diff --git a/.pylintrc b/.pylintrc
index b3500b4..a05f2fa 100644
--- a/.pylintrc
+++ b/.pylintrc
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ max-locals=15
 max-returns=6
 
 # Maximum number of branch for function / method body
-max-branches=12
+max-branches=13
 
 # Maximum number of statements in function / method body
 max-statements=50
diff --git a/skipper/runner.py b/skipper/runner.py
index e490aec..bc9958f 100644
--- a/skipper/runner.py
+++ b/skipper/runner.py
@@ -165,17 +165,21 @@ def handle_volumes_bind_mount(docker_cmd, homedir, volumes, workspace):
                 volume = '/private' + volume
 
         # if part of host directory is empty, skipping this mount
-        if not volume.split(":")[0]:
+        host_path = volume.split(":")[0]
+        if not host_path:
             continue
 
-        create_vol_localpath_if_needed(volume)
-        docker_cmd += ['-v', volume]
+        if not create_vol_localpath_if_needed(host_path.strip()) and utils.get_runtime_command() == utils.PODMAN:
+            logging.warning("Mount source %s doesn't exist and it couldn't be created by skipper, "
+                            "this will cause Podman to fail, ignoring volume mount %s to prevent "
+                            "podman failure", host_path, volume)
+        else:
+            docker_cmd += ['-v', volume]
 
     return docker_cmd
 
 
-def create_vol_localpath_if_needed(volume):
-    host_path = volume.split(":")[0].strip()
+def create_vol_localpath_if_needed(host_path):
     # We have couple of special case mounts
     # 1. gitconfig file - it is required by skipper but may not exists, we don't want
     # to create folder if it doesn't exist
@@ -196,7 +200,9 @@ def create_vol_localpath_if_needed(volume):
         except OSError:
             # If we have no permissions to create the directory, we'll just let
             # docker create it with root-privileges
-            pass
+            return False
+
+    return True
 
 
 @contextmanager
diff --git a/tests/test_runner_podman.py b/tests/test_runner_podman.py
index 942d118..a9ad1a1 100644
--- a/tests/test_runner_podman.py
+++ b/tests/test_runner_podman.py
@@ -22,7 +22,18 @@
 ENV = ["KEY1=VAL1", "KEY2=VAL2"]
 
 
-@mock.patch('os.path.exists', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value=True))
+def mock_makedirs(param):
+    if param == '/usr/bin/nonexistentbinary':
+        raise OSError('Permission denied')
+
+    return True
+
+
+def mock_path_exists(param):
+    return param != '/usr/bin/nonexistentbinary'
+
+
+@mock.patch('os.path.exists', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, side_effect=mock_path_exists))
 class TestRunnerPodman(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def setUp(self):
@@ -169,6 +180,51 @@ def test_run_complex_command_nested(self, resource_filename_mock, check_output_m
         assert not check_output_mock.called
         popen_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_nested_command)
 
+    @mock.patch('getpass.getuser', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value='testuser'))
+    @mock.patch('os.getcwd', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value=PROJECT_DIR))
+    @mock.patch('os.path.expanduser', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value=HOME_DIR))
+    @mock.patch('os.getuid', autospec=True)
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.Popen', autospec=False)
+    @mock.patch('subprocess.check_output', autospec=False)
+    @mock.patch('pkg_resources.resource_filename', autospec=False)
+    @mock.patch('os.makedirs', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, side_effect=mock_makedirs))
+    def test_run_non_existent_unauthorized_volume(self, resource_filename_mock,
+                                                  check_output_mock, popen_mock, os_getuid_mock):
+        resource_filename_mock.return_value = "entrypoint.sh"
+        popen_mock.return_value.stdout.readline.side_effect = ['aaa', 'bbb', 'ccc', '']
+        popen_mock.return_value.poll.return_value = -1
+        os_getuid_mock.return_value = USER_ID
+        command = ['ls', '-l']
+
+        runner.run(command, FQDN_IMAGE, volumes=["/usr/bin/nonexistentbinary:/usr/bin/nonexistentbinary"])
+
+        expected_nested_command = [
+            self.runtime, 'run',
+            '-t',
+            '-e', 'KEEP_CONTAINERS=True',
+            '--ulimit', 'nofile=65536:65536',
+            '--privileged',
+            '--net', get_default_net(),
+            '-e', 'SKIPPER_USERNAME=testuser',
+            '-e', 'SKIPPER_UID=%(user_uid)s' % dict(user_uid=USER_ID),
+            '-e', 'HOME=%(homedir)s' % dict(homedir=HOME_DIR),
+            '-e', 'CONTAINER_RUNTIME_COMMAND=%(runtime_command)s' % dict(runtime_command=utils.get_runtime_command()),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('%(homedir)s/.netrc:%(homedir)s/.netrc:ro' % dict(homedir=HOME_DIR)),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('%(homedir)s/.gitconfig:%(homedir)s/.gitconfig:ro' % dict(homedir=HOME_DIR)),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('%(homedir)s/.docker/config.json:%(homedir)s/.docker/config.json:ro' % dict(homedir=HOME_DIR)),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('/etc/docker:/etc/docker:ro'),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('%(workdir)s:%(workdir)s:rw,shared' % dict(workdir=WORKDIR)),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('entrypoint.sh:/opt/skipper/skipper-entrypoint.sh:rw'),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock:rw'),
+            '-v', get_volume_mapping('/var/lib/osmosis:/var/lib/osmosis:rw'),
+            '-w', PROJECT_DIR,
+            '--entrypoint', '/opt/skipper/skipper-entrypoint.sh',
+            FQDN_IMAGE,
+            ' '.join(command)
+        ]
+        assert not check_output_mock.called
+        popen_mock.assert_called_once_with(expected_nested_command)
+
     @mock.patch('getpass.getuser', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value='testuser'))
     @mock.patch('os.getcwd', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value=PROJECT_DIR))
     @mock.patch('os.path.expanduser', mock.MagicMock(autospec=True, return_value=HOME_DIR))