diff --git a/nixos/arion/arion-pkgs.nix b/nixos/arion/arion-pkgs.nix
index 109fcb1..7359e68 100644
--- a/nixos/arion/arion-pkgs.nix
+++ b/nixos/arion/arion-pkgs.nix
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-## This file is the default location for Arion to look for Nixpkgs when
-## bootstrapping a deployment configuration.
-#import ../ {}
+{pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}, ...}: let
+in {
+  ## This file is the default location for Arion to look for Nixpkgs when
+  ## bootstrapping a deployment configuration.
+  #import ../ {}
 
-# Instead of pinning Nixpkgs, we can opt to use the one in NIX_PATH
-import <nixpkgs> {
   # We specify the architecture explicitly. Use a Linux remote builder when
   # calling arion from other platforms.
   system = "x86_64-linux";
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nixos/linux.nix b/nixos/linux.nix
index ab042cb..5a537a3 100644
--- a/nixos/linux.nix
+++ b/nixos/linux.nix
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ in {
     defaultNetwork.settings.dns_enabled = true;
   };
 
+  virtualisation.arion.backend.type = "podman-socket";
+
   virtualisation.oci-containers = {
     backend = "docker";
 
diff --git a/nixos/podman.nix b/nixos/podman.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d7faf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nixos/podman.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+  lib,
+  pkgs,
+  config,
+  ...
+}: {
+  services.podman = {
+    enable = true;
+  };
+}