diff --git a/nixos/tests/gitlab/runner/podman-runner/root/README.md b/nixos/tests/gitlab/runner/podman-runner/root/README.md
index ccd5b0474792..ea1ae8b6a9f9 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/gitlab/runner/podman-runner/root/README.md
+++ b/nixos/tests/gitlab/runner/podman-runner/root/README.md
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 # Content
 
 These are some files which are copied to the image in the runner needed for
-`buildah` (`podman`).
+`buildah` (`podman`):
+
+```bash
+podman create --name temp-buildah quay.io/buildah/stable:latest
+podman cp temp-buildah:/etc/containers ./etc/
+find ./etc -type d -empty -delete
+podman container rm temp-buildah
+```