diff --git a/cli/command/container/list_test.go b/cli/command/container/list_test.go
index 2f49e9721e68..d967557f8bf2 100644
--- a/cli/command/container/list_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/container/list_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package container
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"io"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/docker/cli/cli/config/configfile"
@@ -344,3 +345,28 @@ func TestContainerListWithFormat(t *testing.T) {
 		golden.Assert(t, cli.OutBuffer().String(), "container-list-quiet.golden")
 	})
 }
+
+func TestContainerListWithCompactFormat(t *testing.T) {
+	cli := test.NewFakeCli(&fakeClient{
+		containerListFunc: func(_ client.ContainerListOptions) (client.ContainerListResult, error) {
+			return client.ContainerListResult{
+				Items: []container.Summary{
+					*builders.Container("c1"),
+				},
+			}, nil
+		},
+	})
+	cmd := newListCommand(cli)
+	cmd.SetArgs([]string{})
+	cmd.SetOut(io.Discard)
+	cmd.SetErr(io.Discard)
+	assert.Check(t, cmd.Flags().Set("format", "compact"))
+	assert.NilError(t, cmd.Execute())
+
+	output := cli.OutBuffer().String()
+	assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(output, "CONTAINER ID"))
+	assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(output, "NAMES"))
+	assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(output, "IMAGE"))
+	assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(output, "STATE"))
+	assert.Assert(t, strings.Contains(output, "CREATED"))
+}
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/container.go b/cli/command/formatter/container.go
index 7b77a8a75375..76402eec66ce 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/container.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/container.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	defaultContainerTableFormat = "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.Command}}\t{{.RunningFor}}\t{{.Status}}\t{{.Ports}}\t{{.Names}}"
+	compactContainerTableFormat = "table {{.ID}}\t{{.Names}}\t{{.Image}}\t{{.State}}\t{{.RunningFor}}"
 
 	namesHeader        = "NAMES"
 	commandHeader      = "COMMAND"
@@ -53,6 +54,15 @@ func NewContainerFormat(source string, quiet bool, size bool) Format {
 			format += `\t{{.Size}}`
 		}
 		return Format(format)
+	case CompactFormatKey:
+		if quiet {
+			return DefaultQuietFormat
+		}
+		format := compactContainerTableFormat
+		if size {
+			format += `\t{{.Size}}`
+		}
+		return Format(format)
 	case RawFormatKey:
 		if quiet {
 			return `container_id: {{.ID}}`
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go b/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go
index 07df93d9aeed..1dce6ef28c57 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/container_test.go
@@ -309,6 +309,17 @@ containerID2   ubuntu    ""        24 hours ago                       foobar_bar
 			context:  Context{Format: NewContainerFormat("table {{.State}}", false, true)},
 			expected: "STATE\nrunning\nrunning\n",
 		},
+		{
+			context: Context{Format: NewContainerFormat(CompactFormatKey, false, false)},
+			expected: `CONTAINER ID   NAMES        IMAGE     STATE     CREATED
+containerID1   foobar_baz   ubuntu    running   24 hours ago
+containerID2   foobar_bar   ubuntu    running   24 hours ago
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			context:  Context{Format: NewContainerFormat(CompactFormatKey, true, false)},
+			expected: "containerID1\ncontainerID2\n",
+		},
 		// Raw Format
 		{
 			context: Context{Format: NewContainerFormat("raw", false, false)},
diff --git a/cli/command/formatter/formatter.go b/cli/command/formatter/formatter.go
index 4beb7f56b256..272b23500fb4 100644
--- a/cli/command/formatter/formatter.go
+++ b/cli/command/formatter/formatter.go
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ import (
 
 // Format keys used to specify certain kinds of output formats
 const (
-	TableFormatKey  = "table"
-	RawFormatKey    = "raw"
-	PrettyFormatKey = "pretty"
-	JSONFormatKey   = "json"
+	TableFormatKey   = "table"
+	CompactFormatKey = "compact"
+	RawFormatKey     = "raw"
+	PrettyFormatKey  = "pretty"
+	JSONFormatKey    = "json"
 
 	DefaultQuietFormat = "{{.ID}}"
 	JSONFormat         = "{{json .}}"