diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker-add-data-to-img.sh b/.github/workflows/docker-add-data-to-img.sh
index b73976c95f0..9b52e368bb5 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/docker-add-data-to-img.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker-add-data-to-img.sh
@@ -6,9 +6,16 @@ datadir="$1"
 oldtag="$2"
 newtag="$3"
 
+docker="docker"
+if command -v "podman" &> /dev/null; then
+  >&2 echo "use podman"
+  docker="podman"
+fi
+
 cd $datadir
 
-cat <<EOF | docker build --tag "$newtag" -f - .
+
+cat <<EOF | $docker build --tag "$newtag" -f - .
 FROM $oldtag
 LABEL org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/maxhbr/ldbcollector"
 ADD . /ldbcollector/data