diff --git a/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle b/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle
index 0d83235..362a915 100644
--- a/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle
+++ b/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/build.gradle
@@ -32,12 +32,46 @@ application {
     mainClass = 'org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu.Runner'
 }
 
-distributions {
-    main {
-        //distributionBaseName = 'runner-qemu'
-//        contents {
-//            from 'src/readme'
-//        }
-    }
+task buildArchContainer(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn installDist
+    inputs.files 'src/org/jdrupes/vmoperator/runner/qemu/Containerfile.arch'
+    
+    commandLine 'podman', 'build', '-t', "${project.name}:${project.version}",\
+        '-f', 'src/org/jdrupes/vmoperator/runner/qemu/Containerfile.arch', '.'
+}
+
+task tagArchContainer(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn buildArchContainer
+    
+    commandLine 'podman', 'tag', "${project.name}:${project.version}",\
+        "${project.name}:latest"
+}
+
+task buildContainer {
+    dependsOn buildArchContainer
+    dependsOn tagArchContainer
+}
+
+task pushArchContainer(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn buildContainer
+
+    commandLine 'podman', 'push', '--tls-verify=false', \
+        "localhost/${project.name}:${project.version}", \
+        "${project.rootProject.properties['docker.registry']}" \
+            + "/vmoperator/${project.name}:${project.version}"
+}
+
+task pushArchContainerAsLatest(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn buildContainer
+
+    commandLine 'podman', 'push', '--tls-verify=false', \
+        "localhost/${project.name}:${project.version}", \
+        "${project.rootProject.properties['docker.registry']}" \
+            + "/vmoperator/${project.name}:latest"
+}
+
+task pushContainer {
+    dependsOn pushArchContainer
+    dependsOn pushArchContainerAsLatest
 }
 
diff --git a/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/src/org/jdrupes/vmoperator/runner/qemu/Containerfile.arch b/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/src/org/jdrupes/vmoperator/runner/qemu/Containerfile.arch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..965a87c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.jdrupes.vmoperator.runner.qemu/src/org/jdrupes/vmoperator/runner/qemu/Containerfile.arch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+FROM archlinux/archlinux
+
+RUN systemd-firstboot --setup-machine-id
+
+RUN pacman -Suy --noconfirm \
+    && pacman -S --noconfirm which qemu-base virtiofsd \
+        edk2-ovmf swtpm iproute2 bridge-utils jre17-openjdk-headless \
+    && pacman -Scc --noconfirm
+
+# Remove all targets.
+RUN (cd /lib/systemd/system/sysinit.target.wants/; \
+        for i in *; do [ $i == systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service ] || rm -f $i; done); \
+    rm -f /lib/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/*;\
+    rm -f /etc/systemd/system/*.wants/*;\
+    rm -f /lib/systemd/system/local-fs.target.wants/*; \
+    rm -f /lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/*udev*; \
+    rm -f /lib/systemd/system/sockets.target.wants/*initctl*; \
+    rm -f /lib/systemd/system/basic.target.wants/*;\
+    rm -f /lib/systemd/system/anaconda.target.wants/*; \
+    systemctl set-default multi-user.target
+
+COPY build/install/vm-runner.qemu /opt/vmrunner
+
+CMD ["/opt/vmrunner/bin/vm-runner.qemu"]