6 files changed, 44 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
index 73a0d8ec3..a77b18ce1 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/containers.go
@@ -957,3 +957,10 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerPort(ctx context.Context, nameOrId string, o
 	}
 	return reports, nil
 }
+
+// Shutdown Libpod engine
+func (ic *ContainerEngine) Shutdown(_ context.Context) {
+	shutdownSync.Do(func() {
+		_ = ic.Libpod.Shutdown(false)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/images.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/images.go
index 8a2771a4c..64d9c9f12 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/images.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/images.go
@@ -556,3 +556,10 @@ func (ir *ImageEngine) Remove(ctx context.Context, images []string, opts entitie
 
 	return
 }
+
+// Shutdown Libpod engine
+func (ir *ImageEngine) Shutdown(_ context.Context) {
+	shutdownSync.Do(func() {
+		_ = ir.Libpod.Shutdown(false)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/runtime.go b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/runtime.go
index 7394cadfc..fba422d8e 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/abi/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/abi/runtime.go
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package abi
 
 import (
+	"sync"
+
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 )
 
@@ -13,3 +15,5 @@ type ImageEngine struct {
 type ContainerEngine struct {
 	Libpod *libpod.Runtime
 }
+
+var shutdownSync sync.Once
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/runtime_libpod.go b/pkg/domain/infra/runtime_libpod.go
index a6974d251..7c9180d43 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/runtime_libpod.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/runtime_libpod.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"sync"
 
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/libpod"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/pkg/cgroups"
@@ -18,6 +19,14 @@ import (
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
+var (
+	// runtimeSync only guards the non-specialized runtime
+	runtimeSync sync.Once
+	// The default GetRuntime() always returns the same object and error
+	runtimeLib *libpod.Runtime
+	runtimeErr error
+)
+
 type engineOpts struct {
 	name     string
 	renumber bool
@@ -63,13 +72,16 @@ func GetRuntimeRenumber(ctx context.Context, fs *flag.FlagSet, cfg *entities.Pod
 
 // GetRuntime generates a new libpod runtime configured by command line options
 func GetRuntime(ctx context.Context, flags *flag.FlagSet, cfg *entities.PodmanConfig) (*libpod.Runtime, error) {
-	return getRuntime(ctx, flags, &engineOpts{
-		renumber: false,
-		migrate:  false,
-		noStore:  false,
-		withFDS:  true,
-		config:   cfg,
+	runtimeSync.Do(func() {
+		runtimeLib, runtimeErr = getRuntime(ctx, flags, &engineOpts{
+			renumber: false,
+			migrate:  false,
+			noStore:  false,
+			withFDS:  true,
+			config:   cfg,
+		})
 	})
+	return runtimeLib, runtimeErr
 }
 
 // GetRuntimeNoStore generates a new libpod runtime configured by command line options
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
index 8867ce27f..18d6613f4 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
@@ -379,3 +379,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerPort(ctx context.Context, nameOrId string, o
 func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerCp(ctx context.Context, source, dest string, options entities.ContainerCpOptions) (*entities.ContainerCpReport, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("not implemented")
 }
+
+// Shutdown Libpod engine
+func (ic *ContainerEngine) Shutdown(_ context.Context) {
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go
index 27ed9f1ec..66e4e6e3f 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/images.go
@@ -260,3 +260,7 @@ func (ir *ImageEngine) Build(ctx context.Context, containerFiles []string, opts
 func (ir *ImageEngine) Tree(ctx context.Context, nameOrId string, opts entities.ImageTreeOptions) (*entities.ImageTreeReport, error) {
 	return nil, errors.New("not implemented yet")
 }
+
+// Shutdown Libpod engine
+func (ir *ImageEngine) Shutdown(_ context.Context) {
+}