diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/66372-podman-image-pull-credentials.yml b/changelogs/fragments/66372-podman-image-pull-credentials.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c3b3378dae2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/66372-podman-image-pull-credentials.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+  - podman_image - honor username and password options when pulling image from a remote registry
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diff --git a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/podman/podman_image.py b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/podman/podman_image.py
index 7efd4b67c14..48f4c3b7d51 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/podman/podman_image.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/modules/cloud/podman/podman_image.py
@@ -489,6 +489,10 @@ class PodmanImageManager(object):
         if self.auth_file:
             args.extend(['--authfile', self.auth_file])
 
+        if self.username and self.password:
+            cred_string = '{user}:{password}'.format(user=self.username, password=self.password)
+            args.extend(['--creds', cred_string])
+
         if self.validate_certs:
             args.append('--tls-verify')