3 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/container_validate.go b/pkg/specgen/container_validate.go
index bf03ff0e7..622313a04 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/container_validate.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/container_validate.go
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ func exclusiveOptions(opt1, opt2 string) error {
 // input for creating a container.
 func (s *SpecGenerator) Validate() error {
 
+	if rootless.IsRootless() {
+		if s.StaticIP != nil || s.StaticIPv6 != nil {
+			return ErrNoStaticIPRootless
+		}
+		if s.StaticMAC != nil {
+			return ErrNoStaticMACRootless
+		}
+	}
+
 	//
 	// ContainerBasicConfig
 	//
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/pod_validate.go b/pkg/specgen/pod_validate.go
index 070bb1e41..69c3b58ed 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/pod_validate.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/pod_validate.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package specgen
 
 import (
+	"github.com/containers/libpod/v2/pkg/rootless"
 	"github.com/containers/libpod/v2/pkg/util"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 )
@@ -18,6 +19,16 @@ func exclusivePodOptions(opt1, opt2 string) error {
 
 // Validate verifies the input is valid
 func (p *PodSpecGenerator) Validate() error {
+
+	if rootless.IsRootless() {
+		if p.StaticIP != nil {
+			return ErrNoStaticIPRootless
+		}
+		if p.StaticMAC != nil {
+			return ErrNoStaticMACRootless
+		}
+	}
+
 	// PodBasicConfig
 	if p.NoInfra {
 		if len(p.InfraCommand) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/specgen.go b/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
index 16d4b7c8c..17583d82a 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/specgen.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package specgen
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"net"
 	"syscall"
 
@@ -469,6 +470,15 @@ type PortMapping struct {
 	Protocol string `json:"protocol,omitempty"`
 }
 
+var (
+	// ErrNoStaticIPRootless is used when a rootless user requests to assign a static IP address
+	// to a pod or container
+	ErrNoStaticIPRootless error = errors.New("rootless containers and pods cannot be assigned static IP addresses")
+	// ErrNoStaticMACRootless is used when a rootless user requests to assign a static MAC address
+	// to a pod or container
+	ErrNoStaticMACRootless error = errors.New("rootless containers and pods cannot be assigned static MAC addresses")
+)
+
 // NewSpecGenerator returns a SpecGenerator struct given one of two mandatory inputs
 func NewSpecGenerator(arg string, rootfs bool) *SpecGenerator {
 	csc := ContainerStorageConfig{}