diff --git a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
index 324802a1fa2a..572807ad6534 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/infra/tunnel/containers.go
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ func (ic *ContainerEngine) ContainerLogs(_ context.Context, nameOrIDs []string,
 	stdout := opts.StdoutWriter != nil
 	stderr := opts.StderrWriter != nil
 	options := new(containers.LogOptions).WithFollow(opts.Follow).WithSince(since).WithUntil(until).WithStderr(stderr)
-	options.WithStdout(stdout).WithTail(tail)
+	options.WithStdout(stdout).WithTail(tail).WithTimestamps(opts.Timestamps)
 
 	var err error
 	stdoutCh := make(chan string)
diff --git a/test/system/035-logs.bats b/test/system/035-logs.bats
index 6b8d5fbc5f2f..6e84e10fc2c5 100644
--- a/test/system/035-logs.bats
+++ b/test/system/035-logs.bats
@@ -36,13 +36,28 @@ function _log_test_tail() {
     run_podman run -d --log-driver=$driver $IMAGE sh -c "echo test1; echo test2"
     cid="$output"
 
-    run_podman logs --tail 1 $cid
-    is "$output" "test2"  "logs should only show last line"
+    run_podman wait $cid
+    run_podman logs --tail 1 --timestamps $cid
+    log1="$output"
+    assert "$log1" =~ "^[0-9-]+T[0-9:.]+([\+-][0-9:]+|Z) test2" \
+           "logs should only show last line"
+
+    # Sigh. I hate doing this, but podman-remote --timestamp only has 1-second
+    # resolution (regular podman has sub-second). For the timestamps-differ
+    # check below, we need to force a different second.
+    if is_remote; then
+        sleep 2
+    fi
 
     run_podman restart $cid
+    run_podman wait $cid
+
+    run_podman logs -t --tail 1 $cid
+    log2="$output"
+    assert "$log2" =~ "^[0-9-]+T[0-9:.]+([\+-][0-9:]+|Z) test2" \
+           "logs, after restart, shows only last line"
 
-    run_podman logs --tail 1 $cid
-    is "$output" "test2"  "logs should only show last line after restart"
+    assert "$log2" != "$log1" "log timestamps should differ"
 
     run_podman rm $cid
 }
diff --git a/test/system/045-start.bats b/test/system/045-start.bats
index d19171ec3ff6..773a0acd2fcc 100644
--- a/test/system/045-start.bats
+++ b/test/system/045-start.bats
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ load helpers
 @test "podman start --filter - start only containers that match the filter" {
     run_podman run -d $IMAGE /bin/true
     cid="$output"
+    run_podman wait $cid
+
     run_podman start --filter restart-policy=always $cid
     is "$output" "" "CID of restart-policy=always container"
 
diff --git a/test/system/420-cgroups.bats b/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
index 025a200129eb..3269f666cbc1 100644
--- a/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
+++ b/test/system/420-cgroups.bats
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ load helpers
     esac
 
     run_podman --cgroup-manager=$other run --name myc $IMAGE true
+    assert "$output" = "" "run true, with cgroup-manager=$other, is silent"
+
     run_podman container inspect --format '{{.HostConfig.CgroupManager}}' myc
     is "$output" "$other" "podman preserved .HostConfig.CgroupManager"
 
@@ -29,7 +31,8 @@ load helpers
 
     # Restart the container, without --cgroup-manager option (ie use default)
     # Prior to #7970, this would fail with an OCI runtime error
-    run_podman start myc
+    run_podman start -a myc
+    assert "$output" = "" "restarted container emits no output"
 
     run_podman rm myc
 }