diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/93-docker_container-storage_opts.yml b/changelogs/fragments/93-docker_container-storage_opts.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d4fc9253
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/93-docker_container-storage_opts.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+minor_changes:
+- "docker_container - add ``storage_opts`` option to specify storage options (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/91, https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/pull/93)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/docker_container.py b/plugins/modules/docker_container.py
index a9906a2d..575183d9 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/docker_container.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/docker_container.py
@@ -795,6 +795,11 @@ options:
         the docker daemon will always use the container's configured C(StopTimeout)
         value if it has been configured.
     type: int
+  storage_opts:
+    description:
+      - Storage driver options for this container as a key-value mapping.
+    type: dict
+    version_added: 1.3.0
   tmpfs:
     description:
       - Mount a tmpfs directory.
@@ -1109,6 +1114,16 @@ EXAMPLES = '''
             - utility
           # See https://github.com/NVIDIA/nvidia-container-runtime#supported-driver-capabilities
           # for a list of capabilities supported by the nvidia driver
+
+- name: Start container with storage options
+  community.docker.docker_container:
+    name: test
+    image: ubuntu:18.04
+    state: started
+    storage_opts:
+      # Limit root filesystem to 12 MB - note that this requires special storage backends
+      # (https://fabianlee.org/2020/01/15/docker-use-overlay2-with-an-xfs-backing-filesystem-to-limit-rootfs-size/)
+      size: 12m
 '''
 
 RETURN = '''
@@ -1355,6 +1370,7 @@ class TaskParameters(DockerBaseClass):
         self.state = None
         self.stop_signal = None
         self.stop_timeout = None
+        self.storage_opts = None
         self.tmpfs = None
         self.tty = None
         self.user = None
@@ -1665,6 +1681,7 @@ class TaskParameters(DockerBaseClass):
             pids_limit='pids_limit',
             mounts='mounts',
             nano_cpus='cpus',
+            storage_opt='storage_opts',
         )
 
         if self.client.docker_py_version >= LooseVersion('1.9') and self.client.docker_api_version >= LooseVersion('1.22'):
@@ -2269,6 +2286,7 @@ class Container(DockerBaseClass):
             device_write_iops=host_config.get('BlkioDeviceWriteIOps'),
             expected_device_requests=host_config.get('DeviceRequests'),
             pids_limit=host_config.get('PidsLimit'),
+            storage_opts=host_config.get('StorageOpt'),
             # According to https://github.com/moby/moby/, support for HostConfig.Mounts
             # has been included at least since v17.03.0-ce, which has API version 1.26.
             # The previous tag, v1.9.1, has API version 1.21 and does not have
@@ -3379,6 +3397,7 @@ class AnsibleDockerClientContainer(AnsibleDockerClient):
             pids_limit=dict(docker_py_version='1.10.0', docker_api_version='1.23'),
             mounts=dict(docker_py_version='2.6.0', docker_api_version='1.25'),
             cpus=dict(docker_py_version='2.3.0', docker_api_version='1.25'),
+            storage_opts=dict(docker_py_version='2.1.0', docker_api_version='1.24'),
             # specials
             ipvX_address_supported=dict(docker_py_version='1.9.0', docker_api_version='1.22',
                                         detect_usage=detect_ipvX_address_usage,
@@ -3548,6 +3567,7 @@ def main():
         state=dict(type='str', default='started', choices=['absent', 'present', 'started', 'stopped']),
         stop_signal=dict(type='str'),
         stop_timeout=dict(type='int'),
+        storage_opts=dict(type='dict'),
         sysctls=dict(type='dict'),
         tmpfs=dict(type='list', elements='str'),
         tty=dict(type='bool'),
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml b/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
index ba0565ac..b076325e 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
@@ -3464,6 +3464,65 @@ avoid such warnings, please quote the value.' in log_options_2.warnings"
     - stop_timeout_2 is not changed
     - stop_timeout_3 is not changed
 
+####################################################################
+## storage_opts ####################################################
+####################################################################
+
+- name: storage_opts
+  docker_container:
+    image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+    command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+    name: "{{ cname }}"
+    storage_opts:
+      size: 12m
+    state: started
+  register: storage_opts_1
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: storage_opts (idempotency)
+  docker_container:
+    image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+    command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+    name: "{{ cname }}"
+    storage_opts:
+      size: 12m
+    state: started
+  register: storage_opts_2
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: storage_opts (change)
+  docker_container:
+    image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+    command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+    name: "{{ cname }}"
+    storage_opts:
+      size: 24m
+    state: started
+    force_kill: yes
+  register: storage_opts_3
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
+- name: cleanup
+  docker_container:
+    name: "{{ cname }}"
+    state: absent
+    force_kill: yes
+  diff: no
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - storage_opts_1 is changed
+    - storage_opts_2 is not failed and storage_opts_2 is not changed
+    - storage_opts_3 is not failed and storage_opts_3 is changed
+  when: storage_opts_1 is not failed
+
+- assert:
+    that:
+    - "'is supported only for' in storage_opts_1.msg"
+    - storage_opts_2 is failed
+    - storage_opts_3 is failed
+  when: storage_opts_1 is failed
+
 ####################################################################
 ## sysctls #########################################################
 ####################################################################