diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 8e224088..b9096f31 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -2,28 +2,40 @@ language: python
 
 sudo: required
 
-services:
-  - docker
-
 env:
   - DIST=fedora30
   - DIST=fedoradev
   - DIST=opensuselp15
   - DIST=opensusetw
 
+# podman is currently not in Ubuntu
+addons:
+  apt:
+    update: true
+    sources:
+      - sourceline: "ppa:projectatomic/ppa"
+    packages:
+      - podman
+
 # the python here is basically no-op just used for coveralls
 python:
   - "3.6"
 
 before_install:
-  - docker build -t $DIST -f test/Dockerfile-$DIST .
+  # podman needs a basic register set up (packaging bug in the ppa)
+  - sudo mkdir -p /etc/containers
+  - echo -e "[registries.search]\nregistries = ['docker.io']" | sudo tee /etc/containers/registries.conf
+  # we need to register travis to allow subuid/gid for the rootless execution
+  - echo "travis:110000:65535" | sudo tee /etc/subuid
+  - echo "travis:110000:65535" | sudo tee /etc/subgid
 
 install:
   - pip install coveralls
 
 script:
-  - docker run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/rpmlint/ $DIST python3 setup.py test
-  - docker run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/rpmlint/ $DIST flake8
+  - podman build -t $DIST -f test/Dockerfile-$DIST .
+  - podman run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/rpmlint/ $DIST python3 setup.py test
+  - podman run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/rpmlint/ $DIST flake8
 
 after_success:
   - coverage combine
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c9591d8c..f979bfc7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,15 +39,15 @@ Optional:
 ## Testing
 
 ### Docker
-If you want to test the `rpmlint` when developing best is to use docker
+If you want to test the `rpmlint` when developing best is to use podman
 to provide the environment for you. There are various distribution
 dockerfiles in `test/` folder.
 
 I.e. if you want to test on the latest openSUSE you can test using the following commands:
 
-`docker build -t opensusetw -f test/Dockerfile-opensusetw .`
+`podman build -t opensusetw -f test/Dockerfile-opensusetw .`
 
-`docker run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/rpmlint/ opensusetw python3 setup.py test`
+`podman run -v $(pwd):/usr/src/rpmlint/ opensusetw python3 setup.py test`
 
 ### Directly