diff --git a/docs/website/docs/overview/configure.md b/docs/website/docs/overview/configure.md
index 4188e5fd2c5..df853a39d13 100644
--- a/docs/website/docs/overview/configure.md
+++ b/docs/website/docs/overview/configure.md
@@ -191,5 +191,7 @@ Options here are mostly used for debugging and testing `odo` behavior.
 | `TELEMETRY_CALLER`         | Caller identifier passed to [telemetry](https://github.com/redhat-developer/odo/blob/main/USAGE_DATA.md). Case-insensitive. Acceptable values: `vscode`, `intellij`, `jboss`.                                                                                                                                                                                                  | v3.1.0        | `intellij`                      |
 | `ODO_TRACKING_CONSENT`     | Useful for controlling [telemetry](https://github.com/redhat-developer/odo/blob/main/USAGE_DATA.md). Acceptable values: `yes` ([enables telemetry](https://github.com/redhat-developer/odo/blob/main/USAGE_DATA.md) and skips consent prompt), `no` (disables telemetry and consent prompt). Takes precedence over the [`ConsentTelemetry`](#preference-key-table) preference. | v3.2.0        | `yes`                           |
 | `ODO_PUSH_IMAGES`          | Whether to push the images once built; this is used only when applying Devfile image components as part of a Dev Session running on Podman; this is useful for integration tests running on Podman. `true` by default                                                                                                                     | v3.7.0        | `false`                         |
+| `PODMAN_USE_NAMESPACES`          | Whether to isolate pods on namespaces when running integration tests on Podman. `true` by default                                                                                                                     | v3.10.0        | `false`                         |
+
 
 (1) Accepted boolean values are: `1`, `t`, `T`, `TRUE`, `true`, `True`, `0`, `f`, `F`, `FALSE`, `false`, `False`.
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diff --git a/tests/helper/helper_podman.go b/tests/helper/helper_podman.go
index 6bc1a837845..22a27c19e76 100644
--- a/tests/helper/helper_podman.go
+++ b/tests/helper/helper_podman.go
@@ -7,13 +7,27 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"regexp"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 	"github.com/redhat-developer/odo/pkg/podman"
 )
 
+func getBooleanValueFromEnvVar(envvar string, defaultValue bool) bool {
+	strVal := os.Getenv("PODMAN_USE_NAMESPACES")
+	boolValue, err := strconv.ParseBool(strVal)
+	if err != nil {
+		return defaultValue
+	}
+	return boolValue
+}
+
 func GenerateAndSetContainersConf(dir string) {
+	useNamespaces := getBooleanValueFromEnvVar("PODMAN_USE_NAMESPACES", true)
+	if !useNamespaces {
+		return
+	}
 	ns := GetProjectName()
 	containersConfPath := filepath.Join(dir, "containers.conf")
 	err := CreateFileWithContent(containersConfPath, fmt.Sprintf(`