diff --git a/libpod/kube.go b/libpod/kube.go
index 0552973ff0..240ab4e322 100644
--- a/libpod/kube.go
+++ b/libpod/kube.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func ConvertV1PodToYAMLPod(pod *v1.Pod) *YAMLPod {
 			continue
 		}
 		selinuxOpts := ctr.SecurityContext.SELinuxOptions
-		if selinuxOpts.User == "" && selinuxOpts.Role == "" && selinuxOpts.Type == "" && selinuxOpts.Level == "" {
+		if selinuxOpts.User == "" && selinuxOpts.Role == "" && selinuxOpts.Type == "" && selinuxOpts.Level == "" && selinuxOpts.FileType == "" {
 			ctr.SecurityContext.SELinuxOptions = nil
 		}
 	}
@@ -1043,27 +1043,33 @@ func generateKubeSecurityContext(c *Container) (*v1.SecurityContext, bool, error
 		sc.Capabilities = capabilities
 	}
 	var selinuxOpts v1.SELinuxOptions
-	opts := strings.SplitN(c.config.Spec.Annotations[define.InspectAnnotationLabel], ":", 2)
-	switch len(opts) {
-	case 2:
-		switch opts[0] {
-		case "type":
-			selinuxOpts.Type = opts[1]
-			sc.SELinuxOptions = &selinuxOpts
-			scHasData = true
-		case "level":
-			selinuxOpts.Level = opts[1]
-			sc.SELinuxOptions = &selinuxOpts
-			scHasData = true
-		}
-	case 1:
-		if opts[0] == "disable" {
-			selinuxOpts.Type = "spc_t"
-			sc.SELinuxOptions = &selinuxOpts
-			scHasData = true
+	selinuxHasData := false
+	for _, label := range strings.Split(c.config.Spec.Annotations[define.InspectAnnotationLabel], ",label=") {
+		opts := strings.SplitN(label, ":", 2)
+		switch len(opts) {
+		case 2:
+			switch opts[0] {
+			case "filetype":
+				selinuxOpts.FileType = opts[1]
+				selinuxHasData = true
+			case "type":
+				selinuxOpts.Type = opts[1]
+				selinuxHasData = true
+			case "level":
+				selinuxOpts.Level = opts[1]
+				selinuxHasData = true
+			}
+		case 1:
+			if opts[0] == "disable" {
+				selinuxOpts.Type = "spc_t"
+				selinuxHasData = true
+			}
 		}
 	}
-
+	if selinuxHasData {
+		sc.SELinuxOptions = &selinuxOpts
+		scHasData = true
+	}
 	if !allowPrivEscalation {
 		scHasData = true
 		sc.AllowPrivilegeEscalation = &allowPrivEscalation
diff --git a/pkg/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go b/pkg/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
index 2020cbe4b9..7d72693af4 100644
--- a/pkg/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
+++ b/pkg/k8s.io/api/core/v1/types.go
@@ -4403,6 +4403,9 @@ type SELinuxOptions struct {
 	// Type is a SELinux type label that applies to the container.
 	// +optional
 	Type string `json:"type,omitempty"`
+	// FileType is a SELinux file type label that applies to the container.
+	// +optional
+	FileType string `json:"filetype,omitempty"`
 	// Level is SELinux level label that applies to the container.
 	// +optional
 	Level string `json:"level,omitempty"`
diff --git a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
index 1e6314fb76..4a3d6648e8 100644
--- a/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
+++ b/pkg/specgen/generate/kube/kube.go
@@ -719,6 +719,9 @@ func setupSecurityContext(s *specgen.SpecGenerator, securityContext *v1.Security
 		if seopt.Level != "" {
 			s.SelinuxOpts = append(s.SelinuxOpts, fmt.Sprintf("level:%s", seopt.Level))
 		}
+		if seopt.FileType != "" {
+			s.SelinuxOpts = append(s.SelinuxOpts, fmt.Sprintf("filetype:%s", seopt.FileType))
+		}
 	}
 	if caps := securityContext.Capabilities; caps != nil {
 		for _, capability := range caps.Add {
diff --git a/test/system/700-play.bats b/test/system/700-play.bats
index 248bdec27a..12b9b356a1 100644
--- a/test/system/700-play.bats
+++ b/test/system/700-play.bats
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ RELABEL="system_u:object_r:container_file_t:s0"
     echo "$testYaml" | sed "s|TESTDIR|${TESTDIR}|g" > $PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yaml
 
     run_podman kube play - < $PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yaml
-    if [ -e /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled -a /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ]; then
+    if selinux_enabled; then
        run ls -Zd $TESTDIR
        is "$output" "${RELABEL} $TESTDIR" "selinux relabel should have happened"
     fi
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ RELABEL="system_u:object_r:container_file_t:s0"
     mkdir -p $TESTDIR
     echo "$testYaml" | sed "s|TESTDIR|${TESTDIR}|g" > $PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yaml
     run_podman play kube $PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yaml
-    if [ -e /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled -a /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled ]; then
+    if selinux_enabled; then
        run ls -Zd $TESTDIR
        is "$output" "${RELABEL} $TESTDIR" "selinux relabel should have happened"
     fi
@@ -549,3 +549,19 @@ EOF
 
     run_podman kube down $yaml_source
 }
+
+@test "podman kube generate filetype" {
+    YAML=$PODMAN_TMPDIR/test.yml
+    run_podman create --pod new:pod1 --security-opt label=level:s0:c1,c2 --security-opt label=filetype:usr_t --name test1 $IMAGE true
+    run_podman kube generate pod1 -f $YAML
+    run cat $YAML
+    is "$output" ".*filetype: usr_t" "Generated YAML file should contain filetype usr_t"
+    run_podman pod rm --force pod1
+
+    run_podman kube play $YAML
+    if selinux_enabled; then
+        run_podman inspect pod1-test1 --format "{{ .MountLabel }}"
+	is "$output" "system_u:object_r:usr_t:s0:c1,c2" "Generated container should use filetype usr_t"
+    fi
+    run_podman kube down $YAML
+}
diff --git a/test/system/helpers.bash b/test/system/helpers.bash
index 7c9af79cb4..f1b415eec2 100644
--- a/test/system/helpers.bash
+++ b/test/system/helpers.bash
@@ -347,6 +347,10 @@ function is_aarch64() {
     [ "$(uname -m)" == "aarch64" ]
 }
 
+function selinux_enabled() {
+    /usr/sbin/selinuxenabled 2> /dev/null
+}
+
 # Returns the OCI runtime *basename* (typically crun or runc). Much as we'd
 # love to cache this result, we probably shouldn't.
 function podman_runtime() {