5 files changed, 21 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create.go b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
index 53f4a8fa2..7086dc839 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create.go
@@ -156,8 +156,7 @@ func GetCreateFlags(cf *ContainerCLIOpts) *pflag.FlagSet {
 	createFlags.String("entrypoint", "",
 		"Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image",
 	)
-	createFlags.StringArrayVarP(
-		&cf.env,
+	createFlags.StringArrayP(
 		"env", "e", containerConfig.Env(),
 		"Set environment variables in container",
 	)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
index c275b1674..8b38e3b47 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/create_opts.go
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ type ContainerCLIOpts struct {
 	DeviceWriteBPs    []string
 	DeviceWriteIOPs   []string
 	Entrypoint        *string
-	env               []string
+	Env               []string
 	EnvHost           bool
 	EnvFile           []string
 	Expose            []string
diff --git a/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go b/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
index 3e9772576..9a2345064 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/common/specgen.go
@@ -335,15 +335,12 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *ContainerCLIOpts, args []string
 		env = envLib.Join(env, fileEnv)
 	}
 
-	// env overrides any previous variables
-	if cmdLineEnv := c.env; len(cmdLineEnv) > 0 {
-		parsedEnv, err := envLib.ParseSlice(cmdLineEnv)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-		env = envLib.Join(env, parsedEnv)
+	parsedEnv, err := envLib.ParseSlice(c.Env)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
 	}
-	s.Env = env
+
+	s.Env = envLib.Join(env, parsedEnv)
 
 	// LABEL VARIABLES
 	labels, err := parse.GetAllLabels(c.LabelFile, c.Label)
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
index 7927da04d..2ecdda2e0 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/create.go
@@ -55,6 +55,11 @@ func createFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.AddFlagSet(common.GetCreateFlags(&cliVals))
 	flags.AddFlagSet(common.GetNetFlags())
 	flags.SetNormalizeFunc(common.AliasFlags)
+	if registry.IsRemote() {
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("authfile")
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("env-host")
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("http-proxy")
+	}
 }
 
 func init() {
@@ -170,6 +175,13 @@ func createInit(c *cobra.Command) error {
 		val := c.Flag("entrypoint").Value.String()
 		cliVals.Entrypoint = &val
 	}
+	if c.Flags().Changed("env") {
+		env, err := c.Flags().GetStringArray("env")
+		if err != nil {
+			return errors.Wrapf(err, "retrieve env flag")
+		}
+		cliVals.Env = env
+	}
 
 	// Docker-compatibility: the "-h" flag for run/create is reserved for
 	// the hostname (see https://github.com/containers/libpod/issues/1367).
diff --git a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
index f72446cb6..5f3ea9ef4 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/containers/run.go
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ func runFlags(flags *pflag.FlagSet) {
 	flags.BoolVar(&runRmi, "rmi", false, "Remove container image unless used by other containers")
 	if registry.IsRemote() {
 		_ = flags.MarkHidden("authfile")
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("env-host")
+		_ = flags.MarkHidden("http-proxy")
 	}
 }
 func init() {