diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-rootless-podman.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-rootless-podman.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d270cbfbc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-rootless-podman.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: CI-Podman-Rootless
+
+on:
+  pull_request: {}
+  push: { branches: [main] }
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Uninstall unwanted packages
+        # docker would be preferred over podman
+        run: sudo apt-get -q -y --purge remove podman moby-engine moby-buildx && sudo rm -rf /var/run/docker.sock
+      - name: Configure podman
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p $HOME/.config/containers
+          echo '[[registry]]'            > $HOME/.config/containers/registries.conf
+          echo 'prefix = "localhost"'   >> $HOME/.config/containers/registries.conf
+          echo 'location = "localhost"' >> $HOME/.config/containers/registries.conf
+          echo 'insecure = true'        >> $HOME/.config/containers/registries.conf
+      - name: Install latest podman release
+        # see https://podman.io/getting-started/installation#ubuntu
+        run: |
+          curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/Release.key | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg > /dev/null
+          echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/devel_kubic_libcontainers_unstable.gpg] https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable/xUbuntu_$(lsb_release -rs)/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/devel:kubic:libcontainers:unstable.list > /dev/null
+          sudo apt-get update -qq
+          sudo apt-get -qq -y install podman
+          systemctl --user enable --now podman.socket
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew --no-daemon --scan -Dtest.profile=podman testcontainers:test
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0acf7a82cc2..afc436f8594 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ subprojects {
                 failOnPassedAfterRetry = false
             }
         }
+
+        if (System.properties['test.profile'] == 'podman') {
+            // The compose container relies on the deprecated link feature, which is not supported by podman
+            exclude '**/*Compose*'
+            filter {
+                // cgroups v2 don't support settings swappiness
+                excludeTestsMatching '*shouldReportOOMAfterWait'
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     tasks.withType(Test).all {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/RootlessPodmanClientProviderStrategy.java b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/RootlessPodmanClientProviderStrategy.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1473adc5234
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/testcontainers/dockerclient/RootlessPodmanClientProviderStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+package org.testcontainers.dockerclient;
+
+import com.sun.jna.Library;
+import com.sun.jna.Native;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.file.Files;
+import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @deprecated this class is used by the SPI and should not be used directly
+ */
+@Deprecated
+@Slf4j
+public final class RootlessPodmanClientProviderStrategy extends DockerClientProviderStrategy {
+
+    public static final int PRIORITY = UnixSocketClientProviderStrategy.PRIORITY - 1;
+
+    @Getter(lazy = true)
+    @Nullable
+    private final Path socketPath = resolveSocketPath();
+
+    private Path resolveSocketPath() {
+        return tryEnv()
+            .orElseGet(() -> {
+                Path implicitPath = Paths.get("/run/user/" + LibC.INSTANCE.getuid());
+                return tryFolder(implicitPath).orElse(null);
+            });
+    }
+
+    private Optional<Path> tryEnv() {
+        String xdgRuntimeDir = System.getenv("XDG_RUNTIME_DIR");
+        if (StringUtils.isBlank(xdgRuntimeDir)) {
+            log.debug("$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is not set.");
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Path path = Paths.get(xdgRuntimeDir);
+        if (!Files.exists(path)) {
+            log.debug("$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set to '{}' but the folder does not exist.", path);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Path podmanSocketPath = path.resolve("podman/podman.sock");
+        if (!Files.exists(podmanSocketPath)) {
+            log.debug("$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR is set but '{}' does not exist.", podmanSocketPath);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(podmanSocketPath);
+    }
+
+    private Optional<Path> tryFolder(Path path) {
+        if (!Files.exists(path)) {
+            log.debug("'{}' does not exist.", path);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        Path podmanSocketPath = path.resolve("podman/podman.sock");
+        if (!Files.exists(podmanSocketPath)) {
+            log.debug("'{}' does not exist.", podmanSocketPath);
+            return Optional.empty();
+        }
+        return Optional.of(podmanSocketPath);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public TransportConfig getTransportConfig() throws InvalidConfigurationException {
+        return TransportConfig.builder().dockerHost(URI.create("unix://" + getSocketPath().toString())).build();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected boolean isApplicable() {
+        return SystemUtils.IS_OS_LINUX && getSocketPath() != null && Files.exists(getSocketPath());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return "Rootless Podman accessed via Unix socket (" + getSocketPath() + ")";
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getPriority() {
+        return PRIORITY;
+    }
+
+    private interface LibC extends Library {
+        LibC INSTANCE = Native.loadLibrary("c", LibC.class);
+        int getuid();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy
index cae8bf53041..cafb957db55 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerClientProviderStrategy
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerMachineClientProviderStrategy
 org.testcontainers.dockerclient.NpipeSocketClientProviderStrategy
 org.testcontainers.dockerclient.RootlessDockerClientProviderStrategy
 org.testcontainers.dockerclient.DockerDesktopClientProviderStrategy
+org.testcontainers.dockerclient.RootlessPodmanClientProviderStrategy