diff --git a/changelogs/fragments/community.docker-88-docker_container-healthcheck.yml b/changelogs/fragments/community.docker-88-docker_container-healthcheck.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..949d0875b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/fragments/community.docker-88-docker_container-healthcheck.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+bugfixes:
+- "docker_container - fix healthcheck disabling idempotency issue with strict comparison (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.docker/issues/85)."
diff --git a/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py b/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
index 30033ebf67..88ca923ded 100644
--- a/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
+++ b/plugins/modules/cloud/docker/docker_container.py
@@ -2293,6 +2293,12 @@ class Container(DockerBaseClass):
                 match = self._compare(getattr(self.parameters, key), value, compare)
 
                 if not match:
+                    if key == 'expected_healthcheck' and config_mapping['disable_healthcheck'] and self.parameters.disable_healthcheck:
+                        # If the healthcheck is disabled (both in parameters and for the current container), and the user
+                        # requested strict comparison for healthcheck, the comparison will fail. That's why we ignore the
+                        # expected_healthcheck comparison in this case.
+                        continue
+
                     # no match. record the differences
                     p = getattr(self.parameters, key)
                     c = value
diff --git a/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml b/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
index ae46827315..b6bd50eb61 100644
--- a/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
+++ b/tests/integration/targets/docker_container/tasks/tests/options.yml
@@ -1663,6 +1663,21 @@
   register: healthcheck_6
   ignore_errors: yes
 
+- name: healthcheck (disabled, idempotency, strict)
+  docker_container:
+    image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
+    command: '/bin/sh -c "sleep 10m"'
+    name: "{{ cname }}"
+    state: started
+    healthcheck:
+      test:
+      - NONE
+    force_kill: yes
+    comparisons:
+      '*': strict
+  register: healthcheck_7
+  ignore_errors: yes
+
 - name: healthcheck (string in healthcheck test, changed)
   docker_container:
     image: "{{ docker_test_image_alpine }}"
@@ -1672,7 +1687,7 @@
     healthcheck:
       test: "sleep 1"
     force_kill: yes
-  register: healthcheck_7
+  register: healthcheck_8
   ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: healthcheck (string in healthcheck test, idempotency)
@@ -1684,7 +1699,7 @@
     healthcheck:
       test: "sleep 1"
     force_kill: yes
-  register: healthcheck_8
+  register: healthcheck_9
   ignore_errors: yes
 
 - name: cleanup
@@ -1702,8 +1717,9 @@
     - healthcheck_4 is not changed
     - healthcheck_5 is changed
     - healthcheck_6 is not changed
-    - healthcheck_7 is changed
-    - healthcheck_8 is not changed
+    - healthcheck_7 is not changed
+    - healthcheck_8 is changed
+    - healthcheck_9 is not changed
   when: docker_py_version is version('2.0.0', '>=')
 - assert:
     that: