3 files changed, 21 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
index 637a6a8dd..5e4bd2f65 100644
--- a/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgenutil/specgen.go
@@ -409,11 +409,9 @@ func FillOutSpecGen(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, c *entities.ContainerCreateOptions
 	s.WorkDir = c.Workdir
 	if c.Entrypoint != nil {
 		entrypoint := []string{}
-		if ep := *c.Entrypoint; len(ep) > 0 {
-			// Check if entrypoint specified is json
-			if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(*c.Entrypoint), &entrypoint); err != nil {
-				entrypoint = append(entrypoint, ep)
-			}
+		// Check if entrypoint specified is json
+		if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(*c.Entrypoint), &entrypoint); err != nil {
+			entrypoint = append(entrypoint, *c.Entrypoint)
 		}
 		s.Entrypoint = entrypoint
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/generate/common.go b/pkg/systemd/generate/common.go
index 24c85a27e..8689e084c 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/generate/common.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/generate/common.go
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ func escapeSystemdArguments(command []string) []string {
 func escapeSystemdArg(arg string) string {
 	arg = strings.ReplaceAll(arg, "$", "$$")
 	arg = strings.ReplaceAll(arg, "%", "%%")
-	if strings.ContainsAny(arg, " \t") {
+	if strings.ContainsAny(arg, " \t\"") {
 		arg = strconv.Quote(arg)
 	} else if strings.Contains(arg, `\`) {
 		// strconv.Quote also escapes backslashes so
diff --git a/pkg/systemd/generate/common_test.go b/pkg/systemd/generate/common_test.go
index 45004ecb0..b9a43df8c 100644
--- a/pkg/systemd/generate/common_test.go
+++ b/pkg/systemd/generate/common_test.go
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ func TestEscapeSystemdArguments(t *testing.T) {
 	}{
 		{
 			[]string{"foo", "bar=\"arg\""},
-			[]string{"foo", "bar=\"arg\""},
+			[]string{"foo", "\"bar=\\\"arg\\\"\""},
 		},
 		{
 			[]string{"foo", "bar=\"arg with space\""},
@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@ func TestEscapeSystemdArguments(t *testing.T) {
 			[]string{"foo", `command with two backslashes \\`},
 			[]string{"foo", `"command with two backslashes \\\\"`},
 		},
+		{
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint", "foo"},
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint", "foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint=foo"},
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint=foo"},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint", "[\"foo\"]"},
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint", "\"[\\\"foo\\\"]\""},
+		},
+		{
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint", "[\"sh\", \"-c\", \"date '+%s'\"]"},
+			[]string{"podman", "create", "--entrypoint", "\"[\\\"sh\\\", \\\"-c\\\", \\\"date '+%%s'\\\"]\""},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, test := range tests {