diff --git a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
index 09c5a382c7d2..be1ab80b7390 100644
--- a/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/modules/virtualisation/oci-containers.nix
@@ -185,11 +185,9 @@ let
             Refer to the
             [Docker engine documentation](https://docs.docker.com/engine/network/#published-ports) for full details.
           '';
-          example = literalExpression ''
-            [
-              "127.0.0.1:8080:9000"
-            ]
-          '';
+          example = [
+            "127.0.0.1:8080:9000"
+          ];
         };
 
         user = mkOption {
@@ -387,7 +385,9 @@ let
   mkService =
     name: container:
     let
-      dependsOn = map (x: "${cfg.backend}-${x}.service") container.dependsOn;
+      dependsOn = lib.attrsets.mapAttrsToList (k: v: "${v.serviceName}.service") (
+        lib.attrsets.getAttrs container.dependsOn cfg.containers
+      );
       escapedName = escapeShellArg name;
       preStartScript = pkgs.writeShellApplication {
         name = "pre-start";
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ let
         Restart = "always";
       }
       // optionalAttrs (cfg.backend == "podman") {
-        Environment = "PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=podman-${name}.service";
+        Environment = "PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT=%n";
         Type = "notify";
         NotifyAccess = "all";
         Delegate = mkIf (container.podman.sdnotify == "healthy") true;
diff --git a/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix b/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix
index a22bd9c6b431..d50a8c44aaa4 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/oci-containers.nix
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ let
 
   inherit (import ../lib/testing-python.nix { inherit system pkgs; }) makeTest;
 
+  serviceName = "nginxtest"; # different on purpose to verify proper systemd unit generation
+
   mkOCITest =
     backend:
     makeTest {
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ let
             virtualisation.oci-containers = {
               inherit backend;
               containers.nginx = {
+                inherit serviceName;
                 image = "nginx-container";
                 imageStream = pkgs.dockerTools.examples.nginxStream;
                 ports = [ "8181:80" ];
@@ -39,7 +42,7 @@ let
 
             # Stop systemd from killing remaining processes if ExecStop script
             # doesn't work, so that proper stopping can be tested.
-            systemd.services."${backend}-nginx".serviceConfig.KillSignal = "SIGCONT";
+            systemd.services.${serviceName}.serviceConfig.KillSignal = "SIGCONT";
           };
       };
 
@@ -47,11 +50,11 @@ let
         import json
 
         start_all()
-        ${backend}.wait_for_unit("${backend}-nginx.service")
+        ${backend}.wait_for_unit("${serviceName}.service")
         ${backend}.wait_for_open_port(8181)
         ${backend}.wait_until_succeeds("curl -f http://localhost:8181 | grep Hello")
         output = json.loads(${backend}.succeed("${backend} inspect nginx --format json").strip())[0]
-        ${backend}.succeed("systemctl stop ${backend}-nginx.service", timeout=10)
+        ${backend}.succeed("systemctl stop ${serviceName}.service", timeout=10)
         assert output['HostConfig']['CapAdd'] == ["CAP_AUDIT_READ"]
         assert output['HostConfig']['CapDrop'] == ${
           if backend == "docker" then "[\"CAP_AUDIT_WRITE\"]" else "[]"
@@ -60,6 +63,9 @@ let
         assert output['HostConfig']['Devices'] == [{'PathOnHost': '/dev/random', 'PathInContainer': '/dev/random', 'CgroupPermissions': '${
           if backend == "docker" then "rwm" else ""
         }'}]
+      ''
+      + lib.strings.optionalString (backend == "podman") ''
+        assert output['Config']['Labels']['PODMAN_SYSTEMD_UNIT'] == '${serviceName}.service'
       '';
     };