diff --git a/extensions/podman/package.json b/extensions/podman/package.json
index 04c59ee9c93..191e5c7a950 100644
--- a/extensions/podman/package.json
+++ b/extensions/podman/package.json
@@ -185,7 +185,14 @@
         {
           "id": "podmanInstalled",
           "title": "Podman successfully installed",
-          "when": "!onboardingContext:podmanIsNotInstalled"
+          "when": "!onboardingContext:podmanIsNotInstalled",
+          "content": [
+            [
+              {
+                "value": "${configuration:preferences.podman-desktop.podman.engine.autostart}"
+              }
+            ]
+          ]
         },
         {
           "id": "preCreatePodmanMachine",
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.spec.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.spec.ts
index 29bb24b3e86..943439fae28 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.spec.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import type { Directories } from './directories.js';
 import type { ProviderRegistry } from './provider-registry.js';
 import { AutostartEngine } from './autostart-engine.js';
 import type { Configuration } from '@podman-desktop/api';
+import { CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_SCOPE, CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE } from './configuration-registry-constants.js';
 
 let configurationRegistry: ConfigurationRegistry;
 let providerRegistry: ProviderRegistry;
@@ -73,6 +74,7 @@ test('Check that default value is false if provider autostart setting is undefin
         description: `Autostart ${extensionDisplayName} engine when launching Podman Desktop`,
         type: 'boolean',
         default: false,
+        scope: [CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_SCOPE, CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE],
       },
     },
   };
@@ -114,6 +116,7 @@ test('Check that default value is true if neither provider autostart setting nor
         description: `Autostart ${extensionDisplayName} engine when launching Podman Desktop`,
         type: 'boolean',
         default: true,
+        scope: [CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_SCOPE, CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE],
       },
     },
   };
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.ts
index 38b0e4204c0..4888fc08b36 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/autostart-engine.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import { Disposable } from './types/disposable.js';
 import type { ConfigurationRegistry, IConfigurationNode } from './configuration-registry.js';
 import type { ProviderRegistry } from './provider-registry.js';
+import { CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_SCOPE, CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE } from './configuration-registry-constants.js';
 
 export class AutostartEngine {
   private providerExtension = new Map<string, string>();
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export class AutostartEngine {
           description: `Autostart ${extensionDisplayName} engine when launching Podman Desktop`,
           type: 'boolean',
           default: autostart !== undefined ? autostart : true,
+          scope: [CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_SCOPE, CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE],
         },
       },
     };
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry-constants.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry-constants.ts
index bdfc1530439..47ee2ba3fa7 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry-constants.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry-constants.ts
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@
  ***********************************************************************/
 
 export const CONFIGURATION_DEFAULT_SCOPE = 'DEFAULT';
+export const CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE = 'Onboarding';
diff --git a/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry.ts b/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry.ts
index f46c0578420..a0eeb13a347 100644
--- a/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry.ts
+++ b/packages/main/src/plugin/configuration-registry.ts
@@ -72,7 +72,8 @@ export type ConfigurationScope =
   | 'ContainerConnection'
   | 'KubernetesConnection'
   | 'ContainerProviderConnectionFactory'
-  | 'KubernetesProviderConnectionFactory';
+  | 'KubernetesProviderConnectionFactory'
+  | 'Onboarding';
 
 export interface IConfigurationExtensionInfo {
   id: string;
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.spec.ts b/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.spec.ts
index 0b39416f417..605dacb7b2a 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.spec.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import OnboardingItem from './OnboardingItem.svelte';
 import type { OnboardingStepItem } from '../../../../main/src/plugin/api/onboarding';
 import { ContextUI } from '../context/context';
 import { configurationProperties } from '/@/stores/configurationProperties';
+import { CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE } from '../../../../main/src/plugin/configuration-registry-constants';
 
 test('Expect button html when passing a button tag in markdown', async () => {
   const textComponent: OnboardingStepItem = {
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ test('Expect boolean configuration placeholder to be replaced with a checkbox',
       id: 'extension.boolean.prop',
       type: 'boolean',
       default: false,
+      scope: CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE,
     },
   ]);
   render(OnboardingItem, {
@@ -118,6 +120,7 @@ test('Expect when configuration placeholder is type string and format file to be
       id: 'extension.format.prop',
       type: 'string',
       format: 'file',
+      scope: CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE,
     },
   ]);
   render(OnboardingItem, {
@@ -151,6 +154,7 @@ test('Expect a type text configuration placeholder to be replaced by a text inpu
       hidden: false,
       id: 'extension.text.prop',
       type: 'string',
+      scope: CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE,
     },
   ]);
   render(OnboardingItem, {
diff --git a/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.svelte b/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.svelte
index 53aac73dde5..6a734200e72 100644
--- a/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.svelte
+++ b/packages/renderer/src/lib/onboarding/OnboardingItem.svelte
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import { SCOPE_ONBOARDING } from './onboarding-utils';
 import type { IConfigurationPropertyRecordedSchema } from '../../../../main/src/plugin/configuration-registry';
 import { configurationProperties } from '/@/stores/configurationProperties';
 import PreferencesRenderingItem from '../preferences/PreferencesRenderingItem.svelte';
+import { CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE } from '../../../../main/src/plugin/configuration-registry-constants';
+import { isTargetScope } from '../preferences/Util';
 export let extension: string;
 export let item: OnboardingStepItem;
 export let getContext: () => ContextUI;
@@ -31,7 +33,11 @@ onMount(() => {
     const matches = [...item.value.matchAll(configurationRegex)];
     if (matches.length > 0 && matches[0].length > 1) {
       configurationItem = configurationItems.find(
-        config => !config.hidden && config.extension?.id === extension && config.id === matches[0][1],
+        config =>
+          !config.hidden &&
+          isTargetScope(CONFIGURATION_ONBOARDING_SCOPE, config.scope) &&
+          config.extension?.id === extension &&
+          config.id === matches[0][1],
       );
     }
   });