diff --git a/internal/lib/restore.go b/internal/lib/restore.go
index 8b3f0fa4f7f..374cb683d48 100644
--- a/internal/lib/restore.go
+++ b/internal/lib/restore.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package lib
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@ func (c *ContainerServer) ContainerRestore(
 				metadata.PodDumpFile,
 				stats.StatsDump,
 				"bind.mounts",
+				annotations.LogPath,
 			}
 			for _, name := range checkpoint {
 				src := filepath.Join(imageMountPoint, name)
@@ -104,6 +106,25 @@ func (c *ContainerServer) ContainerRestore(
 			return "", err
 		}
 
+		_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(ctr.Dir(), annotations.LogPath))
+		if err == nil {
+			src, err := os.Open(filepath.Join(ctr.Dir(), annotations.LogPath))
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("error opening log file %q: %w", annotations.LogPath, err)
+			}
+			defer src.Close()
+			destLogPath := ctrSpec.Config.Annotations[annotations.LogPath]
+			destLog, err := os.Create(destLogPath)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("error opening log file %q: %w", destLogPath, err)
+			}
+			defer destLog.Close()
+			_, err = io.Copy(destLog, src)
+			if err != nil {
+				return "", fmt.Errorf("copying log file to %q failed: %w", destLogPath, err)
+			}
+		}
+
 		_, err = os.Stat(filepath.Join(ctr.Dir(), "bind.mounts"))
 		if err == nil {
 			// If the file does not exist we assume it is an older checkpoint archive