diff --git a/_common/docker.inc.sh b/_common/docker.inc.sh
index ae9bac8..5611e13 100644
--- a/_common/docker.inc.sh
+++ b/_common/docker.inc.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-# Common docker functions.
+# Common container functions.
 
 function get_docker_image_id() {
   local IMAGE_NAME=$1
-  echo "$(docker images -q $IMAGE_NAME)"
+  echo "$($CONTAINER_ENGINE images -q $IMAGE_NAME)"
 }
 
 function get_docker_container_id() {
   local CONTAINER_NAME=$1
-  echo "$(docker ps -a -q --filter ancestor=$CONTAINER_NAME)"
+  echo "$($CONTAINER_ENGINE ps -a -q --filter ancestor=$CONTAINER_NAME)"
 }
 
 function stop_docker_container() {
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ function stop_docker_container() {
 
   local CONTAINER_ID=$(get_docker_container_id $CONTAINER_NAME)
   if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ID" ]; then
-    docker container stop $CONTAINER_ID
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE container stop $CONTAINER_ID
   else
     builder_echo "No Docker container to stop"
   fi
@@ -31,14 +31,14 @@ function clean_docker_container() {
 
   local CONTAINER_ID=$(get_docker_container_id $CONTAINER_NAME)
   if [ ! -z "$CONTAINER_ID" ]; then
-    docker container rm $CONTAINER_ID
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE container rm $CONTAINER_ID
   else
     echo "No Docker container to clean"
   fi
 
   local IMAGE_ID=$(get_docker_image_id $IMAGE_NAME)
   if [ ! -z "$IMAGE_ID" ]; then
-    docker rmi $IMAGE_NAME
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE rmi $IMAGE_NAME
   else
     echo "No Docker image to clean"
   fi
@@ -54,21 +54,25 @@ function build_docker_container() {
   local IMAGE_NAME=$1
   local CONTAINER_NAME=$2
   local BUILDER_CONFIGURATION="release"
+  local FILE=
   local TARGET=.
   if [[ $# -ge 3 ]]; then
     BUILDER_CONFIGURATION=$3
   fi
   if [[ $# -ge 4 ]]; then
-    TARGET="-f $4 ."
+    FILE="-f $4 "
+  elif [[ "${CONTAINER_ENGINE}" == "docker" ]]; then
+    FILE="-f Dockerfile "
+  elif [[ "${CONTAINER_ENGINE}" == "podman" ]]; then
+    FILE="-f Podmanfile "
   fi
 
   _verify_vendor_is_not_folder
 
   builder_echo "Building using $BUILDER_CONFIGURATION configuration"
 
-
   # Download docker image. --mount option requires BuildKit
-  DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 docker build -t $IMAGE_NAME --build-arg BUILDER_CONFIGURATION="${BUILDER_CONFIGURATION}" $TARGET
+  DOCKER_BUILDKIT=1 $CONTAINER_ENGINE build -t $IMAGE_NAME --build-arg BUILDER_CONFIGURATION="${BUILDER_CONFIGURATION}" $FILE $TARGET
 }
 
 function start_docker_container() {
@@ -122,7 +126,7 @@ function start_docker_container() {
     ADD_HOST="--add-host host.docker.internal:host-gateway"
   fi
 
-  docker run --rm -d -p $PORT:80 -v "${DOCKER_BINDING}" \
+  $CONTAINER_ENGINE run --rm -d -p $PORT:80 -v "${DOCKER_BINDING}" \
     -e S_KEYMAN_COM=localhost:$PORT_S_KEYMAN_COM \
     -e API_KEYMAN_COM=localhost:$PORT_API_KEYMAN_COM \
     --name $CONTAINER_DESC \
@@ -137,7 +141,7 @@ function start_docker_container() {
       builder_die "Docker container appears to have failed to start in order to create link to vendor/"
     fi
 
-    docker exec -i $CONTAINER_ID sh -c "ln -s /var/www/vendor vendor && chown -R www-data:www-data vendor"
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE exec -i $CONTAINER_ID sh -c "ln -s /var/www/vendor vendor && chown -R www-data:www-data vendor"
   fi
 
   # after starting container, we want to run an init script if it is present
@@ -149,8 +153,36 @@ function start_docker_container() {
 
     cmd="./resources/init-container.sh ${BUILDER_CONFIGURATION}"
     builder_echo green "cmd is ${cmd}"
-    docker exec -i $CONTAINER_ID sh -c "${cmd}"
+    $CONTAINER_ENGINE exec -i $CONTAINER_ID sh -c "${cmd}"
   fi
 
   builder_echo green "Listening on http://$HOST:$PORT"
-}
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+}
+
+# Returns 0 if the specified container engine is available, 1 otherwise
+_is_container_engine() {
+  local engine="$1"
+  if command -v "$engine" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    return 0
+  else
+    return 1
+  fi
+}
+
+_get_container_engine() {
+  export CONTAINER_ENGINE
+  if _is_container_engine "docker"; then
+    CONTAINER_ENGINE="docker"
+  elif _is_container_engine "podman"; then
+    CONTAINER_ENGINE="podman"
+  else
+    builder_die "No supported container engine found. Please install Docker or Podman to run containerized builds."
+  fi
+}
+
+################################################################################
+# Final initialization
+################################################################################
+
+_get_container_engine
+builder_echo "Using container engine: $CONTAINER_ENGINE"
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