diff --git a/utils/docker-run b/utils/docker-run
index 79694474c1..3dcabe2718 100755
--- a/utils/docker-run
+++ b/utils/docker-run
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@ declare -a mountpoints=(
     "$(pwd)"
 )
 
+if command -v docker >/dev/null; then
+    DOCKER="docker"
+elif command -v podman >/dev/null; then
+    DOCKER="podman"
+    docker_opts+=( --userns=keep-id )
+else
+    echo "ERROR: Neither docker nor podman available!" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 # curl lists (and recognises and uses) other types of *_proxy variables,
 # but only those make sense for Buildroot:
 for env in all_proxy http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy no_proxy; do
@@ -84,4 +94,4 @@ if tty -s; then
     docker_opts+=( -t )
 fi
 
-exec docker run "${docker_opts[@]}" "${IMAGE}" "${@}"
+exec ${DOCKER} run "${docker_opts[@]}" "${IMAGE}" "${@}"