if restoreOptions.All || restoreOptions.Latest {