diff --git a/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go b/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
index 31a4d40001a..d5787486c63 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/artifact/list.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type listFlagType struct {
 	format    string
 	noHeading bool
 	noTrunc   bool
+	quiet     bool
 }
 
 type artifactListOutput struct {
@@ -76,6 +77,7 @@ func init() {
 	_ = listCmd.RegisterFlagCompletionFunc(formatFlagName, common.AutocompleteFormat(&artifactListOutput{}))
 	flags.BoolVarP(&listFlag.noHeading, "noheading", "n", false, "Do not print column headings")
 	flags.BoolVar(&listFlag.noTrunc, "no-trunc", false, "Do not truncate output")
+	flags.BoolVarP(&listFlag.quiet, "quiet", "q", false, "Display only artifact digests")
 }
 
 func list(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
@@ -137,6 +139,13 @@ func outputTemplate(cmd *cobra.Command, lrs []*entities.ArtifactListReport) erro
 		})
 	}
 
+	if listFlag.quiet && !cmd.Flags().Changed("format") {
+		for _, a := range artifacts {
+			fmt.Println(a.Digest)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	headers := report.Headers(artifactListOutput{}, map[string]string{
 		"REPOSITORY": "REPOSITORY",
 		"Tag":        "TAG",
diff --git a/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in b/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
index 541d51ba5cc..b37fe0df9a1 100644
--- a/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
+++ b/docs/source/markdown/podman-artifact-ls.1.md.in
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ Print results with a Go template.
 
 @@option noheading
 
+#### **--quiet**, **-q**
+
+Lists only the artifact digests.
+
 ## EXAMPLES
 
 List artifacts in the local store
@@ -62,6 +66,13 @@ ab609fad386d 2.097GB
 cd734b558ceb 12.58MB
 ```
 
+List only artifact digests
+```
+$ podman artifact ls --quiet
+ab609fad386d
+cd734b558ceb
+```
+
 
 
 ## SEE ALSO
diff --git a/test/e2e/artifact_test.go b/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
index 4eb4f96abe5..d5488dfd02d 100644
--- a/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/artifact_test.go
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman artifact", func() {
 		Expect(noHeaderOutput).To(HaveLen(2))
 		Expect(noHeaderOutput).ToNot(ContainElement("REPOSITORY"))
 
+		// check with --quiet and verify only the (truncated) digests are printed
+		quietSession := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("artifact", "ls", "--quiet")
+		quietOutput := quietSession.OutputToStringArray()
+		Expect(quietOutput).To(HaveLen(2))
+		Expect(quietOutput).ToNot(ContainElement("REPOSITORY"))
+		Expect(quietOutput).To(ContainElement(defaultOutput))
+		for _, digest := range quietOutput {
+			Expect(digest).To(HaveLen(12))
+		}
+
 		// Check if .VirtualSize is reported correctly
 		virtualSizeFormatSession := podmanTest.PodmanExitCleanly("artifact", "ls", "--format", "{{.VirtualSize}}")
 		virtualSizes := virtualSizeFormatSession.OutputToStringArray()