diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d82aa9f..00a28a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ You can then execute your native executable with: `./target/hello-world-app-1.0.
 
 If you want to learn more about building native executables, please consult https://quarkus.io/guides/maven-tooling.
 
+## Creating a local container image
+
+You can easily create a Podman container image using:
+
+```shell
+./mvnw clean package -Dquarkus.container-image.build=true
+```
+
+which will create something like:
+```shell
+$ podman images
+REPOSITORY                                    TAG                                       IMAGE ID      CREATED             SIZE
+docker.io/$USER/hello-world-app            1.0.0-SNAPSHOT                            4d6c954c252b  About a minute ago  426 MB
+```
+
 ## Related Guides
 
 - Mutiny ([guide](https://quarkus.io/guides/mutiny-primer)): Write reactive applications with the modern Reactive Programming library Mutiny
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 456eb52..d4072a2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
   <groupId>profiling.workshop</groupId>
   <artifactId>hello-world-app</artifactId>
@@ -48,6 +47,14 @@
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-scheduler</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-container-image-podman</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+      <artifactId>quarkus-kubernetes</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
       <artifactId>quarkus-junit5</artifactId>